Dark&Wild
Intro: What Am I To You?
• Danger
• War of Hormone
• Hip Hop Lover
• Let Me Know
• Rain
• BTS Cypher pt.3: Killer (Ft. Supreme Boi)
• Interlude: What Are You Doing?
• Can You Turn Off Your Phone?
• Blanket Kick
• 24/7= Heaven
• Look here
• 2nd Grade
• Outro: Does That Make Sense?
Background and release
On July 30, 2014, Big Hit Entertainment launched a countdown clock[2] on BTS official website, and on August 5, they uploaded a comeback trailer on YouTube[3] which featured contrasting scenes. One scene from the trailer featured a forest paradise, while another showed black and white abandoned structures accompanied with lyrics from Rap Monster's verse.[4] On August 7, 2014, the company released the first teaser photos[5] and the concept photo for the new album.[6] BTS also released a B-Side Song titled “Let Me Know” for free streaming, which was composed and produced by Suga.[7] The company later released the album's tracklist on the group's official Facebook and Twitter pages.[8] It confirmed that there were 14 tracks, with "Danger" circled in red, indicating that it was the title song.[9] Big Hit Entertainment later released two music video teasers for the title track "Danger."[10] BTS also later released an audio preview of their album on the group's SoundCloud page[11] which featured short excerpts from the tracks that made up the album with harder hip-hop tracks, R&B sounds and electronica elements interspersed. On October 21, BTS released 19 concept photos[12] of the follow-up song "War of Hormone"[13] through their official Facebook page and Twitter account. The teaser for the remix of "Danger" was then released on November 13[14] as a result of collaboration with a Vietnamese singer, Thanh Bùi.
Music videos
On August 19, 2014, the music video for "Danger" was released on YouTube.[15] It featured the group dressed in black performing with sharp choreography in a subway tunnel, and in a warehouse with burning shopping carts.[16] The music video for "War of Hormone" was published on YouTube on October 21, ahead of BTS's follow-up promotions.[17] The music video showed the boys dressed in retro outfits and dancing at an outdoor set.[18] Zanybros produced the "War of Hormone" music video.[19] For both "Danger" and "War of Hormone," the band danced to choreography that was created by Son Sungdeuk. One month later, the remixed version of "Danger" music video collaborated with a Vietnamese singer and songwriter, Thanh Bùi[20] was released. The "Danger" music video was produced and directed by Lumpens[21] and GDW.[22]
Promotions
BTS held a press conference and comeback showcase on August 19, 2014, performing "Danger," "War of Hormone," and "Let Me Know."[23] The group later continued with their promotion of the album on various South Korean music programs[24] starting on August 21, while performing the title track "Danger." The follow-up promotion of the album with "War of Hormone" on October 23[25] started right after the release of its music video on YouTube, in the middle of their concert tour. On October 17,[26] the group held the first half of BTS Live Trilogy Episode II: The Red Bullet concert tour for the promotion of the album[27] at AX-Korea as the first venue[28] and ended on December 20 in Bangkok.
Commercial performance
Both singles from DARK & WILD charted on the 2014 Billboard World Digital Songs in different weeks.[29][30] The album debuted at number 2[31] on Gaon Weekly Chart for the third week of August 2014. The album then peaked at number 3[32] on the Gaon Monthly Chart for the month of August. The album also ranked number 3 on World Albums and number 27[33] on Top Heatseekers. This was the second time BTS sent their album on Billboard, and it stayed on the Billboard World Albums Charts for a total of 11[34] non-consecutive weeks. It also won Album Division[35] at the 29th Golden Disk Awards in 2015. DARK & WILD was the fourteenth[36] bestselling album of South Korea Gaon Album Chart in 2014.
Track listing[edit]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Intro: What am I to You" |
| Pdogg | 2:45 |
| 2. | "Danger" |
| Pdogg | 4:05 |
| 3. | "호르몬 전쟁" (Horeumon Jeonjaeng / War of Hormone) |
| Pdogg | 4:26 |
| 4. | "힙합성애자" (Hibhabseong-aeja / Hip Hop Lover) |
| Pdogg | 4:17 |
| 5. | "Let Me Know" |
|
| 4:15 |
| 6. | "Rain" |
| Slow Rabbit | 4:25 |
| 7. | "BTS Cypher Pt. 3: Killer" (featuring Supreme Boi) |
| Supreme Boi | 4:28 |
| 8. | "Interlude:뭐해" (Interlude: Mwohae / Interlude: What Are You Doing) | Slow Rabbit | 0:42 | |
| 9. | "핸드폰 좀 꺼줄래" (Haendeupon jom kkeojullae/ Would You Turn off Your cellphone?) |
| Pdogg | 3:54 |
| 10. | "이불킥" (I-bul kkig / Blanket Kick) |
|
| 4:02 |
| 11. | "24/7=Heaven" |
| Pdogg | 3:46 |
| 12. | "여기 봐" (Yeogi-bwa / Look Here) |
| HoBo | 3:39 |
| 13. | "2학년" (2 hagnyeon / 2nd Grade) |
| Pdogg | 3:55 |
| 14. | "Outro: 그게 말이 돼?" (Outro: Geuge mal-i dwae? / Outro: Does that make sense?) |
|
| 2:53 |
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