Army's TOP 4 BTS Songs (Music Producer Reacts)

Revisiting the one of the biggest band in the world with the Army's top 4 songs ('Fire', 'Fake Love', 'Black Swan', & 'Mic Drop')

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Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
1:11 "Fire"
3:08 "Fake Love"
6:46 "Black Swan"
9:25 "Mic Drop"
11:02 "Final Thoughts"

[qpgold]

wise quote from the genius bts rapper-producer
“You’ll like BTS music if you listen without prejudice” -Suga of BTS

[judyburgess]

The good dancer is Jimin, he also has an extraordinary, angelic voice.
BTS were put together, but were encouraged to write their own material. There is an inhouse team to help with things but much of the writing, and even producing is done by themselves. The 3 rappers are all members of the Korean copywright association.
The rapper you liked with the deep, rich voice is RM, the group's leader.

[MariaClara_x]

It’s not that we don’t like if people don’t like their work, it’s just that they have so much that we feel it’s kinda unfair to judge by a tiny part
If a person listen to a bit of their different sounds and vibes and understand just a bit of their journey and still don’t like it, it’s fair
We just want them to be respected for the amazing work they did, even if it’s not your cup of tea 💜

[filanthi]

The guy dancing in Black Swan that you noticed, is Jimin (I love them all, but he is my bias). He is a beautiful dancer (he studied contemporary dance in the past, amongst other styles), and I love his voice, it’s so delicate and unique, he can go really high, I can always tell when its him singing. Plus he’s such a sweetheart.

[green_bagel]

Sorry if you got nasty comments.

I guess being an Army is kind of personal? Their music found us and helped through different shit in life.

Army is very protective of them because they went through a lot before being and even when they are this big. They are still very humble.

💜

[elizaaparecidakmick]

The dancer that stood out in Black Swan is Jimin my bias. He is a wonderful dancer and his voice is like af an angel
A proud 55 years young Army from Brazil.

[Hotchicken]

As a producer I feel like you’d appreciate these ones (a solo from each also) but it is literally so hard to pick just a few, their catalogue is massive and full of gems:
Louder Than Bombs,
Stay Alive (prod Suga),
Arson- jhope
Slow dancing-V
Daechwita- Agust d (he is an insanely good producer)
Like Crazy- Jimin
Epiphany- Jin
Seoul-RM
Still With You- JK

[silviamunoz]

First: they are a group, not a steretyped "boyband". They aren't the typical k-pop too. They write and produce most of their own songs and when they don't, they participate on it or choose it. They are not just interpreters of others' staff.
The songs in English don't represent their huge discography. The reason to sing those songs was to give a bit of happiness to.Army (fandom, us) during the pandemics. Even if the lyrics are shallower, it has a message on it: "be string, take of yourself, stay healthy".
Personally, I love any single song I heard in these past almost four years, fir a reason or another. Some give me happiness, others make me think about life, others empower me and other simply improve my mood. 😊

[notmeowbutmeow]

I literally have never seen a more genuine artist than BTS. It's not only talent, if you get to know their background and personality, you can't find even a single bad thing about them like at all. They are the most hard working, genuine, humble and kindest artists I ever see. But, like always, they got misunderstood because they are "pretty boy" who sings and their fanbase are mostly female. It's very much unfair. I really hope you continue to learn about them. Trust me, you're not the first person to begin learning so please don't be discourage. We can help you learn by suggesting some videos. My suggestion would be the Introduction to 7 member of Bangtan and also their lives performances. If you're amaze by their mvs, you will be even more amaze watching their live performances because they are even much better live than recordings.

[LizyCinder]

I'M SO GLAD that you made a honest reaction with this one and the one before, without pretending to like the group just to please the fandom

[Lizbeth]

