The Most Beautiful Moment in Life, Part 2 (Hangul: 화양연화 pt.2; RR: Hwayang-yeonhwa pt.2) is the fourth extended play of South Korean boy group BTS. The EP was released on November 30, 2015, and is the second album for the group's two part series centering on "Youth". The album was released in two versions, nine tracks, with "Run" as its lead single. In South Korea, The Most Beautiful Moment in Life, Part 2 was the fifth best-selling album of 2015.
On November 26, it was reported that The Most Beautiful Moment in Life, Part 2's pre-orders had surpassed 150,000 copies, with a high volume of sales coming from not only South Korea, but internationally as well. All nine tracks from the extended play were present on Gaon and World Digital charts, with "Run" at number eight and three respectively.
The album debuted at number 171 on the Billboard 200 with 5,000 copies sold in the US, a high for an act not signed to YG Entertainment or SM Entertainment. It also topped the World Albums and Top Heatseekers charts. BTS became the first K-pop act to have the same album spend more than one week on top of Billboard World Albums chart, with four weeks at number one in all.
The album debuted at number 171 on the Billboard 200 with 5,000 copies sold in the US, a high for an act not signed to YG Entertainment or SM Entertainment. It also topped the World Albums and Top Heatseekers charts. BTS became the first K-pop act to have the same album spend more than one week on top of Billboard World Albums chart, with four weeks at number one in all.
Two different colored albums are available including a blue and a peach one, with both variations having a 98-page photobook, CD, a photo card, and blurred out butterflies decorating the cover. Although the track list remains the same in both variations, the CD design corresponds to its respective album color. If the two covers of the last extended play are aligned on top the two covers for The Most Beautiful Moment in Life, Part 2, all four covers create a full image of flower petals and butterflies.
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Earlier in September, the group announced their comeback with a prologue trailer, featuring a new track called "Butterfly". They also announced a domestic concert from November 27 to 29, The Most Beautiful Moment in Life: On Stage, where they would unveil their new single. The news of the upcoming album made #화양연화 trend and rank first in trending topics worldwide on Twitter. On November 17, BTS released an animated comeback trailer featuring "Nevermind", another track featuring member Suga's rap from the album. The video showed clips of a boy playing basketball and later chasing a butterfly. Five days later, BTS revealed concept images labeled with a bottom caption: "Je Ne Regrette Rien", which means "I regret nothing" in French; a second set was revealed with the captions, "Papillion", which means "butterfly". A music video teaser was released on the 24th, revealing the name of the new single, "Run".
Nevermind
"Papillion"
RUN
Seven and a half minutes long, the music video for "Run" was released on November 29, 2015. It depicted the members having fun and acting recklessly, as well as the members acting disillusioned and violent. After the credits, the last scene shows Jimin sitting in the bathtub (a similar scene from the "I Need U" music video), burning a polaroid of the members. The music video was directed and filmed by Lumpens. It received nearly two million views in less than 24 hours.