"Monster" peaked atop South Korea's Gaon Digital Chart and reached the Top 10 on the Japan Hot 100.
[3] BigBang and Hyundai Card started a project called "Re-Monster" to promote the music video, aimed to give opportunities for indie bands to reinterpret the song.
The new redefined songs were uploaded onto Hyundai Music, where they were judged and the winning musicians would have a chance to release a digital single.
"[6] The instrumental was noted for clashing a "gentle melody against orchestral cacophonies"[7] and for flipping "pensative verses" with an "aggressive chorus.
[10] "Monster" landed at number fourteen on the year-end Gaon Digital Chart, with over 2.3 million downloads, making it the 20th best-selling song of 2012.