BTS, Come Over | Song Review

Grammy-nominated K-pop boy band extraordinaire BTS drop another surefire, enjoyable bop with “Come Over,” which appears on ARIRANG deluxe.

Why sure, BTS! Anyplace, anytime, you handsome, talented fellas! The Grammy-nominated K-pop group drops anotha one – as in, another hit – with “Come Over”. “Come Over” appears on the deluxe version of their hit LP, ARIRANG.  Cirkut, Ammo, SUGA, Jacob Kasher, Aldae, RM, j-hope, and EL CAPITXN wrote it. Cirkut, Ammo, and SUGA produced it.

“Come Over” shimmers from the get-go.  Perhaps it’s the divine falsetto that graces the catchy, tuneful chorus, first performed by V and Jung Kook. Or maybe it’s the vibrant production.  The backdrop includes ear-catching synths and banging drum programming. The melodies are rhythmic and quite tuneful.  Even if you don’t understand Korean, the predominant language, it’s still a surefire vibe. SUGA performs the first verse, kicking things off with an English line (“Baby, don’t do me like that”) before embracing Korean. Jimin and Jin perform the second chorus, followed by a post-chorus led rapped by j-hope (“Over…”), and sung by Jung Kook (“You’ll never love me like / The Way you did before”), and V (“But would you open up / If I knocked on your door?”). The post-chorus differentiates itself from the verses and chorus harmonically and melodically. A rapped second verse by RM, performed exclusively in English, adds toughness and swagger (“You act like, done with past life / Then you pass like dust in a flashlight”). After another scintillating chorus (Jimin, Jung Kook, Jin, V) and post-chorus (j-hope, Jimin, Jin), j-hope ‘brings it on home’ with the third and final verse. Mostly rapped in Korean, there are select English lyrics including his assertion that “I’m past the pain,” and, fittingly, “Can I come over, o-over, ‘cause it’s not over?” All told, “Come Over” is a fun bonus track from ARIRANG.  All members of BTS bring personality to their performances, the songwriting is memorable (particularly the English for those of us stateside), and it is well-produced.  Pop bop? Fo’ sho’!

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