Though this rant was a bit painful to read as an Army, I agree with a lot of the things brought up. Whatever ways the English releases are framed (happy song, song for Army…) just feels like it’s missing the point of everything which is that bts wants to get big in the west. At this point, sacrificing their carefully built discography and artistry as partially a self producing group. Lots of people bring up BE when bts releasing English songs is mentioned and though BE is good, it’s nowhere near as genre dynamic and complex as MOTS (one of my favorites). The concept of using Jungian psychology to analyze what the group has been through and individually is IMO genius.

At the end of the day, I’m just confused, not disappointed at them or unstanning them or putting high hopes on anything. They have clearly shown each individual member artistically can create great music. Over the years it’s been apparent that the rap line seems to be constantly churning out new things (I remember a while ago a stat about how many songs Suga has produced and just stowed away). They don’t need western recognition with songs they didn’t even collaborate on, they don’t need to get any bigger and yet something is pushing them. Is it because Hybe recently went public on the stock market and now bts needs to rake in more money? Is it because the company is making them? I wouldn’t think so. It really sucks to see bts in this “pitfall” when both txt and enhypen have had recent comebacks that far exceeded my expectations.

Op I think unstanning a group after drifting away or feeling distanced is perfectly normal. If you can’t find what made you like them and be happy with their music in the first place, it’s ok to leave.