So I was watching the Proof live and this sentence really made an impression on me. If you look back at BTS's 9 year long career, good or bad, one thing that is for sure is that they never were stagnant from an artistic pov.
If you think about it not many artists would follow a song like dynamite with something so polar opposite of it as life goes on but BTS did.
How many artists have an album based on the pandemic? BTS have that. They always release albums that best represent them at that point in time.
Ngl I was very apprehensive of them releasing an anthology at first,It felt out of place for me but I totally understand their decision now, they wanted to release a body of work that best represents them and their career. Proof is exactly that.
There has been so much negativity in the fandom lately but I still hope that ARMYS can appreciate proof for what it is, a homage to their beautiful 9 year long career.