Wings (BTS album)
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| Studio album by BTS | ||||
| Released | October 10, 2016 | |||
| Recorded | 2016 | |||
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| Length | 53:41 | |||
| Language | Korean | |||
| Label | Big Hit | |||
| Producer | Pdogg, BTS | |||
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You Never Walk Alone artwork
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Wings is the second studio album by South Korean boy group BTS. The album was released on October 10, 2016 and contains 15 tracks with "Blood Sweat & Tears" as its first single, and seven solo songs recorded by the members. It was selected as the "Best Kpop Album of 2016" by Billboard, and won "Record of the Year" at the 2017 Seoul Music Awards.
The album was a commercial and critical success, breaking various domestic and international records. It charted on the Billboard 200 at number 26, making it the highest charting and best selling K-pop album on the chart; and the first to spend more than one week on the chart. The album's lead single, "Blood Sweat & Tears", became the group's first domestic number one hit on Gaon Digital Chart. It broke South Korean Gaon chart records as the highest selling album recorded on its monthly and yearly charts. According to the Gaon chart, Wings was the highest selling album in Gaon history as well as the best-selling album of 2016 in South Korea.
The album was re-released under the title You Never Walk Alone on February 13, 2017, with additional and expanded tracks. Overall, the album went on to sell more than 1.5 million copies worldwide. This is BTS's first album going platinum, officially earning them the title as "Million Sellers".
From September 4 to 13, 2016, Big Hit Entertainment released a series of short films for each member to promote the new comeback. Each film uses heavy imagery and quotes from the book, Demian, by Hermann Hesse. They are: Jungkook's "Begin", Jimin's "Lie",V's "Stigma",Suga's "First Love",Rap Monster's "Reflection", J-Hope's "Mama", and Jin's "Awake". On September 25, 'Wings': Boy Meets Evil was released as their comeback trailer. Later they released the concept photos for the new studio album. On October 5, they released the album's track list.
The group held a press conference for the release of their album on the 10th. Asked about their new concept and its meaning, leader Rap Monster explained, "The harder a temptation is to resist, the more you think about it and vacillate. That uncertainty is part of the process of growing. [Blood Sweat & Tears] is a song that shows how one thinks, chooses, and grows." Symbolism such as the "wings" were representations of growth, with Suga adding, "The song relays an optimistic determination to use our wings to go far, even if we are met with temptations in life."
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