No.1 (EP)

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No.1
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From left to right (top): Seunghee, Eunbin, Elkie & Sorn/From left to right (bottom): Yujin, Yeeun and Seungyeon./Digital cover and stylised edition.
EP by
CLC
ReleasedJanuary 30, 2019 (2019-01-30)
Recorded2018
Genre
Length16:22
Label
CLC chronology
Black Dress
(2018)		No.1
(2019)
Singles from No.1
  1. "No"
    Released: January 30, 2019

No.1 [lower-alpha 1] is the eighth and final Korean extended play (tenth overall) by South Korean girl group CLC. It was released digitally on January 30, 2019, and physically on January 31, by Cube Entertainment and distributed by Kakao M. It features five tracks, including the lead single "No".

Contents

Background and release

After revealing a comeback schedule, it was reported on January 17, 2019 that the group would be releasing No.1, their eighth extended play recording. [2] [3]

The EP was released through several music portals on January 30, 2019, including MelOn, iTunes and Spotify. [4] [5] [6]

Promotion

Prior to announcing the group's comeback, Cube Entertainment placed an advertisement at the intersection of subway line 2 - Samseong station, Seongsu station - Ttukseom station and Seoul Forest station - Seongdong Gu Bridge intersection.[ citation needed ]

On January 20, 2019, it was confirmed that CLC would guest on Weekly Idol, the group's first variety show for their comeback with No.1, marking their first appearance on the program as a group of seven. [7] [8] Cube Entertainment released individual and group photos on January 20 and 21, respectively, [9] [10] followed by the track list on January 22 [11] and audio snippets on January 23. [12] Individual and MV teasers were released from January 24–28. [13] [14] [15] [16]

On January 30, CLC held a press conference before the album release at the Blue Square iMarket Hall. [17] The same day, a premiere showcase hosted by Mnet was broadcast through Naver and Mnet-M2. CLC is the first girl group to have their own show, after BTS, Wanna One and Got7. They performed lead single "No" and several other songs from the EP as well as tracks from Black Dress . [18] The group also appeared as guests on Idol Radio to promote the album. [19]

Music video

The music video was released alongside the EP on January 30. Within 24 hours, the video had surpassed 2.2 million views on YouTube. [20]

On 14 February "No" music video surpassed 10 million combined views for the official music video uploaded on 1theK's channel and CLC's official channel. [21] As of June 2019 music video has over 21 million views combined on both channels.

Track listing

No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."No"
  • So-yeon
  • June
  • So-yeon
  • June
3:01
2."Show"
  • Dally
  • Seo Jae-woo (TENTEN)
  • BreadBeat (TENTEN)
  • June
  • Ye-eun
  • Seo Jae-woo (TENTEN)
  • BreadBeat (TENTEN)
  • June
  • Seo Jae-woo (TENTEN)
  • BreadBeat (TENTEN)
  • June
3:31
3."Breakdown"
  • Choi Young-kyung
  • Ye-eun
  • Simon Petren
  • Choi Young-kyung
  • 추대관 (MonoTree)
Simon Petren3:11
4."Like It"
  • Kim Yeon-seo
  • The Proof
  • Ye-eun
  • The Proof
  • Kim Yeon-seo
The Proof3:13
5."I Need U"
  • Anna Timgren
  • VINCENZO
  • Fuxxy
  • Any Masingga
  • Ye-eun
  • VINCENZO
  • Fuxxy
  • Any Masingga
  • Anna Timgren
  • VINCENZO
  • Fuxxy
3:26
Total length:16:22

Charts

Accolades

Year-end lists
Critic/PublicationListSongRankRef.
Billboard The 25 Best K-pop Songs of 2019: Critics' Picks"No"11 [27]
BuzzFeed 30 Songs That Helped Define K-Pop in 201930 [28]
Dazed The 20 best K-pop songs of 201916 [29]
Refinery29 The Best K-Pop Songs Of 201925 [30]
SBS Top 100 Asian pop songs of 201924 [31]

Music program awards

SongProgramDateRef.
"No" The Show February 12, 2019 [32]
February 19, 2019 [33]

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabel
VariousJanuary 30, 2019 Digital download Cube Entertainment, Kakao M
South KoreaJanuary 31, 2019 CD

