I reached out to this community from a dark place in need of BTS music that would better fit my inner landscape. Thanks to all of you I got over 80 recs for beautiful songs from across the spectrum of core group and solo work. I’ve added this playlist to Spotify:

Dark & Moody BTS

Some are here for the haunting or contemplative melodies, some for the lyrics, some for both. Some have attitude, some have inner soul gazing, some are surprising. Some are sad and some are hopeful and loving.

They are all uplifting to me because I will always remember that I discovered most songs on this playlist because of all of you 💜 thank you for being there for me and each other like BTS is for us.

I got to really dive into solo work deeper than before and want to especially thank everyone who shouted out Agust D. I wasn’t in the right place for Yoongi’s solo work when I first became an ARMY but listening at last now, it’s a deep comfort. Especially Snooze which is the song that most succeeded at dislodging more upbeat music that had gotten stuck in my head.

I didn’t add his entire albums, or other entire albums from Joon or Hobi but want to thank folks who pointed me to them and I highly encourage listening to everything. I did include tracks that were specifically recommended.

Also I originally made this as a private list on YT Music where you can find pretty much everything and was disappointed that some of the recs folks had weren’t accessible on Spotify. But I know Spotify is where most people go so I wanted to share here.

If anyone would like to make a cover image for the playlist I would be happy to clear out the auto-generated pic! And of course I will happily add more tracks if people have more recs.

Altogether this playlist showcases such breath and depth of how this community has found the mood they needed through BTS.

I would love to hear more stories about how particular songs on this playlist have impacted you. And thank you all again! I’m doing better thanks to you 🫂

by stayonthecloud