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DARK&WILD (2014)
Where the lyrics of DARK&WILD take you, and where it was really made.
The lead single "Danger" was recorded in a makeshift studio in a garage in Los Angeles, not in a studio in Korea.
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Where "Danger" was recorded (2014)
Recording site Motown Recording Studios — BTS recorded the single "Danger" in a makeshift studio in a garage in Los Angeles during album production. The point uses city-centre coordinates, so the exact building is not identified. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Album story
Overview
- Debut studio album by South Korean boy band BTS
- Stylized DARK&WILD; released by Big Hit Entertainment on August 20, 2014
- Contains 14 tracks; "Danger" is the lead single
- The third track, "War of Hormone", was later promoted as a secondary single
Background
- On July 30, 2014, Big Hit Entertainment launched a countdown clock on BTS' official website
- August 5: comeback trailer uploaded to YouTube, with contrasting scenes of a forest paradise and black-and-white abandoned structures
- August 7: first teaser photos and concept photo for the new album released
- "Let Me Know" released for free streaming as a B-side, composed and produced by Suga
- Tracklist released on the group's official Facebook and Twitter pages, with "Danger" circled in red as the title song
- Two music video teasers for "Danger" released
- Audio preview on SoundCloud with short excerpts mixing harder hip-hop tracks, R&B sounds and electronica
- October 21: 19 concept photos of "War of Hormone" released
- November 13: teaser for the remix of "Danger" with Vietnamese singer Thanh Bùi released
- The album extends the "school trilogy" narrative and moves toward their next series
- Musically, grungy rock electric guitar sounds are fused into a hip-hop framework, extending toward R&B
- Lyrical themes center on maturing, youthful desires and impatience for romance
Recording
- "Danger" was recorded in a makeshift studio in a garage in Los Angeles during album production
Sources: en.wikipedia.org
Tracklist
| 1 | Intro : What am I to you | 2:45 |
| 2 | Danger | 4:05 |
| 3 | 호르몬 전쟁 | 4:26 |
| 4 | 힙합성애자 | 4:17 |
| 5 | Let Me Know | 4:15 |
| 6 | Rain | 4:25 |
| 7 | BTS Cypher PT.3 : KILLER | 4:28 |
| 8 | Interlude : 뭐해 | 0:42 |
| 9 | 핸드폰 좀 꺼줄래 | 3:54 |
| 10 | 이불킥 | 4:02 |
| 11 | 24/7=Heaven | 3:46 |
| 12 | 여기 봐 | 3:39 |
| 13 | 2학년 | 3:55 |
| 14 | Outro : 그게 말이 돼? | 2:53 |
Sources: musicbrainz.org
Artist
Formation
- BTS is a South Korean boy band formed in 2010
- Big Hit Entertainment CEO Bang Si-hyuk wanted to form a hip hop group around the underground rapper RM
- Name is the Korean phrase Bangtan Sonyeondan, literally Bulletproof Boy Scouts
- Debuted in 2013 under Big Hit Entertainment with single album 2 Cool 4 Skool
Members
- Jin, Suga, J-Hope, RM, Jimin, V and Jung Kook
- Members co-write or co-produce much of their material
Career
- Started out as a hip hop act and expanded into a wide range of genres
- Lyrics cover mental health, troubles of school-age youth, coming of age, loss and the journey toward self-love
- Wings (2016) was their first album to sell one million copies in South Korea
- 2018: first South Korean act to top Billboard 200 with Love Yourself: Tear
- 2020: first all-South Korean act to reach number one on Billboard Hot 100 with Dynamite
- Best-selling musical act in South Korean history
- First Asian act to sell out Wembley Stadium
Around this album
- Crossed into the global market by 2017
- February 2017: repackaged Wings as You Never Walk Alone and began the Wings Tour
- May 2017: won Top Social Artist at the Billboard Music Awards, the first K-pop group to win a Billboard award
- September 2017: released Love Yourself: Her, opening the Love Yourself series
Sources: en.wikipedia.org
Reception
At release
- Debuted at number two in South Korea on the Gaon Weekly Album Chart for the third week of August 2014
- Sold 51,655 copies by the end of August 2014
- Peaked at number three on the Gaon Monthly Chart for August
- Ranked 14th on Gaon's 2014 year-end album chart with 100,906 cumulative copies
- Entered Billboard charts in the United States: number 3 on World Albums, number 27 on Top Heatseekers
- Second time a BTS release charted on Billboard's album rankings
- "Danger" peaked at number 7 on World Digital Songs (September 6 issue); "War of Hormone" peaked at number 11 (November 8 issue)
- Spent 11 non-consecutive weeks on the World ranking
- Some listeners called "War of Hormone" misogynist; the agency apologized, saying members regretted anything that could be read as objectification or misogyny
Records
- Won a Bonsang in the Album Division at the 29th Golden Disc Awards in January 2015
- Both singles entered the World Digital Songs chart
Sources: en.wikipedia.org
Trivia
- "Danger" music video released on 1theK's YouTube Channel on August 19, 2014; the group appeared in black in a subway tunnel and a warehouse with burning shopping carts
- Zanybros produced the "War of Hormone" music video, which showed the members in retro outfits
- Choreography for both "Danger" and "War of Hormone" was created by Son Sungdeuk
- The remix of "Danger" with Vietnamese singer and songwriter Thanh Bùi came out one month after the original music video
- The first half of the BTS Live Trilogy Episode II: The Red Bullet tour opened October 17 at AX-Korea and ended December 20 in Bangkok
Sources: en.wikipedia.org
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