Hush (single album)

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Hush
Everglow-hush.jpg
Single album by
ReleasedAugust 19, 2019 (2019-08-19)
Recorded2019
Length9:02
LanguageKorean
Label
Everglow chronology
Arrival of Everglow
(2019)
Hush
(2019)
Reminiscence
(2020)
Singles from Hush
  1. "Adios"
    Released: August 19, 2019

Hush (stylized as H:U:S:H) is the second single album by South Korean girl group Everglow. The album was released digitally and physically on August 19, 2019.

Contents

Background and release

On August 4, it was revealed that Everglow would have their first comeback on August 19 with a second single album entitled Hush. [1]

Concept images were released from August 6 to August 8. The tracklist was released on August 11, revealing three tracks: "Hush", title track "Adios", and "You Don't Know Me". [2]

The music video teaser was released on August 14 and the full music video was released on August 19 altogether with the single release. [3]

Promotion

Everglow held a live showcase on August 19, where they performed "Adios" and "You Don't Know Me". [4]

The group began promoting their title track, "Adios", on August 22. They first performed the lead single on Mnet's M Countdown , [5] followed by performances on KBS' Music Bank , MBC's Show! Music Core and SBS' Inkigayo .

On September 24, 2019, Everglow won their first music program broadcast award on The Show . [6]

Commercial performance

Hush debuted at number five on the Gaon Album Chart. [7] The songs "Adios", "Hush" and "You Don't Know Me" debuted at number 2, number 8 and respectively at number 10 on the Billboard World Digital Songs. [8]

Track listing

No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."Hush"Lee Bo-ra, 72 Melanie Fontana, Lena Leon, Michel "Lindgren" Schulz, 72Michel "Lindgren" Schulz2:44
2."Adios" Seo Ji-eum, 72Olof Lindskog, Hayley Aitken, Gavin Jones, 72Ollipop3:09
3."You Don't Know Me"Kang Jung-ah, 72Olof Lindskog, Ludwig Lindell, Hayley Aitken, 72Ollipop, Ludwig Lindell3:09
Total length:9:02

Charts

Chart (2019)Peak
position
South Korean Albums (Gaon) [7] 5

Accolades

Year-end lists
Critic/PublicationListSongRankRef.
Dazed The 20 best K-pop songs of 2019"Adios"19 [9]
BuzzFeed 30 best K-pop songs of 2019"Adios"5 [10]
BuzzFeed 30 best K-pop music video of 2019"Adios"30 [11]

Music program wins

ProgramDateRef.
The Show (SBS MTV)September 24, 2019 [12]

Release history

RegionDateFormatDistributor
VariousAugust 19, 2019
South Korea
CD

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  5. (in Korean) ‘엠카운트다운’ 에버글로우, 美친 콘셉트 소화력…무대 여신 탄생
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