Wings (BTS album)

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"With Wings, the 2016 follow-up to BTS’ spectacular breakthrough The Most Beautiful Moment in Life, the group channeled their ambitions for global domination, proving that they could remain true to their hip-hop roots while exploring new soundscapes.

  Joshua Calixto from Billboard [122]

Rolling Stone 's Nick Murray named Wings "one of the most conceptually and sonically ambitious pop albums of 2016." [123] Billboard's Tamar Herman wrote an article on the repackaged album You Never Walk Alone, in which she described the single "Spring Day" as an "alt hip hop song infused with rock instrumentals and EDM synths" combining the rap elements for which BTS has become known with "dreamy vocals and yearning lyrics." Herman called "Not Today" the dual single counterpart to "Spring Day", a power anthem for "all the underdogs in the world." [57] "Spring Day" ranked No. 1 on Dazed Digital's "20 Best K-Pop Songs of 2017" list, and the magazine described the song as "an intelligent, compelling and elegantly restrained study of loss and longing" that "deliberately avoids cliché pomp and drama". [124] Wings was included in Billboard's list of "The 25 Greatest K-Pop Albums of the 2010s". [122]

Accolades

Wings
BTS, Wings.jpg
Digital album cover art
Studio album by
BTS
ReleasedOctober 10, 2016
Recorded2016
Genre
Length53:41
66:18 (You Never Walk Alone)
LanguageKorean
Label
Producer Pdogg
BTS chronology
Youth
(2016)
Wings
(2016)
Love Yourself: Her
(2017)
Singles from Wings
  1. "Blood Sweat & Tears"
    Released: October 10, 2016
Awards and nominations
CeremonyYearCategoryNominated workResultRef.
Hanteo Awards 2016Album AwardWingsWon [125]
Gaon Chart Music Awards 2017Album of the Year – 4th QuarterWon [126]
Golden Disc Awards 2017 Album BonsangWon [127]
Album DaesangNominated
Hanteo Awards 2017Album AwardYou Never Walk AloneWon [128]
Melon Music Awards 2017 Album of the Year Nominated [129]
Gaon Chart Music Awards 2018Album of the Year – 1st QuarterWon [130]
Soompi Awards Album of the YearWon [131]
Critic lists
PublicationListVersionRankRef.
AllMusic AllMusic's Favorite Pop Albums of 2016WingsNo order [132]
Billboard 10 Best K-pop Albums of 2016: Critic’s Picks1 [133]
The 25 Greatest K-pop Albums of the 2010s20 [134]
Fuse The 20 Best Albums of 20168 [135]
Genius 100 Best Albums of the 2010sYou Never Walk Alone80 [136]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Intro: Boy Meets Evil" (solo by J-Hope)Pdogg2:01
2."피 땀 눈물" (Pi ttam nunmul / Blood Sweat & Tears)
  • Pdogg
  • RM
  • Suga
  • J-Hope
  • "Hitman" Bang
  • Kim Do-hoon
Pdogg3:37
3."Begin" (solo by Jungkook)
  • Tony Esterly
  • David Quinones
  • RM
Tony Esterly3:49
4."Lie" (solo by Jimin)
  • Docskim
  • Sumin
  • "Hitman" Bang
  • Jimin
  • Pdogg
DOCSKIM3:35
5."Stigma" (solo by V)
  • Philtre
  • V
  • Slow Rabbit
  • "Hitman" Bang
Philtre3:36
6."First Love" (solo by Suga)
  • Miss Kay
  • Suga
  • Miss Kay
  • Suga
3:09
7."Reflection" (solo by RM)
  • RM
  • Slow Rabbit
  • RM
  • Slow Rabbit
3:53
8."MAMA" (solo by J-Hope)
3:32
9."Awake" (solo by Jin)
  • Slow Rabbit
  • Jin
  • J-Hope
  • June
  • Pdogg
  • RM
  • "Hitman" Bang
Slow Rabbit3:46
10."Lost" (song by Jungkook, V, Jimin, Jin)
Pdogg4:01
11."BTS Cypher Pt. 4" (song by RM, J-Hope, Suga)
  • Chris 'Tricky' Stewart
  • Medor J. Pierre
4:54
12."Am I Wrong" (Keb' Mo's "Am I Wrong's" sample)
  • Keb' Mo'
  • Sam Klempner
  • James Reynolds
  • Josh Wilkinson
  • RM
  • Supreme Boi
  • Gaeko
  • Pdogg
  • Adora
  • Keb' Mo'
  • Sam Klempner
  • James Reynolds
  • Josh Wilkinson
3:33
13."21세기 소녀" (21-segi sonyeo / 21st Century Girl)
  • Pdogg
  • "Hitman" Bang
  • RM
  • Supreme Boi
Pdogg3:12
14."둘! 셋! (그래도 좋은 날이 더 많기를)" (Dul! Set! [Geuraedo jo-eun nari deo mankireul] / Two! Three! [Still Wishing For Better Days])
  • Slow Rabbit
  • Pdogg
  • "Hitman" Bang
  • RM
  • J-Hope
  • Suga
  • Slow Rabbit
  • Pdogg
4:32
15."Interlude: Wings"
  • Pdogg
  • Adora
  • RM
  • J-Hope
  • Suga
Pdogg2:24
Total length:53:50
You Never Walk Alone
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
15."봄날" (Bomnal / Spring Day)
Pdogg4:34
16."Not Today"
  • Pdogg
  • "Hitman" Bang
  • RM
  • Supreme Boi
  • June
Pdogg3:51
17."Outro: Wings" (Interlude: Wings' remake)
  • Pdogg
  • Adora
  • RM
  • J-Hope
  • Suga
Pdogg3:45
18."A Supplementary Story: You Never Walk Alone"
  • Pdogg
  • "Hitman" Bang
  • RM
  • Suga
  • J-Hope
  • Supreme Boi
Pdogg2:36
Total length:66:11

Charts

Certifications and sales

Certifications and sales for Wings
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Japan57,421 [168] [ better source needed ]
South Korea1,161,834 [169]
United Kingdom (BPI) [170] Silver60,000
United States23,000 [94]

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Certifications and sales for You Never Walk Alone
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
New Zealand (RMNZ) [171] Gold7,500
South Korea1,053,499 [172]
United Kingdom (BPI) [173] Silver60,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

EditionCountryDateFormatLabel
Wings South Korea October 10, 2016 CD, Digital download Big Hit Entertainment
VariousDigital download
Japan October 12, 2016 [174] CD Pony Canyon
Malaysia October 17, 2016 [175] CD, digital download Universal Music
Taiwan November 4, 2016 [176]
You Never Walk AloneSouth KoreaFebruary 13, 2017CD, digital downloadBig Hit Entertainment
VariousDigital download

See also

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