Ggum

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"Ggum"
Yeonjun - "Ggum".jpeg
Single by Yeonjun
Language
  • Korean
  • English
ReleasedSeptember 19, 2024 (2024-09-19)
Genre
Length2:31
Label Big Hit
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Teemu Brunila
  • Jurek
Yeonjun singles chronology
"PS5"
(2022)		"Ggum"
(2024)		"Touch" (remix)
(2024)
Music video
"Ggum" on YouTube

"Ggum" is the debut solo single by South Korean singer Yeonjun of the boy group Tomorrow X Together. It was released digitally by Big Hit Music on September 19, 2024, and as a physical mixtape on October 29, 2024.

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Background and release

On September 6, 2024, it was reported that Yeonjun would be making his solo debut that same month. [2] Three days later, Big Hit announced Yeonjun's debut single "Ggum". [1] Concept photos for the single were released on September 11 and 12. [3] [4] On September 13, Yeonjun released a video through the group's social media pages, teasing the song's choreography. [5] A teaser for the single's music video was released a day prior to its release on September 18. [6]

"Ggum" was released digitally on September 19, 2024. [7] It was later released physically as a mixtape on October 29. [8]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Carmen Chin from NME rated the song three out of five stars, describing it as having a catchy hook but with "little to write home about beyond that", and criticised the song's heavy use of voice modulation which "ends up drowning out Yeonjun's own uniqueness". [9]

Accolades

On South Korean music programs, "Ggum" achieved a first place win on the October 3 episode of M Countdown . [10]

Commercial performance

On the day of its physical release, "Ggum" topped the Circle Daily Retail Album Chart in South Korea, [8] and the Oricon Daily Singles Chart in Japan, having sold 8,368 copies. [11]

Credits and personnel

Charts

Release history

Release history for "Ggum"
RegionDateFormatLabel
VariousSeptember 19, 2024 Big Hit
JapanOctober 28, 2024 CD single Hybe Japan
South KoreaOctober 29, 2024Big Hit

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  1. 1 2 Yoon, So-yeon (September 9, 2024). "Tomorrow X Together's Yeonjun to release debut solo track 'GGUM'". Korea JoongAng Daily . Retrieved October 31, 2024.
  2. ↑ Gu, Min-ji (September 6, 2024). 연준, 솔로곡 발표 확정..."투바투 올라운더 출격" [Yeonjun confirms solo song release... "Two-two all-rounder dispatched"] (in Korean). Dispatch. Retrieved October 31, 2024– via Naver.
  3. ↑ Kang, Ga-hee (September 11, 2024). TXT 연준, '껌'으로 표현한 포부..첫 솔로 믹스테이프 기대감 UP [TXT Yeonjun, ambition expressed through "Ggum".. anticipation for first solo mixtape UP] (in Korean). Herald Pop . Retrieved October 31, 2024– via Naver.
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