All ‘BTS’ army members are hereby summoned! One’s mood will be quickly improved by these ‘BTS’ songs. It doesn’t matter if it’s V, Jung Kook, Jin, j-hope, Jimin, SUGA, or RM; you can be sure that they all have your favourite verse on these timeless songs.
We’ll be listing our top 15 ‘BTS’ songs, and for this list, we’ll be examining the variety and artistry demonstrated throughout Bangtan’s lengthy music discography.
15) ‘Young Forever’
The lyrics discuss the BTS members’ unfiltered feelings regarding their performances and their ongoing anxiety of the future while attempting to remain as optimistic (and “young”) as possible.
This song, in particular, may be seen as an idol’s (and many of us) personal confession of anxiety and unease as they look to the future, yet despite how depressing it may seem, it still has that “fight for your dream” vibe.
14) ‘IDOL’
With ‘IDOL’, they also achieved another first for K-Pop: a UK Top 40 smash. This song was released after BTS topped the Billboard 200 chart.
BTS released their third compilation album, “Love Yourself: Answer,” in 2018, with the lead track, “IDOL.” The music is a mashup of K-Pop and EDM. The movie “IDOL” examines the idea of individuality and serving as your own idol rather than someone else’s. After the song was released, it gave rise to the “Idol Challenge,” an online dance contest where participants had to mimic the song’s choreography while dancing along to the chorus.
13) ‘Save ME’
The touching song “Save ME” by BTS is about how a person may be saved from the depths of despair by another person’s love. It conveys the desire to win someone you are in love with over. Smooth and accurate lyrics that convey the song’s mood. The song has a mellow, sombre vibe. The song captures the more relatable mood that BTS were unmistakably looking for. The attraction of “Save ME” is how universally recognisable the feelings expressed in the song are. This illustration of the experiences we all have with romance will appeal to both fans and casual listeners.
The second-most popular K-Pop video in America is “Save ME”, which is also their 11th music video to surpass 700 million views. Over 500 million people have viewed this song on YouTube.
12) ‘DOPE’
Although, Dope is not allowed to be played on South Korean TV programmes or performance-based programmes, It is a high-energy song that frequently gets the army moving and singing. However, allegedly because of its coarse lyrics, it has been outlawed.
According to the boy band’s management company Big Hit Music, the number of YouTube views for the music video for “Dope” by BTS has topped 700 million. Dope, which is from BTS’s third mini album, The Most Beautiful Moment in Life, is their seventh music video to reach 550 million views.
11) ‘Black Swan’
The members’ feelings at the time of writing are reflected in the song. On January 17, 2020, “Black Swan,” the lead single from the album Map of the Soul: 7, was made available. The tragic event of an artist losing passion for their craft is the subject of the sparsely sentimental Hip-Hop song with trap influences.
Inspired by the stage production “Swan Lake,” the movie “Black Swan” follows Nina Sayers, a ballerina with the New York City Ballet Company, who lives with her overbearing and envious mother, Erica. Overall, “Black Swan” is dismal, but we must embrace that depression if we are to genuinely grasp who we are, and, to borrow the current phrase from the group, if we are to find our soul.
10) ‘Butterfly’
“Butterfly” is a crucial illustration of the lyrical richness that distinguishes BTS as a K-Pop artist. BTS is not new to exploring emotional depth in their songs.
SUGA contributed to the song’s lyrics, which use the metaphor of a butterfly to convey the fear of losing someone. The butterfly could be seen as a symbol of time’s transience, which is susceptible to loss at any time: “Will you stay by my side?/ Will you promise me?/ If I let go of your hand, you might fly away and break, I’m scared.”
9) ‘FIRE’
This song is quite aggressive. The powerful “FIRE” shout at the start of the song, accompanied by an upbeat music, draws you in right away. The entire conclusion is such a jolt of energy, and it’s the ideal way to cap off such an amazing song.
With an furious fusion of zipping synths, trap rhythms, and group chants, the searing tune energises listeners. The BTS members also perform some of their best rap verses to date, with member j-hope standing out in the song’s opening verse in particular. It was clear that BTS was dealing with a blockbuster hit.
8) ‘ON’
The song “Map of the Soul: 7” is included in the CD. In “ON,” BTS explains how suffering and adversity helped them prepare for the path they’re now on and assures fans that “my light in the dark” can always be discovered.
Fears can limit one’s development, but only if one lets them; in some cases, it is the same thing that drives you forward and makes you desperate to change the habit. According to j-hope’s verse, this is the “power of the things that make me,’me’.”
7) ‘MIC Drop’
In light of the song’s constant use of gunshot samples, BTS’ “MIC Drop” can be considered confrontational. The hip-hop-inspired rhythms and bass-driven bass provide the appealing rhythm for the synth-heavy track. The song’s lyrics discuss defying people who have previously cast doubt on you and sticking up for yourself.
RM says that ‘MIC Drop’ was influenced by the mic drop made by former US president Barack Obama at his final White House Correspondents’ Dinner in 2016. The number of views for the music video for ‘MIC Drop’ reached 1 billion. This BTS music video isn’t the first, but it is the fourth to surpass 1 million views.
6) ‘Fake Love’
When it comes to making the very best songs, BTS is invincible. Fans’ repeated play of BTS’s song “Fake Love,” the lead single off their third album, Love Yourself: Tear, is evidence of this. The lyrics of “Fake Love” are quite emotive.
