"Stay Alive" is a song recorded by Jungkook of BTS as the original soundtrack for 7Fates:Chakho, a collaborative webtoon created by Hybe and Naver Webtoon. It was released as a stand-alone digital single on February 11, 2022, through Big Hit Music. A dramatic, slow-tempo pop ballad, the song was produced by BTS-bandmate Suga, who co-wrote it with El Capitxn, Maria Marcus, Louise Frick Sveen, Gabriel Brandes, Matt Thomson and Max Lynedoch Graham of Arcades, and Shin Won Park.
The single charted at number one in Malaysia, Singapore, and Vietnam, and in the top 10 in Hungary, India, Japan, and New Zealand. It earned Jungkook his first entry on the Billboard Hot 100 as a soloist, at number 95, and on the Global 200 at number 13. The song is the first Korean soundtrack in history to debut on the Official Singles Chart in the United Kingdom.
Musically, "Stay Alive" is a "dramatic" slow-tempo, "sweeping" pop ballad.[1][2] Produced by Suga, the track's instrumentation features trademark elements of his production style, mixing "subtle guitar pluckings with a suave string section" for the intro, followed by "softly muted percussive elements" as the song's momentum builds, leading into a "slightly more explosive" though still subdued chorus.[1]
During a live stream on V Live in March 2022, Suga revealed that he had created the beat and melody for "Stay Alive" a long time ago. Unsure of when it would be released, he continuously worked on the song, editing and changing things. He also confirmed it was what he had been seen working on during filming for In the Soop.[3] Production duo Arcades, comprising Matt Thomson and Max Lynedoch Graham, who previously worked on songs for BTS' Map of the Soul: Persona (2019) and Map of the Soul: 7 (2020) albums, contributed the topline melody for the song, together with Gabriel Brandes. According to an interview with Tatler, Big Hit Music sent across Suga's instrumental with "a very brief indication of what it was for but nothing set in stone". Having "the freedom to explore melodies", they "tried to play on the existing sense of melancholy and drama" Suga had created "to find something that would complement it." Big Hit then "took all the parts [they] submitted...made a 'best of'" and added Jungkook's vocals "to create what you hear now."[4]
After returning to South Korea, following the end of BTS' concerts in LA, Jungkook recorded the vocal track on his own, utilizing "self-harmonies and airy transitions" to emphasize the song's "heart wrenching" lyrics.[1] He sent the recording to Suga, who was still in the US at the time. Though initially concerned about the key of the song when he wrote it, and whether the chorus and verses would be too high or too low, the producer liked Jungkook's first take so much that he felt a second session was unnecessary and submitted it immediately after mixing. According to Suga, Jungkook's ability to sing so well meant there was very little difficulty during the recording process.[3]
In November 2021, during a corporate briefing livestream, Hybe Corporation publicized plans to expand its IP through the publishing of "original stories" featuring three of its boy groups in collaboration with Naver Webtoon and Wattpad in January 2022. The BTS-based webtoon, titled 7Fates:Chakho, was slated for release on January 15.[8] Various promotional content was released in the weeks leading up to the webtoon's premiere, beginning on January 2.[6] On January 5, Hybe shared a teaser photo announcing the upcoming release of an unnamed official soundtrack for the webtoon, produced by Suga with vocals by Jungkook, through the 7Fates official Twitter account. No date for the soundtrack was given at that time.[9] A domestic promotional event was held from January 15 to February 5 for Korean subscribers of the webtoon who purchased early access to its first three episodes. Three hundred winners received a special, limited edition CD format of the single.[10]
A partial version of the song was released with the global premiere of the webtoon's fourth chapter on February 5, 2022,[7] marking the first time that Webtoon used an OST as background music for all language releases of a comic.[11] The single was released in full on February 11 as scheduled.[2]
