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Every BTS Solo Song Ranked

Together they’re a pop-music force of nature. As solo artists RM, Jin, Suga, J-Hope, Jimin, V, and Jung Kook have created an equally amazing catalog.

BTS backstage at the 2019 Grammys

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There’s a saying among ARMY — BTS’ famously loyal fandom — that the South Korean supergroup’s songs find you when you need them the most. Feeling a bit melancholy? “Spring Day” is here to put things into perspective. Need something to pep up your spirit? “Dynamite” understands.

The solo careers of the band’s seven members have produced many similarly beloved moments. RM, Jin, Suga, J-Hope, Jimin, V, and Jung Kook have all been incredibly prolific, with each creating his own artistic profile and unique discography.

In 2022, Jin became the first BTS member to enlist in the South Korean army — a requirement for all able-bodied South Korean men. That year, Rolling Stone published the 100 best BTS songs. By June 2025, the rest of the group had completed their military requirements and reunited back in Seoul. As the band enters into a new chapter of its career, we felt now was the perfect time to make this ranking of every BTS solo song so far.

With a subject this vast, we need to establish a few ground rules before jumping into the list:

This is not a list of every single thing each member of this band has ever done throughout their entire lives. This is a list of songs by the members of BTS released after the formation of BTS. We are not including any songs released before BTS debuted in June 2013, which means songs like 14-year-old RM’s “Collabo” and “Fuck Cockroachez” were not eligible.

We are only counting songs in which a member of BTS is credited or co-credited as the main artist on the track. Features do not count, but duets or any other kind of collaboration where the BTS member gets equal billing as the main artist on the track do count. So, “Stop the Rain”  by Tablo and RM made the list, while “That That” by PSY, which is credited as “(prod. & feat. Suga of BTS),” did not.

Solo versions of songs that had already appeared on BTS albums or had been previously recorded by the group were not eligible. But, of course, all songs on their mixtapes and solo albums were included.

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BTS has made many television appearances where they performed one-off songs as subunits. They also made an iconic guest appearance at the legendary Seo Taiji’s 25th-anniversary concert, where he proclaimed BTS as his musical successors. As great as they were, those appearances aren’t included. Songs released on social media are not included.  Covers that were released as singles or uploaded onto BTS’ official channels are included.

Since their 2013 debut, some of the members — particularly RM and Suga — have gone by different stage names. For clarity’s sake, we are sticking to the names they currently use within BTS: RM, Jin, Suga, J-Hope, Jimin, V, and Jung Kook.

The BTS universe is vast and rich and unlike anything else in the history of pop music. The seven musicians are prolific as a group and as individuals, creating smart, fun music that encourages listeners to think and dance, laugh and cry, bliss out and emit primal screams. While these artists mesh together beautifully as BTS, there’s something really special about what they are creating separately. This list is a celebration of that story.

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V, ‘Sweet Night’

V’s original plan for “Sweet Night” was to release it on a future mixtape or solo album. Instead, he let it be used on the soundtrack of Itaewon Class, which stars his good friend, actor Park Seo-joon. In that K-drama, Park’s character was torn between two women who represented his past and future. “Sweet Night” plays into how timing affects how we perceive those closest to us, rhetorically asking, “How could I know/One day, I’d wake up feeling more?”

134

RM, ‘Always’

One of RM’s greatest strengths is processing his complex, raw emotions and creating something intimate and therapeutic. Just as BTS was on the precipice of exploding globally, RM penned “Always,” a song on which he grapples with personal acceptance: “One morning as I opened my eyes/I wished I was dead/I wish someone would kill me …/The world has never understood me.” Without any vocal histrionics, RM’s gentle delivery conveys that he is in agony. But there is resilience in his voice that leaves the listener with hope for him, and for ourselves.

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Suga, ‘It Doesn’t Matter’

Just in case people forget, his name is Suga, as he declares at the beginning of “It Doesn’t Matter.” Contemplating his identity as both a rapper and a pop-music idol who “stole away young girls’ night, like insomnia,” he straddles the line, knowing that haters talk smack about his authenticity. In this 2013 track, Suga shows his affinity for incorporating traditional music into his work by including samples of renowned Korean pansori singer Ahn Sook-sun.

132

RM feat. Mandy Ventrice, ‘Fantastic’

RM rhymes fantastic with elastic and boasts that he’s got the “thing thing thing.” Released in conjunction with the Fantastic film in South Korea, the song has a throbbing dance beat that almost makes you forget lyrics like “Special burn/Normal burn.” What? But Mandy Ventrice’s soaring voice stands out, asking, “Baby, are you down tonight?”

131

Jung Kook, ‘Too Sad to Dance’

The song’s protagonist went to a club, drank too much, threw up, and got laughed at, making him too sad to dance. The song is set to a plucky guitar that ends with Jung Kook whispering his father’s advice, “’Cause you don’t need no one to dance.” The line is the somber cousin of the lyrics from BTS’ upbeat 2021 single “Permission to Dance”: “’Cause we don’t need permission to dance.”  

130

Suga, ‘Interlude: Dawn’

A short, captivating instrumental, “Interlude: Dawn” features a piercing guitar that sounds like a whammy bar was used to bend notes into submission.

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Jin, ‘I Will Come to You’

Balladeer Jin is back singing an ode of thanks to ARMY, who waited for him to safely return after completing his duties with that other army. Set to a piano, Jin’s vocals shine as he promises that “if you need me, I will come to you.”

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Suga, ‘Interlude: Set Me Free’

This moody, atmospheric song begins with birds chirping. Suga’s soft-spoken, calm delivery belies his repeated request to “set me free, knowing that it’s not what I want.”