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- Album
- Love Yourself 結 'Answer'
- Released
- 2018
- Genres
- k-pop
- Length
- 3:43
- Tempo
- 126 BPM
- Label
- BIGHIT MUSIC / HYBE
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About this song
"IDOL" is the lead single from the last part of BTS's ongoing Love Yourself: 起承轉結 project and was released on 24 August 2018. It blends traditional Korean instruments, including the janggu, with modern hip-hop grooves. The music video features the members in traditional Korean hanboks, along with imagery such as Chinese landscape painting, a lion dance, the Jade Rabbit and a pavilion marked with the word 囍. A version featuring Nicki Minaj is also available as a digital single.
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Fun facts
- Sampled in 2 other songs, like “YouTube Rewind 2018: Everyone Controls Rewind by YouTube (Ft. Jake Paul)”.
- Covered 6 times, including “IDOL (English Cover) by Emily Dimes”.
- Written by Ali Tamposi, Pdogg, “hitman” Bang, Roman Campolo, Supreme Boi and RM.
- Produced by Pdogg.