TXT’s Freeze Tops Metacritic Rankings for K-Pop Boy Groups

TXT’s 2021 album The Chaos Chapter: Freeze has secured the top Metacritic ranking among K-pop boy group releases, reaffirming its critical and cultural impact years after its release.

The album earned its high score through praise from four major critics, who highlighted its genre-blending sound, emotionally raw storytelling, and artistic vulnerability. Tracks such as LO$ER=LO♡ER, Frost, and Deja Vu continue to resonate with listeners, contributing to the album’s lasting popularity.

Freeze notably outscored BTS’s Map of the Soul: 7, which holds a score of 82 on Metacritic. Fans, known as MOA, often describe the album as a timeless masterpiece.

Member Beomgyu has previously referred to Freeze as “forever,” a sentiment echoed by listeners worldwide as the album marked TXT’s rise from rookies to fourth-generation global leaders.

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