It's Me (EP)

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It's Me
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ReleasedNovember 8, 2016
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Length20:16
Language Korean
Label
Hyolyn chronology
Love & Hate
(2013)
It's Me
(2016)
Say My Name
(2020)
Singles from It's Me
  1. "Love Like This"
    Released: October 25, 2016
  2. "One Step"
    Released: October 31, 2016
  3. "Paradise"
    Released: November 8, 2016

It's Me is the debut extended play by South Korean singer Hyolyn and second music release after her album Love & Hate in 2013. The album was released on November 8, 2016 by Starship Entertainment and distributed by LOEN Entertainment.

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Background and release

On October 11, 2016, it was announced that Hyolyn would make a comeback after three years since her last album. Starship Entertainment released news of the singer's comeback, with a message including a special image that revealed the upcoming schedule for her comeback. [1] The teaser image included a featuring with Dok2 and Jay Park. It was revealed that Hyolyn will go with more Hip-hop style, unlike her previous releases. [2] Later a concept photos were released. [3]

On October 21, a teaser was released for the first single featuring Dok2, the single was released on October 25. [4] [5] On October 27, another teaser for the second single was released, while the single released on October 31. [6] [7] On November 3, the third photo concept were released, the next day a teaser for third single "Paradise" was released. [8] [9] The music video was released on November 8. [10]

Track listing

No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Paradise" Sunwoo Jung-a 3:24
2."Love Like This" (featuring Dok2)
  • Prince Charlez
  • The LabRatz
3:31
3."One Step" (featuring Jay Park)
  • Jany Schella
  • Erik Lidbom
  • Andreas Oberg
  • Melanie Joy Fontana
3:16
4."Go Away" (꺼져)
  • Cam O`bi
  • Nascent
  • Bibi Bourelly
  • Deekei
3:07
5."Slow" (featuring Jooheon of Monsta X)
  • Hyolyn
  • Super Cheongdam
  • Jooheon
3:46
6."Dope"
  • Joonas Laaksoharju
  • Da-kyung Lee
  • Deekei
3:10
Total length:20:16

Chart performance

ChartPeak
position
Gaon Weekly album chart [11] 15
Gaon Monthly album chart [12] 39

Sales

ChartAmount
Gaon physical sales3,478 [12]

Release history

CountryDateFormatLabel
South KoreaNovember 8, 2016 CD, digital download Starship Entertainment
LOEN Entertainment
VariousDigital download

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