The main reason behind BTS success are their main singles.

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The prologue mix always feels transcendent. 5 minutes isn't nearly enough, it always feels like it's too short

Why you spitting facts? That's my username

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Do you actually listen to songs in album order like that? When I discovered BTS, Spotify was already a thing and I just chose to listen to the most played songs! The songs spanned several albums, so I only got to know each album after that. It is true that I decided to deep dive into the albums that had the songs I liked the most first though.

Yeah I listen to albums when I am exploring any artist's discography. I mean there's a process. I have to like atleast 4 main singles of the said artist for me to give listen to their albums then I have to like atleast 2 of those albums to think about listening to their discography.

I very rarely listen to Spotify curated playlists.

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personally the first song I found was woh, which is not a main single. I know I don't represent the majority of people lol, just wanted to say I think it was smart that they tended to promote more than 1 song from their albums, for example dope wasn't a title track but it did pull in many fans.

that being said, I agree with all the points you made in this thread, title tracks are usually the first songs non fans listen to, and bts titles through the years have had both quality and diversity. their range as singers and performers is really impressive.

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I love how you described this, and I think it's one of the main things that set bts apart from other artists. you can tell how much work has been put into their albums

I think I'm more attached to I need u since it was my first bts cb, but I'm not sure it's my #1 title track. that would be either danger, I need u, spring day or life goes on . or maybe N.O or ON, it's hard to pick few when they have so many excellent ones

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I mean almost all of their songs deserve to be promoted. They are just that good. But they have to choose one and they always end up choosing the best one. They are just too smart for us mere human beings.

I have absolute favourite in BST. But choosing one of SD, FL, INU as my 2nd fave is impossible. So I understand the struggle. Being ARMY is too difficult. We have to choose favourites amongst these all

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I agree that their main singles are attention-grabbers and help people dive into the rabbit hole, but I would argue that the main reason behind their success is actually because of their b-sides. Most artists have main singles that are meant to gain a ton of attention and hype. But when you decide to check out other work from these artists, expectations fall flat. Many mainstream artists don't put nearly as much effort into their b-sides and instead opt for filler tracks in their albums that are underwhelming at best. This is where BTS's power lies. ALL of their album songs are top-notch quality to the point where any one of them could have been promoted as a main single (exs: Bapsae, Outro:Wings, Paradise, Dis-ease, Louder than Bombs, etc). Their consistency when it comes to making quality music like this is why they have such a high conversion rate of causal listener to stan compared to their western and kpop counterparts. So while main singles are very beneficial and contribute to the vast majority of first-time listens, their b-sides are what make these listeners stay for the long run

Good point you made there. Liked this different perspective on the matter

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I think both fire and Blood sweat and tears helped them to grow their popularity in international markets both songs are really good and one of their best in kpop. also why u didn't include dynamite in the list u mentioned ?

I was talking about only main singles in this thread since my aim was to show why people end up discovering BTS albums which leads to them stanning BTS. 'Dyanmite' is an unusual case in BTS discography. I mean it was released as a standalone single which was first for BTS. English one at that. Another first. But then it was added to 'BE' because of its impact. I know the impact of the song but don't know how to classify it so I just didn't use it.

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agreed, it drives me kind of crazy when i comment on how i couldnt finsh a title track and someone recommends the album....if i hated the song the company thought had the biggest appeal why the f would i waste more time listening to bsides?

Yeah literally same...... Who has time to listen to all the songs from all the albums of all the artists??? If the song someone's spending so much money and time promoting is not good then there's very small chance other will be good lol......

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oh i move this thread !

The one thing i was so astounded by when i started discovering BTS( manly BTS title tracks and songs with mvs on youtube ) is how versatile their style of music is.

There is literally something for everyone and every mood which is unheard of tbh. I cant seem to think of another act that does it so successfully.

I diverge from ur opinion a little bit in thinking alltheir songs with an mv including their title tracks are the main reason for their success.

Yeah I agree that other songs with MV like 'Just One Day', 'War of Hormone', 'Save Me', etc. are also intrumental in their success but I chose to talk about only main singles because of the reason I mentioned in the point 2 in the OP.

The songs they choose as a main single give people an idea what they can expect from their album (which always leads to people end up stanning them).Either sonically or conceptually. So I just give them a little more importance.

Anyways BTS is just unique phenomenon and the fact we all have different reasons why we started stanning them just shows how different BTS as a musician and artist are from others.