Navigating the self in a challenging and polarised world: the rappers of BTS and their solo work
As I listened to RM’s latest album, ‘Right Place, Wrong Person,’ I noticed an interesting pattern in the works that the rap-line of BTS have put out since going on a break to focus on their solo projects. RM (Kim Namjoon), SUGA (Min Yoongi, who goes by Agust D as a solo artist) and j-hope (Jung Hoseok) reflect on navigating themselves through a polarised world in which they are constantly under scrutiny. While I personally am not a rap fanatic, I really enjoy listening to the solo works of BTS’ rappers for their insightful lyricism and how they excellently tie their albums together to tell a clear story. With this post, I decided to focus on RM’s albums ‘Indigo (reviewed here )’ and ‘Right Place, Wrong Person,’ Agust D’s ‘D-Day (also reviewed here ),’ and j-hope’s ‘Jack in the box’ and ‘HOPE ON THE STREET VOL. 1.’ I divided the songs into three categories. In the first one, Namjoon, Yoongi and Hoseok reflect on the world they live in and the expectations that this world places on ...