Where to Start With Each Member’s Solo Work
One song each, what the album around it is like, and which BTS track it grew out of.
8 songs · press play on any of them, no account needed
Between 2022 and 2024 every member released solo work, and it is genuinely seven different projects rather than seven versions of the same one. Somebody who loves one of these can easily dislike another, which is the point.
One entry point each, in the order the records arrived.
The seven
↗Arson (Instrumental)
j-hope · Jack In The Box (HOPE Edition)
j-hope, from Jack in the Box (2022). The album is dark, angry and much less comfortable than his reputation — he made it to be judged as a rapper. Start here if you liked MIC Drop.
↗Wild Flower (with 조유진)
RM · Indigo
RM, from Indigo (2022), with Youjeen. A record made with painters and jazz musicians about what fame costs. Start here if you liked Black Swan.
↗Like Crazy
Jimin · FACE - EP
Jimin, from FACE (2023). Anxious, dance-shaped, and a number one in the US. Start here if you liked Serendipity — then be surprised by how little else it sounds like it.
↗AMYGDALA
Agust D · D-DAY
SUGA, from D-DAY (2023) as Agust D. The closing chapter of a ten-year trilogy, and the most exposed writing any of them has published. Start here, not at the singles.
↗Slow Dancing
V · Layover - EP
V, from Layover (2023). Six tracks, warm, unhurried, mostly English, and the least commercial record in this list. Start here if you liked Blue & Grey.
↗Standing Next to You
Jung Kook · GOLDEN
Jung Kook, from GOLDEN (2023). Full-throated pop performance, no hiding. Start here if you liked Dynamite and wanted more of it.
↗Running Wild
Jin · Happy - EP
Jin, from Happy (2024) — his first release after discharge. Bright pop-rock, and lighter than everything above it on purpose.
If you only have time for three
A note on SUGA: D-2 — the 2020 Agust D mixtape with Daechwita on it — is not on every streaming service, so searching for it here may return covers rather than the real thing. It is worth finding properly.
And all seven have carried on since. The member pages on this site keep a running list of each one's solo releases.
Keep this list
Turn it into a playlist you can play end to end and share, or write your own version and say why — everything here comes across, and you change whatever you disagree with.
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