Holy crap.
It takes a cast iron set to name a song after yourself.
It takes a bigger one to name it after your alter ego.
Meet Suga, best known for being a member of BTS.... you know, that Korean boy band you love. He's done some solo stuff as Agust D, his rap alter ego.
This is not BTS music.
This is just.... awesome. It's strong, angry hip-hop that happens to be mostly in Korean. Using heavily a sample from "It's A Man's Man's Man's World" by James Brown, it is unabashed and in-your-face. That sample held up its release on streaming platforms for five years - as clearance was needed to use it. That clearance finally came in 2023.
I was actually not expecting to find a live performance of this song.
I did.
It is possibly more bombastic live than recorded.
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