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Released | February 1, 2016 | |||
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Act. 7 is the seventh and final extended play by South Korean girl group 4Minute. It was released on February 1, 2016, and consists of five songs. The lead track "Hate" was released in promotion. This is the last release from 4Minute prior to their disbandment announced in June 2016.
On January 25, Cube Entertainment released the track list and individual teaser images for the members. The first track, "Hate", was co-composed and arranged by EDM DJ Skrillex. [1]
On January 29, the group released their first teaser video for "Hate" with a dramatic scene of each member. The music video for "Hate" was released on February 1, with the concept being a sexy take on a hip hop clip. [2] The music video achieved 1 million views in under 24 hours of release, with some commentators attributing the high figure to anticipation for the group's comeback. [3]
The group began promotion on MBC Music's Show Champion on February 3, then continued their first week of performances for the album on Mnet's M! Countdown , KBS's Music Bank , MBC's Music Core and SBS's Inkigayo on February 4, 5, 6 and 7 respectively.
On April 15, 2016, the group released a music video for the track "Canvas".
No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Arrangement | Length |
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1. | "Hate" (싫어; Silheo) |
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| 3:35 | |
2. | "No Love" | Ra-young, Gen Neo (of NoizeBank), Hyuna, Jenyer | Gen Neo (of NoizeBank) | Gen Neo (of NoizeBank) | 3:14 |
3. | "Blind" |
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| 3:59 |
4. | "Canvas" |
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| 3:35 |
5. | "Hate" (instrumental) |
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| 3:35 | |
Total length: | 17:59 |
Chart (2016) | Peak position |
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South Korean Albums (Gaon) [4] | 2 |
Japanese Albums (Oricon) | 254 |
US World Albums (Billboard) [5] | 3 |
Region | Date | Format | Label |
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Worldwide [6] | February 1, 2016 | Digital download | |
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