Their English songs didn't have as much of their own artistic input & were really written to appeal to more of a broader audience as feel good songs during the pandemic. The strategy worked, & that's when their popularity hit a new high in the west, but their most impressive works are written in Korean with some English sprinkled in, as is their usual style. Interestingly, RM, the guy whose voice you liked, is the only one who is fluent in English. He's literally a genius at academics as well as songwriting & taught himself to speak English by watching old episodes of "Friends" with English subs. He signed on as a rapper with then struggling Big Hit at 15 & was the first BTS member and is the group leader. I completely understand where you're coming from about the typical manufactured cookie cutter boy bands, as it's typical of most boybands in the US, & is DEFINITELY typical in K-pop. That's one big part of what sets them apart from the rest. They're each incredibly talented as individuals & have all gotten critical acclaim with each of their solo projects. Jhope was the first to release an official solo album & headlined at Lollapalooza in 2022 (which was amazing, btw; you should watch it!). My 24 year old son took me to see the SUGA/Agustd D-Day concert in Chicago as a mother's day gift. It was THE BEST concert I've ever seen in my 62 years. I've seen all the big classic rock bands live growing up in the seventies, including Aerosmith, AC/DC, Cheap Trick, REO, Foreigner etc., but Suga's concert was on another level musically, artisictly, professionally... I've never seen anything else like it. I've seen other ARMYs suggest you watch the Taylor guide, & it's really the best way for a newcomer to be introduced to each nember & get know their journey. I'm glad you decided to give them another try. BTS is actually a genre unto itself, & their very diverse discography has something for everyone's musical taste, no matter your age, gender or ethnicity. As you've discovered, ARMYs are very protective of BTS, but the majority of fans know the guys wouldn't want to see us disrespectful of anyone for their own opinions, especially since individuality & compassion is something they've been advocates of for years. We're the biggest fandom on the planet, but we'll always give respect as long as you respect us & BTS. I hope you dig deeper into their discography & that you truly enjoy the journey. It really is worth it.💜

[Iyaf-es]

Loved this video, I dont know you but I love how you not only reacted but shared ur feelings and experiences, hate will always come dw. & with the boyband thing yes totally but army is not so protective bc of their music or handsome or yk, there are decades of videos BTS has out for us to get to know them, totally not one direction style. Right now they are doing solo work and always mentioning eachother as brothers and how its so unfamiliar and always have said how it is a family. DEFINITELY check out videos of explaining the group individually, I forgot the one that everyone sees but pre sure its the most watched video for a detailed video omd Im sure someone has recommended it down here. Lots of love, took me 2 weeks to recognise each of them lol

[VictorineLieske]

Thank you for giving BTS another chance. They have so many songs, and they are so different. They have a lot more depth to them than the pop you first listened to. I would love to see you react to Taylor Mari's Guide to the Bangtan 7. Don't cut out parts, ARMY will watch the whole thing with you. We love it when people find BTS and learn about all they do.

[NanciBK]

Please know that while their music can be enjoyed on a surface level, there is so much more going on here.

Fire is a mental health anthem to young people, (particularly in S Korea where pressures on them are so high that they have the highest suicide rate in the 10-19 age range in the world) telling them it's ok to cut loose sometimes and make mistakes and act stupid, that they are young and life is for living. That's why Yoongi says "I'll forgive you" at the end.

Fake Love is about hiding your true self behind masks to be loved (and partly a treatise on fame.) The choreography is mainly puppet based (marionettes) to underscore the part about being fake/'make myself a doll." This is one of the live performances of Fake Love with a dance break that really underscores the puppet theme.
The MV is also full of visual storytelling for the Bangtan Universe, including the candy bars. The Bangtan Universe, or BU is the supernatural psychological mystery which unfolds across multiple albums with clues peppered throughout MVs, short films, song lyrics, album notes, webtoons, books, a mobile app game and more mutli-media content. Something no one has ever done before.

Black Swan is off an album (Map of the Soul 7) based on Jungian psychological theory and is about how they felt so pressured and burned out by their unexpected global fame and the insane pace of the work they were putting out, and it's about the shadow/fear of falling out of love with their art and how that is like a first death for an artist. Ironically it came out just before the pandemic hit and the sudden, forced cessation of work and cancellation of a sold out global tour brought it's own, different mental anguish and identity crises to the forefront for them, as it did for many of us, which they detail in their pandemic album BE and in some of their later solo work like Jimin's whole album Face, and songs by RM and Agust D. BE includes a song you already heard, Life Goes On, which talks about pandemic realities, as well as shows them in the MV as the guys are stuck at home (yes they all lived together for about 12 years, until last year) and embodies the Korean concept of Han, both sad but also hopeful.

I never followed a "boy band" in my life before BTS and I don't really consider the label to apply to them because it's too limiting for what they are. They break so many defining traits of such a group, as well as of S Korean Idol music in general (what we in the West think of as K-Pop.) Idol music didn't want to claim them either, because they didn't think BTS fit, and they were rejected by the industry in the early years. Most Idol groups indeed do not write their own music or control their careers, but BTS does. That was the mission of their tiny label's founder, Mr Bang, to overturn the music industry by prizing artistic freedom and the authentic voice of the artists. And boy does the music industry HATE them for that, both in S Korea and globally. That was Mr Bang's one mandate for them from the beginning, that their music contain their real and authentic stories and messages. And yes, they were writing and producing their own music from the beginning, as well as having help from in house producers like Slow Rabbit and PDogg and Mr Bang himself.

