BTS is one of the most popular and successful K-pop boy groups in South Korea. Their names and songs can be found easily on the Internet with just one single click. As of now, in 2021, it has already been 8 years since BTS debuted in 2013. They debuted with the single album called 2 Cool 4 Skool where the song entitled “No More Dream” was picked as one of the main singles.In this article, we will discuss and find more details about the song entitled “No More Dream.” If you are interested and want to know more about this song, then you came to the right place. Let’s start the discussion now!Here is the teaser of BTS’ “No More Dream” that was uploaded on HYBE LABELS’ official YouTube account.The first teaser:The second teaser:
Background of “No More Dream”
Before making their official debut on June 12, 2013, Big Hit Entertainment as the label and agency of BTS made a countdown clock for BTS’ debut day on May 21, 2013. The countdown clock was made on BTS’ website alongside the release of the debut trailer.Then, on May 26, they released the preparations for the debut album for BTS called 2 Cool 4 Skool on YouTube including the comeback promotions. They also revealed the photo teasers for each member of BTS as well as the photo concept for the album on their official Facebook account. The tracklist of the album was unveiled on their official Twitter account.Later, “No More Dream” was revealed as the lead single, and the first teaser for the song was uploaded on HYBE LABELS’ official YouTube account on June 6, 2013. And, as of now, the video has gained 3,955,797 views and 629,738 likes since it was first uploaded on YouTube.The second teaser for “No More Dream” was uploaded 3 days later on June 9, 2013, and has gained 2,474,509 views and 388,959 likes until now.Here are some of the photo teasers from BTS’ debut single album called 2 Cool 4 Skool where “No More Dream” is included.
The Group Photo Teaser
Jin
Suga
J-Hope
RM
Jimin
V
Jungkook
Story of “No More Dream”
Featuring a hip hop beat, the story of “No More Dream” by BTS shows hard satire for us, the young generation, who are afraid and confused when making decisions about determining our dreams for the future.There are many young generations out there that are still hindered by our parents in determining and taking a firm action about the dreams that we have until finally we end up trapped in situations that are detrimental to ourselves and we lose our identity and dreams that we should be able to achieve.Also, through this song, BTS as well as the songwriters of this song, Pdogg, “Hitman” Bang, RM, Suga, J-Hope, and Supreme Boi, try to convince and provide courage for us, the young generations, to dare to make important decisions in our lives and continue to achieve our dreams. And, most importantly, they encourage the listener to never give up easily and waver when making up their mind. Keep going and reach for your dreams until they come true.Besides working as a songwriter who helped write the lyrics for “No More Dream,” Pdogg was the producer as well as the rap arranger.
MV of “No More Dream”
Just like what the story of “No More Dream” tells about before, the MV of “No More Dream” by BTS is dominated by the image of rebellion for the younger generation in pursuing their dreams where they do things that are out of the ordinary from what students usually do. Instead of studying, they show a variety of interesting activities that may be one of the things that the younger generation is interested in such as exercising, riding bicycles, dancing, skateboarding, and so on.In the MV, they also show a lot of choreography for the song which is mostly dominated by powerful moves such as hard jumps.Big Hit Entertainment released and uploaded the full MV of “No More Dream” by BTS on their official YouTube account on June 12, 2013, where it has gained 221,346,738 views and 6,453,254 likes until now.Later, on June 21, 2013, Big Hit Entertainment released another video that shows the dance practice version of “No More Dream” by BTS. The video has gained 22,063,108 views and 725,842 likes since it was first uploaded on YouTube 8 years ago.Here is the full MV of “No More Dream” by BTS:Here is the dance practice version of “No More Dream” by BTS:
“No More Dream” Performance
As this song was the debut single from BTS that was released 8 years ago on June 12, 2013, of course, it was one of the memorable songs for both BTS and their fans. That is why even though it has been a while since this song was first released, you can find a lot of live performance videos of “No More Dream” by BTS, whether it is from an old performance or a recent one. If you want to watch those live performances of “No More Dream” by BTS, you can watch them here!“No More Dream” by BTS Live Stage in Japan“No More Dream” by BTS Live Stage Live Band Version“No More Dream” by BTS Live Stage Concert“No More Dream” by BTS Live Stage at SBS Gayo Daejeon“No More Dream” by BTS Live Stage at Incheon Korean Music Wave“No More Dream” by BTS Live Stage on Mnet’s MCountdown
“No More Dream” Achievements
“No More Dream” by BTS might have been released 8 years ago, but thanks to the popularity that BTS gained recently, the song returned on various charts worldwide and achieved many positions on charts.Here are the details of the “No More Dream” achievements on song charts:Song Charts
