The Most Beautiful Moment in Life, Pt. 1

The Most Beautiful Moment in Life, Pt. 1
EP from BTS
Publication (s)	April 29, 2015
Label (s)	Big Hit Entertainment
Format (s)	CD • Stream • Digital
Genre (s)	Hip-Hop , Dance-Pop , K-Pop , EDM , R&B
running time	31:30
chronology Wake up The Most Beautiful Moment in Life, Pt. 1 The Most Beautiful Moment in Life, Pt. 2
Single releases April 29, 2015 I NEED U June 24, 2015 Dope

The Most Beautiful Moment in Life, Pt. 1 (also HYYH Pt. 1 , Hangeul : 화양연화 pt.1, Hanja : 花樣 年華, revised Romanization : Hwayangyeonhwa pt.1 ) is the third EP by the South Korean boy group BTS , which was released on April 29, 2015 via Big Hit Entertainment . The album contains nine songs, including the singles I NEED U and Dope (쩔어). Two different physical versions (white and pink) have been released. HYYH Pt. 1 i st the first part of The Most Beautiful Moment in Life trilogy.

Background and advertising

The EP was announced on April 6, 2015. The press release announced that all seven members of the group were involved in the songwriting process. On April 17th, the animated comeback trailer 花樣 年華 by group member Suga was released . On April 19th, the concept photos of the "Pink Version" and two days later those of the "White Version" were uploaded to Twitter. An official album snippet was released with the track listing on April 26th. The two songs "Boyz with Fun" and "Converse High," had already been presented to the audience on the 2015 BTS Live Trilogy Episode I: BTS Begins tour in Seoul on March 29th. The concept photos for the second single "Dope (쩔어)" were released on June 14th.

On April 29, before the EP was released, there was a live stream on the V App under the motto "BTS 'I NEED U, BTS ON AIR' OnAir", in which the members celebrated the release of their new EP.

Music videos

The music video for I NEED U was released at the same time as the album. It turned out that the original video, which was rated 19 and showing boys with difficult youth , had been edited to lower the rating from 19 to 15. On May 10, the original uncut version was released with a longer playing time and scenes that are marked with violence.

On June 23, Big Hit Entertainment released the music video for "Dope (쩔어)" on YouTube . Each of the members is disguised to represent different professions, e.g. B. a police officer or a racing driver.

Track list

The songwriters and producers were taken from the CD booklet.

No.	title	text	music	length
1.	Intro: 화양연화 (Intro: The Most Beautiful Moment in Life)	Slow Rabbit • SUGA	Slow rabbit	2:03
2.	I need u	Pdogg • "hitman" bang • RM • SUGA • J-Hope • Brother Su	Pdogg	3:31
3.	잡아 줘 (Hold Me Tight)	Pdogg • Slow Rabbit • V • RM • SUGA • J-Hope	Slow rabbit	4:35
4th	쩔어 (dope)	Pdogg • Gwis Bang Mang • "hitman" bang • RM • SUGA • J-Hope	Pdogg	4:00
5.	Skit: Expectation!		Pdogg • "hitman" bang	2:27
6th	흥탄 소년단 (Boyz with Fun)	SUGA • Pdogg • "hitman" bang • RM • J-Hope • Jin • Jimin • V	SUGA • Pdogg	4:04
7th	Converse high	Pdogg • Slow Rabbit • RM • SUGA • J-Hope	Pdogg • Slow Rabbit	3:29
8th.	이사 (Moving On)	Pdogg • RM • SUGA • J-Hope	Pdogg	4:52
9.	"Outro: Love Is Not Over	Jungkook • Slow Rabbit • Pdogg • Jin	Jungkook • Slow Rabbit	2:23
Overall length:				31:30

Commercial win

Dope became the group's first music video to hit the 100 million mark. This made BTS the first group outside the Big3 ( SM , JYP and YG ) to reach this milestone.

On May 5th, 2015, the group first came on a music show when they won I NEED U on "The Show". In total, they received five trophies with the song. I NEED U debuted at number 5 on the weekly Gaon Charts with 93,790 downloads and has been downloaded a total of 850,000 times.

