It was a busy end of the week in the music world: Eminem surprise-dropped a 20-track album, and the head of the Recording Academy was removed from her post just 10 days out from the 2020 Grammy Awards. This week, we’re paying attention to Mac Miller‘s thoughtful posthumous album Circles, Halsey’s Manic, BTS’ first single off their February album, Soccer Mommy’s “Circle the Drain” and King Krule’s “(Don’t Let the Dragon) Draag On.” “Black Swan,” BTS There are two ways to listen to K-pop: passively consume the music on its surface value — which can be very fun, to be sure — or dig deep into the universe that the artists and their teams have crafted, often a maze of connected narratives that blend visuals with song lyrics and sound.