Universe: The Black Hall

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Universe: The Black Hall
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Upside Version
Studio album by
Pentagon
ReleasedFebruary 12, 2020
Recorded2019–2020
Genre K-pop
Length37:06
LanguageKorean
Label
Pentagon chronology
Sum(me:r)
(2019)		Universe: The Black Hall
(2020)		 Universe: The History
(2020)
Pentagon studio album chronology
Universe: The Black Hall
(2020)		 Universe: The History
(2020)
Universe: The Black Hall track listing
No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."Dr. BeBe" (Dr. 베베)
  • Hui
  • NATHAN
  • Yunji
  • NATHAN
  • Yunji
3:11
2."Asteroid" (소행성)
  • Andrew Choi
  • Coach & Sendo
  • minGtion
  • Oh Seung-eun
  • Andreas Baertels
  • minGtion
3:27
3."Shower of Rain" (빗물 샤워)
  • Hui
  • Wooseok
  • Hui
  • Minit
  • Minit
3:16
4."Die for You"
  • Kino
  • NATHAN
NATHAN3:35
5."Talk"
  • Albin Nordqvist
  • Sebastian Lestapier
  • Adam Alexander
  • Albin Nordqvist
  • Sebastian Lestapier
  • Adam Alexander
3:06
6."The Black Hall"
  • Hui
  • Wooseok
  • Hui
  • Flow Blow
  • Flow Blow
3:09
7."Worship U"
  • Wooseok
  • earattack
  • earattck
  • Jimmy Claeson
  • earattack
  • Larmook
3:17
8."Zoom Up"
  • CODE 9
  • PURAVIDA
  • CODE 9
  • PURAVIDA
  • PURAVIDA
3:16
9."Camellia" (동백꽃)
  • Yuto
  • Wooseok
  • FCM Houdini
  • FCM Houdini
  • Yuto
  • FCM Rimbaud
  • FCM Houdini
  • Yuto
  • FCM Rimbaud
3:28
10."Someday" (Song by Jinho and Hui) (Special)
  • IMAGES
  • POPKID
  • IMAGES
  • POPKID
  • IMAGES
  • POPKID
3:57
11."Happiness" (Korean ver. Special)
  • Kino
  • Yuto
  • Wooseok
  • Kino
  • 홍익인간
  • 멧돼지(S2 EVOLUTION)
  • 홍익인간
  • 멧돼지(S2 EVOLUTION)
  • Gayeoni(가여니)
3:24
Total length:37:06

Promotions

On January 28, 2020, Pentagon released a forty-one second-long album trailer video. The video revealed Pentagon's logo shining brightly into a black hole after several intersecting images of the universe, with the release date of Pentagon's first studio album. [18] The album was supposed to accompany by a fan showcase but Cube Entertainment decided to cancel it due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [19] Only a live showcase without the attendance of fans was broadcast live on Vlive. [20]

Cube held Uni Hall outside Cafe 20 Space: The Mint Universe from February 12 to March 1, 2020. [21]

On December 12, 2019, a media showcase was held to commemorate the release of the group's first regular album at YES24 Live Hall in Gwangjin-gu, Seoul. [22]

The group began promoting their title track "Dr. Bebe" on February 13 on Mnet's M Countdown performing together with "Camellia", [23] followed by performances on KBS' Music Bank , [24] MBC's Show! Music Core',' [25] and SBS' Inkigayo . [26]

Pentagon continue their promotion activities with follow-up song "Shower of Rain" starting March 12, on MCountdown. [27]

Music video

The music video for the title track was released at midnight, 00:00 KST, on the 12th through Pentagon's official YouTube channel. The music video was meant to be released at the same time as the digital music release but due to the overwhelming response, it was brought forward to midnight on the 12th. [28] The music video showed the members facing terrors raging over love and encountering a variety of dangerous encounters. [17]

On February 14, the official lyrics and dance practice video for "Dr. Bebe" was released on both Pentagon's official YouTube and V Live channel. [29] [30]

On February 16, the music video surpassed 10 million views making it their fastest music video to reach it since debut. [31] Pentagon also released "Dr. Bebe"'s performance version music video on February 17. [32]

Analysis

In M2, Kino stated that in "Dr. Bebe"'s music video, the remaining members are all his alter ego. The video presents two sides, Upside which means reality and Downside means inner feelings. The Upside shows how they are foolishly waiting for their loved ones and slowly turning into madness, while the Downside shows how they tried to escape from the pain of love. Both sides are connected by the metronome. Also, the trailer of the music video showed Hui during "Shine" with the paper aeroplane, and it changed colour as it landed on "Dr. Bebe"'s music video set. This represents how "A boy that wanted to experience love, finally experienced it, and feel the pain when he broke up". [33]

Accolades

Year-end lists
Critic/PublicationListWorkRankRef.
South China Morning Post Top 15 K-pop albums of 2020Universe: The Black Hall— [34]
Dazed 40 Best K-pop songs of 2020"Dr. Bebe"31 [35]

Charts

Sales chart performance for Universe: The Black Hall
Chart (2020)Peak
position
Japanese Albums (Oricon) [36] 14
South Korean Albums (Gaon) [37] 3

Release history

Release formats for Universe: The Black Hall
RegionDateFormatLabel
South KoreaFebruary 12, 2020
Various
  • Digital download
  • streaming

See also

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