Montage (EP)

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Montage
Montage Block B.png
EP by
Block B
ReleasedNovember 13, 2017 (2017-11-13)
Genre K-pop, hip hop
Block B chronology
My Zone
(2016)		Montage
(2017)

Montage is the sixth extended play by South Korean boy band Block B, released on November 13, 2017. [1] The Japanese edition of the album was released on December 6, [2] over a year after their last studio album My Zone. The album includes two singles, one of which is the Korean version of the track "My Zone", originally released in Japanese on the group's My Zone (Japan 1st Album). [3] The other single is "Shall We Dance", the title track, and was released on November 7.

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Background and release

Block B previewed the poster for Montage at midnight on October 18, [4] revealing the date of the album's release. On October 26, the group released teaser images for the group and each member. More teaser images were released on October 27 and 28, with the title track being revealed on October 29. On October 31, the title of the album and the track list were revealed. Two more images were released on November 1, of members Park Kyung and Jaehyo, followed by U-Kwon and P.O on November 2, and B-Bomb, Zico, and Taeil on November 3. The teaser for "Shall We Dance" was released on November 4, and on November 5 they released a preview of all five songs from the album on their Instagram page.

Although originally set for release on November 10, the album was postponed until November 13 due to a production delay. [5] The Japanese edition of the album was released on December 6. [6]

Composition

Members Zico, Kyung, and B-Bomb contributed to the composition of the album and lyrics. B-Bomb wrote, co-composed and co-produced his own solo track, "Give & Take", the last track on the album. Kyung and Zico co-wrote lyrics for "Shall We Dance" and "One Sided", while Kyung composed "One Sided" and "Like This", and Zico composed the hip hop song "Shall We Dance" and "My Zone". Poptime also co-produced the song "Shall We Dance" with Zico. Penomeco also contributed to the lyrics for "My Zone".

Promotion

Block B had their comeback stage on Music Bank on November 10 with the title song, "Shall We Dance", [7] and appeared again on the show a week later on November 17 with the same song. [8] They also promoted the song on Inkigayo for two weeks running. [9] [10] "Shall We Dance" debuted at No. 12 on Melon, reached No. 1 on Bugs real-time chart the day after it was released, [11] and charted at No. 50 on the Gaon Singles Chart. [12]

Track listing

No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."My Zone"
  • Zico
  • Dirty Orange
  • Mitsu.J
2:57
2."Shall We Dance"
3:01
3."일방적이야" (One-Sided)
3:32
4."이렇게" (Like This) (vocal unit) Park Kyung
3:51
5."Give & Take" (B-Bomb solo)B-Bomb
  • B-Bomb
  • Kim Jinho
  • Park Hyungyu
3:19

[13]

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  1. ↑ 블락비 (6 Nov 2017). "[블락비 앨범 발매 연기 안내] 안녕하세요. 세븐시즌스입니다. 블락비 6th 미니앨범 "MONTAGE"가 기존 10일(금) 출고 예정이었으나 제작 일정상 부득이한 사정으로 13일(월) 출고로 변경되었습니다. 팬 여러분의 양해 부탁드립니다". @blockb_official (in Korean). Retrieved 2017-12-14.
  2. ↑ "[ENG SUB] 171011 Block B New Mini Album『MONTAGE』～JAPAN EDITION～ release comment by Block Bee Subs - Dailymotion". Dailymotion. 2017-11-27. Retrieved 2017-12-14.
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  5. ↑ 블락비 (6 Nov 2017). "[블락비 앨범 발매 연기 안내] 안녕하세요. 세븐시즌스입니다. 블락비 6th 미니앨범 "MONTAGE"가 기존 10일(금) 출고 예정이었으나 제작 일정상 부득이한 사정으로 13일(월) 출고로 변경되었습니다. 팬 여러분의 양해 부탁드립니다". @blockb_official (in Korean). Retrieved 2017-12-14.
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