My wife is BTS Army.
I think I said that correctly. I’m not into BTS. I don’t speak Korean, and while that isn’t by any means a no-go, given that I enjoy a lot of music in languages I don’t speak, I already have a rather tenuous relationship with pop music, and am picky about it (which is not the same as saying I have good taste).
Even so, she asked me, given that I had with some frequency listened to the full discographies of artists recommended to me, why I had not listened to the work of a group that had been so important to her. I realized she had a point, but cautioned that if I was to discuss the songs, I would provide my full, uncensored opinion – neither catastrophizing nor sugarcoating my feelings, as I did for anyone who wanted to discuss music with me. She said this was fine. So without further ado, the first full-length BTS album – DARK & WILD:
