BTS – LOVE YOURSELF 'TEAR' (3rd Full-Length Album)
The album that made history. Like, actual, Billboard Hot 100 #1, first Korean act ever, history....
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BTS – LOVE YOURSELF 'TEAR' (3rd Full-Length Album)
The album that made history. Like, actual, Billboard Hot 100 #1, first Korean act ever, history.
There are milestone albums. There are era-defining albums. And then there is BTS Love Yourself 'Tear' — the 3rd full-length studio album that dropped on May 18, 2018, debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200, and permanently changed the conversation about what K-pop could achieve on the global stage.
Before Tear, K-pop had never topped the Billboard 200. Let that sit for a second. Decades of Korean artists releasing music for international audiences, and it had never happened. BTS did it with their third full album, in their fifth year as a group, on the strength of an emotionally gutting 11-track release about heartbreak, loss, and the most painful kind of love — the kind you have to walk away from.
If you've been ARMY for any length of time, you already know what this album means. And if you're still building your BTS physical collection, this is one of the non-negotiables. BTS Love Yourself 'Tear' isn't just an album you own. It's an album you point to when someone asks why BTS is different.
The Love Yourself Series — and Why 'Tear' Is the Emotional Core
To fully appreciate what the BTS Love Yourself Tear album is, you have to understand the trilogy it lives inside.
The Love Yourself series is three albums telling one story in three chapters:
Love Yourself 承 'Her' (September 2017) — the beginning. The joy of falling in love. The euphoria of it. This is the album that gave us "DNA," BTS's first top 10 Billboard Hot 100 entry.
Love Yourself 轉 'Tear' (May 2018) — the middle. The collapse. The moment where love turns into something painful and the only honest thing left to do is let go. This is the darkest chapter.
Love Yourself 結 'Answer' (August 2018) — the conclusion. The resolution. Finding love within yourself after losing it elsewhere.
Tear is the pivot point. It's the album where everything breaks down before it can be rebuilt. Musically, conceptually, lyrically — it goes to places most pop albums never attempt, and it does so with the kind of emotional precision that made ARMY feel like BTS had written it specifically about their own lives.
That's not a coincidence. It's the reason this album went to #1.
What Makes BTS Love Yourself 'Tear' Unmissable
The lead single is "Fake Love" — and it is, genuinely, one of the greatest BTS singles ever made. The production is massive. The performance energy is relentless. The hook is the kind that lodges itself in your brain and lives there indefinitely. But more than any of that, the emotional core of "Fake Love" — the idea of becoming someone you're not to keep a person you love, and eventually losing both yourself and them in the process — hit ARMY in a place that pure pop music rarely reaches.
The music video is equally stunning, pulling from the BTS Universe (BU) storyline and giving ARMY an extraordinary amount to analyze, theorize, and spiral over. This is the track that dominated Korean music charts for weeks and then crossed over to global audiences in a way that made the rest of the industry pay attention.
But "Fake Love" isn't even the deepest cut on this album. Not by a long shot.
"The Truth Untold" (전하지 못한 진심) — a vocal-line-only track featuring Jin, Jimin, V, and Jungkook — is one of the most breathtakingly beautiful songs BTS has ever recorded. It's a story song rooted in a European fairy tale, about someone who hides their face because they believe they're too flawed to be loved as they truly are. It builds slowly and then it devastates you completely. It is the kind of track that makes people who "don't even like K-pop" stop mid-scroll and ask what they're listening to.
"Singularity" is V's intro track — a neo-soul, jazz-influenced piece that arrives as a standalone performance art moment before "Fake Love" and serves as one of the most conceptually ambitious single tracks in the entire BTS catalog. V's vocal tone was made for this song. The live stage performances of Singularity are legendary in ARMY spaces for good reason.
"Trivia 轉: Seesaw" is SUGA's contribution to the trio of member-specific "Trivia" tracks spread across the Love Yourself trilogy — a coolly detached look at the push and pull of a relationship that's run its course. If you appreciate SUGA's solo work, this track is essential context.
Then there's "Magic Shop" — written by Jungkook as a love letter from BTS to ARMY, based on a psychological concept about creating an internal safe space when the world feels impossible. It's a genuinely moving piece of songwriting that ARMY return to constantly, and it lands with completely different weight depending on where you are in life when you hear it.
The full BTS Love Yourself Tear tracklist is:
Intro: Singularity
Fake Love
The Truth Untold (전하지 못한 진심) (feat. Steve Aoki)
134340
Paradise
Love Maze
Magic Shop
Airplane Pt. 2
Anpanman
So What
Outro: Tear
Eleven tracks. One Billboard #1 album. Zero skips. That's the honest review.
What's Included in the BTS Love Yourself 'Tear' Album
When you order the BTS Love Yourself Tear album from Kpop Exchange, you receive the official Big Hit Entertainment physical release. Standard inclusions per version:
CD — all 11 tracks (identical across all 4 versions)
Photobook — version-specific concept photography (contents vary by version)
Random Photocard — 1 of 7 members (version-specific photocard pool)
Mini Poster — folded, included in select pressings
Sticker Pack — included in standard pressings
Why Buy the BTS Love Yourself 'Tear' Album from Kpop Exchange?
