"Beautiful" is a Japanese song recorded by South Korean boy band Treasure that was released in full version on February 14, 2021, by YGEX for the Black Clover anime series and the lead single 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.[1] 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.[2]
The song was released on January 5, 2021, and was performed on the fourth episode of the anime's fourth season (158th episode overall).[3][4] On January 22, YG Entertainment 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.[5] 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 YouTube.[6]
The full version of the song was released on February 14, 2021.[7]
Composition
"Beautiful" is a medium-tempo J-pop ballad song with positive lyrics and warm emotions.[8] 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 C major with a tempo of 128 beats per minute.[9] Production group TinyVoice was credited as the producer in which Jun, D&H, and Sunny Boy were part of.[10]
^Baek, Jong-mo (December 16, 2020). "'YG 신인' 트레저, 첫 일본 곡 발표…애니메이션 엔딩 테마" ['YG Rookie' TREASURE Releases First Japanese Song... Anime Ending Theme]. XSport News (in Korean). Archived from the original on January 25, 2025. Retrieved January 25, 2025.
^Matsuura, Naoki (January 5, 2021). "The Beginning of Hope and Despair". Black Clover. Season 4 (in Japanese). Shueisha. TV Tokyo.
^Cho, Hyun-joo (January 22, 2021). "[Y수첩] 트레저·엔하이픈·투모로우바이투게더...日서 활약하는 K팝스타" [[Y Notebook] TREASURE, ENHYPEN, TOMORROW X TOGETHER... K-pop stars who are active in Japan]. YTN (in Korean). Archived from the original on January 25, 2025. Retrieved January 25, 2025.
^Park, So-yeon (April 1, 2021). "트레저, 日 데뷔하자마자 오리콘 점령..' Beautiful' MV 공개" [Treasure, 'Oricon occupied immediately after Japanese debut...' Beautiful' MV Released]. K-Pop Herald (in Korean). Archived from the original on January 25, 2025. Retrieved January 25, 2025.