BTS World Original Soundtrack: BTS — Heartbeat

I stayed up past 5:00 AM for the sole purpose of downloading the BTS World OST at the moment of release. 14 songs, including the three collaboration tracks, and the official title track, "Heartbeat," which is also the only track that features all seven members. I had already heard a preview of this song through the BTS World game (it was released a couple days ago and it's even better and more addictive than I thought it would be — it's currently the #1 app worldwide), but it's a different experience to listen to it in its full glory, to be able to pause parts and replay to your heart's content. It's crazy to think that this song was actually recorded a couple years ago (when the game was originally slated to be released), before all their insane record-breaking achievements and incredible accomplishments. It adds even more meaning to the song now, really, when our seven boys couldn't foresee just how impossibly giant they would become. The song itself is superior. Like, "Spring Day" level of superior. It's beautiful and gorgeously executed, somehow melancholic and hopeful at the same time. From V's sorrowful opening lines to Jimin's triple high note, every single part of this song is outstanding. I may have shed a tear or two when I first listened to it. My babies have come a long, long way. And to add another achievement to the books: This song, in less than 24 hours, has become #1 on the Worldwide iTunes Song Chart.