Jungkook earned his first solo entry on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 with "Stay Alive". The single debuted at number 95 on the chart issue postdated February 26, 2022, with 2.9 million cumulative streams and 14,900 downloads sold in its first week.[22] He is the fourth member of BTS to chart as a solo artist on the Hot 100,[22] while "Stay Alive" is the fifth solo song by a BTS member to enter the ranking.[23] The single was the sixth best-selling in the country on the Digital Songs chart for the same period, and topped the World Digital Song Sales chart.[22] Jungkook additionally debuted on the Artist 100 at number 82.[24] The single also charted in the United Kingdom, debuting at number 89 on the OCC's Official Singles Chart. It is the first Korean soundtrack in history to enter the ranking.[25]
The music video for "Stay Alive" was preceded by the release of a 17-second long teaser clip shared across various social media platforms on January 31, 2022.[28] It featured a partially-animated still from the comic of two of the main characters, Haru (Jimin's character) and Zeha (Jungkook's character), accompanied by an audio excerpt of the song that revealed the lyric "Please you stay alive". The clip accumulated over 400,000 views upon release.[29]
A theatrical, promotional music video was uploaded to the official 7Fates:Chako YouTube channel[1] on February 11, 2022. Released together with the single, the video contains a mixture of animated scenes from the webtoon and live-action clips of all seven band members inspired by the webtoon.[30] At a runtime of two-and-a-half minutes, the video's audio features a condensed version of the song, rather than the full three-minutes-and-thirty-seconds-long version.[30]
The song 'I Really Wanna Stay at Your House' by Hallie Coggins & Rosa Walton from the Cyberpunk 2077 game.Note: I do not claim this song as mine, I am uploading this for entertainment purposes.Lyrics:I couldn't wait for you to come clear the cupboardsBut now you're gone and leaving nothing but a signAnother evening I'll be sitting reading in-between your linesBecause I miss you all the timeSo, get awayAnother way to feel what you didn't want yourself to knowAnd let yourself goYou know you didn't lose your self-controlLet's start at the rainbowTurn awayAnother way to be where you didn't want yourself to goLet yourself goIs that a compromiseSo what do you wanna do, what's your point-of-viewThere's a party soon, do you wanna go?A handshake with you, what's your point-of-view?I'm on top of you, I don't wanna go'Cause I really wanna stay at your houseAnd I hope this works outBut you know how much you broke me apartI'm done with you, I'm ignoring youI don't wanna knowAnd I'm aware that you were lying in the gutter'Cause I did everything to be there by your sideSo when you tell me I'm the reason I just can't believe the liesAnd why do I so want to call youSo what do you wanna do, what's your point-of-viewThere's a party soon, do you wanna go?A handshake with you, what's your point-of-view?I'm on top of you, I don't wanna go'Cause I really wanna stay at your houseAnd I hope this works outBut you know how much you broke me apartI'm done with you, I'm ignoring youI don't wanna knowYouOh, oh, ohI don't know why I'm no-oneSo, get awayAnother way to feel what you didn't want yourself to knowAnd let yourself goYou know you didn't lose your self-controlLet's start at the rainbowTurn awayAnother way to be where you didn't want yourself to goLet yourself goIs that a compromiseSo what do you wanna do, what's your point-of-viewThere's a party soon, do you wanna go?A handshake with you, what's your point-of-view?I'm on top of you, I don't wanna go'Cause I really wanna stay at your houseAnd I hope this works outBut you know how much you broke me apartI'm done with you, I'm ignoring youI don't wanna know
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"Love in the Dark" is a slow, sad, beautiful song from Adele, and it's probably based on a lot of what 21 was based on. Adele has said that 25 is a make-up album, as opposed to 21 which was a break-up album. However, in this song, Adele does reach back for a little of what made her famous and executes it skillfully in this song.
Adele begins Verse 1 by singing, "Take your eyes off of me so I can leave / I'm far too ashamed to do it with you watching me." She wants to leave the relationship, but her heart still pulls her back to this person who part of her thinks maybe she shouldn't be leaving. And this isn't the first time that she's tried to make this decision: "This is never ending, we have been here before / But I can't stay this time 'cause I don't love you anymore." She has finally made a permanent decision and plans to stick with it.
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