BTS, THE BEST

Most artists wait until long past their heyday to release best-of collections, but then again, BTS isn’t like most artists. BTS, THE BEST is actually the third Japanese compilation album from the seven-piece K-pop boy band, widely recognized as the most popular group on the planet in 2021. Most of the songs—their biggest smashes to date, rerecorded in Japanese—will sound familiar to the BTS ARMY, but there are some lesser-heard gems, such as the moody ballad “Film out,” a collaboration between Jungkook and Iyori Shimizu for the Japanese TV thriller Signal: Long-Term Unsolved Case Investigation Team.