Remain (KNK EP)

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Remain
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EP by
KNK
ReleasedNovember 17, 2016 (2016-11-17)
Length18:16
LanguageKorean
Label
KNK chronology
Awake
(2016)		Remain
(2016)		 Gravity, Completed
(2017)
Singles from Awake
  1. "U"
    Released: November 17, 2016 (2016-11-17)

Remain is the second extended play (EP) by South Korean boy group KNK. It contains six tracks, including the lead single, "U".

Contents

Background and release

On November 7, 2016, YNB Entertainment announced KNK's comeback by sharing the cover image of their second EP titled Remain through their official SNS channels. A group and "White version" individual image teasers were unveiled on the next two days. The track list was also released on November 10, revealing that Kim Tae-joo once again worked with KNK as the producer, while tracks "Goodbye" and "Tonight" were composed and written by members Youjin and Heejun respectively. [1] [2] [3] [4]

On November 13, KNK released an album preview which gave sneak peeks of each song. A new set of individual image teasers called "Black version" was released the next day. On November 15, the music video teaser for the lead single, "U", was released, however it was announced the following day that the agency and the members decided to dispose the music video due to quality issues. A representative stated that there were no plans to film it again. [5] [6] [7] The album was released on November 17, 2016. It was also released as a digital download on various music portals.

Promotion

On November 17, 2016, KNK held their live comeback show through Naver V Live, where they performed TVXQ's "Love in the Ice", as well as their new songs "I Know" and "U". The group then made their music program comeback stages on Music Bank , Show! Music Core and Inkigayo . [8] [9] [10] [11]

Track listing

No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."Stay"Kim Tae-jooKim Tae-jooKim Tae-joo1:39
2."U"Kim Tae-jooKim Tae-jooKim Tae-joo3:36
3."Beauty" (아름다워)Kim Tae-jooKim Tae-jooKim Tae-joo3:26
4."I Know" (웃어줄래)Kim Tae-jooKim Tae-jooKim Tae-joo3:21
5."Goodbye" (괜찮은가봐)Kim You-jin
  • Kim You-jin
  • Kim Tae-joo
Kim Tae-joo3:00
6."Tonight"Oh Hee-jun
  • Oh Hee-jun
  • Kim Tae-joo
Kim Tae-joo3:14
Total length:18:16

Release history

RegionDateFormatDistributor
VariousNovember 17, 2016 digital download [12] [13] YNB Entertainment, CJ E&M Music
South Korea CD [14]

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