| Love Yourself: Tear | ||||
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| Released | May 18, 2018[1] | |||
| Recorded | 2018 | |||
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| Length | 44:02 | |||
| Language | Korean | |||
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| Producer | Pdogg | |||
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| Singles from Love Yourself: Tear | ||||
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 (Left to right) Y, O, U, and R version covers | ||||
Love Yourself: Tear (stylized as Love Yourself 轉 Tear) is the third Korean-language and sixth overall studio album by South Korean boy band BTS. The album was released on May 18, 2018, by Big Hit Entertainment. It is available in four versions and contains eleven tracks, with "Fake Love" as its lead single. The concept album explores themes relating to the pains and sorrows of separation.[4] On May 27, 2018, the album debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200, earning 135,000 album-equivalent units and becoming BTS' highest-charting album in a Western market at the time, as well as the first Korean album to top the US albums chart and the highest-charting album by an Asian act.[5]
- ^ Herman, Tamar (April 16, 2018). "BTS Announce New Full-Length Album 'Love Yourself: Tear' To Be Released in May". Billboard. Archived from the original on January 13, 2019. Retrieved August 27, 2018.
- ^ a b c d Herweck, Nate (May 18, 2018). "BTS Drop "Fakeu Love" Video With New Album 'Love Yourself: Tear'". Grammys. Retrieved May 19, 2018.
- ^ Leight, Elias (May 18, 2018). "Review: BTS' 'Love Yourself: Tear' Is Korean Album With Genre-Hopping Panache". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on May 24, 2018. Retrieved May 24, 2018.
- ^ "K-pop act BTS to drop 3rd studio album next month: agency". Yonhap News Agency. April 16, 2018. Archived from the original on May 20, 2018. Retrieved April 20, 2018.
- ^ McIntyre, Hugh (May 27, 2018). "BTS Debut New Album 'Love Yourself: Tear' At No. 1, Becoming The First K-Pop Act To Do So". Forbes. Archived from the original on May 28, 2018. Retrieved August 18, 2018.