Notes

  1. ↑ pronounced as "no one" [1]

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References

  1. ↑ Ji, Hyung-jun (January 30, 2019). "CLC "아이즈원 '라비앙로즈', 녹음 마쳤던 곡...좋은 주인 찾아갔다"". OSEN. Retrieved July 25, 2019.
  2. ↑ 재배포금지>, <ⓒ “텐아시아” 무단전재 (2019-01-16). "CLC, Comeback after a year... with 8th EP 'No.1' Schedule Teaser Released". 텐아시아 (in Korean). Retrieved 2019-01-31.
  3. ↑ "CLC to release 'No.1' EP on Jan. 30". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 2019-01-31.
  4. ↑ "EP No.1 by CLC". www.melon.com (in Korean). Retrieved 2019-01-31.
  5. ↑ No.1 - EP by CLC , retrieved 2019-01-31
  6. ↑ "No.1 by CLC", Spotify, retrieved 2019-01-31
  7. ↑ "[단독] 씨엘씨, 컴백 앞두고 예능으로 예열…'주간아이돌' 출격". SpoTV (in Korean). January 20, 2019.
  8. ↑ "'주간아이돌 'CLC, 초심으로 돌아갔다.."백 투 더 데뷔"". Heraldpop (in Korean). January 30, 2019.
  9. ↑ ""넘버원 시크미"..씨엘씨, 컴백 티저 공개[Oh!쎈 컷]". Osen. 2019-01-21.
  10. ↑ "CLC, 'No.1' 2차 콘셉트 이미지 공개…'컬러풀+우아美'". SportsChosun. 22 January 2019.
  11. ↑ "'30일 컴백' CLC, 미니 8집 'No.1' 트랙리스트 공개..타이틀곡 'No'". Osen. 2019-01-23.
  12. ↑ "CLC, 미니 8집 'No.1' 오디오 티저 공개..타이틀곡은 'NO'". Newsen. 2019-01-24.
  13. ↑ "CLC, 승희-유진 MV 티저공개…'당당함으로 무장'". SportsChosun. 2019-01-25.
  14. ↑ "CLC, 승연-손 버전 뮤직비디오 티저 영상 공개 '카리스마+당당'". WowTv. 2019-01-26.
  15. ↑ "'컴백 D-2' CLC, 마지막 개인 티저 영상 공개..'막내 은빈 버전'". MkCulture. 2019-01-28.
  16. ↑ "'컴백 D-1' CLC, 타이틀곡 'No' 뮤비 티저 공개..카리스마+시크". MkCulture. 2019-01-29.
  17. ↑ "[SQ현장] '블랙 드레스' 벗은 씨엘씨, 7人7色 매력 입고 'No.1' 걸그룹 노린다". SportsQ (in Korean). 2019-01-31.
  18. ↑ "엠넷 M2, '프리미어 쇼케이스'로 CLC 신곡 'NO' 최초 공개" (in Korean). 2019-01-28.
  19. ↑ "'아이돌 라디오' CLC "컴백 후 바쁜 일상…하루하루 즐거워"" (in Korean). 2019-01-31.
  20. ↑ "CLC, 신곡 'No' 뮤직비디오 공개 하루만 220만뷰 돌파". Heraldpop (in Korean). 2019-01-31.
  21. ↑ "CLC, 'No' MV 1000만 뷰 돌파…데뷔 첫 음방 1위이어 겹경사". XSportsNews (in Korean). 2019-02-14.
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  24. ↑ "Independent Albums – February 5, 2019". Billboard . Retrieved February 11, 2019.
  25. ↑ "World Albums – February 5, 2019". Billboard . Retrieved February 11, 2019.
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  28. ↑ "30 Songs That Helped Define K-Pop In 2019". 1 January 2020.
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  31. ↑ "PopAsia's Top 100 Asian pop songs of 2019: 50-1". SBS . Popasia. December 24, 2019.
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  33. ↑ Park, So-hyun (February 20, 2019). "CLC, '더쇼' 2주 연속 1위 "더 책임감 갖겠다"" [CLC, 1st place for 'The Show' for 2 consecutive weeks]. Xports News (in Korean). Retrieved January 17, 2020.
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