White Wind (EP)

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White Wind
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ReleasedMarch 14, 2019
Genre K-pop
Length22:03
LanguageKorean
Label RBW
Mamamoo chronology
Blue;s
(2018)
White Wind
(2019)
Reality in Black
(2019)
Singles from White Wind
  1. "Gogobebe"
    Released: March 14, 2019

White Wind is the ninth extended play by South Korean girl group Mamamoo. It was released by RBW on March 14, 2019, and distributed by Kakao M. It contains seven songs, including its lead single "Gogobebe". The EP is the fourth and final album under the 4 Seasons, 4 Colors project.

Contents

Background and release

On January 4, 2018, Mamamoo released the digital single "Paint Me" and introduced the project 4 Seasons, 4 Colors. [1] The group planned on releasing four EPs within the following year, with each EP being representative of a season and a member of Mamamoo. The member in focus will be featured in a solo track on the respective EPs, along with having a personal color assigned to represent themselves. [2] The first installment of the project, Yellow Flower , was released on March 8, 2018, followed up by the EPs Red Moon on June 16 and Blue;s on November 29 respectively.

On February 28, 2019, the EP and its title were announced through Mamamoo's official Twitter account, along with the planned promotional roll-out. [3] The EP focuses on member Wheein, who chose white as her color, the represented season is Winter. [4] [5] On March 14, the EP was released to various physical and digital retailers, as well as streaming platforms. Lead single "Gogobebe" and a correlating music video were released on the same day. A music video for Wheein's solo track 25 was released on May 25. [6]

Track listing

No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."Where R You"
  • Cosmic Sound
  • Cosmic Girl
  • Cosmic Sound
  • Cosmic Girl
3:08
2."Gogobebe" (고고베베)
  • Kim Do-hoon
  • Solar
  • Moonbyul
Kim Do-hoon3:15
3."Waggy" (쟤가 걔야)
  • Kim Do-hoon
  • Moonbyul
Kim Do-hoonKim Do-hoon3:12
4."25" (Wheein solo)
Park Woo-sangPark Woo-sang3:22
5."Bad Bye"
  • B.O.
  • Moonbyul
  • Jeon Da-woon
  • B.O.
  • Jeon Da-woon
  • Jeong Da-lim
  • Jang Dae-il
4:33
6."My Star"
  • Cosmic Sound
  • Cosmic Girl
  • Moonbyul
  • Cosmic Sound
  • Cosmic Girl
  • Cosmic Sound
  • Cosmic Girl
3:11
7."4season" (Outro)Park Woo-sangPark Woo-sangPark Woo-sang1:22
Total length:22:09

Charts

Accolades

Awards and nominations
OrganizationYearCategoryNomineeResultRef.
Seoul Music Awards 2019Bonsang AwardWhite WindWon [12]

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