We:th

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We:th
Pentagon WETH Daisy.jpg
Digital cover featuring artwork by Kino of Pentagon
EP by
Pentagon
ReleasedOctober 12, 2020 (2020-10-12)
Genre
Length20:06
LanguageKorean
Label Cube
Producer
Pentagon chronology
Universe: The History
(2020)		We:th
(2020)		 Love or Take
(2021)
Pentagon EP chronology
Sum(me:r)
(2019)		We:th
(2020)		 Love or Take
(2021)
We:th track listing
No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."Daisy" (데이지)
  • Hui
  • 네이슨 (Nathan)
  • Wooseok
  • 네이슨 (Nathan)
  • yunji
3:09
2."Beautiful Goodbye"
  • Kino
  • 네이슨 (Nathan)
  • Hoho
  • 네이슨 (Nathan)
  • Hoho
3:22
3."Nostalgia" (Korean : 그해 그달 그날; RR : Geuhae Geudal Geunal;lit. That Year, That Month, That Day)Wooseok
  • MosPick
  • Wooseok
MosPick3:04
4."You Like"
  • Hui
  • Wooseok
  • Hui
  • Minit
  • Wooseok
Minit3:15
5."Paradise (This Night Where Stars Shine)" (Paradise (별이 빛나는 이 밤))
  • Kino
  • Wooseok
  • Kino
  • MosPick
MosPick3:35
Total length:16:25
CD-only track
No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
6."I’m Here" (Jinho solo)JinhoJinho
  • 네이슨 (Nathan)
  • Jun.p
3:41
Total length:20:06

Songs

"Daisy" is an alternative rock song that was sung with a sad and sad heart that everyone would have experienced after the breakup. The lyrics are expressed by the use of daisy flowers. The white flower as the sign of hope as a metaphor for love and progress focusing on the ambiguous meaning that describes how one will eventually get burned by that love. Pentagon member explained, "After the breakup, I portrayed the feelings wishing that the other person would be happy while wishing they could miss you because they could not meet someone better than me." The track features heartbreaking and realistic sentiments in a straightforward lyrics. [21]

"Beautiful Goodbye" is a track with the lingering emotions knowing that the love already ended but wishes to take only the good memories of it. The group explained, "I want to leave only good memories. I poured my broken heart into the lyrics. The emotions rises as the track go to the second half, convening the feeling of the person who wants a beautiful breakup." [21]

Based on composer and Pentagon member, Wooseok, he described "Nostalgia" as "a song like a picture of memories that you suddenly take out of an old drawer. People live with many memories and memories of each. And I suddenly remember the happy times and miss them." [21]

"You Like" is an intense hip-hop dance song that converted from intro starting with a piano and change as it continues leading to can intense verse. With this song, Pentagon challenged themselves with combination of two song compositions. The song also features low voice and addictive melody that asking listeners 'What would you like'. [21]

"Paradise" is described as an electronic dance song for listeners who feel nostalgic to the K-pop sensibility of the late 2000s but added with newly digested style by Pentagon. Pentagon member, Kino composed this song with the thought of "this kind of song is rarely here now, so I thought of making a Pentagon's 2000s style." The lyrical lyrics of the song created by two lovers' intense beats along with a melody that is easy to sing along. [21]

"I'm Here" (Jinho solo) is a small gift prepared by Jinho who will always be there for his friends and bandmates who are running toward their dreams. Jinho explained, "When people are faced by exhaustion and discouragement, they bring back the old self of the day when they first dreamt of a dream. I hope that the voice of Pentagon's Jinho with the words 'You are doing great, so don't worry', will comfort everyone who listens to this song." [21] The song was made before he enlisted. [5]

Commercial performance

We:th topped iTunes Top Albums chart in 9 countries including Brazil, Saudi Arabia, Argentina, Estonia, Ecuador, Cambodia, Colombia, Peru, and Portugal. The album also ranked second on the iTunes Worldwide Album Chart, becoming their highest record on that platform. [22] According to Billboard chart released on October 13, Pentagon re-entered at number 33 on the Billboard Social 50 chart due to the announcement of their comeback, variety of teasing contents related to the new release, starting with interview films, track list, concept image, audio teaser, music video teaser etc., gaining hot interest from global fans. [23]

According to Hanteo, We:th which was released on the October 12, recorded an initial sales of 64,045 copies. The amount of sales increase twice from the initial sales of their first studio album Universe: The Black Hall released in February, 2020. [7]

On the chart issue dated October 11–17, 2020, the album debuted and charted at number 4 on the Gaon Album Chart and Gaon Retail Album with 49,134 units. [24] [25] The group also re-enters at number 14 on Gaon Social Chart 2.0 since Week 50 of 2019. [26] [27]

Accolades

Awards
YearOrganizationCategoryResultRef.
2020 Seoul Music Awards Main AwardNominated [28]
Popular AwardNominated
K-Wave Popular AwardNominated

Charts

Certifications and sales

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Japan—8,489 [33]
South Korea—110,479 [34]

Release history

Release formats for WE:TH
RegionDateFormatDistributorRef.
South KoreaOctober 12, 2020 Digital download, streaming [8]
Various
 [35]

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