Dark & Wild

On July 30, 2014, Big Hit Entertainment launched a countdown clock[3] on BTS' official website, and on August 5, they uploaded a comeback trailer on YouTube[4] which featured contrasting scenes. One scene from the trailer featured a forest paradise, while another showed black and white abandoned structures accompanied with lyrics from a Rap Monster verse.[5] On August 7, 2014, the company released the first teaser photos[6] and the concept photo for the new album.[7] BTS also released a B-Side Song titled “Let Me Know” for free streaming, which was composed and produced by Suga.[8] The company later released the album's tracklist on the group's official Facebook and Twitter pages.[9] It confirmed that there were 14 tracks, with "Danger" circled in red, indicating that it was the title song.[10] Big Hit Entertainment later released two music video teasers for the lead single "Danger".[11] BTS also later released an audio preview of their album on the group's SoundCloud page[12] which featured short excerpts from the tracks that made up the album with harder hip-hop tracks, R&B sounds and electronica elements interspersed. On October 21, BTS released 19 concept photos[13] of the follow-up song "War of Hormone"[14] through their official Facebook page and Twitter account. The teaser for the remix of "Danger" was then released on November 13,[15] as a result of collaboration with a Vietnamese singer, Thanh Bùi.

On August 19, 2014, the music video for "Danger" was released on YouTube.[16] It featured the group dressed in black performing with sharp choreography in a subway tunnel, and in a warehouse with burning shopping carts.[17] The music video for "War of Hormone" was published on YouTube on October 21, ahead of BTS' follow-up promotions.[18] The music video showed the boys dressed in retro outfits and dancing at an outdoor set.[19] Zanybros produced the "War of Hormone" music video.[20] For both "Danger" and "War of Hormone," the band danced to choreography that was created by Son Sungdeuk. One month later, the remixed version of the "Danger" music video, a collaboration with a Vietnamese singer and songwriter Thanh Bùi,[21] was released. The "Danger" music video was produced and directed by Lumpens[22] and GDW.[23]

BTS held a press conference and comeback showcase on August 19, 2014, performing "Danger", "War of Hormone", and "Let Me Know".[24] The group later continued with their promotion of the album on various South Korean music programs[25] starting on August 21, while performing the lead single "Danger". The follow-up promotion of the album with "War of Hormone" on October 23[26] started right after the release of its music video on YouTube, during their concert tour. On October 17,[27] the group held the first half of BTS Live Trilogy Episode II: The Red Bullet concert tour for the promotion of the album[28] at AX-Korea as the first venue[29] and ended on December 20 in Bangkok.

Both singles from Dark & Wild charted on the 2014 Billboard World Digital Songs in different weeks.[30][31] The album debuted at number 2[32] on Gaon Weekly Chart for the third week of August 2014. The album then peaked at number three[33] on the Gaon Monthly Chart for the month of August. The album also ranked number three on World Albums and number 27[34] on Top Heatseekers. This was the second time BTS sent their album on Billboard, and it stayed on the Billboard World Albums Charts for a total of 11[35] non-consecutive weeks. It also won Album Division[36] at the 29th Golden Disc Awards in 2015. Dark & Wild was the fourteenth[37] bestselling album of South Korea Gaon Album Chart in 2014.

All song credits are adapted from the Korea Music Copyright Association's database, unless otherwise noted.[38]

• List of K-pop songs on the Billboard charts
• List of K-pop albums on the Billboard charts
• Golden Disk Awards