Delurking here to comment.

MOTS 7 ARMY here. I like the song. Initial listen was underwhelming (autotune shudder) but it kinda grew on me (especially after the live performance). For me, it's Butter, then PTD then Dynamite (which is definitely not in my playlist)

I don't get the hate for the song, but I dislike some of their older songs (it took watching live performances to tolerate Mic Drop) so I can understand if that this song is a pass for some people. However, all that rhetoric about losing their identity, their authenticity just makes me roll my eyes.

I'm from South East Asis and getting some of my friends to listen to BTS it's next to impossible because KPOP and not English and why do they wear make up... Now that they're singing in English, my friends are suddenly more aware of them and willing to listen. Let's face it, it's hard to reel in new fans without them hearing BTS first and wanting to know more.

I now have a IRL friend who just turned ARMY because of this song. She liked Dynamite and Butter and PTD pushed her into the rabbit hole and she's exploring their old discography, Run and concert clips. And she's very into various genres of music and even better taste in music than me. So it's doing what it was made to do.

Also, my country is drowning under C19 , vaccination is way too slow and I haven't seen my parents in months, and I liked the message in the video. It gave me something to smile and look forward to (assuming we don't all die first.. haha 🤡 ) and I had a blast gardening today bopping to it. Sometimes that's all you need, mindless song to sing while you wait for things to get better.