"Beautiful Monster" is a song recorded by South Korean girl group

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for their third

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'' We Need Love''. It was released as the album's lead single by

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on July 19, 2022.

Background and release

On June 30, 2022, High Up Entertainment announced STAYC would be releasing a new album in July 2022. A day later, it was announced STAYC would be releasing their third single album titled ''We Need Love'' on July 19. On July 15, the highlight medley video for ''We Need Love'' was released with "Beautiful Monster" announced as the lead single. Three days later, the music video teaser was released.

Composition

"Beautiful Monster" was written and composed by

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, alongside Jeon Goon for the lyrics, and Flyt for the composition, with arrangement handled by Rado and Flyt. The song was described as "capturing the fear hidden behind the happiness of love". "Beautiful Monster" was composed in the key of

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with a

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of 82 beats per minute.

Promotion

Prior to the release of ''We Need Love'', STAYC held a live showcase to introduce the single album and its songs, including "Beautiful Monster", and communicate with their fans. The group subsequently performed on three music programs:

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's ''

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'' on July 21, KBS's ''

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'' on July 22, and MBC's ''

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'' on July 23.

Accolades

"Beautiful Monster" won a first place music program award on the July 26, 2022, episode of ''

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''.

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from ''We Need Love''s liner notes. Studio * Ingrid Studio –

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* Vanguard Town – digital editing * Koko Sound Studio – mixing * The Mastering Place – mastering Personnel * STAYC – vocals, background vocals * Ashley Alisha – background vocals *

– lyrics, composition, production * Jeon Goon – lyrics, composition, production * Flyt – arrangement, bass, production * Rado – arrangement, drums, digital editing * Jeong Eun-kyung – recording, digital editing * Yang Young-eun – recording * Drk – mixing * Kim Jun-sang – mixing (assistant) * Ji Min-woo – mixing (assistant) * On Seong-yoon – mixing (assistant) * Kim Joon-young – mixing (assistant) * Dave Kutch – mastering

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References

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