Track listingĪll song credits are adapted from the Korea Music Copyright Association's database, unless otherwise noted. Dark & Wild was the fourteenth bestselling album of South Korea Gaon Album Chart in 2014. It also won Album Division at the 29th Golden Disc Awards in 2015. 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 non-consecutive weeks. The album also ranked number three on World Albums and number 27 on Top Heatseekers. The album then peaked at number three on the Gaon Monthly Chart for the month of August. The album debuted at number 2 on Gaon Weekly Chart for the third week of August 2014. Commercial performanceīoth singles from Dark & Wild charted on the 2014 Billboard World Digital Songs in different weeks. On October 17, the group held the first half of BTS Live Trilogy Episode II: The Red Bullet concert tour for the promotion of the album at AX-Korea as the first venue and ended on December 20 in Bangkok. The follow-up promotion of the album with "War of Hormone" on October 23 started right after the release of its music video on YouTube, during their concert tour. The group later continued with their promotion of the album on various South Korean music programs starting on August 21, while performing the lead single "Danger". PromotionsīTS held a press conference and comeback showcase on August 19, 2014, performing "Danger", "War of Hormone", and "Let Me Know". The central theme of the album's lyrics focused on expressing the sentiments of maturing, youthful desires, and impatience for romance. Musically, the album fused the grungy electric guitar sounds of rock within the framework of hip-hop and continued to expand their sound towards R&B.
The album served as a narrative extension of the "school trilogy" and a transition into their next series. The "Danger" music video was produced and directed by Lumpens and GDW. One month later, the remixed version of the "Danger" music video, a collaboration with a Vietnamese singer and songwriter Thanh Bùi, was released. įor both "Danger" and "War of Hormone," the band danced to choreography that was created by Son Sungdeuk. Zanybros produced the "War of Hormone" music video. The music video showed the boys dressed in retro outfits and dancing at an outdoor set. The music video for "War of Hormone" was published on YouTube on October 21, ahead of BTS' follow-up promotions. It featured the group dressed in black performing with sharp choreography in a subway tunnel, and in a warehouse with burning shopping carts. On August 19, 2014, the music video for "Danger" was released on YouTube. ĭuring production of the album, BTS recorded their single "Danger" in a makeshift studio in a garage in Los Angeles. The teaser for the remix of "Danger" was then released on November 13, as a result of collaboration with a Vietnamese singer, Thanh Bùi. On October 21, BTS released 19 concept photos of the follow-up song "War of Hormone" through their official Facebook page and Twitter account. BTS also later released an audio preview of their album on the group's SoundCloud page which featured short excerpts from the tracks that made up the album with harder hip-hop tracks, R&B sounds and electronica elements interspersed. Big Hit Entertainment later released two music video teasers for the lead single "Danger".
It confirmed that there were 14 tracks, with "Danger" circled in red, indicating that it was the title song. The company later released the album's tracklist on the group's official Facebook and Twitter pages.
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BTS also released a B-Side Song titled “Let Me Know” for free streaming, which was composed and produced by Suga. On August 7, 2014, the company released the first teaser photos and the concept photo for the new album. One scene from the trailer featured a forest paradise, while another showed black and white abandoned structures accompanied with lyrics from a Rap Monster verse. On July 30, 2014, Big Hit Entertainment launched a countdown clock on BTS' official website, and on August 5, they uploaded a comeback trailer on YouTube which featured contrasting scenes. The third track on the album, "War of Hormone", was later promoted as a secondary single. The album contains fourteen tracks, with "Danger" as its lead single. It was released by Big Hit Entertainment on August 20, 2014.
Dark & Wild (stylized DARK&WILD) is the debut studio album of South Korean boy group BTS.