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Boy Meets Evil
It’s a p ­ owerful intro that frames the fight against
evil in the ­context of a coming-of-age s ­ tory, setting up
a complex metaphor used throughout the rest of the
album.
the fight against evil in the context of
a coming-of-age ­story, setting up a
complex metaphor used throughout
the rest of the album. MAMA comes
later in the album as a quirky h
­ ip-hop
song that let us see his signature
animated delivery, while not shying
away from a topic that c
­ ontains much
emotional weight. Through MAMA,
we were able to see a
­ nother side of
J-Hope. We saw someone who had
emotional depth and was not afraid of
experiencing it, with a song stylized to
remain true to his hopeful nature.
Perhaps the clearest view of
J-Hope’s growth as an artist comes
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