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** The MV for "Blood Sweat & Tears" has a brief interlude where RM recites a quote from Hermann Hesse's ''Demian'':
---> "He too, was a tempter; he, too, was a link to the second, the evil world with which I no longer wanted to have anything to do."
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* BreatherEpisode: j-hope's jazzy and more upbeat "[[OdeToFamily MAMA]]" is sandwiched between RM's introspective "Reflection" and Jin's ballad "Awake".

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* BreatherEpisode: j-hope's jazzy and more upbeat "[[OdeToFamily "[[ParentalLoveSong MAMA]]" is sandwiched between RM's introspective "Reflection" and Jin's ballad "Awake".



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* FinaleTitleDrop: The AlbumTitleDrop is given repeatedly in English at the end of "Interlude: Wings"
--> "Spread spread spread my '''wings'''\\
Spread spread spread my '''wings'''\\
'''Wings''' are made to fly fly fly\\
Fly fly fly\\
If my '''wings''' could fly"
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The album has nothing to do with Music/PaulMcCartney's Music/WingsBand.
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* MelancholyMusicalNumber: "Reflection"
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[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bts_wings.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:300:''Spread, spread, spread my wings'']]

''Wings'' is the second Korean full album by K-pop boy band Music/{{BTS}}, released on October 10, 2016. It is a concept album exploring themes of growth and coming of age while inspired by Creator/HermannHesse's novel ''Demian''. The first half consists mostly of solo songs by the members (save for "Blood Sweat & Tears"), and the second half has two sub-unit songs and four full-group songs at the end.

Although BTS' rise to fame was gradual, the release of this album is considered a key stepping stone in their career. It was the best-selling album of 2016 in Korea and showed signs of their growing Western fame by being their first album to chart relatively high on the Billboard 200.

The album was reissued in 2017 as ''You Never Walk Alone''. The reissue has three bonus tracks and a reworked version of "Interlude: Wings" called "Outro: Wings".

!! Tracklist:
# "Intro: Boy Meets Evil" (j-hope solo) (2:01)
# "Blood Sweat & Tears" (3:37)
# "Begin" (Jungkook solo) (3:49)
# "Lie" (Jimin solo) (3:35)
# "Stigma" (V solo) (3:36)
# "First Love" (Suga solo) (3:09)
# "Reflection" (RM solo) (3:53)
# "MAMA" (j-hope solo) (3:32)
# "Awake" (Jin solo) (3:46)
# "Lost" (vocal line subunit song) (4:01)
# "BTS Cypher, Pt. 4" (rap line subunit song) (4:54)
# "Am I Wrong" (3:33)
# "21st Century Girl" (3:12)
# "Two! Three! [Still Wishing For Better Days]" (4:32)
# "Interlude: Wings" (omitted from ''You Never Walk Alone'') (2:24)

[[AC:You Never Walk Alone bonus tracks]]
# "Spring Day"(4:34)
# "Not Today" (3:51)
# "Outro: Wings"(3:45)
# "A Supplementary Story: You Never Walk Alone" (2:36)

!!I trope, I trope, I trope myself:
* AgeProgressionSong: Age progression is a recurring theme on the album, such as with "First Love", which has the protagonist reflect on his childhood and later his adolescence.
* AlbumIntroTrack: "Intro: Boy Meets Evil"
* BackhandedApology: "BTS Cypher, Pt. 4"
--> "I'm sorry bae because I'm breathing\\
I'm sorry bae because I'm so healthy\\
I'm sorry bae I'm broadcasting"\\
([[https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/bangtanboys/btscypher4.html English translation]])
* BreatherEpisode: j-hope's jazzy and more upbeat "[[OdeToFamily MAMA]]" is sandwiched between RM's introspective "Reflection" and Jin's ballad "Awake".
* CastHerd: After the string of solo songs comes two subunit songs. The vocal line (Jin, Jimin, V, and Jungkook) performs "Lost", and then the rap line (j-hope, Suga, and RM) performs "BTS Cypher, Pt. 4".
* ConceptAlbum: About coming of age.
* DeathSong: The protagonist of "Intro: Boy Meets Evil" is implied to be dying as he reflects on his life.
--> "The light of my future is dimming\\
Because of my childish love, I lost my way on a path of dream"\\
([[https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/bangtanboys/introboymeetsevil.html English translation]])
* FemaleEmpowermentSong: "21st Century Girl" encourages women to live proudly without caring about what others say.
* GenreMashup: "Blood Sweat & Tears" combines dancehall, moombahton, trap, and tropical house.
* MelancholyMusicalNumber: "Reflection"
* MinimalisticCoverArt: The standard/digital cover is four circles and the album title on a white background.
* OdeToFamily: "Mama"
--> "Hey mama\\
Now you can lean on me I'll always be by your side\\
Hey mama\\
Because you gave selflessly to me\\
Because you were my support\\
Hey mama\\
Now you can believe in your son, you can smile"\\
([[https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/bangtanboys/mama.html English translation]])
* ProductionForeshadowing: At least two songs hint at the next BTS comeback being the start of the Music/LoveYourselfSeries.
** "Reflection"
---> "I wish I could love myself"
** "BTS Cypher Pt. 4"
---> "I love, I love, I love myself"
* {{Sampling}}: "Am I Wrong", which sampled Keb Mo's "Am I Wrong".
* SpokenWordInMusic:
** "Stigma" has a part where V briefly stops singing.
---> "Are you calling me a sinner?"
** One of the only English parts in "Two! Three" has this at the beginning.
---> "Been trying to tell you this\\
I was supposed to tell you this\\
This is all for you"
* TitleTrack: "Interlude: '''Wings'''" (not "Blood Sweat & Tears", even though K-pop terminology will have it referred to as such).
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