The Japanese single version was released on September 7, 2016, on their album Youth,[1] under Universal Music Japan and Virgin Music-Def Jam Recordings.
NME's Rhian Daly described it as "deceptively bright and bouncy – an aural carnival that masks the pleas for help in the lyrics.
[8][9] The music video, which was notably filmed in a one-shot take[10] shows BTS members singing and performing intense choreography against the wind, in the backdrop of low-lying clouds that maximize the atmosphere and convey the emotions of a lyrically sad song.
[16] BTS topped Billboard World Digital Songs with "Save Me", the number 1 spot being taken by their other single "Fire".
[18] The Korean credits are adapted from the CD liner notes of The Most Beautiful Moment In Life: Young Forever.