Dream Glow
2019 single by BTS and Charli XCX From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Dream Glow" is a song by Jin, Jimin and Jungkook of the South Korean boy band BTS and British singer Charli XCX, released as a single on June 7, 2019.[2] It was produced by Stargate, and is the first song from the soundtrack of their BTS World game, released on June 26.[2]
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| Single by BTS and Charli XCX | ||||
| from the album BTS World: Original Soundtrack | ||||
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| Released | June 7, 2019 | |||
| Genre | EDM[1] | |||
| Length | 3:07 | |||
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| Producer(s) | Stargate | |||
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Background
"Dream Glow" is a reworked version of an unreleased Charli XCX song that was titled "Glow". "Glow" was written in 2016 during writing sessions for XCX's unreleased third studio album.[1] XCX initially planned to include the song on the album, but ultimately decided not to as she stated that "it never quite fit in my world in its original form".[3][4]
In 2017, Charli XCX met BTS in Seoul, South Korea, when she was in the country performing for a festival. During their meeting, they decided to work on a song together. XCX would later send them her version of "Glow" as a potential song to use, and it was eventually chosen as the song for their collaboration. The group "sat with it for a while" in order to tweak the song and also adapt it to fit the Korean language.[3][4]
Charli XCX's version of the song leaked in 2018,[5] XCX stated that the song was originally about "falling in love with someone in the club [because] they had that "glow" about them".[3]
The song is credited as being "part one" of the soundtrack to the Netmarble mobile game BTS World.[6][2]
Critical reception
Sheldon Pearce of Pitchfork gave the track a positive review, saying Jin, Jimin and Jungkook "don't miss a beat, with Charli filling the vacant spaces to maintain their carefully arranged synchronicity". Pearce also said that the four "sing vaguely but assuredly, in English and Korean, about the yet-to-be-realized potential of dreams", calling it "starry-eyed but not fanciful", "nearly pessimist-proof" and "pristine EDM-lite".[1]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Dream Glow (BTS World Original Soundtrack) [Part 1]" (with Charli XCX) | 3:07 |
Charts
| Chart (2019) | Peak position |
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| Australia (ARIA)[7] | 77 |
| Euro Digital Song Sales (Billboard)[8] | 18 |
| Finland Digital Song Sales (Billboard)[9] | 3 |
| France Downloads (SNEP)[10] | 30 |
| Greece International Digital (IFPI)[11] | 41 |
| Hungary (Single Top 40)[12] | 3 |
| Ireland (IRMA)[13] | 63 |
| Lithuania (AGATA)[14] | 46 |
| Malaysia (RIM)[15] | 4 |
| New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ)[16] | 7 |
| Scotland (OCC)[17] | 18 |
| Singapore (RIAS)[18] | 27 |
| South Korea (Gaon)[19] | 75 |
| Sweden Heatseeker (Sverigetopplistan)[20] | 10 |
| Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[21] | 89 |
| UK Singles (OCC)[22] | 61 |
| UK Independent Singles (OCC)[23] | 8 |
| US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles (Billboard)[24] | 6 |
Release history
References
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