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CONTENTS FOR ALBUM:
- CD (Random cover)
- Photobook 104p
- Mini Book (화양연화) 20p
- 1 random Photocard
- Limited Special Photocard for only First Press
- 1 Standing Photo
- 1 Random Poster (Optional)
TRACKLIST:
01. Intro : Singularity
02. FAKE LOVE
03. 전하지 못한 진심 (Feat. Steve Aoki)
04. 134340
05. 낙원
06. Love Maze
07. Magic Shop
08. Airplane pt.2
09. Anpanman
10. So What
11. Outro: Tear
VERSION:
Y Ver.
O Ver.
U Ver.
R Ver.
The outer case/box is simply for protecting goods. (Damages such as scratches or discoloration on the case/box cannot be compensated.)
The sales volume of applied 100% in the charts on Apple, HANTEO, GAON, and Music Bank K.
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Q: What is BTS Love Yourself 'Tear'? A: Love Yourself 'Tear' (officially titled Love Yourself 轉 'Tear') is BTS's 3rd full-length studio album, released on May 18, 2018, by Big Hit Entertainment. It contains 11 tracks including the lead single "Fake Love," and debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 — making BTS the first Korean act in history to top that chart.
Q: How many versions does BTS Love Yourself 'Tear' have? A: Love Yourself 'Tear' was released in four versions: O, S, E, and L. All four versions contain the same 11-track tracklist. The differences are in the photobook concept photography, packaging design, and photocard pools (each version has version-specific photocards).
Q: What is the difference between the O, S, E, and L versions of Love Yourself 'Tear'? A: The tracklist is identical across all four versions. The versions differ in photobook content and concept photography: O features outdoor/warm-tone individual shots, S features high-fashion group shots, E features indoor/cool-tone individual shots, and L features conceptual artistic individual shots. Each version also has a version-specific photocard pool.
Q: What is the lead single from BTS Love Yourself 'Tear'? A: The lead single is "Fake Love," released with a music video on May 18, 2018. It became one of BTS's most commercially successful singles, charting on the Billboard Hot 100 and dominating Korean music charts for multiple weeks.
Q: Did BTS Love Yourself 'Tear' reach #1 on the Billboard 200? A: Yes. Love Yourself 'Tear' debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 chart dated June 9, 2018, making BTS the first Korean act in history to top the Billboard 200. This remains one of the most significant milestones in K-pop's international history.
Q: What is included in the BTS Love Yourself 'Tear' album? A: Standard inclusions per version are a CD (11 tracks), a version-specific photobook, a random member photocard (1 of 7, from a version-specific pool), a folded mini poster, and a sticker pack. Inclusions may vary slightly between pressings.
Q: Is Love Yourself 'Tear' part of a series? A: Yes. Love Yourself 'Tear' is the second album in BTS's Love Yourself trilogy, following Love Yourself 承 'Her' (September 2017) and followed by Love Yourself 結 'Answer' (August 2018). The three albums tell a connected story across three emotional chapters: falling in love, losing it, and finding love within yourself.
Q: What is "The Truth Untold" on BTS Love Yourself 'Tear'? A: "The Truth Untold" (전하지 못한 진심) is track 3 on Love Yourself 'Tear,' performed by BTS's vocal line — Jin, Jimin, V, and Jungkook. It is a ballad rooted in a European fairy tale about someone who hides their true self out of fear of being unloved. It is widely regarded as one of the most emotionally powerful vocal performances in BTS's entire catalog.
Q: What is "Singularity" on BTS Love Yourself 'Tear'? A: "Singularity" is the intro track on Love Yourself 'Tear,' performed solo by V (Kim Taehyung). It is a neo-soul and jazz-influenced track that serves as a thematic prologue to "Fake Love." V's live performances of Singularity became some of the most discussed and celebrated solo performance moments of the Love Yourself era.
Q: What is "Magic Shop" on BTS Love Yourself 'Tear'? A: "Magic Shop" is track 7 on Love Yourself 'Tear,' co-written by Jungkook. It is a love letter from BTS to ARMY, inspired by the psychological concept of creating an internal safe space during difficult times. It remains one of ARMY's most emotionally significant fan-favorite tracks across BTS's entire discography.
Q: Where can I buy the BTS Love Yourself 'Tear' album in the USA? A: The official BTS Love Yourself 'Tear' album (all four versions: O, S, E, L) is available at Kpop Exchange (kpop.exchange), shipping from Denver, Colorado. US fans get faster delivery and no customs fees compared to ordering from Korea-based stores.
Q: Which version of BTS Love Yourself 'Tear' should I buy? A: All four versions (O, S, E, L) contain the same 11-track CD. The choice comes down to which photobook concept you prefer and which version has the best photocard odds for your bias. For ARMY building a complete physical collection, all four versions are collected separately. If you're buying your first copy, any version is a complete, full album experience.
