Map of the Soul: 7
by BTS
  • Record Label: Bighit
  • Release Date: Feb 21, 2020
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9.0

Universal acclaim- based on 9464 Ratings

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  1. Positive: 8,527 out of 9464
  2. Mixed: 88 out of 9464
  3. Negative: 849 out of 9464
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  1. renaldihutasoi
    Oct 4, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Sampahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh… Expand
  2. iamjustsomeonen
    Sep 27, 2020
    0
    honestly, this is **** i'm not coming from a xenofobic place, i just couldn't enjoy it at all. bad lyrics, too much autotune, i don't get how the critics could give this 100. i started listening this with an open mind, really trying to find something good to get out of this, but i really wasn't able to. bts fans brag about they paving the way that was actually paved by korean acts such ashonestly, this is **** i'm not coming from a xenofobic place, i just couldn't enjoy it at all. bad lyrics, too much autotune, i don't get how the critics could give this 100. i started listening this with an open mind, really trying to find something good to get out of this, but i really wasn't able to. bts fans brag about they paving the way that was actually paved by korean acts such as psy that had some originality and something new to bring to the table. this sounds very much like any rookie kpop group album that i could search for randomly on youtube. **** **** ****… Expand
  3. NIneTailKitsune
    Mar 7, 2020
    4
    I'm really sorry to BTS and ARMY! I'm new to Kpop in general, but I have liked some of BTS' songs. I even bought and actually liked Map of the Soul: Persona. I was hyped for this album a lot.

    I was expecting too much or something. This was really disappointing. I'll admit I listened to this album in 3 broken up pieces, so this may have been a reason for disappointment. I think the    I'm really sorry to BTS and ARMY! I'm new to Kpop in general, but I have liked some of BTS' songs. I even bought and actually liked Map of the Soul: Persona. I was hyped for this album a lot.

    I was expecting too much or something. This was really disappointing. I'll admit I listened to this album in 3 broken up pieces, so this may have been a reason for disappointment.

    I think the reasons I don't like the album come from two major things. Firstly, the track listing makes this hell for me. I feel the album jumps from one general feeling to another. One song will be intense, while the next one right after that will be more calm (i.e. Black Swan to Filter). Had songs been switched around so that intense songs are paired and gradually calm down to a more gentle feeling, it would have benefitted significantly.

    Secondly, I personally think most of the songs on this album are really forgettable. Perhaps the track listing made it much worse. Even a day after listening to the album, I couldn't recall very many of the songs at all, which muddled this shadow feeling of the album that BTS uses so predominantly.

    Highlights of the new songs on the album for me include "Ugh!", "ON", "Black Swan", and "Interlude: Shadow". The rest of the songs, especially after a couple weeks after listening to the album, I cannot recall at all. I'm really sorry. I'll try to listen to the album again soon. I wish I could adore this album as much as most people do. Perhaps a second impression will turn it around! I hope so!    … Expand
  4. Vinicius19
    Feb 21, 2020
    10
    Álbum coeso, bem produzido, músicas lindas e um sentimento de juventude e missão cumprida. Impecável.
  5. Livian
    Aug 28, 2020
    10
    An amazing album in celebration to 7 years of their career. Talent is everywhere in this album where they really wrote and composed 95% of it, they're not a market group like kpop, they're actual artists
  6. Steph92
    Mar 4, 2021
    0
    Amazing album and group.

