Fallin' Light

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Fallin' Light [1]
GFriend - Fallin' Light.png
Digital and Limited edition cover
Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 13, 2019 (2019-11-13) [2]
Recorded2016–2019
Genre J-pop
Length39:47
Label King
GFriend chronology
Fever Season
(2019)
Fallin' Light [3]
(2019)
Labyrinth
(2020)
Singles from Fallin' Light
  1. "Memoria/夜 (Time for the Moon Night)"
    Released: October 10, 2018
  2. "Sunrise/La pam pam"
    Released: February 13, 2019
  3. "Flower/Beautiful"
    Released: March 12, 2019
  4. "Fallin' Light"
    Released: October 30, 2019

Fallin' Light is the third studio album and first Japanese-language studio album by South Korean girl group GFriend. It was released in Japan by King Records on November 13, 2019, as the group's second Japanese album. [2] It peaked at number 7 on the Oricon Albums Chart. [4] A music video was released for the lead single "Fallin' Light (Tenshi no Hashigo)". [5]

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."Fallin' Light (Tenshi no Hashigo)" (Fallin' Light (天使の梯子))Iggy, SYBIggy, SYB, Carlos K.Iggy, SYB, Carlos K.3:41
2."Emotional Days"Carlos K.Carlos K.Carlos K.3:13
3."Memoria"Carlos K.Carlos K., JoeCarlos K., Ryo 'Lefty' Miyata4:10
4."Koi no Hajimari" (恋の始まり; transl. The Beginning of Love)Noh Joo-hwanNoh Joo-hwan, Lee Won-jong, Kim Jung-wooNoh Joo-hwan, Kim Jung-woo3:21
5."Flower"1313133:38
6."My My My!"Jang Jung-woo (of MI.O)Jang Jung-woo (of MI.O)Jang Jung-woo (of MI.O)3:20
7."Yoru (Time for the Moon Night)" (夜 (Time for the Moon Night); Japanese version)Noh Joo-hwan, Funk UchinoNoh Joo-hwan, Lee Won-jongNoh Joo-hwan, Lee Won-jong3:49
8."Sunrise" (Japanese version)Noh Joo-hwan, AnanNoh Joo-hwan, Lee Won-jongNoh Joo-hwan, Lee Won-jong3:41
9."La Pam Pam"Jang Jung-woo (of MI.O)Jang Jung-woo (of MI.O)Jang Jung-woo (of MI.O)3:37
10."Beautiful"Kanata OkajimaCarlos K., Taku GotoCarlos K.3:37
11."My Buddy" (Japanese version) (CD edition bonus track)Heuktae, Funk Uchino, GraceHeuktae, Kwon Hyuk-hoHeuktae3:34
Total length:39:47

Charts

Chart (2019)Peak
position
Japanese Albums (Oricon) [4] 7

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