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Released | September 6, 2024 | |||
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Genre | R&B [1] | |||
Length | 18:46 | |||
Language | Korean | |||
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Hello, World is the fourth Korean-language extended play and fifth overall by South Korean singer Baekhyun. It was released on September 6, 2024, by INB100 through Dreamus and contains six tracks, including the lead single "Pineapple Slice".
On July 27, 2024, Baekhyun revealed one of his unreleased song "Rendez-Vous" in between of his performances of his encore concert tour Lonsdaleite Tour [dot]. After the concert stage was over on July 28, a video was released where Baekhyun eating a can of pineapple along with a phrase using a famous line from the movie Chungking Express and at the end of the video, the date '2024. 09' appeared, hinting a comeback in September. [2] [3]
On August 12, 2024, INB100 announced that Baekhyun would make a comeback by releasing his fourth EP titled Hello, World on September 6, 2024, about 3 years and 5 months since the released of Bambi and his first work after establishing his own company. [4] The next day, pre-order of the EP began at various online and offline music stores and it has four versions: Pineapple, Photobook Hello, Photobook World, and Folder. [5] INB100 released the scheduler of Baekhyun's fourth EP and revealed various teasing contents on August 14. [6]
The music video teasers of the lead single "Pineapple Slice" were released on September 2 and 5, 2024, respectively. [7] [8]
"The symbolic meaning behind Hello, World is that, now that I've said hello, I'm going to keep being active. There will no longer be any big breaks. I will show many more sides of myself from now on."
Hello, World was released worldwide on September 6, 2024, by INB100 and Dreamus. [10] On the same day, Baekhyun performed his first music show stage on KBS' Music Bank . [11]
According to Hanteo Chart, Hello, World recorded a 890,000+ copies sold on the first day of its release, setting a new record from his previous releases. [12]
No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Arrangement | Length |
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1. | "Good Morning" | Colde |
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| 3:23 |
2. | "Pineapple Slice" |
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| 3:15 |
3. | "Rendez-Vous" | Colde |
| Royal Dive | 3:32 |
4. | "Cold Heart" | Park |
| Rez | 2:31 |
5. | "Woo" |
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| Dress | 3:12 |
6. | "Truth Be Told" | Kang Eun-jeong |
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| 2:53 |
Total length: | 18:46 |
Weekly charts
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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South Korea (KMCA) [20] | Million | 1,000,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
Region | Date | Format | Label |
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South Korea | September 6, 2024 | CD |
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