Re:Blue

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Re:Blue
EP by CNBLUE
Released 14 January 2013 (2013-01-14)
(see release history)
Recorded 2011-2012
Genre Pop-rock, electronic rock
Length 21:56
Language Korean
Label FNC Entertainment / Mnet Media
Warner Music Taiwan
Producer Jung Yong-hwa, Han Seong-ho, Han Seung-hun, Kim Jae-yang
CNBLUE chronology

Code Name Blue
(2012)		 Re:Blue
(2013)		 What Turns You On?
(2013)
Singles from Re:Blue
  1. "I'm Sorry"
    Released: 14 January 2013 (2013-01-14)

Re:Blue (stylized Re:BLUE) is the fourth Korean mini-album (seventh overall) by the South Korean rock band CNBLUE. It was released on January 14, 2013 with the track "I'm Sorry" as the promotional single.[1]

Background and release

The group's comeback in South Korea was officially announced on December 17, 2012 via their concert Blue Night, held in Seoul. The mini-album's release date was scheduled for January 14, day of the group's third Korean anniversary and also third anniversary of the group's first Korean mini-album Bluetory.[2] The first teaser was revealed on the group's website on January 3, 2013 with screencaps of the drama video teaser. The image also revealed 8 blank spaces (″___ _____″) that speculated if it was the name of the promotional track or of the mini-album's title.[3] In January 7, the first video teasers were released. The teasers are emotional versions of the members expressing sadness or fury after a girl break up with them and says "I'm sorry". All individual video teasers were released on the same day.[4][5][6][7] In January 9, a photo teaser was released. The photoshoot of the album was made in the streets of London. The group's agency, FNC Entertainment, revealed: “We worked hard to find a location that showcases London’s exotic aura. Although the filming was delayed due to the rainy weather, everyone passionately participated in the photoshoot.”[8] One day later, on January 10, the first music video teaser was released.[9] In January 11, the second music video teaser was released.[10] In January 14, along with the group's third Korean anniversary celebration, the mini-album and music video of "I'm Sorry" were released at the same time.[11]

Composition

The mini-album is composed by six tracks, five Korean and an English track. A major part of the tracks were written by the member Jung Yong-hwa. The tracks "I'm Sorry", used as title track of the mini-album, and "Naram Namja" were written by Yong-hwa and Han Sung-ho and composed by Yong-hwa and Han Seung-hoon. "Coffee Shop" and "La La La" were written and composed by Yong-hwa. "Na Geudaeboda" was written by Han Sung-ho and Kim Jae-yang, who also composed the song along with the member Lee Jong-hyun. The English version of the song "Where You Are" was written and composed by Yong-hwa. The song was originally recorded in Japanese and first released on the Japanese album Code Name Blue as a bonus track of the CD+DVD edition.[12]

Promotions

The promotions of the song "I'm Sorry" started in January 18, 2013 on KBS' show Music Bank.[13] They are also promoting on the shows Music Core,[14] Inkigayo[15] and Show Champion. Three songs of the mini-album were also performed during the first week of promotions: the song "Myself More Than You" on Music Bank in January 18, the English version of "Where You Are" on Music Core in January 19[16] and "Coffee Shop" on Inkigayo in January 20. At the date, the song won 4 TV show awards, three on Show Champion: in January 30,[17] February 6 and on February 13 and also won one on Music Bank in February 1.[18] The promotions ended in February 24, on SBS' Inkigayo.

Track listing

Tracklist[19]
No. TitleLyricsMusicArrangement Length
1. "I'm Sorry"  Jung Yong-hwa, Han Sung-hoJung Yong-hwa, Han Seung-hoonLee Sang-ho 3:50
2. "Coffee Shop"  Jung Yong-hwa, OpheliaJung Yong-hwaJung Yong-hwa, Han Seung-hoon 3:28
3. "Na Geudaeboda" (나 그대보다; "Myself More Than You")Han Sung-ho, