Switch On

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Switch On
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EP by
ReleasedAugust 2, 2021 (2021-08-02)
Genre K-pop
Length20:17
Label
Astro chronology
All Yours
(2021)
Switch On
(2021)
Drive to the Starry Road
(2022)
Singles from Switch On
  1. "After Midnight"
    Released: August 2, 2021

Switch On is the eighth extended play by South Korean boy group Astro. [1] It was released on August 2, 2021, by Fantagio Music and distributed by Kakao Entertainment. The album contains six songs including the lead single "After Midnight". [2]

Contents

Track listing

Switch On track listing
No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."After Midnight"
  • Alysa
  • Carlyle Fernandes
  • Sean Michael Alexander
  • Sqvare
  • Carlyle Fernandes
  • Alysa
3:10
2."Footprint" (발자국)
  • Nomasgood
  • Vendors (San)
  • Joliker Leandre
Nomasgood3:12
3."Waterfall"
  • Mi Seong (Music Cube)
  • Jinjin (Astro)
  • Kim Su-jeong (Music Cube)
  • Alysa
  • Phil Schwan
  • Sean Michael Alexander
  • Sqvare
  • Alysa
  • Phil Schwan
4:02
4."Sunset Sky" (노을 그림)
  • MJ (Astro)
  • Park Sang-min
  • Rocky (Astro)
  • Jinjin (Astro)
  • MJ (Astro)
  • Park Sang-min
  • Park Yong-hyun
  • Jabong
  • Moses Sun
Park Yong-hyun3:20
5."My Zone"
  • Jinjin (Astro)
  • Rocky (Astro)
  • Lee Jae-ni (Flying Lab)
Nomasgood3:21
6."Don't Worry"
  • Cha Eun-woo (Astro)
  • Jinjin (Astro)
  • Rocky (Astro)
  • Obros
  • Obros2
  • Rocky (Astro)
  • Obros
  • Obros2
  • Cha Eun-woo (Astro)
  • Sean Oh
  • Yuki
  • Obros
  • Sean Oh
3:21
Total length:20:17

Charts

Accolades

2021 music program awards
SongProgramNetworkDateRef
"After Midnight" The Show SBS MTV August 10, 2021
[6]
Show Champion MBC M August 11, 2021
[7]
Music Bank KBS World August 13, 2021
[8]
Show! Music Core MBC August 14, 2021
[9]

Release history

Release formats for Switch On
RegionDateFormatDistributorRef.
VariousAugust 2, 2021 Fantagio
South Korea CD

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