{{Short description|2018 song by Twice}} {{Use mdy dates|date=December 2024}} {{Infobox song | name = BDZ | cover = | alt = | type = single | artist = [[Twice]] | album = [[BDZ (album)|BDZ]] | language = Japanese | released = {{start date|2018|8|17}} | recorded = | studio = | genre = * [[J-pop]] * [[electropop]]<ref name="genre">{{cite magazine|last1=Tamar|first1=Herman|title=TWICE Save Happiness in Music Video for Japanese Single 'BDZ': Watch|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/twice-japanese-single-bdz-music-video-8470651/|access-date=December 23, 2018|magazine=Billboard|date=August 16, 2018|archive-date=August 23, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180823172510/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/k-town/8470651/twice-japanese-single-bdz-music-video|url-status=live}}</ref> | length = {{Duration|m=3|s=17}} | label = [[Warner Music Japan]] | composer = [[Park Jin-young|J. Y. Park "The Asiansoul"]] | lyricist = * J. Y. Park * [[Shoko Fujibayashi]] * Yu Shimoji | producer = | chronology = Twice | prev_title = [[Dance the Night Away (Twice song)|Dance the Night Away]] | prev_year = 2018 | next_title = [[Yes or Yes (song)|Yes or Yes]] | next_year = 2018 | misc = {{Extra chronology | artist = Twice Japanese | type = singles | prev_title = [[Wake Me Up (Twice song)|Wake Me Up]] | prev_year = 2018 | title = BDZ | year = 2018 | next_title = [[Happy Happy]] | next_year = 2019 }} {{External music video|1={{YouTube|CMNahhgR_ss|"BDZ"}}}} }}
"'''BDZ'''" (an abbreviation for "bulldozer"<ref>{{cite news|title=TWICE to release first full-length album in Japan|url=https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20180622006600315|website=[[Yonhap News Agency]]|accessdate=December 23, 2018|archive-date=December 24, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181224023810/https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20180622006600315|url-status=live}}</ref>) is a song recorded by South Korean girl group [[Twice]]. Written and composed by [[J. Y. Park]], it was released by [[Warner Music Japan]] on August 17, 2018, as a digital single from Twice's [[BDZ (album)|first Japanese studio album of the same name]].
==Release and promotion== The song was pre-released as a digital single on August 17, 2018, along with an accompanying music video directed by Naive Creative Production, the team behind most of Twice's previous music videos.<ref>{{Cite web|title=TWICE「BDZ」Music Video|publisher=Studio Naive|date=August 17, 2018|accessdate=August 24, 2018|url=http://studio-naive.tumblr.com/post/177083348427/|archive-date=June 29, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210629153238/https://studio-naive.tumblr.com/post/177083348427/twicebdzmusic-video|url-status=dead}}</ref> The song was officially released with the album of the same name on September 12.<ref name="genre"/><ref name="bdzvideo">{{cite web|title=TWICE「BDZ」Music Video解禁＆先行配信スタート！|url=http://www.twicejapan.com/news/detail/300|website=Twice Official Japanese Website|publisher=Warner Music Japan|accessdate=December 23, 2018|language=ja|archive-date=August 17, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180817060113/http://www.twicejapan.com/news/detail/300|url-status=live}}</ref>
On August 31, Twice performed "BDZ" for the first time on ''[[Music Station]]'', and it was performed on the opening stage of [[Tokyo Girls Collection]] the next day.<ref>{{cite news|title=星野源、朝ドラ主題歌「アイデア」は「名刺になるような楽曲」|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2118620/full/|accessdate=September 13, 2018|website=Oricon News|publisher=Oricon ME Inc.|date=August 31, 2018|language=ja|archive-date=September 13, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180913113723/https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2118620/full/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Kim|first1=Hye-soo|title=Twice becomes first foreign artist to open Tokyo Girls Collection|url=http://kpopherald.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=201809021154184657918_2|accessdate=September 13, 2018|website=[[Kpop Herald]]|publisher=[[Herald Corporation]]|date=September 2, 2018|archive-date=September 13, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180913112230/http://kpopherald.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=201809021154184657918_2|url-status=live}}</ref> "BDZ" was also performed during [[List of Twice concert tours#Twice 1st Arena Tour 2018 "BDZ"|Twice 1st Arena Tour 2018 "BDZ"]], starting on September 29 in [[Chiba (city)|Chiba]].<ref>{{cite news |title=TWICE、日本で初めてのアリーナツアー開幕 |url=https://www.barks.jp/news/?id=1000160263 |accessdate=October 1, 2018 |work=Barks |publisher=Japan Music Network |date=September 30, 2018 |language=ja |archive-date=October 2, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181002020214/https://www.barks.jp/news/?id=1000160263 |url-status=live }}</ref>
