Jin Is Ready to Rock on ‘Happy’
Since the summer of 2022, the pop megabandBTShave been on hiatus a pause that both gave space for each member to embark on his mandatory military service and allowed them to spread their creative wings on solo projects that showed their varied musical interests and star-stuffed contacts lists. (Neo-soul muse Erykah Badu popped up on leader RMs sonically adventurousIndigo, while swaggering Louisvillian Jack Harlow cameoed on Jungkooks poppyGolden.) WithHappy, the debut album by smoothly charming vocalistJin, the second chapter of BTS is more fully fleshed out, as is the puzzle of where the groups seven members have ventured creatively since their split two-plus years ago....