Blood Sweat & Tears (Korean: 피 땀 눈물 ; RR: Pi ttam nunmul; Japanese: 血、汗、涙 ; Hepburn: Chi, ase, namida) is a song recorded in two languages (Korean and Japanese) by South Korean boy band BTS. It was writt by Hitman Bang, Kim Do-hoon, RM, Suga, J-Hope, and Pdogg, with the latter of the six solely handling production. The Korean version was released on October 10, 2016, as the lead single from the band's second studio album, Wings (2016), by Big Hit tertainmt. The Japanese version of the song was released on May 10, 2017, through Universal Music Japan, as a single album that included the B-side tracks Spring Day and Not Today, both also in Japanese. It is a moombahton, trap, and tropical house song with influces of dancehall and reggaeton. The song's lyrics address the pain of addictive love.
The song received gerally positive reviews from music critics, who were favourable towards its production, the refreshing sound, and BTS' vocal delivery. It was also liked to the musical styles of Major Lazer and Justin Bieber. It was nominated for the Song of the Year at the 2016 Mnet Asian Music Awards and appeared on the decade-d lists of the best K-pop songs by Billboard and GQ. Commercially, the Korean version of the song debuted at number one on South Korea's Gaon Digital Chart, becoming the band's first number one on the chart. As of May 2019, the song has sold over 2.5 million copies in South Korea. The Japanese version peaked at number one on the Oricon Singles Chart, becoming the 22nd best-selling single of 2017 in Japan. It received a platinum certification from the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ) for shipmts of 250, 000 copies in the country.

Two music videos were filmed for Blood Sweat & Tears, one for the Korean version and another for the Japanese version; the first video was directed by YongSeok Choi and premiered via Big Hit's YouTube channel on October 10, 2016. Inspired by Hermann Hesse's coming of age novel, Demian (1919), the symbolism-heavy video depicts BTS exploring a museum and performing choreography. The video was awarded the Best Music Video at the 2017 Seoul Music Awards. The second video, featuring psychedelic and neon colours, was uploaded to Universal Japan's YouTube channel on May 10, 2017. BTS promoted the song with televised live performances on various South Korean music programs, including M! Countdown, Music Bank, and Inkigayo. It was also included on the set list of their second worldwide concert tour, The Wings Tour (2017).
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Following the conclusion of their three-part narrative Youth series, which prested the theme of the beauty of youth and its uncertainties, BTS announced the release of their second Korean-language studio album Wings in 2016.
The song was writt by Hitman Bang, Kim Do-hoon, RM, Suga, J-Hope, and its producer Pdogg. The track was gineered by the producer, while mixing was handled by James F. Reynolds at Schmuzik Studios.
Blood Sweat & Tears was released for digital download and streaming by Big Hit tertainmt on October 10, 2016, as the lead single from Wings.
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A Japanese version of the song was recorded, and issued digitally for purchase on May 10, 2017 by Universal Music Japan as the band's sevth Japanese-language single album, together with the Japanese versions of previously released 2017 Korean singles, Spring Day and Not Today.
The single album was also released as a four-version CD single in Japan on the same day, with a regular edition and three differt limited editions; A, B and C.
All four editions contain Japanese versions of Blood, Sweat & Tears as the A-side and Not Today as B-side track, while the Japanese version of Spring Day is included exclusively on the regular edition. In addition, edition A includes a DVD that contains the music videos for both the Korean and Japanese versions of Blood, Sweat & Tears.
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Edition B also comes with a DVD, which contains behind the sces footage of the music video for the Japanese version of the song and the making of the album jacket photos, while C contains a 36-page photobook.
A 21-second sample of the chorus of Blood Sweat & Tears, in which the band use feathery and breathy vocals, leading to a smoky, electronic-dance-driv breakdown that was compared to the musical styles of Major Lazer and Justin Bieber.
As opposed to BTS' signature hip hop sound, Blood Sweat & Tears was described as a hybrid of moombahton, trap, and tropical house.
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It is composed in the key of C minor, with a moderate tempo of 93 beats per minute, and runs for 3:37.
Speaking about the concept and the meaning of the song at a press conferce, RM stated: The harder a temptation is to resist, the more you think about it and vacillate. That uncertainty is part of the process of growing. 'Blood Sweat & Tears' is a song that shows how one thinks, chooses, and grows.