==Composition== "BDZ", an [[electropop]] song, was composed by [[J. Y. Park]], with the Japanese lyrics penned by [[Shoko Fujibayashi]] and Yu Shimoji. It is about "moving forward and pushing away obstacles like a bulldozer" and "conveys feelings of strength and starting anew." Park stated that it is "a song for fans and Twice to sing and enjoy together."<ref name="genre"/><ref>{{cite news|last1=Park|first1=Jin-won|title=TWICE to release first full-length album in Japan|url=http://kpopherald.koreaherald.com//view.php?ud=201808171728513217236_2|website=[[Kpop Herald]]|publisher=[[Herald Corporation]]|accessdate=December 23, 2018|archive-date=August 17, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180817152333/http://kpopherald.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=201808171728513217236_2|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Twice Announces Release Date for 1st Japanese Album "BDZ"|url=https://www.mwave.me/en/news/news/view/NEWS2018063620/twice-announces-release-date-for-1st-japanese-album-bdz|website=Mwave|publisher=CJ ENM|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181224023648/https://www.mwave.me/en/news/news/view/NEWS2018063620/twice-announces-release-date-for-1st-japanese-album-bdz|archive-date=2018-12-24|accessdate=December 24, 2018}}</ref>
==Korean version== The Korean version of "BDZ" was released on November 5, 2018, as the seventh track of Twice's sixth [[extended play]] (EP) ''[[Yes or Yes]]''. The group performed the song during their comeback showcase for the EP, as well as on [[Music programs of South Korea|South Korean music programs]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Park|first1=Gwi-im|title="데뷔 1113일" 트와이스, 'YES or YES' 매력 더한 TMI 대잔치 [V라이브 종합]|url=https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=213&aid=0001068248|website=[[Naver]]|publisher=TV Report|language=ko|accessdate=December 23, 2018|archive-date=December 23, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181223163943/https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=213&aid=0001068248|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Noh|first1=Kyu-min|title='음악중심' 트와이스, 'BDZ'→ 'YES or YES' 반전 매력 '시선 강탈'|url=http://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=312&aid=0000357874|website=[[Naver]]|publisher=Tenasia|language=ko|accessdate=December 23, 2018|archive-date=December 24, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181224023842/https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=312&aid=0000357874|url-status=live}}</ref>
==Charts== {{col-begin}} {{col-2}}
===Weekly charts=== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |+Weekly chart performance for "BDZ" ! scope="col"| Chart (2018) ! scope="col"| Peak<br />position |- ! scope="row"| Japan ([[Japan Hot 100]])<ref>{{cite web|title=Billboard Japan Hot 100 (2018/09/24 付け)|url=http://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=hot100&year=2018&month=09&day=24|website=Billboard Japan|accessdate=December 23, 2018|language=ja|archive-date=September 19, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180919094418/http://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=hot100&year=2018&month=09&day=24|url-status=live}}</ref> | 7 |- ! scope="row"| US [[World Digital Songs]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|title=World Digital Song Sales – The week of November 17, 2018|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/world-digital-song-sales/2018-11-17|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=December 23, 2018|archive-date=January 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210124084744/https://www.billboard.com/charts/world-digital-song-sales/2018-11-17|url-status=live}}</ref> | 23 |} {{col-2}}
===Year-end chart=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |+Year-end chart performance for "BDZ" ! scope="col"| Chart (2018) ! scope="col"| Position |- ! scope="row"| Japan (Japan Hot 100)<ref>{{cite web|title=2018 Year-End Rankings|url=http://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=hot100_year&year=2018|website=Billboard Japan|accessdate=December 23, 2018|language=ja|archive-date=December 9, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181209124132/http://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=hot100_year&year=2018|url-status=live}}</ref> | 75 |} {{col-end}}
==Certifications== {{Certification Table Top|caption=Streaming certifications for "BDZ"}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Japan|type=single|title=BDZ|artist=Twice|award=Gold|streamsonly=true|relyear=2018|certyear=2022|certmonth=7|access-date=August 22, 2022}} {{Certification Table Bottom|streamsonly=true|nosales=true|noshipments=true}}
==Release history== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |+Release history and formats for "BDZ" ! scope="col"| Region ! scope="col"| Date ! scope="col"| Version ! scope="col"| Format ! scope="col"| Label ! scope="col"| {{abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |- ! scope="row" rowspan="2" | Various | August 17, 2018 | Japanese | rowspan="2" | [[Music download|Digital download]], [[Streaming media|streaming]] | {{hlist|[[JYP Entertainment]]|[[Warner Music Japan]]}} | {{center|<ref name="bdzvideo"/>}} |- | November 5, 2018 | Korean | JYP Entertainment | |}
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