"Film Out" is a song recorded by South Korean boy band

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for their Japanese-language compilation album, '' BTS, the Best'' (2021). It was released on April 2, 2021, through

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, as the lead single from the compilation album.

Background and release

"Film Out" was announced by BTS on February 16, 2021, as the ending theme for '' Signal the Movie Cold Case Investigation Unit'' (2021). The song was written by BTS member

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in collaboration with the lead vocalist of Japanese rock power trio

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, Iyori Shimizu, and the track's producer UTA. A ballad number, "Film Out" was eventually revealed to be the opening track on BTS' upcoming Japanese-language compilation album, '' BTS, the Best'', released in June 2021. The song was released for digital download and

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in various countries on April 2, 2021, through

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Commercial performance

"Film Out" debuted at number one on

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's Daily Digital Singles chart dated April 2, 2021 with 23,344 downloads. With only three days of availability, the song also topped the Weekly Digital Singles chart for the tracking period dated March 29–April 4 with 32,947 cumulative downloads. "Film Out" debuted at number two on the

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, on the chart issue dated April 7, and topped the corresponding issues for the component Download and Streaming Songs charts. Following the release of '' BTS, the Best'' in June, the song re-entered Oricon's weekly Digital chart at number 20 with an additional 5,002 downloads sold for the period June 14–20. In the United States, with only one day of availability for the tracking week ending April 2, "Film Out" debuted at number 185 on the

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chart issue dated April 10, with 2,400 downloads sold and an accumulated 15 million streams. It was one of four BTS songs in the top-10 that week, marking the second time the group charted songs in three languages (Japanese, English, and Korean) within the same period. No other artist has achieved this since the chart's inception. The following week, with its first full period of tracking from April 2–8, "Film Out" debuted on the ''Billboard'' Global 200 at number five, with 47.2 million streams and 66,000 sales, becoming BTS' fifth top-10 entry on the chart—the most among all groups since the ranking was launched. It is the first Japanese song to chart in the top five, and the second in the top 10 after

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's " Homura" which charted at number eight in October. The song moved up 182 spots on the Global Excl. U.S. chart to number three, with 44.3 million streams and second-week sales of 47,000 copies, marking the greatest jump on the chart by any song—the record was previously held by IU's "

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" which moved up 146 spots from number 190 to 44 in February. "Film Out" became the group's first Japanese-language song to chart on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, at number 81, and its 20th entry on the ranking overall. With 19,000 copies sold, the song was the best-selling release of the week and topped the

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chart. This marked BTS' first Japanese-language number-one on the sales chart, sixth number-one overall, and 24th top-10 entry.

Music video

The music video for the song, directed by Yong Seok Choi of

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, was released to Big Hit's

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channel at midnight KST on April 2, 2021. It was preceded by a trailer uploaded to the same platform on March 25. The video opens to show the band inside a white-themed house, suspended in the sky. In it, the members reflect on memories that they shared with one another. Jin notices an hour-glass counting down the time they have spent together. The hour-glass appears several times throughout the clip and leads up to a "dramatic" explosion that leaves the house in complete chaos.

Credits and personnel

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vocals * UTA producer, songwriter,

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, sound editor, studio personnel *

producer * Iyori Shimizu songwriter,

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songwriter * Masato Ishinari

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* Masami Horisawa

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* Yuki Mizuno cello * Akira Murata

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* Shoko Mabuchi

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* Tomoko Shimaoka viola * Ayaka Notomi

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* Eaisung Shin violin * Hanako Uesato violin * Koichiro Muroya violin * Rina Odera violin * Shoko Oki violin * Tomomi Tokunaga violin * Yuya Yanagihara violin * Keita Joko sound editor, studio personnel *

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, studio personnel * Toshihiro Watanabe recording engineer, studio personnel * D.O.I.

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, studio personnel

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications and sales

Release history

References

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