Less than two weeks remain before drops their highly-anticipated Love Yourself: Tear album on May 18, but today (May 6) the Korean act surprised fans with a captivating music video featuring V performing the track “Singularity.' Born Kim Tae-hyung but known by the single letter, the BTS singer serves up a smooth alt R&B sound on “Singularity.” 'A sound of something breaking / I awake from sleep,' croons V at the start of the melody jazzy before it evolves into a desperate, reflective tune. 'Have I lost myself / Or have I gained you?' He asks. 'Tell me if my voice isn't real / If I shouldn't have thrown myself away.'

The song also features multiple references to lakes, with lyrics that appear to be inspired by the Greek myth of Narcissus, who fell in love with his own reflection and died because of it. 'I suddenly run to the lake / There's my face in it,” he sings. “But in the end spring will come someday / the ice will melt and float away / tell me if my voice isn't real.' The “Singularity” video heavily focuses on the charismatic choreography delivered up by the BTS member and a team of dancers, inspired by contemporary interpretive dance. It begins with V dancing with a faceless coathanger of a partner, and then switches between scenes featuring him solo or with back-up.

On his own, V is surrounded by haunting white masks and lush nature scenes, and recalls the song’s lyrics by interacting with a reflective pool.It ends with V donning a white mask with a single, black tear dripping from one eye. “Singularity” serves as the album’s “comeback trailer,” a distinction from Tear’s which was released in April. Since their EP The Most Beautiful Moment In Life, Pt. 2, the group has preceded album releases with videos that feature tracks either partially or in their entirety.The tracklist for Love Yourself: Tear has yet to be revealed, but it is known to be a full-length LP, the group’s third Korean one overall.

It follows 2014’s Dark & Wild and 2016’s Wings.Over the past few years, BTS has rapidly grown to see major success, and have become the highest-ranking Korean group ever on Billboard’s charts. They will perform at the Billboard Music Awards on May 20, where they are nominated for the Top Social Artist award. They won the award at last year’s BBMAs.Watch the video for “Singularity” below.

Contents.Background and release The music video for 'Singularity' was released as a teaser for the then upcoming album. The video reached over ten million views in less than fifteen hours. According to, searches for the word also increased 7,558%.

Singularity (song) 'Singularity' is a song by South Korean boy band BTS, sung as a solo by member V. It was released on May 6, 2018, as part of the album Love Yourself: Tear. It was written by Charlie J. Perry and RM, with Charlie J. Perry being the sole producer. Face Reveal.Hello! By SingularityBTS; Add Yourself Waiting in the Elevator remix by SingularityBTS; Sign if you are against PANDA POACHING! REMIX REMIX remix remix by SingularityBTS; Seokjin by SingularityBTS; Jimin Chibi by SingularityBTS; J hope Concert Chibi by SingularityBTS; Yeontan!!! By SingularityBTS; Yoongi and Holly Chibi. Qwirkle bonus pack.

Promotion The song was promoted at the 2018 KBS Song Festival on December 29, 2018.V has performed `singularity` at `KBS Daejun 2018`Music video Goldbin and Soohyoun Nam, writing for Mnews, described the setting of the music video as an enclosed space in which member moves between areas of light and shadow, and, later, a dark room filled with flowers. They interpreted the 'restrained' choreography, performed with white masks, as symbolising that he has concealed his true self to attain love, and the images of broken ice as indicating his realisation that he has been acting in a way that isn't genuine. 's Tamar Herman pointed out that he seemed to be acting out the Greek tale of Narcissus, whose love of his own reflection caused his death.It was revealed that the choreographer who made the dance was Keone Madrid, who has worked with BTS on several other dances such as 'Dope', ', ' and '.

The director for the music video was Choi Yongseok from Lumpens. The assistant directors were Lee Wonju, Jeong Minje, and Park Hyejeong of Lumpens. Other key personnel were Nam Hyunwoo of GDW who was the director of photography, Song Hyunsuk from Real Lighting who was the gaffer, editor Park Hyejeong, and the art directors Park Jinsil and Kim Bona of MU:E. Composition Musically, the song has been described as R&B with touches of neo soul and jazz by India.

Described it as 'a relaxing beat supplemented by V’s honey-like voice', which 'gets better with every listen'. It is in the key of D♭ minor and is 104 beats per minute.In an interview with, writer Charlie J. Sound shapes game. Perry recalled that the song started out as a poem and it was built up from there. They wanted it to have a / type of vibe in the realm of neo-soul. According to, the song is about 'questioning the mask he wears to conceal his true feelings, asking himself, 'Did I lose myself, or did I gain you?'

' Reception Overall, the song was received well, with Alexis Pedridis from stating the song was 'blessed with a particularly haunting tune, pitching its sound somewhere between vintage 70's soul and a latter-day R&B slow jam'. Stated the song added a distinctive voice to the album and said provided a quiet confidence that set the tone to the album. Called 'Singularity' the album's thesis. In a blog post, journalist Monique Jones described 'Singularity' as 'pure R&B' and 'a song tailor made for Taehyung's voice'.The song was ranked at number thirteen for digital sales in the Unites States upon release and sold more than 10,000 copies. Accolades Year-end listsCritic/PublicationListRankRef.Best of 20184KultSceneBest K-Pop Music Videos of 2018N/AThe 65 Best Songs of 201820Top 100 Asian pop songs of 201824Credits and personnel The song's credits are adapted from the CD liner notes of. Charlie J. Perry- Producer, Keyboard, Bass.

Producer. Pdogg- Vocal Arrangement, Recording Engineer @ Dogg Bounce. Slow Rabbit- Vocal Arrangement, Recording Engineer @ Carrot Express. ADORA- Digital Editing. Hiss noise- Digital Editing. Yang Ga- Mix Engineer @ Big Hit StudioCharts.