The Most Beautiful Moment in Life, Pt. 1 debuted at number 2 and reached number one on the weekly GAON album charts a week later . In May 2015 the EP reached number 2 on the monthly album charts. In China, BTS debuted at number 1 on the weekly Weibo charts and was able to keep the position for two weeks. The EP debuted at number 24 on the weekly ORICON charts and number 45 on the monthly ORICON charts in Japan.

The Most Beautiful Moment in Life, Pt. 1 was the 6th best-selling album of the year in Korea, with 203,664 copies sold.

Six songs landed on Billboard's World Digital Songs Charts: I NEED U (No. 4), Dope (No. 11), Hold Me Tight (No. 12), Boyz With Fun (No. 13), Converse High (No. 15) and Outro: Love Is Not Over (25th place). On July 11th, Dope reached third place on the charts after the promotions. The EP debuted at number 2 on the Billboards World Digital Albums chart , number 6 on the Heatseekers chart and number 20 on the Billboard Independent Albums chart - the group's first chart entry.

The EP was the only Korean work to land at number 24 of the 27 Best Albums of 2015 So Far - a critically-made list for Fuse .

Charts

album

Weekly charts

Chart (2015)	Top ranking
South Korea GAON	1
China Weibo Chart	1
Japan Oricon Albums Chart	24
US Billboard World Albums Chart	2
US Billboard Independent Albums	20th
US top heatseekers	6th
Chart (2016)
South Korea GAON	1

Monthly charts

Chart (2015)	Top ranking
South Korea GAON	2
Japan Oricon Albums Chart	45

Annual charts

Chart	Top ranking
2015 South Korea GAON	6th
2016 South Korea GAON	25th
2017 South Korea GAON	60
2018 South Korea GAON	59

single

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Singles

I NEED U   KR 5 04/26/2015 (13 weeks) Dope   KR 44 04/26/2015 (3 weeks) Hold me tight   KR 59 04/26/2015 (2 weeks) Converse high   KR 70 04/26/2015 (1 week) Boyz With Fun   KR 80 04/26/2015 (1 week) Outro: Love Is Not Over   KR 98 04/26/2015 (1 week)

Billboard World Digital Songs (2015)	Top ranking
I need u	4th
Dope	3
Hold me tight	12
Boyz with fun	13
Converse high	15th
Outro: Love Is Not Over	10

Billboard Philippines Hot 100 (2017)	Top ranking
I need u	19th
Dope	51

Sales

album

Chart	Sales
South Korea	435.740
United States	2,000

single

Chart	song	Sales
South Korea	I NEED U	617.193

Awards

Awards ceremonies

year	Award ceremony		price	Result	Ref.
2015	Melon Music Awards	I need u	Best Male Dance	Won
	Mnet Asian Music Awards	The Most Beautiful Moment In Life, Part 1	Album of the Year	Nominated
2016	Golden Disc Awards		Disk bonsang	Won

Music shows

I NEED U

Program	date
The show	May 5, 2015
M countdown	May 7, 2015
Music Bank	May 8, 2015
The show	May 12, 2015
Show champion	May 13, 2015

