Cookie Jar (EP)

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#Cookie Jar
Red Velvet Cookie Jar Album Cover.jpg
Digital and Regular edition cover
EP by
Red Velvet
ReleasedJuly 4, 2018 (2018-07-04)
Recorded2017–2018
Genre
Length19:49
Language Japanese
Label
Red Velvet chronology
Perfect Velvet
(2017)		#Cookie Jar
(2018)		 Summer Magic
(2018)
Singles from #Cookie Jar
  1. "#Cookie Jar"
    Released: July 4, 2018

#Cookie Jar(Hashtag Cookie Jar) is the debut Japanese extended play and the sixth overall by South Korean girl group Red Velvet. [3] [4] Following the group's initial Japan showcase in October 2017, SM Entertainment announced that the group would "formally" debut in Japan in July 2018 with a Japanese release. The extended play was then released on July 4, 2018, by Avex Trax and features a total of six Japanese tracks; containing three re-recorded versions of their previous hits – namely "Dumb Dumb", "Russian Roulette", and "Red Flavor", while also featuring three original Japanese tracks.

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Background and release

On May 23, 2018, the group announced the release of their debut Japanese album titled #Cookie Jar for July 4, through their official Japanese website, [5] declaring it to be their first mini-album in the region. [3]

The first three tracks on the mini-album are new, while tracks four to six are Japanese versions of the previous singles "Dumb Dumb", "Russian Roulette" and "Red Flavor", off The Red , Russian Roulette and The Red Summer releases, respectively. [6]

The mini-album was released on July 4, 2018. [7] There are two editions of the album released. The first one is the First Press Limited Edition, which contains a CD, a 24-page booklet and a random photo card out of 6 types packed in a deluxe mini box packaging. The second one is the Regular Edition, a jewel case that contains a CD, a 16-page booklet and a random photo card out of 6 types.

Commercial performance

#Cookie Jar debuted and peaked at number 3 on Oricon's Weekly Album Chart, selling 26,124 physical copies. [8] [9] It also entered and peaked at number 4 on Billboard Japan's Hot Albums and at number 13 on US World Albums. [10] [11] The mini-album has sold over 28,130 copies in its first two weeks. [12] The title track charted at number 20 on Billboard's World Digital Songs chart and number 88 on the international Gaon Digital Chart.

Track listing

#Cookie Jar track listing
No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."#Cookie Jar"
  • Dsign Music
  • Efraim Faramir Sixten Fransesco Vindalf Cederqvist Leo
3:33
2."Aitai-tai" (trans.: Miss You, I Always)
  • H.Toyosaki
  • Hyun Hwang (MonoTree)
  • Hyun Hwang (MonoTree)
  • MonoTree
3:14
3."'Cause It's You"
2:59
4."Dumb Dumb" (Japanese version)
3:22
5."Russian Roulette" (Japanese version)
3:31
6."Red Flavor" (Japanese version)
  • Daniel Caesar (Caesar & Loui)
  • Ludwig Lindell (Caesar & Loui)
  • Caesar & Loui (The Kennel)
3:11
Total length:19:49

Charts

Chart (2018)Peak

position

Japanese Albums (Oricon) [8] 3
Japan Hot Albums (Billboard) [10] 4
US World Albums ( Billboard ) [11] 13

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