ARMY Magazine - Monthly Issues ARMY Magazine ISSUE NO.2 - DEC 2018 | Page 13

“Anpanman” feeds directly into the
hype EDM track “So What,”
which almost dares the listener to turn
the volume down and move on to
something else.
Suga’s slippery, distorted verse
continues the song as the rap line
suddenly switches places, creating a
punchy, moving outro marked by the
combination of both rap and
symphonic elements to create a
The closing track, “Outro: Tear,” is the wholly unique work.
longest outro on a BTS album since
“Outro: Circle Room Cypher” off of
Whereas in other albums,
their debut album 2 Cool 4 Skool,
such significant genre-hopping would
and stands out on the album as a
create a jarring, dissonant effect,
high point for the rap line. A moody,
on Tear, it just sounds like BTS is
distorted piano intro feeds into
having fun. Almost as if they’re aware
a strong, powerful, tongue-twisting
of the fame that they have and the
verse from RM, and plays on the
fact that it could fade, with “Tear”,
alternate meanings and
they seem to decide to simply stay
pronunciations of ‘tear’ in English.
in the moment and enjoy it amongst
J-Hope comes in with a
themselves and with their fans.
dynamic verse, slipping into the
chorus passed between all three.
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