Individual evidence

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2. ↑ BTS (방탄 소년단) Comeback Trailer: 花樣 年華. Retrieved May 30, 2019 . 
3. ↑ BTS, revealed a comeback picture of 'In the mood of love'. The youth's precarious moment. In: Naver . Retrieved May 30, 2019 . 
4. ^ BTS, expressed precariousness of day-dreaming .. 'In the mood for Love'. In: Naver . Retrieved May 30, 2019 . 
5. ↑ BTS (방탄 소년단) 화양연화 pt.1 Preview. Retrieved May 30, 2019 . 
6. ↑ BTS wraps up their 2nd concert + previews new songs 'Converse High' & 'Fun Boys'. Retrieved May 30, 2019 . 
7. ↑ BTS got hired? The MV venue of the band's follow-up song. In: Naver . Retrieved May 30, 2019 . 
8. ↑ BTS 'I NEED U, BTS ON AIR' OnAir. Retrieved May 30, 2019 . 
9. ↑ BTS Releases 19+ Original Version of “I NEED U” MV. In: Soompi . Retrieved May 30, 2019 . 
10. ^ BTS Is the Definition of Charisma in New MV for “Dope”. In: Soompi . Retrieved May 30, 2019 . 
11. ↑ BTS's “Dope” Becomes Their 1st MV To Hit 100 Million Views. Retrieved May 30, 2019 . 
12. ^ BTS, First top prize at terrestrial program. "We won't forget the valuable meaning of trophy. Retrieved May 30, 2019 . 
13. ↑ 2015 년 19 주차 Download Chart. In: Gaon Chart . Retrieved May 30, 2019 . 
14. ↑ ^{a b} 2015 년 20 주차 Album Chart. Retrieved May 30, 2019 . 
15. ↑ ^{a b} BTS Takes 1st Place on Gaon Weibo Chart for 2 Consecutive Weeks. Retrieved May 30, 2019 . 
16. ↑ ^{a b} 週 間 ア ル バ ム ラ ン キ ン グ. Retrieved May 30, 2019 . 
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18. ↑ ^{a b c d e} BTS Hit New Peaks on World, Heatseekers Albums Charts With 'The Most Beautiful Moment in Life'. In: Billboard. Retrieved May 30, 2019 . 
19. ^ BTS '"Dope" Charges to 3rd Place on Billboard's World Digital Songs Chart. Retrieved May 30, 2019 . 
20. ↑ BTS Hit New Peaks on World, Heatseekers Albums Charts With 'The Most Beautiful Moment in Life'. Retrieved May 30, 2019 . 
21. ↑ 27 Best Albums We've Heard in 2015 ... So Far. Retrieved May 30, 2019 . 
22. ↑ 2015 년 19 주차 Digital Chart. Retrieved May 30, 2019 . 
23. ↑ 2015 년 05 월 Album Chart. Retrieved May 30, 2019 . 
24. ↑ 2015 년 Album Chart. Retrieved May 30, 2019 . 
25. ↑ 2016 년 Album Chart. Retrieved May 30, 2019 . 
26. ↑ 2017 년 Album Chart. Retrieved May 30, 2019 . 
27. ↑ 2018 년 Album Chart. Retrieved May 30, 2019 . 
28. ↑ 2015 년 19 주차 Digital Chart. Retrieved May 30, 2019 . 
29. ↑ Sales of The Most Beautiful Moment in Life, Pt. 1 in South Korea: Chart | work = Gaon Chart | accessdate = 2019-05-30}}
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    • 2016 년 Album Chart . In: Gaon Chart . Retrieved May 30, 2019.
    • 2017 년 Album Chart . In: Gaon Chart . Retrieved May 30, 2019.
    • 2018 년 Album Chart . In: Gaon Chart . Retrieved May 30, 2019.
30. ↑ BTS Hit New Peaks on World, Heatseekers Albums Charts With 'The Most Beautiful Moment in Life'. Retrieved May 30, 2019 . 
31. ↑ 2015 년 Download Chart. Retrieved May 30, 2019 . 
32. ↑ Big Bang, EXO Take Home Top Honors At 2015 MelOn Music Awards + Full List Of Winners. Retrieved May 30, 2019 . 
33. ↑ 2015 MAMA / FULL WINNERS LIST. Retrieved May 30, 2015 . 
34. ^ The 30th Golden Disk Awards in Beijing. Retrieved May 30, 2019 . 
35. ↑ BTS Takes First-Ever Music Show Win on "The Show" with "I Need You". Retrieved May 30, 2019 . 
36. ↑ BTS Takes Home First M! Countdown Win With "I NEED U". Retrieved May 30, 2019 . 
37. ^ BTS's "I Need U" Wins First Place on "Music Bank". Retrieved May 30, 2019 . 
38. ↑ BTS gains 2nd consecutive win for “I Need U” on SBS MTV's “The Show”. Retrieved May 30, 2019 . 
39. ↑ BTS Take Home 5th Music Show Trophy For I Need U. Retrieved May 30, 2019 .