Charlie Harding and Nate Sloan

People in ARMY will say, oh, no, no, this is not K-pop.

This is BTS music.

It is of its own category.

And they are navigating that within the lyrics.

I think part of that distinction for a lot of listeners is the fact that BTS are working within the system, but they're also exerting their own identity.

opinions and control and artistry, you know, perhaps more than other idols in that system.

So let's leave that an open question for now.

Let's go to the next track on the album, which really continues a lot of the themes we've heard so far.

So that's J-Hope's pre-chorus.

And this particular line caught my ear.

Clap and shake it to Jungmori rhythm.

I did some investigating and learned that Jungmori is a traditional Korean rhythm.

associated with the Pansori tradition.

I found some really cool examples of it.

I think one I'd love to play is a musician named Kim Young playing this traditional instrument called the Aejeong.

And this is an example of that Jongmori rhythm that J-Hope is referencing.

I'm kind of obsessed with this, y'all.

I think this might be my next musical deep dive is Kukak, traditional Korean music.

I saw this referred to as Korean blues.

It's so bluesy and funky.