The Most Beautiful Moment in Life: Young Forever

The Most Beautiful Moment in Life: Young Forever
Compilation album by BTS
Released May 2, 2016 (2016-05-02)
Recorded 2015–2016
Genre Hip hop, Dance-pop, R&B, Trap, K-pop
Language Korean
Label Big Hit Entertainment
Producer Pdogg
BTS chronology
The Most Beautiful Moment in Life, Part 2
(2015)		 The Most Beautiful Moment in Life: Young Forever
(2016)		 Wings
(2016)
Singles from The Most Beautiful Moment in Life: Young Forever
  1. "Epilogue: Young Forever"
    Released: April 19, 2016 (2016-04-19)
  2. "Fire"
    Released: May 2, 2016 (2016-05-02)
  3. "Save Me"
    Released: May 15, 2016 (2016-05-15)

The Most Beautiful Moment in Life: Young Forever (Hangul: 화양연화 Young Forever; RR: Hwayang-yeonhwa Young Forever) is the first compilation album of South Korean boy group, BTS. The special album was released on May 2, 2016, supported with three music videos.[1][2] The album contains songs from their two extended plays in 2015, The Most Beautiful Moment in Life, Part 1, and The Most Beautiful Moment in Life, Part 2, three new songs and several new remixes. On June 1, 2016, a Taiwan edition of the album was also released.[3][4]

Promotions

Since The Most Beautiful Moment in Life: Young Forever was released as a special album, only one week of promotions on music shows was planned to allow for the band to continue with their individual activities, performances and overseas schedules.[5] The comeback stage for the album was on M! Countdown on May 12, where they performed "Save Me", "Butterfly" and "Fire", which won first place of the week.[6] That same week they also performed on Music Bank, Music Core and Inkigayo, winning a total of three music show awards for the title song "Fire".[7][8]

Tour

On April 26, 2016, it was announced that BTS would embark on the 2016 BTS LIVE Hwa Yang Yeon Hwa On Stage: Epilogue in support of the album. The tour started in Olympic Gymnastics Arena in Seoul on May 7 & 8, 2016,[9] and was held in another nine cities in five countries.

Date City Country Venue Attendance
May 7, 2016 Seoul South Korea Olympic Gymnastics Arena 24,000[10]
May 8, 2016
June 9, 2016 Taipei Taiwan Hsinchuang Gymnasium 8,000[11]
June 18, 2016 Cotai Macau Studio City Event Center 6,000[12]
July 2, 2016 Nanjing China Wutaishan Sports Center 6,000[13]
July 12, 2016 Osaka Japan Osaka-jō Hall 44,000[14][15]
July 13, 2016
July 15, 2016 Nagoya Nippon Gaishi Hall
July 16, 2016
July 23, 2016 Beijing China Capital Indoor Stadium 9,000[16]
July 30, 2016 Manila Philippines Mall of Asia Arena
August 6, 2016 Bangkok Thailand Indoor Stadium Huamark
August 13, 2016 Tokyo Japan Yoyogi National Gymnasium
August 14, 2016

Music videos

The music videos were produced by Lumpens. It was reported that the group had prepared 3 music videos to be released as part of their comeback.[17] Epilogue: Young Forever music video was released on April 19, 2016, picturing the members running in a maze full of fences as well as flashing back on scenes from past music videos that were part of the Youth series.[18] The second song music video, Fire, was released on May 2, 2016. The music video received 10 million views in 75 hours, hitting the 1 million mark in 6 hours.[19] It featured the members dancing and partying in an abandoned place in flames.[20] A third and final music video was confirmed for the track Save ME, which was released on May 15, 2016,[21] and showed the 7-member band dancing in an open field.

Commercial performance

The Most Beautiful Moment in Life: Young Forever has been reported to have sold over 300,000 copies in pre-sales after less than a week.[22] According to the Hanteo Chart, on the first three days since its release 100,000 copies were sold ascending to 164,868 copies on the first week of May. [23][24] The album became BTS's second consecutive release to chart on Billboard 200, at number 107, becoming the second K-pop act to achieve this. It also debuted at number 2 on US World Albums and number 10 on Top Heatseekers.[25]

Variations

The album was released in two versions, one themed "Day" and the other themed "Night". The "Day" version's cover features a hot balloon, with its image also present on its corresponding disc design. The "Night" version is the same, but with images of the members camping in the dark. Both versions have 112-page photo books (each with different photos) and a Polaroid card and a mini photo card of a random member for first press editions.[26]

