@/nytimes said about #Namjoon : Though there is a dutiful division of labor among the members, overall “Arirang” is much more a showcase for the group’s rappers —RM (...) RM in particular is in his prime, a creative stylist comfortable bending his cadences into new shapes
‘ARIRANG’ by BTS receives strong reviews from critics:
📀 Rolling Stone UK — 5/5
📀 VIEW OF THE ART: 5/5
📀 Rolling Stone — 4.5/5
📀 Consequence — 83/100
📀 AllMusic - 4.5/5
📀 Clash — 4/5
📀 The Guardian — 4/5
📀 The Telegraph — 4/5
📀 Associated Press (AP): 4/5
The more I listen to Arirang by BTS, the more it grows on me. It’s one of those albums that keeps unfolding with time.
Hand down the best BTS album ever made
When rpwp had just come out
Majority of the people (aka kpoppies) didn’t understand it. They trashed it
But to their dismay, it became the most critically acclaimed album made by a Korean artist.
So don’t listen to them. They don’t know music. They can’t appreciate the art