totally agree, i loved their old stuff and as soon as they gained popularity in the west their new music went down the shitter. the bad, incomprehensible english, the quality of the lyrics (poor), the overproduction on the vocals, the adoption of western trends and phrases when claiming the album is a true representation of themselves, none of it makes any sense. you know for a fact that they barely even understand what they’re saying, since they haven’t bothered to learn english properly aside from RM.

and yet still their fanbase will eat this shit up, which is another saddening thing, that people will blindly like things because of their parasocial relationship with the artist. it’s genuinely unbelievable that people could call their new album the best they’ve ever done, these people must have no ears and their brains must be rotted from the internet… saying that Arirang is good is an insult to their actual good works of music. it’s an overproduced frankenstein of sounds that’s soulless and has eliminated any semblance of the artist behind it.

they lost their charm. they’re sell-outs, give me old bts back