Beautiful (Treasure song)

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"Beautiful"
Treasure-Beautiful cover.jpg
Full version cover
Single by Treasure
from the album Black Clover season 4 OST and The First Step: Treasure Effect (Japanese version)
Language Japanese
ReleasedFebruary 14, 2021 (2021-02-14)
Recorded2020
Studio Prime Sound Studio Form (Tokyo)
Genre J-pop
Length3:49
Label YGEX
Composer(s)
  • D&H
  • Sunny Boy
Lyricist(s)
  • Yoshi
  • Jun
Producer(s)
  • TinyVoice
Treasure singles chronology
"My Treasure"
(2021)		"Beautiful"
(2021)		"Jikjin"
(2022)
Music video
"Beautiful" on YouTube

"Beautiful" is a Japanese song recorded by South Korean boy band Treasure that was released in full version on February 14, 2021, by YGEX for the Black Clover anime series and the lead single for the Japanese version of the group's debut studio album.

Contents

Background

On December 15, 2020, the official website of the Black Clover anime announced that the group will perform the 13th ending theme of the anime with a song called "Beautiful", which is set to be premiered for the first time on January 5, 2021. [1] The song is the group's first original Japanese song and marked their entry to the Japanese market, where some of the members hailed from. [2]

The song was released on January 5, 2021, and was performed on the fourth episode of the anime's fourth season (158th episode overall). [3] [4] On January 22, YG Entertainment announced that Treasure will release the Japanese version of their studio album on March 31, with the full version of "Beautiful" as its lead single. [5] On the same day, the group uploaded a music video of "Beautiful" featuring the snippet of the closing music video that plays at the end of each episode, on their YouTube. [6]

The full version of the song was released on February 14, 2021. [7]

Composition

"Beautiful" is a medium-tempo J-pop ballad song with positive lyrics and warm emotions. [8] It was co-written by Treasure member Yoshi and Jun. D&H and Sunny Boy served as the co-composer of the song in the key of C major with a tempo of 128 beats per minute. [9] Production group TinyVoice was credited as the producer in which Jun, D&H, and Sunny Boy were part of. [10]

Charts

Chart performance for "Beautiful"
Chart (2021)Peak
position
Japan Hot 100 ( Billboard Japan ) [11] 58
US World Digital Song Sales ( Billboard ) [12] 23

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes. [13]

Studio

Personnel

Release history

Release history for "Beautiful"
RegionDateFormatVersionLabel
VariousJanuary 5, 2021Anime edit
February 14, 2021Full version

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