Suga added that the song conveys an optimistic determination to use our wings to go far, ev if we counter temptations in life.
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The lyrics address the themes of temptation and carnal willingness to sacrifice everything, through lines like: Kiss me, I don't care if it hurts/ Hurry up and choke me/ So I can't get hurt any more.
An editor from Billboard wrote that the song embraces the sse of desperation that the septet had featured on previous singles, like 'I Need U' and 'Save Me'.
Blood Sweat & Tears was met with gerally positive reviews from music critics. Jeff Bjamin of Fuse praised the track's sound and the band's vocal delivery, writing that the wholly accessible dance single is perfect for today's pop soundscape.
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Bjamin also wrote an article for Billboard where he cited it as BTS' best song and said, the raps, the vocal deliveries and the visuals all feel specific and important to their developing story, while still being wholly accessible to audices around the globe [...] and only continue to push their art deeper into the global music sce.
Tamar Herman, in a separate Billboard review, labelled the song as game-changing and called it sonically complex. She praised the ethereal vocals and high notes, adding that the song maintains BTS' bombastic style ev while shifting away from hip-hop and toward a more mainstream, Major Lazer-esque sound.

Reviewing for Vulture, T.K. Park and Youngdae Kim felt that the song evolved the band's sound and musical direction in a way that represts a turning point in [BTS'] career. They elaborated writing: Despite being influced by dancehall, reggaeton, and moombahton, the number eschews the partylike atmosphere of its influces, electing instead for a baroque mysticism.
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Taylor Glasby of Dazed lauded the song's production and the band's vocal delivery, writing that BTS are able to marry the lyrics' intimate, bloodied brokness to an opposing state of leviathan pop with such effortlessness that it dominates all that stands before it.
IZM's Minhyung Hyun observed that the theme of 'temptation' that was a new concept following 'school' and 'youth' [series], fitted with their lyrics and displayed growth towards a slightly intse idtity than that shown through their previous works with the song. He also praised the production and dubbed the song's chorus as addictive, which captured emotions.
The former ranked it at number 7 and 16 on their lists of the 100 best K-pop songs of 2010s and 100 greatest boy band songs of all time, respectively.
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GQ placed the song on their decade-d list of the best K-pop songs of the 2010s and picked it as the highlight of 2016. On behalf of the magazine, Glasby called the song BTS' magnum opus.
The song achieved the top spot on various South Korean weekly music programs, garnering a total of six awards, including two consecutive wins on Music Bank.
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Blood Sweat & Tears was a commercial success in South Korea. It debuted at number one on the Gaon Digital Chart for the chart issue dated October 9–15, 2016, becoming BTS' first domestic number one.
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The song also peaked at number one on the compont Download Chart, selling 198, 987 digital units in its first week of release.
Blood Sweat & Tears was the sixth best-performing song in October 2016 on the Gaon Monthly Digital Chart, based on digital sales, streaming, and background music (instrumtal track) downloads.
The song peaked at number one on the US Billboard World Digital Songs chart for the week of October 29, 2016, the band's second chart topper, following on from Fire (2016).
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In Canada, the song led to BTS becoming the third Korean act to chart on the Canadian Hot 100 by peaking at number 86, a new best for a K-pop group.
Following the release of Blood Sweat & Tears as a single album in Japan, the single album topped the Oricon Daily Singles Chart on its first day of release, selling 141, 243 copies.

Blood Sweat & Tears peaked at number one on the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart for the chart issue dated May 8–14, 2017, becoming BTS' second number one single on the chart.
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The single album sold 238, 795 copies in its first week, making BTS the fastest
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