BTS “Dynamite”

The song “Dynamite” was released on August 21, 2020, by the South Korean boy band titled BTS. It was the first English song broadcasted by them through Big Hit Entertainment and Sony Music Entertainment. The song was written by David Stewart and Jessica Agombar and produced by Stewart himself. It was recorded in June 2020. It’s a disco-pop song with some elements of funk and soul.  It resembles 1970’s music. The song was nominated for the 63^rd Grammy Awards for the best pop duo/group performance.

Dynamite stayed at the top in billboards hot 100 for 3 weeks constantly. It charted the top 10 in 25 countries including Korea, Singapore, Hungary, and more. It created history by setting up 101.1M views in 24 hours which is recently broken by  “Butter” (the second English hit by BTS). Currently, Dynamite is #29 on Spotify hot 200. The music video reached 1.1 billion views on April 12, 2021.

The song’s teaser records were the fastest MV teaser to reach 1M, 2M, 3M likes. It was the fastest MV teaser to exceed 10M, 20M, 25M, and 30M views. It was also the most viewed and liked MV teaser in the first 24 hours.

Here are the lyrics of it

[Intro: Jung Kook]
‘Cause I, I, I’m in the stars tonight
So watch me bring the fire and set the night alight

[Verse 1: Jung Kook]
Shoes on, get up in the morn’
Cup of milk, let’s rock and roll
King Kong, kick the drum
Rolling on like a Rolling Stone
Singsong when I’m walkin’ home
Jump up to the top, LeBron
Ding-dong, call me on my phone
Ice tea and a game of ping pong

[Pre-Chorus: RM, j-hope]
This is gettin’ heavy, can you hear the bass boom? I’m ready (Woo-hoo)
Life is sweet as honey, yeah, this beat cha-ching like money, huh
Disco overload, I’m into that, I’m good to go
I’m diamond, you know I glow up
Hey, so let’s go

[Chorus: Jung Kook, Jimin]
‘Cause I, I, I’m in the stars tonight
So watch me bring the fire and set the night alight (Hey)
Shinin’ through the city with a little funk and soul
So I’ma light it up like dynamite, Woah-oh-oh

[Verse 2: V, RM]
Bring a friend, join the crowd, whoever wanna come along
Word up, talk the talk, just move like we off the wall
Day or night, the sky’s alight, so we dance to the break of dawn (Hey)
Ladies and gentlemen, I got the medicine so you should keep ya eyes on the ball

[Pre-Chorus: SUGA, Jimin, RM]
Huh, this is gettin’ heavy, can you hear the bass boom? I’m ready (Woo-hoo)
Life is sweet as honey, yeah, this beat cha-ching like money, huh
Disco overload, I’m into that, I’m good to go
I’m diamond, you know I glow up
Let’s go

[Chorus: Jung Kook, V]
‘Cause I, I, I’m in the stars tonight
So watch me bring the fire and set the night alight (Hey)
Shinin’ through the city with a little funk and soul
So I’ma light it up like dynamite, Woah-oh-oh

[Post-Chorus: Jung Kook, Jimin, Jin]
Dyn-na-na-na, na-na-na-na-na, na-na-na, life is dynamite
Dyn-na-na-na, na-na-na-na-na, na-na-na, life is dynamite
Shinin’ through the city with a little funk and soul
So I’ma light it up like dynamite, Woah-oh-oh

[Bridge: Jung Kook, j-hope, Jimin, V]
Dyn-na-na-na, na-na, na-na, ayy
Dyn-na-na-na, na-na, na-na, ayy
Dyn-na-na-na, na-na, na-na, ayy
Light it up like dynamite
Dyn-na-na-na, na-na, na-na, ayy
Dyn-na-na-na, na-na, na-na, ayy
Dyn-na-na-na, na-na, na-na, ayy
Light it up like dynamite

[Chorus: Jimin, Jung Kook, Jin]
‘Cause I, I, I’m in the stars tonight
So watch me bring the fire and set the night alight
Shinin’ through the city with a little funk and soul
So I’ma light it up like dynamite
(This is ah) ‘Cause I, I, I’m in the stars tonight
So watch me bring the fire and set the night alight (Alight, oh)
Shinin’ through the city with a little funk and soul
So I’ma light (Light) it (It) up (Up) like (Like) dynamite, Woah-oh-oh

[Post-Chorus: Jung Kook, Jimin, V]
Dyn-na-na-na, na-na-na-na-na, na-na-na, life is dynamite (Life is dynamite)
Dyn-na-na-na, na-na-na-na-na, na-na-na, life is dynamite (Oh)
Shinin’ through the city with a little funk and soul
So I’ma light it up like dynamite, Woah-oh-oh