One billion people watched ‘Fake Love’ on YouTube. In ‘Fake Love’, Namjoon describes how his relationship with his partner deteriorated as a result of his inability to be himself with him. Namjoon discovers that he and his sweetheart are no longer able to communicate on the same level as they once did and that he has forgotten who he really is as his “fake” personality. The song presently holds the top spot on our worldwide Top Songs list and is in the top 40 in over 40 nations, including Korea (#1), Australia (#2), Sweden (#2), Japan (#2), Canada (#2), Germany (#4), The United States (#6), and The United Kingdom (#7), among others.
5) ‘DNA’
Many tracks, such as “ON” from Map of the Soul: 7 and “Boy With Luv” from Map of the Soul: Persona, established milestones for BTS. According to the K-Pop group’s leader, RM, “DNA” is significant and symbolic in relation to Love Yourself: Her for a variety of reasons.
Not only has this song’s YouTube video earned more than 1.5 billion views, it is also the first Korean music video to accomplish so. “DNA” peaked at number 90 on the UK Singles Chart while it peaked at number 67 on the US Billboard Hot 100. “DNA” expresses a young, ardent love.
4) ‘Permission to Dance’
‘Permission to Dance’ carries on the positive energy. BTS’s use of both foreign sign languages and Korean sign languages in their song video has garnered notice on a global scale. The song is included with “Butter” on the band’s recently released CD single.
You don’t need anyone’s permission to experience joy, dance, or bathe in happiness, as the lyrics of ‘Permission to Dance’ co-written by Ed Sheeran (who also co-wrote the lads’ 2019 Map of the Soul: Persona tune “Make It Right”), figuratively remind us. Sheeran was happy with its release and the way that the words were brought to life by Jin, Jungkook, V, RM, Suga, Jimin, and J-Hope. In a tweet, Ed Sheeran said: “Wrote this song a while ago and so happy it’s being heard on such a world stage and being sung by such talented people.”
‘Permission to Dance’ by BTS received several honours and recognitions. On the Billboard HOT 100 list, it was ranked #1. In its first week of release, it generated 15.9 million streams, 1.1 million radio airplay impressions, and 140,000 copy sales. Additionally, the song was the group’s sixth number-one hit in 10 months and two weeks. Michael Jackson set the only comparable record in history in 1988.
The song became the band’s fifth song to reach 100 million streams in Japan when it did so.
‘Permission to Dance’ On-Stage breaks the global box office record with take-ins of $32.6 million.
3) ‘Butter’
The most well-known BTS song, “Butter“ which broke streaming records in its first 24 hours, is also hinted throughout a television ad aired by McDonald’s. ‘Butter’ made their Billboard Hot 100 debut at the top on June 5th, 2021, and continued to hold that position for seven consecutive weeks. Additionally, ‘Butter’ has sold 3 million copies so far this year. Two of the biggest pop culture superstars, Michael Jackson and Usher, are also mentioned in the song.
The melody of “Butter” and the significance of the slogan “Smooth like butter,” according to Jimin, “We wanted to prepare a song that everyone could listen to easily. There is no huge message or anything like that. It is a cute confession song, saying that I want to melt you softly like butter. We wanted to capture various types of charms, just like butter, cute and sleazy and charismatic.”
2) ‘Dynamite’
The most watched video on the HYBE Label’s YouTube channel, with close to 1.6 billion views, comes from this song, which set three records in 2020. Billboard’s global and digital song sales charts were topped by the first English-language hit, ‘Dynamite’, breaking previous records.
The group’s first totally English single is titled “Dynamite.” All of their earlier songs were a combination of Korean and English. They hope to make a strong connection with their global audience with this song.
The visuals in “Dynamite” are intriguing. The set of the music video has a lot of pastel and candy-colored hues. The enjoyable video also has a cool throwback atmosphere. Fans will be drawn to the set design as a collection of easter eggs to search for symbolic visual hints in each frame of the video. Additionally, the song’s title “Dynamite” appears as a decorative sign and later repeats as a label for an ice cream truck throughout the song.
BTS sought for the song to provide a message of hope to those affected by the Covid-19 epidemic. BTS member V stated, “Everyone, not just us, is having a hard time,” in an interview with The Korea Herald. This problem is the reason we are releasing a song that wasn’t in our original plan. And V said: “Through this period, we again have reaffirmed our love for music. But most importantly, we realised the importance of people who listen to our music. We need them to do music. We sincerely hope “Dynamite” will deliver them the strength needed.”
1) ‘I Need U’
The song “I Need U” is by BTS. It was released on April 29, 2015, and it serves as the album’s lead single, the second track on both CD 1 of their debut compilation album, The Most Beautiful Moment in Life: Young Forever and their third mini album, The Most Beautiful Moment in Life Pt.1. On May 2, 2016, an urban mix and a remixed version were made available; these songs are the seventh and eighth tracks on CD 2 of their debut compilation.
The story of Jin’s struggle to let go of his youth and the hardships of growing up is told in the BTS song ‘I Need U’, which gained international exposure and reached at number six on The Heatseekers Album Chart in 2015.
The entire video focuses on each member of BTS at their most depressed, angry, and painful state. While they may be alright while they are among their buddies, each of the members are utterly unhappy and exposed when they are alone themselves.
Positive reviews for “I Need U” came from critics who noted that BTS’ partial aural shift away from their traditionally hip-hop oriented singles and exploration of other genres “towards a more diverse, pop sound” marked a turning point in the group’s career that prepared them for their future rise to international superstardom and propelled their “momentum further than ever before, with both local and international audiences taking note.”
The Best Male Dance honour went to BTS for “I Need U” at the 2015 Melon Music Awards. It was noted that “I Need U” “shot BTS to new heights in South Korea and rewrote the fortunes of today’s biggest boy band” when Billboard listed it as the 80th greatest K-Pop song of the 2010s in 2019.
