피 땀 눈물 (Blood Sweat & Tears)

피 땀 눈물 (Blood Sweat & Tears)

BTS

“Blood Sweat & Tears” is the title track of South Korean boy band BTS' second studio album, WINGS. The music video for this track was released on October 10, 12 PM KST, 4 days after the music video teaser was released by BigHit Entertainment. The mv was viewed 3 million times on YouTube over the course of 12 hours, and 6.3 million times over 24 hours. Blood Sweat & Tears also broke records by being the fastest K-Pop boy band music video to be viewed 20 million times.

The song itself achieves a balance between trendy tropical house and moombahton, providing a unique texture/layer to the track. “Blood Sweat & Tears” showcases BTS' vocals, and flawlessly alternates between melodic, chilling vocals and deep rap. The dynamic beat by producer Philtre adds to the song, and so does the background instrumentals.

The lyrics talk about love, but BTS is known for their multi-dimensional tracks, and this one is no different. It seems that it corresponds with the overarching theme Boy Meets Evil, as seen by the many indicators of sin, temptation, and bible verses. The lyrics compare this person to a devil, saying that their love is “too sweet,” irresistible. Which again corresponds to evil and temptation.

However you interpret it, Blood Sweat & Tears is an eye-opening installment to BTS' storyline and is definitely taking the music world by storm.