Do you think BTS' English songs are generic?

discuss.

If being easily digestible and coherent from beginning to end is generic for general casual listeners that aren't kpop fans, then yes. They've gained so many fans because of these three "generic" songs

Generic isn't bad, though. Remember that.

As a casual listener of western songs, no, contary to popular opinion, they aren't generic.

The reason is simple, 99.9% of western music these days is about s*x and crying over your past relationships. It is a trend at this point.

And as far as I can see, bts aren't straight up talking about s*x or crying about their exes in their english songs. Infact they seem very happy and joyful, gives me a nostalgic feeling.

But I guess it shows how the western industry is nowadays, when a kpop group releases better and more unique english songs than the industry itself.

Though I am not a bts fan(I don't like any of their songs other than the english ones). I appreciate them bringing something new to english songs.

Also, shoutout to Twice! I really like what they did too. A cute concept in the western industry is what it needs now.

I also like blackpink's english songs, I like that they stick to their image and didn't go full on s*x.

Though I was a little disappointed that Ice Cream(I know it isn't a complete english song) was about s*x, I am glad that they didn't straight up talk about it and instead just hinted it creating sexy cute concept. Something rare in the kpop industry too.

Generic but in a good way. Like, it's not wild or really doing anything new, but all the elements are done perfectly and are pleasant.

If it's generic, so what? Much better than disjointed noise that fxing gives you a headache.

And besides, BTS's 3 'generic' English songs are their most successful.

I think so.

When I listen to older BTS songs like BS&T or Not Today. They feel very unique to them. Like they have a very personalized feel as if you couldn't mistake them for being from or sung by another group. They feel very distinctive and created in their image.

On contrast, while enjoyable enough songs (my mom loves them), their English offerings don't have this same sort of feel. They feel like timeouts or dabbling in an established sound and style, like the songs were there before them and could have hypothetically be anyone's. And they're just coming in to cover them.

They are great fun pop songs. But I think... Less distinctive (and at least feel less personal) than their older fare.

This is Emanresu by the way. I'm answering this as I would any thread (not really treating it like an anon.).

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