Sweet Girl (EP)

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Sweet Girl
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ReleasedAugust 10, 2015 (2015-08-10)
Recorded2015
Genre K-pop, dance-pop
Language Korean
Label
B1A4 chronology
Solo Day
(2014)
Sweet Girl
(2015)
Good Timing
(2016)
Singles from Sweet Girl
  1. "Sweet Girl"
    Released: August 10, 2015

Sweet Girl is the sixth "mini-album" EP released by South Korean boy group B1A4 under WM Entertainment. The album was released on August 10, 2015 by WM Entertainment and distributed by LOEN Entertainment. [lower-alpha 1] The title song of the album, "Sweet Girl", along with the other songs, was produced by leader Jinyoung. CNU also produced one song in the album called "Love is Magic". [1] [ unreliable source? ] B1A4 won a trophy with "Sweet Girl" on the August 19 episode of MBC Every1 Show Champion [2] [ unreliable source? ] and earned the title of the tenth most watched Korean music video in America for August by Billboard . [3]

Contents

Teasers

B1A4 posted five red-tinted images on Facebook and Twitter of the individual members showing off a new mature B1A4. On July 31, 2015, B1A4 posted a teaser video of all five songs on the album and a music video teaser on August 4, 2015. On August 6, they held a Guerilla Concert which was broadcast live via Naver V app where they debuted three songs from their new album including "Sweet Girl". [4] [ unreliable source? ] The official music video for "Sweet Girl" was released August 10, 2015 alongside their album. [5]

Track listing

No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."Sweet Girl" Jinyoung, Baro Jinyoung, ZigZag Note Jinyoung, ZigZag Note4:09
2."You Are a Girl I Am a Boy" Jinyoung, Baro Jinyoung Jinyoung, 문정규 (a.k.a. 좋은놈)3:34
3."After 10 Years" (10년 후) Jinyoung, Baro Jinyoung Jinyoung, ZigZag Note3:28
4."Wait" Jinyoung, Baro Jinyoung, ZigZag Note Jinyoung, ZigZag Note4:23
5."Love Is Magic" CNU, Baro CNU, ZigZag NoteZigZag Note4:01
6."Let's Be Happy" (행복하자; hidden track) CNU, Baro CNU, Choi Myeong HwanChoi Myeong Hwan, Kim Ju Hye3:10
Total length:19:44

Charts

Chart (2017)Peak
position
South Korean Albums (Gaon) [6] 2

Notes

  1. 1 2 Sweet Girl was the first-ever B1A4 release distributed by LOEN Entertainment after the group's agency, WM Entertainment, switched its distribution to the former from Pony Canyon Korea in April 2015. The first LOEN-distributed release from WM was Oh My Girl's self-titled debut EP, released on April 20, 2015.

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References

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