Neverland (WJSN EP)

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Neverland
Cosmic Girls - Neverland.png
Digital and Ver.I cover
EP by
WJSN
ReleasedJune 9, 2020 (2020-06-09)
Recorded2020
StudioStarship Studios
Genre
[1]
Length21:08
Label
WJSN chronology
As You Wish
(2019)		Neverland
(2020)		 Unnatural
(2021)
Singles from Neverland
  1. "Butterfly"
    Released: June 9, 2020

Neverland is the eighth extended play by South Korean-Chinese girl group WJSN. It was released on June 9, 2020, by Starship Entertainment and distributed by Kakao M. [2] It contains a total of six songs, including the lead single "Butterfly".

Contents

Members Cheng Xiao, Meiqi and Xuanyi were not a part of the album release due to the scheduling conflicts in China.

Background and release

On May 11, 2020, WJSN revealed through its official social media accounts that the group would release a new mini-album. [3] The tracklist was revealed on May 17. Neverland and the music video for "Butterfly" were released on June 9.

Composition

The title track was composed and co-written by Galactika, the music production team behind Itzy's biggest hits. This marks the first time they worked with Cosmic Girls.

Some of the members participated in the writing and production of some songs on the EP. Seola is credited as one of the writers and composers of "Our Garden"; while Exy is credited as a co-writer on all tracks and also as a co-composer on "Tra-la". [4]

Commercial performance

Neverland sold more than 47,000 copies in its first day of release, besting the group's personal record with As You Wish , which sold more than 34,000 copies in the first day of release. The EP sold almost 53,000 copies by its second day, also besting their first week sales set by As You Wish, which sold almost 50,000 copies in its first week.[ citation needed ]

The EP debuted at number 2 on the Gaon Album Chart, while the lead single "Butterfly" debuted at number 118 on the Gaon Digital Chart on the chart issue dated June 7–13, 2020. [5] [6] The single also peaked at number 81 on the Billboard K-pop Hot 100.

According to Gaon, the EP has sold 100,719 units, placing number 7 for the month of June 2020. It became the group's first release to sell over 100,000 copies as well as their best-selling release, surpassing As You Wish which has sold over 96,000 copies to date. [7]

Track listing

No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."Butterfly"
  • GALACTIKA *
  • Exy
  • GALACTIKA *
  • AthenA (GALACTIKA *)
  • woobin (GALACTIKA *)
Team GALACTIKA *3:37
2."Hola"
  • KZ
  • B.O.
  • Exy
  • KZ
  • Nthonius
  • B.O.
Nthonius3:29
3."Pantomime"
  • Kim Jin-hwan
  • Exy
  • Kim Jin-hwan
  • Kim Jin-hwan
3:28
4."Where You Are" (바램)
  • Iggy
  • C-no
  • Ung Kim
  • Exy
  • Iggy
  • C-no
  • Ung Kim
  • Iggy
  • C-no
  • Ung Kim
3:32
5."Tra-la" (불꽃놀이)
  • MAKECAKE36
  • Exy
  • MAKECAKE36
  • Exy
MAKECAKE363:57
6."Our Garden" (우리의 정원)
  • Seola
  • Jinli (Full8loom)
  • Exy
  • Seola
  • Glory Face (Full8loom)
  • Jinli (Full8loom)
  • HARRY(Full8loom)
  • Glory Face (Full8loom)
  • HARRY(Full8loom)
3:05
Total length:21:08

Charts

Awards and nominations

Accolades

PublicationsListWorkRankRef
Billboard Best K-Pop Albums of 2020: Top 10Neverland2 [9]

Music program wins

SongProgramDate
"Butterfly"
The Show (SBS MTV)June 16, 2020
M Countdown (Mnet)June 18, 2020

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabel
South KoreaJune 9, 2020
VariousDigital download

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References

  1. ↑ "Neverland".
  2. ↑ "우주소녀, 6월 9일 컴백 확정 [공식]". TV Report (in Korean). May 15, 2020.
  3. ↑ "우주소녀, 6월 9일 '네버랜드' 컴백 확정[공식]". Star News (in Korean). May 11, 2020.
  4. ↑ "우주소녀, 타이틀곡은 '버터플라이'…신보 '네버랜드' 트랙리스트 공개". Xports News (in Korean). May 18, 2020.
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  6. 1 2 "2020년 24주차 Digital Chart". Gaon Chart (in Korean). Retrieved June 18, 2020.
  7. ↑ "2020년 6월 Album Chart". Gaon Chart (in Korean). Retrieved July 9, 2020.
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