“Fake Love” is the lead single off BTS' 3rd full studio album, Love Yourself 轉 ‘Tear’. The song is about one realizing his love, what he thought was fate, turned out to be fake love. It’s an emo hip-hop genre track combined with grunge rock guitar sound and trap beat.

The song was first performed at BTS' comeback stage at the 2018 Billboard Music Awards on May 20. They also performed “Fake Love” on The Ellen DeGeneres Show five days later.

On June 2, 2018, BTS released an extended, rock remix version of the music video, which feature bonus scenes adding to the song’s story line.