    The songs in it are all very good, with a lot of different meanings.
  7. erm164
    Nov 24, 2020
    0
    black swan was the only good song. the rest was very and and it’s obvious it only did so good because fans mass bought... pretty sad
  8. GabrielMonteiro
    Dec 7, 2020
    0
    This is just... bad. What a waste of time and money, honestly, so much autotune and zero talent
  9. rainyseason17
    Dec 10, 2020
    0
    This isn’t even a rap album, go inhabit pop. If I wanted to here unoriginal and formulaic songs I would go there anyway.
  10. elysiyara
    May 7, 2021
    0
    The music is too ordinary and not my type. The vocal quality of the members is still bad.
  11. cristalea
    Jul 7, 2021
    0
    it's generic as hell, their worst album at the moment, i didn't like it at all
  12. blinkthrce
    Jul 22, 2021
    0
    mediocre work I did not enjoy it their sound gets worse as time passes sucks to say
  13. 18monthss
    Jul 22, 2021
    0
    If you really like they vocals you really need to see a doctor, even with a lot of auto tune and effects they sing so BAD, seriously i know the 100% of the reviews are from fans and the critics reviews are buying but let be honest, i never heard they before and i really don't get annoyed by armys, i just give then a chance and go to listen, but honestly? they rap are completely dated theyIf you really like they vocals you really need to see a doctor, even with a lot of auto tune and effects they sing so BAD, seriously i know the 100% of the reviews are from fans and the critics reviews are buying but let be honest, i never heard they before and i really don't get annoyed by armys, i just give then a chance and go to listen, but honestly? they rap are completely dated they don't make you think or something about it, and the vocals......... Jesus ....... they really trained before? let's be honest i know the fans defend them but they are bad make music, high numbers and sells don't will make a album like this sounds good, if you are mad with this comment i'm sorry, i just try to give a chance to listen they and this album are bad.… Expand
  14. Duskno
    Aug 20, 2022
    0
    Maybe i stead of learning how to dance they should learn how to sing and wirte for once. Lurics very superficial, woth a lot of boring sounds in the music. This is just bad, "culture" for the mass
  15. skyferreira
    Aug 20, 2022
    0
    just increasing the gap between lana and second place xx bht tbh it’s a 3/10 album anyways
  16. whyamistaying
    Aug 20, 2022
    0
    Nah this album is not it... it has some of the most generic sounding "music" of all time
  17. Tatelivia
    Aug 22, 2022
    0
    Very cheesy overlypraised album. Never been a fan of BTS and how they're praised for bare minimum.
  18. iprf859ssm3443
    Feb 23, 2020
    5
    Lot of people want to act like this album is as good as those great album come from last year (like NFR! or MAGDALENE), but no. I think it's not bad, but there still some tracks makes me feel boring and awkward. Album is not very impressive me but it enough to make me want to heard their next project.
  19. Lun4_6A
    Sep 1, 2020
    1
    Muy básico, nada nuevo, de esperarse, las colaboraciones no lo valen y siendo apenas lo único destacable
  20. glitterwithsass
    Feb 24, 2020
    0
    This album is so garbage tbh. What was that with the whole autotune in these vocalists? Also less rapping in this album so disappointed. The rappers can't freaking sing at all with the help of autotune which make them sound so generic. Don't worry at least stan ATEEZ because soon BTS will entlist to the military. ATEEZ never disappoint. No wonder people are dragging by saying this album isThis album is so garbage tbh. What was that with the whole autotune in these vocalists? Also less rapping in this album so disappointed. The rappers can't freaking sing at all with the help of autotune which make them sound so generic. Don't worry at least stan ATEEZ because soon BTS will entlist to the military. ATEEZ never disappoint. No wonder people are dragging by saying this album is a flop but I agree with them.… Expand
  21. Gabopalma
    Aug 28, 2020
    0
    Tragic album. Basic and generic as usual, nothing new and literally boring song, this album needs to go straight to the bin.
  22. jolajolaokejola
    Aug 28, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. this is pure trash, nothing good. Their vocals and the autotune are horrible.… Expand
  23. BadGall
    Aug 28, 2020
    0
    Disappointing, a very dissapointing album, a lot of autotune and basic lyrics.
  24. Mizza1415
    Aug 29, 2020
    0
    Pues... meh. This really deserved a better production, but ok, so sorry, but BTS have better albums...
  25. Phillore
    Sep 9, 2020
    0
    It can’t be called music!So unbearable!Bts’s fans are trying to ruin the music market by changing the mark and simultaneously buying the album with an inappropriate way
  26. notbiasedcritic
    May 20, 2020
    0
    trash. didn't show any growth of them as an artist. i found this super overrated. i liked a track or two, but after listening to them 2 times, I couldn't bare them anymore.
  27. lisa19980325
    Feb 26, 2020
    3
    I don't like the title song ON although the lyrics are kind of inspiring.Friend, Louder than bombs ,My time, 00:00 are worth listening somehow. The others are so so.
  28. bansheexx
    Feb 26, 2020
    3
    it's a let down for me. the album is full of auto tune which does not sound good... the singles sound like something a bad western rapper/trap artist would release... idk this whole map of the soul series is a huge disappointment especially after love yourself series. i only like 2 or 3 songs..
  29. edu2711
    Aug 29, 2020
    0
    ruim demais, péssimo, lixo. Infelizmente não tem nada de incrível nesses trabalhos deles. Precisam aprender a fazer musica de verdade
  30. Hailey12
    Aug 30, 2020
    0
    Not this album is not good at all. And also I don't understand korean so blah blah
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  1. The New York Times
    Mar 4, 2020
    70
    As a whole, the strong but not particularly unruly “7” is less sure-footed than “Love Yourself: Tear,” the group’s last full-length, from 2018, and the first K-pop album to debut atop the Billboard album chart.
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  2. Variety
    Feb 27, 2020
    92
    Taut and primal, “MOTS: 7” is a kind of self-referential homage. ... Each get solo turns to shine here, their collective work is what stands out.
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  3. Pitchfork
    Feb 25, 2020
    63
    Persona lacked the natural fluidity and chicness of their best music. Those problems aren’t exactly mitigated here, since most of those songs appear on this album too, but within this new context, they feel like a flashback before the saga continues. Many of the new songs are better about balancing Easter eggs for day-ones with new entry points for more casual listeners.
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