I Like the Way (EP)

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Commercial performance

I Like the Way debuted on the Circle Album Chart issued April 27 at number seven, selling 35,742 copies in six days of tracking, becoming the best-selling first week of Kim's career. [20] On Circle's monthly rankings chart, the album entered at number 30 for April 2024, Kim's highest position on the chart. [21]

Track listing

Credits adapted from the EP's liner notes and Naver Vibe. [22] [23]

I Like the Way
Kim Woojin - I Like The Way.jpg
Digital cover
EP by
Kim Woojin
ReleasedApril 22, 2024
Studio
  • Sound Pool
  • Doobdoob
  • Klang
Genre
Length14:05
Language
  • Korean
  • English
Label
Kim Woojin chronology
The Moment: Bounce
(2023)		I Like the Way
(2024)
Singles from I Like the Way
  1. "I Like the Way"
    Released: April 22, 2024
I Like the Way track listing
No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."I Like the Way"
  • Jhun
  • Zara
  • Samara
  • Gale
  • Snyder
  • Kanner
  • Omer
  • Murray
  • Jhun
  • Samara
  • Gale
  • Omer
  • Murray
2:52
2."Pretty Mess"
  • Saay
  • Kyle Lo
  • Jabel
  • Jword
  • Lo
  • Jabel
  • Jword
Lo2:45
3."What U Say"
  • Philip
  • Joo
  • Keymaker
  • Joo
  • Keymaker
2:34
4."Hold"
  • Kangta
  • Eldon
  • Kangta
  • Eldon
2:47
5."To. My Friend"
  • Kim
  • Son Hee-seung
  • Alysa Ayaka Ichinose
  • William Segerdahl
  • Ichinose
  • Segerdahl
Ichinose3:05
Total length:14:05

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from the EP's liner notes and Naver Vibe. [22]

Studio

Personnel

Charts

Release history

Release history for I Like the Way
RegionDateFormatLabel
South KoreaApril 22, 2024 CD
VariousKustomade

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  2. ↑ Jung-youn, Lee (April 4, 2024). "Kim Woojin set to return with new album". The Korea Herald . Retrieved October 17, 2024.
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  22. 1 2 Kim, Woojin (2024). I Like the Way (photobook). South Korea: Kustomade.
  23. ↑ "I Like the Way - VIBE(바이브)". Naver Vibe (in Korean). Retrieved October 16, 2024.
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