It gets close to some subversive and thought-provoking stuff but shies away... Still, if you like process, you see them in the recording studio.

In Bao Nguyen’s documentary, BTS: THE RETURN, the director doesn’t present a sanitized version of their story. Instead, viewers are privy to meetings with management, where the members’ artistry doesn’t always align with the business model’s bottom line.

This is, in short, as polished as you would expect of a work about a pop behemoth, a companion piece to their new album that’s less a revelatory look at the meaning of their time away than a sentimental welcome back for the group and its fans.

A fascinating look into a band rediscovering itself after growing apart.