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| Released | 14 January 2013 | |||
| Recorded | 2011–2012 | |||
| Genre | Pop-rock, electronic rock | |||
| Length | 21:56 | |||
| Language | Korean | |||
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| Producer | Jung Yong-hwa, Han Seong-ho, Han Seung-hun, Kim Jae-yang | |||
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Re:Blue (stylized Re:BLUE) is the fourth Korean extended play (seventh overall) by South Korean rock band CNBLUE. It was released on January 14, 2013 with the track "I'm Sorry" as the promotional single. [1]
The group's comeback in South Korea was officially announced on December 17, 2012 via their concert Blue Night, held in Seoul. The mini-album's release date was scheduled for January 14, day of the group's third Korean anniversary and also third anniversary of the group's first Korean mini-album Bluetory . [2] The first teaser was revealed on the group's website on January 3, 2013 with screencaps of the drama video teaser. The image also revealed 8 blank spaces (″___ _____″) that speculated if it was the name of the promotional track or of the mini-album's title. [3] On January 7, the first video teasers were released. The teasers are emotional versions of the members expressing sadness or fury after a girl break up with them and says "I'm sorry". All individual video teasers were released on the same day. [4] [5] [6] [7] On January 9, a photo teaser was released. The photoshoot of the album was made in the streets of London. The group's agency, FNC Entertainment, revealed: "We worked hard to find a location that showcases London’s exotic aura. Although the filming was delayed due to the rainy weather, everyone passionately participated in the photoshoot." [8] One day later, on January 10, the first music video teaser was released. [9] On January 11, the second music video teaser was released. [10] On January 14, along with the group's third Korean anniversary celebration, the mini-album and music video of "I'm Sorry" were released at the same time. [11]
The mini-album is composed by six tracks, five Korean and an English track. A major part of the tracks were written by the member Jung Yong-hwa. The tracks "I'm Sorry", used as title track of the mini-album, and "Naram Namja" were written by Yong-hwa and Han Sung-ho and composed by Yong-hwa and Han Seung-hoon. "Coffee Shop" and "La La La" were written and composed by Yong-hwa. "Na Geudaeboda" was written by Han Sung-ho and Kim Jae-yang, who also composed the song along with the member Lee Jong-hyun. The English version of the song "Where You Are" was written and composed by Yong-hwa. The song was originally recorded in Japanese and first released on the Japanese album Code Name Blue as a bonus track of the CD+DVD edition. [12]
The promotions of the song "I'm Sorry" started on January 18, 2013 on KBS' show Music Bank . [13] They are also promoting on the shows Music Core , [14] Inkigayo [15] and Show Champion . Three songs of the mini-album were also performed during the first week of promotions: the song "Myself More Than You" on Music Bank on January 18, the English version of "Where You Are" on Music Core on January 19 [16] and "Coffee Shop" on Inkigayo on January 20. At the date, the song won 5 TV show awards, three on Show Champion: on January 30, [17] February 6 and on February 13 and also won two on Music Bank on February 1.February 8 [18] The promotions ended on February 24, on SBS' Inkigayo.
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Arrangement | Length |
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| 1. | "I'm Sorry" | Jung Yong-hwa, Han Sung-ho | Jung Yong-hwa, Han Seung-ho | Lee Sang-ho | 3:50 |
| 2. | "Coffee Shop" | Jung Yong-hwa, Ophelia | Jung Yong-hwa | Jung Yong-hwa, Han Seung-hoon | 3:28 |
| 3. | "Na Geudaeboda" (나 그대보다; "Myself More Than You") | Han Sung-ho, Kim Jae-yang | Lee Jong-hyun, Kim Jae-yang | Kim Jae-yang | 3:49 |
| 4. | "Naran Namja" (나란 남자; "The Guy Like Me") | Jung Yong-hwa, Han Sung-ho | Jung Yong-hwa, Han Seung-hoon | Jung Yong-hwa, Vinyl House | 3:29 |
| 5. | "La La La" (라라라) | Jung Yong-hwa | Jung Yong-hwa | Jung Yong-hwa, Han Seung-hoon | 3:38 |
| 6. | "Where You Are" (English version) | Jung Yong-hwa | Jung Yong-hwa | Tamai Kenji, Momota Rui | 3:43 |
| Total length: | 21:56 | ||||
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Music Video Making" (20 minutes approximately) |
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "I'm Sorry" (Music video, with Chinese subtitles) | |
| 2. | "Re:Blue album teaser" (version 1) | |
| 3. | "Re:Blue album teaser" (version 2) | |
| 4. | "Re:Blue album teaser" (Jung Yong-hwa version) | |
| 5. | "Re:Blue album teaser" (Lee Jong-hyun version) | |
| 6. | "Re:Blue album teaser" (Kang Min-hyuk version) | |
| 7. | "Re:Blue album teaser" (Lee Jung-shin version) |
On January 12, it was revealed that the album gained a lot of interest in South Korea and Japan, it topped the number one spot on Japan's Tower Records pre-order albums. The mini-album also surpassed the 100,000 mark only with pre-orders in South Korea. [22] In its first day of release, the title track "I'm Sorry" topped all the South Korean music portal charts. [23] [24] The album also dominated the Gaon Charts for 2 weeks in a row. [25]
| Chart | Peak position |
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| Japan Oricon Weekly album chart [26] | 21 |
| South Korea Gaon Weekly album chart [27] | 1 |
| South Korea Gaon Weekly domestic album chart [27] | 1 |
| South Korea Gaon Monthly album chart [27] | 3 |
| South Korea Gaon Monthly domestic album chart [27] | 3 |
| Billboard World Albums Chart [28] | 1 |
| Billboard Heatseekers Albums [28] | 22 |
| Taiwan G-Music Weekly Top 20 Combo Chart [29] | 8 |
| Taiwan G-Music International Chart [30] | 2 |
| Taiwan G-Music Asia Album Chart [31] | 1 |
| Song | Peak chart position | ||||||||||||
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| KOR Gaon Top200 [32] | KOR Billboard [33] | ||||||||||||
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"I'm Sorry" | 2 | 5 | 2 | ||||||||||
"Coffee Shop" | 46 | 118 | 75 | ||||||||||
"Myself More Than You" | 41 | 100 | 48 | ||||||||||
"The Guy Like Me" | 48 | 107 | 72 | ||||||||||
"La La La" | 56 | 136 | 83 | ||||||||||
"Where You Are" (English version) | 122 | — | — | ||||||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region. | |||||||||||||
| Country | Chart | Period | Peak position | Sales | Accumulative sales |
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| Japan | Oricon physical sales | #21 | 11,783+ | ||
| South Korea | Gaon physical sales | #1 | 126,287+ |
| Country | Date | Format | Label |
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| South Korea | January 14, 2013 | CD, Digital download | FNC Entertainment |
| Worldwide | Digital download [19] | ||
| South Korea | February 4, 2013 (special limited edition) | CD [20] | |
| Taiwan | February 20, 2013 | CD, [34] Digital download [34] | Warner Music Taiwan |
| March 8, 2013 (special limited edition) | Version A (CD+A4 Folder), [35] Version B (CD+DVD) [36] | ||
| Philippines | April 20, 2013 | CD | Universal Records |
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