In the video, the members laze around in their dorm, V drives them around, and they watch movies and perform the song in an empty stadium. The official music video was released on November 19, along with the album, and was directed by BTS member Jungkook. On November 17, Big Hit released a 26-second long trailer for the song and music video, followed by another, 22-second long trailer the next day. It charted at number 93 in its third week and left the chart afterwards. The following week, 'Life Goes On' charted at number 28, marking the third-largest drop from number one by a song in Hot 100 history after Taylor Swift's ' Willow' and 6ix9ine and Nicki Minaj's ' Trollz', which fell to numbers 38 and 33 respectively in their second weeks. It is the first Korean language song in Hot 100 history to debut atop the chart, as well as the first song sung predominantly in a non-English language since Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee's ' Despacito' remix with Justin Bieber in 2017. The song topped the Digital Songs chart issue of the same date, having sold 150,000 units (pure sales) in its opening week, including 129,000 digital downloads and 20,000 physical copies. This marked the fastest accumulation of three number-one songs on the chart in 42 years since the Bee Gees, who previously achieved the feat in two months and three weeks with ' How Deep Is Your Love', ' Stayin' Alive', and ' Night Fever' from the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack between December 1977 and March 1978. 'Life Goes On' debuted at number one on the Billboard Hot 100, on the chart issue dated December 5, 2020, becoming BTS' third number-one single in the United States in exactly three months, following ' Dynamite' in September and ' Savage Love (Laxed – Siren Beat) (BTS Remix)' in October. The song has been compared to the group's own 2017 single ' Spring Day'.

The lyrics of the song have been described as uplifting and seeking to provide hope to fans during the pandemic. The folky production consists of 808 drums, electronic beats, melodic rhymes, a stripped-down melody accompanied by 'acrobatic' vocals and harmonies on the chorus. The song has been described as an alternative hip hop and synth-pop song underlaid with an acoustic guitar. 'Life Goes On' was written by band members J-Hope, RM and Suga alongside Ruuth, Antonina Armato, Chris James and it's producer Pdogg. I think it sounds more raw, since we tried to capture the emotions we felt living through the pandemic. The end result of that conversation was, “Well, hey, we still have to live with this situation we can’t give up.” And from there, “Life Goes On” was born, and then we got to work on the stories we each wanted to tell. We started this album off by getting together and asking what kind of story we wanted to tell. 'Life Goes On' was announced as the album's lead single on October 30. The group's label officially announced Be on September 27, 2020, stating via press release that the album 'imparts a message of healing to the world by declaring, 'Even in the face of this new normality, our life goes on''. 'Life Goes On' debuted at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and became the band's third number-one single in the United States as well as the first primarily Korean-language song to debut atop the chart.įollowing the postponement of their Map of the Soul Tour due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the group started working on a new album. ' Life Goes On' is a song recorded by South Korean boy band BTS and released on November 20, 2020, through Big Hit Entertainment and Columbia Records as the lead single from the group's fifth Korean-language studio album Be, released the same day. ' Savage Love (Laxed – Siren Beat) (BTS Remix)'

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