To that list, we can add BTS’ new album “Be,” which clocks in at a tidy eight tracks defined by restraint and intention. It’s far from escapist — the album speaks directly to the pandemic and its consequences, at least in how it’s all felt for fans and artists. Many of K-pop’s creative choices are typically directed from a label’s back office, but BTS earned its following by being more hands-on. “Life Goes on” and “Fly to My Room” set the tone immediately: pitch-tweaked samples that evoke a longing for better times. Advertisement“Be” captures something about the totality of BTS fans’ life in a pandemic: bored, scared and lonely, then resolved and raring to see what comes next.

Source: Los Angeles Times November 21, 2020 01:18 UTC