Love yourself - tear
BTS (Sydkorea)
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Reviews (2)
NME
d. 3. June 2021
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Rhian Daly
d. 3. June 2021
"K-pop's fourth gen leaders find love in a hopeless place. With more creative involvement and a continued commitment to authentic, relatable storytelling, TXT offer a light in the darkness on their best release yet".
The Arts Desk
d. 5. June 2021
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Peter Quinn
d. 5. June 2021
"This second full-length album from South Korean quintet TXT scrambles musical genres in rich and fascinating ways. From the fizzing hi-hats and dreamy chords of opener "Anti-Romantic" to the harmonic stasis and minimalist groove of "Frost" which brings the eight-track collection to an impressive close, textures, timbres and tempos are impressively varied throughout. Beginning with the merest hint of vinyl crackle before bass and drums kick in, "Magic" is a bona fide summer banger which packs an enormous amount of detail into just a shade over two and a half minutes - a killing vocal arrangement, funky clav riffs, swelling synth pads, plus the dramatic drop before the final chorus. It's a song that's guaranteed to set heads nodding in all corners of the world".