
That melodic segment, repeated several times throughout the track, is Blood‘s strongest and most defining moment, wrapping a multitude of moods and emotions into one concise distillation of what makes the group so captivating.
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Those first few notes elicit more than many full songs, bringing us right into a build from the very beginning. They were smart to have him kick off the track. It’s a case of a vocal tone perfectly matching the instrumentation supporting it. Everyone’s at their peak here, but Blood‘s MVP has to be Jimin.

Even that one-word hook pulses with energy and attitude, helped along by a potent instrumental breakdown that proves there’s still a bit of life to squeeze out of the tropical house fad.įor an act who debuted as your typical hip-hop boy group, BTS have some incredible vocalists. The song has a real texture, and it’s different than anything the guys have given us so far. The synths are awash with depth and layers, showered over the track so effectively that they almost feel tactile. Much of that is due to the track’s flawless production, which is lush and all-encompassing. The song’s chorus is barely there, preferring an easy repetition rather than full-throated melody. Blood fuses trendy tropical house with moombahton - two genres that have become completely overused in global pop music. The thing about BTS is they pursue so many of the musical angles that usually drive me to complain and nitpick, but they’re just so damn good at it. Blood, Sweat & Tears (피 땀 눈물) is the latest in their continual reinvention, and it doesn’t disappoint. It’s been an absolute thrill to see them come back again and again with material that’s both friendly to pop radio and beguilingly artistic.


There, his school music teacher took him under her wing – and to folk clubs ( evidence exists of a young Berwyn at one such club performing an impressive Ed Sheeran cover). For an appearance on the BBC’s Later… With Jools Holland in June, he recorded his song Glory in front of his mum in the kitchen, adding an extra verse about racism in response to Black Lives Matter.īerwyn Du Bois moved from Trinidad and Tobago to Romford, east London, at the age of nine.

They have also earned him a record deal with Sony, and now third place on the BBC Sound of 2021 list, which is being revealed this week.īerwyn’s blend of haunting hip-hop and downbeat R&B puts him in the company of singers like James Blake and Sampha. Fast-forward to October 2020, and those intimate songs became his debut album Demotape/Vega. What followed was a two-week burst of intense creativity during which he poured his heart into a collection of achingly personal songs about struggling to balance heartache with hope. Either he would go all-out to try to make a go of music, or he would give up. Two years ago, Trinidad-born, London-based singer and rapper Berwyn was sleeping on a mattress on a bare floor when he decided he had a choice.
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In “BBC Sound of 2021: Berwyn’s breakthrough songs of ‘blood, sweat and tears,’” Ian Youngs ( BBC News) writes about the professional trajectory of Trinidad-born, London-based singer and rapper Berwyn Du Bois.