Track listing

CD 1
No. TitleLyricsMusic Length
1. "Intro: 화양연화" (Intro: Hwayang Yeonhwa / Intro: The Most Beautiful Moment in Life)Slow Rabbit, SugaSlow Rabbit 2:03
2. "I Need U"  Pdogg, Bang Sihyuk, Rap Monster, Brother SuPdogg 3:31
3. "잡아줘" (Jabajwo / Hold Me Tight)Slow Rabbit, Pdogg, V, Rap Monster, Suga, J-hopeSlow Rabbit 4:35
4. "고엽" (Goyeob / Dead Leaves)Suga, Slow Rabbit, Jungkook, "Hitman" Bang, Rap Monster, J-hope, PdoggSuga, Slow Rabbit 4:28
5. "Butterfly" (Prologue Remix)"Hitman" Bang, Slow Rabbit, Pdogg, Brother SuPdogg 4:56
6. "Run"  Pdogg, "Hitman" Bang, Rap Monster, Suga, V, Jungkook, J-hopePdogg 3:57
7. "Ma City"  Pdogg, "Hitman" Bang, Rap Monster, Suga, J-hopePdogg 4:18
8. "뱁새" (Baepsae / Silver Spoon)Pdogg, Supreme Boi, Rap Monster, Slow RabbitPdogg 3:54
9. "쩔어" (Jjeoreo / Dope)Pdogg, "Hitman" Bang, Rap Monster, Suga, J-hopePdogg 4:00
10. "불타오르네" (Bultaoreune / Fire)Pdogg, "Hitman" Bang, Rap Monster, Suga, Devine ChannelPdogg 3:23
11. "Save Me"  Ray Michael Djan Jr., Ashton Foster, Samantha Harper, Rap Monster, Suga, J-hopePdogg 3:17
12. "Epilogue: Young Forever"  Slow Rabbit, Rap Monster, "Hitman" Bang, Suga, J-hopeRap Monster, Slow Rabbit 2:52
CD 2
No. TitleLyricsMusic Length
1. "Converse High"  Pdogg, Slow Rabbit, Rap Monster, Suga, J-hopePdogg, Slow Rabbit 3:29
2. "이사" ("Isa/Move))Pdogg, Rap Monster, Suga, J-hopePdogg 4:52
3. "Whalien 52"  Pdogg, Brother Su, "Hitman" Bang, Rap Monster, Suga, J-hope, Slow RabbitPdogg 4:04
4. "Butterfly"  "Hitman" Bang, Slow Rabbit, Pdogg, Brother SuPdogg 4:00
5. "House of Cards" (Full Length Edition)Slow Rabbit, Brother SuSlow Rabbit, Brother Su 3:46
6. "Love Is Not Over" (Full Length Edition)Jungkook, Slow Rabbit, Pdogg, Jin, VJungkook, Slow Rabbit 3:42
7. "I Need U" (Urban Mix)Pdogg, "Hitman" Bang, Rap Monster, Brother Su  3:35
8. "I Need U" (Remix)Pdogg, "Hitman" Bang, Rap Monster, Brother Su  3:42
9. "Run" (Ballad Mix)Pdogg, "Hitman" Bang, Rap Monster, Suga, V, Jungkook, J-hope  4:17
10. "Run" (Alternative Mix)Pdogg, "Hitman" Bang, Rap Monster, Suga, V, Jungkook, J-hope  3:56
11. "Butterfly[27]" (Alternative Mix)"Hitman" Bang, Slow Rabbit, Pdogg, Brother Su  4:01

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2016) Peak
position
South Korea Gaon Album Chart 1
Japan Oricon Albums Chart[28] 15
US Billboard 200[29] 107
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[30] 42
US Top Heatseekers (Billboard)[31] 10
US World Albums (Billboard)[32] 2

Monthly charts

Chart (2016) Peak
position
South Korea Gaon Album Chart[33] 1
Japan Oricon Album Chart[34] 17

Sales and certifications

Chart Sales
South Korea Gaon sales 328,377[35]
Japan Oricon sales 10,513[36]
US Billboard sales 6,000+[37]
China QQ sales 104,400[38]

Awards and nominations

Music award ceremonies

Year Ceremony Award Result ref
2016 8th Melon Music Awards Album of the Year Won [39]

Music program awards

Song Program Date
"Fire" M! Countdown May 12, 2016
Music Bank May 13, 2016
Inkigayo May 15, 2016

Release history

Country Date Format Label
South Korea May 2, 2016[40] CD, Digital download Big Hit Entertainment,

Loen Entertainment

Japan May 8, 2016
Taiwan June 1, 2016[41] CD Universal Music Group

See also

References

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