Ice Cream (Hyuna song)

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"Ice Cream"
Single by Hyuna
from the album Melting
ReleasedOctober 22, 2012 (2012-10-22)
Recorded2012
Genre
Length3:16
Label Cube
Songwriter(s) Brave Brothers
Producer(s) Brave Brothers
Hyuna singles chronology
"Oppa Is Just My Style"
(2012)		"Ice Cream"
(2012)		"Red"
(2014)
Music video
"Ice Cream" on YouTube

"Ice Cream" is a song recorded by South Korean singer Hyuna, and it was taken from her second extended play, Melting . [1] [2]

Contents

The song alternative also features Maboos. [3] [4] On the day that the song was released, 22 October 2012, [5] it was viewed two million times. [1] [6] Within four days, the music video for "Ice Cream" had almost reached eight million views on YouTube. [7] Cube Entertainment (or Play CUBE Entertainment) released the video on YouTube. [3] On 26 October (KST), the video reached ten million views on YouTube, [6] nine days faster than Gangnam Style, HyunA's first collaboration with PSY. [8] There is an ongoing discussion concerning whether or not the video should have a nineteen-plus rating. [1] The song has a "strong hiphop sound and unique rapping" from Hyuna. On 21 October 2012, the extended play Melting was leaked on a "foreign music site", a day before the EP's intended release. The song nevertheless managed to reach first place on many music websites. [3]

Music video

The full music video was released at SBS MTV on October 21, and at YouTube on October 22, 2012. At the start of the video, PSY is "gobbling up a few ice cream cones." [7] The song's music video also features a cameo by South Korean rapper Psy. Hyuna had previously featured in the music video for PSY's "Gangnam Style". [9] [10] The video featured bubbles, a tattooed man and ice cream. [11] Four days after its release, the music video tied the record for the K-idol music video to achieve ten million views on YouTube the fastest. [12]

Charts

ChartPeak
position
Gaon Digital Chart [13] 1
Gaon Mobile Ringtone Chart [13] 14
US World Digital Chart [13] 5
Year-end Chart (2012)Position
South Korea (Gaon)100

Credits and personnel

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