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| Released | August 26, 2024 |
| Length | 24:46 |
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J is the debut studio album by South Korean singer Jaehyun. It was released on August 26, 2024, by SM Entertainment through Kakao Entertainment, and contained eight tracks. The album marked Jaehyun as the fourth NCT member to make an official solo debut.
On August 8, 2024, SM Entertainment announced the solo debut of Jaehyun through a video trailer titled "The Smoky Night", where it would have consists of eight tracks along with the Korean and English versions of the title track "Smoke". [1] On the same day, the album was available for pre-order at various online and offline music stores and also announced that two singles "Roses" and "Dandelion" would be pre-released on August 12, ahead of his debut. [2] [3] The next day, SM posted the scheduler of the album and revealed various teasing contents such as the music videos of the tracks, teaser images, and concept films. [4]
J was released worldwide on August 26, 2024, by SM and Kakao. [5]
Ahead of Jaehyun's debut, he sang the pre-release single "Dandelion" at the 2024 Seoul Jazz Festival with Lauv. [3] On August 19, 2024, Jaehyun announced that he would be holding a listening party titled "Jaehyun Vol.1" to commemorate the release of his first solo album on the day of his solo debut and it would be divided into five parts starting from 12:00 to 18:00 (KST). In addition, it featured three flavors of drinks that Jaehyun created to match the album concept and the contents of the preparation for the listening party would be released on August 22, through NCT's YouTube channel. [6]
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Arrangement | Length |
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| 1. | "Smoke" |
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| 2:49 |
| 2. | "Roses" |
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| 808Hav808 | 2:48 |
| 3. | "Flamin' Hot Lemon" |
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| 2:48 |
| 4. | "Dandelion" | Jaehyun |
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| 2:30 |
| 5. | "Completely" | Nick Bradley |
| Bradley | 3:37 |
| 6. | "Easy" |
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| B Ham | 3:14 |
| 7. | "Can't Get You" | Jaehyun |
| 4:11 | |
| 8. | "Smoke" (English version) |
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| 2:49 |
| Total length: | 24:46 | ||||
Weekly charts
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| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| South Korea (KMCA) [16] | Platinum | 250,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. | ||
| Region | Date | Format | Label |
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| South Korea | August 26, 2024 | CD | |
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