Dark & Wild (stylized DARK & WILD) is the first studio album by South Korean boy group BTS. This album was released on August 19, 2014. It contains fourteen tracks, with "Danger" as the title track. The group later promoted "War of Hormone," another track from the album.
Dark & Wild
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Released: August 19, 2014 Recorded: 2014 Genre: Hip hop R&B Dance-pop K-pop Length: 49:52 Language: Korean Label: Big Hit Entertainment Producer: Pdogg
Background and Release 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. 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. On August 7, 2014, the company released the first teaser photos and the concept photo for the new album. BTS also released a B-Side Song titled "Let Me Know" for free streaming, which was composed and produced by SUGA. The company later released the album's tracklist on the group's official Facebook and Twitter pages. It confirmed that there were 14 tracks, with "Danger" circled in red, indicating that it was the title song. Big Hit Entertainment later released two music video teasers for the title track "Danger." 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. On October 21, BTS released 19 concept photos of the follow-up song "War of Hormone" through their official Facebook page and Twitter account. The teaser for the remix of "Danger" was then released on November 13 as a result of collaboration with a Vietnamese singer, Thanh Bùi.
Music Videos R Promotions BTS held a press conference and comeback showcase on August 19, 2014, performing "Danger," "War of Hormone," and "Let Me Know." The group later continued with their promotion of the album on various South Korean music programs starting on August 21, while performing the title track "Danger." 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, in the middle of their concert tour. 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.
Commercial Performance Both singles from DARK & WILD charted on the 2014 Billboard World Digital Songs in different weeks. The album debuted at number 2 on Gaon Weekly Chart for the third week of August 2014. The album then peaked at number 3 on the Gaon Monthly Chart for the month of August. The album also ranked number 3 on World Albums and number 27 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 non-consecutive weeks. It also won Album Division at the 29th Golden Disk Awards in 2015. DARK & WILD was the fourteenth bestselling album of South Korea Gaon Album Chart in 2014.
Charts Album Weekly Charts Chart (2014) South Korea Gaon Album Chart : 2 US Billboard World Albums Chart : 3 US Top Heatseekers : 27
Monthly Charts Chart (2014) South Korea Gaon Album Chart : 3
Yearly Charts Chart South Korea 2014 Gaon Album Chart : 14 South Korea 2015 Gaon Album Chart : 68 South Korea 2016 Gaon Album Chart : 74
Single Billboard World Digital Songs (2014) Danger : 7 War of Hormone : 11
Sales and Certifications Chart: South Korea Gaon Album Chart Year: 2014 Sales: 100,906+
Chart: South Korea Gaon Album Chart Year: 2015 Sales: 26,147+
Chart: South Korea Gaon Album Chart Year: 2016 Sales: 38,781+
Chart: South Korea Gaon Album Chart Year: 2017 Sales: 28,429+
Awards and Nominations Music Award Ceremonies Bout: 29th (2015) Ceremony: Golden Disk Awards Award: Album Division Result: Won
