Flower (GFriend song)

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"Flower"
GFriend - Flower.jpg
Digital and Type A edition cover
Single by GFriend
from the album Fallin' Light
B-side "Beautiful"
ReleasedMarch 12, 2019
Genre J-pop, dance pop, tango
Label King
GFriend singles chronology
"Sunrise"
(2019)
"Flower"
(2019)
"Oh Difficult"
(2019)
Music video
"Flower" on YouTube

"Flower" is a song recorded by South Korean girl group GFriend. It was released by King Records on March 12, 2019, as their fourth Japanese single. It was later included in their debut Japanese studio album Fallin' Light (2019).

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Release

It was released as a digital EP on March 12, 2019. [1] A day later, it was released in three physical editions: CD, CD+DVD Type A and CD+Photobook Type B. [2] [3] [4]

Promotion

GFriend performed the song for the first time at their concert in Zepp Osaka Bayside, as part of their GFriend Spring Tour 2019 Bloom. It was also revealed that the song was chosen as the opening theme for the TV program music-ru TV for the month of March. [5]

Music video

The music video was released on March 4, 2019. In the video, the group are dressed as bullfighters and performs a dance inspired by tango. [5]

Commercial performance

"Flower" debuted and peaked at number 9 on the Oricon Singles Chart for the week ending March 25, 2019. [6] The song also picked at number 35 on Billboard 's Japan Hot 100. [7]

Track listing

CD/Digital download
No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."Flower"1313133:39
2."Beautiful"Kanata Okajima
Carlos K.
Carlos K.3:37
3."Flower" (Instrumental) 13133:39
4."Beautiful" (Instrumental) 
Carlos K.
Carlos K.3:36
Total length:14:31
DVD Type A
No.TitleLength
1."Flower" (Music video) 
2."Flower" (MV Making movie) 
Total length:23:31

Charts

Chart (2019)Peak

position

Japan (Oricon) [6] 9
Japan (Japan Hot 100) [7] 35

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