I. Introduction
Face Yourself is the third Japanese studio album by BTS. It was released on April 4, 2018. The album features the singles "Blood Sweat & Tears" and "MIC Drop/DNA/Crystal Snow" and new original Japanese songs.
The album is certified Double Platinum by RIAJ for the shipment of 500,000 copies.
II. Background and Release
The album was announced on February 1, 2018, along with an April 4 release date and details for three limited editions. A tentative tracklist revealed new Japanese recordings of the songs "Go Go" and "Best of Me" from the band's 2017 Korean EP Love Yourself: Her,as well as the inclusion of "Crystal Snow", originally released back in December 2017 as part of a triple A-side single album with the Japanese versions of "Mic Drop" and "DNA".
The completed tracklist was released on March 8. That same day, "Don't Leave Me" was announced as the opening theme song for Japanese drama Signal, a remake of the 2016 South Korean television series of the same name.
III. Tracklist
| Title | Writer | Producer | Length |
| "Intro: Ringwanderung" |
Hitman Bang, RM, Suga, J-Hope, Pdogg, Ray Michael, Djan Jr., Adora, UTA, Ashton Foster, Andrew Taggart, Sam Klempner | UTA | 1:26 |
| "Best of Me" (Japanese version) | Ashton Foster, Andrew Taggart, Sam Klempner, Pdogg, RM, Suga, J-Hope, Hitman Bang, Ray Michael, Djan Jr., Adora | Andrew Taggart Pdogg | 3:47 |
| "Blood Sweat & Tears" (Japanese version) | Pdogg, RM, Suga, J-Hope, Hitman Bang, Kim Do Hoon | Pdogg | 3:36 |
| "DNA" (Japanese version) | Hitman Bang, Kass, Pdogg, Suga, RM, Supreme Boi | Pdogg |
3:43 |
| "Not Today" (Japanese version) | Hitman Bang, Pdogg, RM, Adora, Supreme Boi, June | Pdogg |
3:53 |
| "Mic Drop" (Japanese version) | Hitman Bang, Pdogg, J-Hope, RM, Supreme Boi | Pdogg |
3:58 |
| "Don't Leave Me" | Hitman Bang, Hiro, Pdogg, Sunny Boy, Uta | Uta |
3:47 |
| "Go Go" (Japanese version) | Hitman Bang, Pdogg, Supreme Boi | Pdogg |
3:57 |
| "Crystal Snow" |
RM, Kanata, Okajima, Soma Genda | Soma Genda |
5:23 |
| "Spring Day" (Japanese version) | Hitman Bang, Adora, RM, Suga, Arlissa Ruppert, Pdogg, Peter Ibsen | Pdogg |
4:36 |
| "Let Go" | Hiro, Jun, Sunny Boy, Uta | Uta |
4:59 |
| "Outro: Crack" | Uta | Uta | 1:14 |
IV. Spotify Playlist
V. Videos
Official Video
VI. Concept Pictures
VII. Reception
The album debuted at number one on Oricon's Daily CD Album chart. It remained there for seven consecutive days, and ranked at number one on the Weekly Album chart with over 282,000 accumulated units sold breaking a six-year-five-month-long record, previously held by KARA, for the highest first-week sales by a Korean artist on the Oricon chart. This made it the highest-grossing album by a male artist on the Oricon chart for 2018 at the time.
The album ranked at number 12 on the daily chart on its eighth day of charting, but surged back up over the course of the following weeks, reaching as high as number two. It spent thirteen successive weeks on the Oricon chart, with 324,381 accumulated units sold, and became BTS' first Japanese album to receive Platinum certification by the RIAJ on May 10.
In February 2021, the track "Let Go" received Silver certification from the RIAJ for surpassing 30 million streams.
VIII. Awards
| Year | Ceremony | Award |
| 2019 | Japan Gold Disc Awards | Album of the Year (Asia) |
| 2019 | Japan Gold Disc Awards | Best 3 Albums (Asia) |
