#and ppl say harry has repetitive lyrics!

[struggle-but-its-all-ocean-floor]

Okay I'm using this ask to share some thoughts (not hate!) regarding Tae's album.

I've always had difficulty "getting" Taehyung, and he's the member I relate least to despite his vibes matching mine pretty well. But his songs kinda hit home for me, and I was looking forward to his album because it could be something entirely unique in terms of the sound. His voice is amazing, his love for jazz could really shine- maybe even sth operatic. I loved all the solo albums thus far, as well as the solo songs (except dreamers because I don't touch the whole Qatar world cup stuff), but Love Me Again just completely disappointed me.

The lyrics are unimaginative and repetitive, and the melody is just...weird? I barely could finish watching it once. It's not generic, just forgettable (whereas f.e. Harry Styles' music is maybe generic by virtue of being pop but definitely not forgettable).

The MV is a thing I can't be bothered to analyse because the song gives me no motivation to go look at it. The MV for Set Me Free pt 2 wasn't overly complex (compared to Like Crazy, other BTS productions or the AgustD trilogy), but the song was so good you wanted to connect the lyrics to the poem on his chest & the choreography. There was depth. Layers!

If it was sth Tae had his fingers in, I'd just accept it but learning now that he wasn't actually involved is just confusing. After witnessing the care, love and soul the other members put into their releases, it feels off-putting (say what you will about seven but the sheer meme-ness of the MV is worth its existence. Also JK being constantly infantilized by ppl younger than him, and him doing such a song is very liberating). Like this album was just something he thought he had to do because the others were doing it? An afterthought. Maybe I'm being unkind, maybe I shouldn't expect BTS to always write emotionally cathartic pieces about the human experience.

But after crying to The Astronaut, being shocked by JitB, pondering life to Indigo, getting my world rocked by Face and going through every human emotion ever conceived with D-Day this fell flat. Every other BTS member has proven with their solo albums that they're more, that they have depth and complexity in both who they are and how they use music. That there's a point to what they're doing. I'm holding off on JK because I'm somewhat hopeful he will release a full album, and from what we've seen from him (Magic Shop, Decalcomania, Still With You etc) he could do something just as emotionally meaning as his hyungs (The pressure on him is insane).

I've never not cared about a release. I've never checked out of promotions. I won't go around spreading my opinions. One because I just don't care that much, and two because I feel like Taehyung's fans tend to be more toxic - even non solo just regular Tae biased army.

Tl;dr: If you don't want to have a deep song (which is fine) at least don't make it boring both musically and visually, and don't just hint at concepts (through clothes or set design) but commit.

Well, I understand what you mean. I just listened to Love Me Again and Rainy Days again, and they're pretty nice songs, but not really my style. Having both pre-releases be so similar is a bit unexciting too, as are the MVs are. Overall nothing V has done lately has been exciting to me. But that's okay. There's tons of BTS content I haven't watched. I haven't even watched Yoongi's D-Day tour. I'm busy and it feels like too much pressure to watch everything even if no one is making me. I didn't expect to care about V's debut since I wasn't looking forward to it (in the sense that I just didn't care much, no offense to V, I do love him but he feels distant from me) so I'm not disappointed, but I think he had the potential to do a lot more and it's still a bit sad he likely won't blow it out of the park with his debut, like Jikook did, in very different ways (even if I had major complaints with their debuts, they did surprise people and challenge people's images of them).

Thanks for the ask! You shouldn't worry about sharing your opinions. If you knew the amount of hate asks I deleted when I shared my not so positive Seven opinions... There was one private message and a reply to my post as well...

[accidentalharrie]

I’m also an aunt with no kids and, I must admit, I don’t really “get” kids. Anyway, I showed my nephew, who is just shy of 4, my record player because I thought he might find it interesting (again, I’m not good with kids). He really enjoyed Harry but told me that I need to get “good music”: paw patrol.

Aw, my nephew would love to examine a record player (and try to take it apart). My smallest niecelette and nephew refuse to indulge any Harry songs but try Watermelon Sugar with your nephew - tons of my friends’ kiddos love the song, even after I explain its origins to their parents. 

[mitchharry]

Hi, what do you think of fine line the album now? Dunno if you've ever review it or anything

I’m surprised anyone wants to hear my thoughts on it tbh ndjsns thank u for asking!

It kinda felt really weird when i listened to it for the first time, I didn’t know if I ABSOLUTELY LOVED it or if I didn’t love it as much as I wanted to. It was just a bit overwhelming, also because I wasn’t able to hear a “general sound” of the album, if that makes sense? Because there’s just so much going on

I listened to it more often and began to fall in love with it more and more with each listen. I started to REALLY love this album but I still wasn’t sure if I loved it as much as HS1. and uhhhhh. then I listened to it while being high for the first time and no offense but everything suddenly changed for me dbjssn CAN YOU BELIEVE I DIDNT LIKE FINE LINE THE SONG UNTIL THEN???? FINE LINE?????????????????? i literally sobbed through the whole song when listening to it that night and I honestly still cry every time I listen to the song bc it just means so much to me!!! so much!!!!!!!! anyway it made me appreciate the album way more (also I am in no way condoning the usage of drugs, this is just my experience!!!!)

anyway, now that we had her for more than a month, I can confidently say that fine line is one of my faves, if not my absolute fave, album of all time!! it’s so well produced, there’s so many different sounds for different moods, HARRYS VOCALS (esp on falling ✌🏻😔 and she 🥵), I feel like I’m going through so many different emotions all at once!! the lyrics have improved SO MUCH since HS1 and I know a lot of ppl are criticizing his use of repetitions, but I don’t really mind them!! like in fine line (the song) I think they’re ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY!!!!! imagine the song without the desperate “we’ll be a fine line” but hopeful “we’ll be alright”s.... for me it makes the song so much more powerful!!!

this time around I feel like harry has been way more vulnerable and honest (compared to HS1, I mean) and I just appreciate that so, so much. And I can totally see what he meant when he said he’s been at his lowest when feeling sad, but at his highest when feeling happy because of how my emotions change while listening to the album.

anyway I’m really bad at this bdjdn but thanks for reading, if u came this far ✌🏻😘