Rolling Stone names BTS’ “Spring Day” as one of the greatest songs of the 21st century

by impeccabletim

7 Comments

  1. impeccabletim on

    **”Spring Day” by BTS is #37 on [Rolling Stone’s 250 Greatest Songs of the Century So Far](https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-songs-of-the-21st-century-1235410452/haim-the-wire-4-1235424125) listicle. Blurb about the song:**

    >A moment of stark vulnerability that became a signature song for one of the century’s biggest pop acts, “Spring Day” turned personal grief into a surging, triumphal power ballad. “I wish to end this winter/How much longings must fall like snow/Before that spring day arrives,” goes the English translation of RM’s passionate lyrics. The song is associated with a tragedy in the band’s native Korea — the sinking of the ferry MV Sewol in 2014, in which 304 people died — but its sense of resilience and hope wrought from loss has a transcendent feel, soon to be mirrored in the band’s global takeover. BTS would have bigger crossover hits around the world, but few songs approach the gathering power of their music like this one.


    One of my fave BTS songs.🌸


    **Other K-Pop songs on the chart:**

    #206 NewJeans – “Hype Boy”

    #170 Girls’ Generation (SNSD) – “Gee”

    #142 BLACKPINK – “DDU-DU DDU-DU”

  2. It’s easily their best title track, so no wonder. I do not stan BTS but this song is still nice to listen to so many years after!

Leave A Reply