Beautiful (Wanna One song)

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"Beautiful"
Single by Wanna One
from the album 1-1=0 (Nothing Without You)
ReleasedNovember 13, 2017 (2017-11-13)
Genre
Length3:17
Label
Songwriter(s)
  • Tenzo
  • Kebee
  • Wooziq
Producer(s) Wooziq
Wanna One singles chronology
"Burn It Up"
(2017)		"Beautiful"
(2017)		"I Promise You (I.P.U.)"
(2018)
Music video
"Beautiful" on YouTube

"Beautiful" is a song by South Korean boy band Wanna One. The song serves as the lead single of their re-issue album, 1-1=0 (Nothing Without You) .

Contents

Composition

Musically, "Beautiful" was described as a midtempo EDM-pop ballad containing woozy synths and a steady beat. The song's lyrics expresses the feelings of fear, loneliness and longing coming from being alone. [1] [2]

Music video

The music video is directed by Yong Yi, who has directed several South Korean films. Using the song to propel the storyline, the 8-minute long "movie" music video depicts a storyline where members Kang Daniel and Ong Seongwoo portray brothers who were separated in childhood and began searching for one another after they grew up, ultimately reuniting in an orphanage where Kang resides. Other members played supporting and minor roles in the video; Hwang Minhyun plays Ong's classmate at the police academy, Park Jihoon plays Kang's childhood friend and the rest plays Kang's friends at the orphanage. The video ends with trouble following the pair of brothers and their friends, culminating in ruin for both. [1]

Chart performance

Upon release, "Beautiful" charted atop on real-time charts of six music sites: Melon, Genie, Bugs, Mnet, Naver, and Soribada. [3] It recorded highest number of unique listeners in the first hour on a song on Melon since chart reforms, breaking the record previously held by Wanna One's own song, "Energetic". [4] The single peaked at number one on Gaon Digital Chart, becoming the group's second chart-topper.

Charts

Weekly chart

Chart (2017)Peak
position
South Korea (Gaon) [5] 1
South Korea (Kpop Hot 100) [6] 1

Monthly chart

Chart (2017)Peak

position

South Korea (Gaon) [7] 2

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabel
South KoreaNovember 13, 2017 Digital download YMC Entertainment, CJ E&M Music
WorldwideCJ E&M Music

Sales

RegionSales
South Korea667,145+ [8]

Accolades

Awards
YearOrganizationAwardResultRef.
2018 Gaon Chart Music Awards Song of the Year – NovemberWon [9]
MBC Plus X Genie Music Awards Song of the YearWon [10]
Best Male Vocal PerformanceWon
Mnet Asian Music Awards Best Music Video Nominated [11]
Mwave Global Fans' ChoiceNominated
Music program wins
ProgramDateRef.
Show Champion (MBC M)November 22, 2017 [12]
M Countdown (Mnet)November 23, 2017 [13]
Music Bank (KBS)November 24, 2017 [14]
December 1, 2017 [15]
Show! Music Core (MBC)November 25, 2017 [16]
December 2, 2017 [17]
December 9, 2017 [18]
December 16, 2017 [19]
Melon Popularity Award
AwardDate (2017)Ref.
Weekly Popularity AwardNovember 27 [20]
December 4
December 11
December 18
December 25

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