When a band as popular as BTS takes a break — definitely, totally not a hiatus, we’re heartily assured by all who have an interest, financial or otherwise, in the mega-selling K-Pop group’s continued existence — the first solo album to emerge from one of the members is always an intriguing prospect.
Will it be a total renouncement of the style of music previously propagated by the band? Or will it sound rather like what came before, in a bid to carry fans of the collective over to the new venture?