Tune Assessment: RM (BTS) – Come Again To Me

For awhile, there was some query whether or not BTS members would enlist within the army, given the breadth of their achievements and the precious smooth energy they’d developed for South Korea. The enlistments ended up taking place, however the music nonetheless flows throughout their hiatus as RM turns into the newest to launch “new” materials with out having the ability to actively put it on the market.

Come Again To Me is a pre-release for his upcoming album and is smart as an enlistment-era monitor. Unmoored from its music video, the tune is a prolonged six-and-a-half minute gradual burn. It’s unhappy to say, however you could possibly match three TikTok-prepared pop songs into this time-frame. Come Again To Me doesn’t sound like a “single” or “comeback” or “title monitor,” and there’s one thing admirable about that. In any case, this group has earned the best to launch no matter they need and so they have a (literal) military of followers who will help each transfer they make.

This can be a ponderous monitor, and one that may seemingly spawn a lot evaluation amongst listeners. I can embrace that type of evaluation sometimes, however first a tune has to seize maintain of me in a visceral means. After a virtually two-minute construct of halted phrasing and delicate guitar, Come Again To Me lastly lays down its drums. That is the second the place it grabs me. The groove is unfastened and ethereal, begging for a extra attention-grabbing set of melodies to tease out its full potential. This section doesn’t final lengthy and we’re quickly returned to a hushed, spoken-word verse. It feels virtually improvisational at occasions, like a laid-back jam session. I admire it greater than I prefer it, however I’m curious what RM has in retailer for the accompanying album.

Grade: C