These are just 7 passionate and incredibly talented genius who happened, through some quirks of fate or magic, to find a synergy together in one group that no one really understands, even them. Believe me, their label and everyone else on earth has been trying to duplicate them, without any success. Add to their artistry their depth of character as people, their charitable giving and leadership, their humble and loving personalities, their love for one another, and their crazy origin story as a group, and....well, there just has never been anything like them before and I doubt there will be again. They are lightning in a bottle. They have already been together longer than the Beatles and made more music than them, and broken many of their records, just as one example. They are the first group in global history with 4 members, then 5, then 6 members who are million sellers as soloists and it will eventually be all 7 when they each have released more solo work. They have broken so many Guiness World Records in their only 10 years of being a group that they are already in the Guiness Hall of Fame. These guys didn't get famous for being cute, nor were they backed by big money. They were keeping the lights on at their tiny label with gigs like back up dancers at mall fashion shows. Their label told them to go home at one point because they were too broke to try to continue with them and the guys refused, scraping together the money to continue. They are artists.

[jeiminnypairkt]

I never stanned any boy bands till BTS. When I started knowing them, I’ve started stanning them for their personalities then more when I listened to their music. That’s why I stan BTS because unlike other boybands they are genuine people and most of their songs that they composed aren’t superficial. Please listen to zero’ o’clock, truth untold and house of cards. And actually they have abundance of songs that aren’t at all what you call… i forgot superficial? They are not like those ‘boy bands’ that you think when you start knowing them. But Thank you for giving time to listen to them.

[blancanavarro]

For the vocal line, check out “House of Cards”, “The Truth Untold”, “Zero O’clock”.
Individually, Jimin has “Lie”, “Filter”, “Serendipity”, and his solo album FACE which came out this March with “Set Me Free pt. 2”, “Like crazy”, etc…
Jin has a song with Coldplay “The Astronaut”, plus “Moon”, “Epiphany”, “Yours”…
V has some great solo work too. Listen to “Stygma”, “Singularity”.
Jungkook (JK), has “My Time”, “Euphoria”, “Begin”.

[alex]

I think ARMY recommends these songs to people outside of the fandom because the general public has a certain impression of who BTS is through the English songs, and Fire, Fake Love, etc. break that image (to a certain point). I don't have anything against the English songs, but so many of my own friends keep shitting on my love for BTS because of Dynamite, Butter and Permission to Dance. To them, that's all BTS is: a generic boyband with generic lyrics. It becomes very tiring to explain the many layers of this group (and why its unfair to judge a Korean band on songs written in English?!?) and we ARMY can get a bit defensive if we feel that BTS is tossed aside without being given an actual chance. So, thank you for doing this.
I agree with the people in the comments about listening to their solo stuff! The members are all so different from one another, it makes for a very colorful mix.

[deborapakpahan]

For musical experiments songs, i recommend :
1. Louder Than Bombs
(the first second of the song already got my heart from the first time i listened to it like fr)
2. House of Cards
3. Pied Piper
4. Baepsae
5. Go Go
6. Am I Wrong
7. Butterfly (one of a Trilogy, the others are I Need You and Run in 2015)

Trust me the beat and instruments in this songs are just 🤌🏻 and it shows how diverse their music is
And i suggest you to pay attention to the story and lyrics too, bcs BTS songs never went without deepfull meanings


And just in case you like Hip Hop/Rap those type of musics
Here are some recommendations from me for BTS Hiphop/Rap music.
And make sure to turn on the subtittles, its the most important thing
1. Joke by RM
2. Persona by RM
3. Agust D by Agust D
4. Cypher pt. 1-4 by BTS Rap Line
5. Daecwhita by Agust D
6. Sexy Nukim by Balming Tiger ft. RM
7. Hip Hop Phile by BTS
8. Snooze by Agust D

Bcs BTS has always been takim it heavy and deep when it comes to Hip Hop, they started as a Hip Hop Group and some of the members came from Underground Rappers and Street Dancer

So trust me, YOU WON'T REGRET checking out the song 💜

[annachernova]

BTS are more than just ordinary boybands that you mentioned.
They also write and produce. And dance, and have amazing performers. And much more than that. They really inspire people. Because of what? You will find out later if you continue. Trust me, you will not regret.
They are not how you said in the end of the video.
I recommend you to watch A guide for BTS by Taylor. It is long video but it's OK for army. We love long videos, don't cut them.
And you will find out what are they about. You don't even know 1% of who they are as people and artists :)

[glaucieneoliveira]

Thank you for giving te guys another chance…. I had the same prejudice as you with them, even if I hadn’t listened to them…. I had a pre existing judgement just because they are a boyband….. to be honest, not only their music, but they behavior, their beliefs, the way they treat the fans, all of it are different and unique..