"Beautiful" is a song by South Korean boy band Wanna One. The song serves as the lead single of their re-issue album, 1-1=0 (Nothing Without You).
Composition Musically, "Beautiful" was described as a midtempo EDM-pop ballad containing woozy synths and a steady beat. The song's lyrics expresses the feelings of fear, loneliness and longing coming from being alone.
Music video The music video is directed by Yong Yi, who has directed several South Korean films. Using the song to propel the storyline, the 8-minute long "movie" music video depicts a storyline where members Kang Daniel and Ong Seongwoo portray brothers who were separated in childhood and began searching for one another after they grew up, ultimately reuniting in an orphanage where Kang resides. Other members played supporting and minor roles in the video; Hwang Minhyun plays Ong's classmate at the police academy, Park Jihoon plays Kang's childhood friend and the rest plays Kang's friends at the orphanage. The video ends with trouble following the pair of brothers and their friends, culminating in ruin for both.
Chart performance Upon release, "Beautiful" charted atop on real-time charts of six music sites: Melon, Genie, Bugs, Mnet, Naver, and Soribada. It recorded highest number of unique listeners in the first hour on a song on Melon since chart reforms, breaking the record previously held by Wanna One's own song, "Energetic". The single peaked at number one on Gaon Digital Chart, becoming the group's second chart-topper.
Charts Weekly chart Chart (2017) Peakposition South Korea (Gaon) 1 South Korea (Kpop Hot 100) 1
Monthly chart Chart (2017)Peak position South Korea (Gaon)2
Release history RegionDateFormatLabelSouth KoreaNovember 13, 2017Digital downloadYMC Entertainment, CJ E&M MusicWorldwideCJ E&M Music
Sales Region Sales South Korea 667,145+Cumulative sales of "Beautiful":
Accolades +Awards Year Organization Award Result 2018 Gaon Chart Music Awards Song of the Year – NovemberMBC Plus X Genie Music AwardsSong of the YearBest Male Vocal PerformanceMnet Asian Music Awards Best Music Video Mwave Global Fans' Choice
+Music program winsProgramDate Show Champion (MBC M) November 22, 2017 M Countdown (Mnet) November 23, 2017 Music Bank (KBS) November 24, 2017 December 1, 2017 Show! Music Core (MBC) November 25, 2017 December 2, 2017 December 9, 2017 December 16, 2017
+Melon Popularity Award Award Date (2017) Weekly Popularity Award November 27 December 4 December 11 December 18 December 25
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