"Beautiful" is a Japanese song recorded by South Korean boy band

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that was released in full version on February 14, 2021, by

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for the ''

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for the Japanese version of the group's debut studio album.

Background

On December 15, 2020, the official website of the ''Black Clover'' anime announced that the group will perform the 13th ending theme of the anime with a song called "Beautiful", which is set to be premiered for the first time on January 5, 2021. The song is the group's first original Japanese song and marked their entry to the Japanese market, where some of the members hailed from. The song was released on January 5, 2021, and was performed on the fourth episode of the anime's fourth season (158th episode overall). On January 22,

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announced that Treasure will release the Japanese version of their studio album on March 31, with the full version of "Beautiful" as its lead single. On the same day, the group uploaded a music video of "Beautiful" featuring the snippet of the closing music video that plays at the end of each episode, on their

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. The full version of the song was released on February 14, 2021.

Composition

"Beautiful" is a medium-tempo

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ballad song with positive lyrics and warm emotions. It was co-written by Treasure member Yoshi and Jun. D&H and Sunny Boy served as the co-composer of the song in the key of

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with a

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of 128 beats per minute. Production group TinyVoice was credited as the producer in which Jun, D&H, and Sunny Boy were part of.

Charts

Credits and personnel

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–

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– executive producer * TinyVoice – producer ** Jun –

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** D&H –

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** Sunny Boy – composition *

– vocals ** Yoshi – lyrics * Hideaki Jinbu – recording * D.O.I – mixing * Raiga Yamazaki – mastering

Release history

References

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