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"Millions" is a song recorded by South Korean boy group Winner. It was released on December 19, 2018 under the label YG Entertainment and is distributed by Genie Music. [1] [2]
On December 11, 2018, YG Entertainment published a group poster with the words "Coming Soon". [3] Two days later, it was revealed that Winner's comeback would consist of a single album that would be released online on December 19. [4] On December 14, it was announced that the single was entitled "Millions" through a poster crediting Kang Seung-yoon, Song Min Ho and Lee Seung Hoon for the lyrics and Kang Seung-yoon, Kang Uk-jin and Diggy for the composition of the song. [5]
Solo posters of the members were released on December 17 [6] and a final poster was published a few hours prior to the release along with a teaser of the music video. [7] The group held an hour-long comeback special live "Merry Millions Day" on Naver's V App on December 19 at 5 PM (KST). [8] The music video was released at 6PM (KST). [9] The making film was published the following day. [10] A performance video with he full choreography was released on December 21. [11]
Tamar Herman of Billboard describes "Millions" as a "feel-good dance track that brings a summery feel" and that is "fronted by plucky strings, snappy drum beats, and bright whistle synth effects." [12] Woo Jae-yeon of Yonhap News Agency defines it as "a tropical-pop dance song." [13]
Winner held their comeback stage on MBC's Show! Music Core on December 22. [14] They promoted the song on several music programs in South Korea, including Inkigayo .
| Chart (2018–19) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| China (QQ Music Weekly Chart) [15] | 16 |
| South Korea (Gaon Digital Chart) [16] | 2 |
| South Korea (K–Pop Hot 100) [17] | 2 |
| US World Digital Songs ( Billboard ) [18] | 5 |
| Program | Date | Ref. |
|---|---|---|
| M Countdown (Mnet) | December 27, 2018 | [19] |
| January 3, 2019 | [20] | |
| Inkigayo (SBS) | December 30, 2018 | [21] |
| January 6, 2019 | [22] | |
| Show Champion (MBC Music) | January 2, 2019 | |
| Show! Music Core (MBC) | January 5, 2019 | [23] |
| Music Bank (KBS) | January 11, 2019 | [24] |
| Region | Date | Format | Label | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Various | December 19, 2018 | Digital download, streaming | YG Entertainment | [25] |
| South Korea | December 24, 2018 | CD, digital download, streaming | YG Entertainment |
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