[ALBUM] Face Yourself

Face Yourself is the third Japanese studio album (fifth overall) by South Korean boy band BTS, which was released on April 4, 2018. The album consists of 12 tracks in total, eight being the Japanese versions of songs previously released on their 2016 album Wings and 2017 EP Love Yourself: Her, and three original Japanese-language tracks: "Don't Leave Me", "Let Go", and "Crystal Snow", which was first released in December 2017.^[1] Its debut at number 43 on the Billboard 200 made it the third-highest-charting Japanese album in the history of the chart.^[2] It is their first Japanese album to be certified Platinum by the RIAJ.

Background and release[edit]

The album was first announced on February 1, 2018, as well as its April 4 release date and three limited editions. New Japanese recordings of the tracks "Go Go" and "Best of Me" from BTS's 2017 Korean EP Love Yourself: Her were also revealed in a tentative tracklist.^[4] A complete tracklist was later released on March 8.^[5] The same day, the song "Don't Leave Me" was announced as the opening theme song for the Japanese drama Signal, a remake of the 2016 South Korean television series of the same name.^[6] A preview of the song was aired on March 15, causing it to chart on the Billboard Japan Hot 100 prior to its official release, peaking at number 25.^[7][8]

Upon its release on April 4, the album debuted at number 1 on Oricon's Daily CD Album chart.^[9] It remained in the top spot for seven consecutive days, which resulted in its coming in at number 1 on the Weekly Album chart with over 282,000 accumulated units sold,^[10] breaking a six-year-five-month-long record, previously held by KARA, for the highest first-week sales by a Korean artist on the Oricon chart, and also making it the highest-grossing album by a male artist on the Oricon chart for 2018 so far.^[11][12] The album dropped down from its spot atop the Daily chart to number 12 on its eighth day of charting,^[13] but surged back up over the course of the following weeks, reaching as high as number 2.^[14] It has spent a total of seven successive weeks to date on the Oricon chart,^[9] with 313,446 accumulated units sold,^[9][15] and received Platinum certification by the RIAJ on May 10.^[3]

Editions[edit]

There are four versions of this album available: Type A, Type B, Type C, and the regular version. All albums share the same track listing, while only Type A and B feature viewable content on Blu-ray or DVD.^[16]

• Limited Edition Type A (UICV-9277): This edition comes with a Blu-ray Disc and a 32-page booklet.
• Limited Edition Type B (UICV-9278): This edition comes with a DVD and a 32-page booklet.
• Limited Edition Type C (UICV-9279): This edition comes with a 68-page booklet.
• Regular Edition (UICV-1095): This edition includes the CD only and a 24-page booklet.

Track listing[edit]

Original[edit]

Type A·B·C and Regular CD
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Intro: Ringwanderung"	"hitman" bang ADORA J-Hope Pdogg Ray Michael Djan Jr. RM SUGA UTA Ashton Foster Andrew Taggart Sam Klempner	UTA	1:26
2.	"Best of Me" (Japanese ver.)	"hitman" bang ADORA j-hope Pdogg Ray Michael Djan Jr. RM SUGA Ashton Foster Andrew Taggart Sam Klempner	Andrew Taggart Pdogg	3:47
3.	"Blood Sweat & Tears" (Japanese ver.)	"hitman" bang j-hope Pdogg Kim Do Hoon RM SUGA	Pdogg	3:36
4.	"DNA" (Japanese ver.)	"hitman" bang KASS Pdogg RM SUGA Supreme Boi	Pdogg	3:43
5.	"Not Today" (Japanese ver.)	"hitman" bang ADORA JUNE Pdogg RM Supreme Boi	Pdogg	3:53
6.	"MIC Drop" (Japanese ver.)	"hitman" bang j-hope Pdogg RM Supreme Boi	Pdogg	3:58
7.	"Don't Leave Me"	"hitman" bang Hiro Pdogg SUNNY BOY UTA	UTA	3:47
8.	"Go Go" (Japanese ver.)	"hitman" bang Pdogg Supreme Boi	Pdogg	3:57
9.	"Crystal Snow"	RM Kanata Okajima Soma Genda	SOMA GENDA	5:23
10.	"Spring Day" (Japanese ver.)	"hitman" bang ADORA Arlissa Ruppert Pdogg Peter Ibsen RM SUGA	Pdogg	4:36
11.	"Let Go"	Hiro Jun SUNNY BOY UTA	UTA	4:59
12.	"Outro: Crack"	UTA	UTA	1:14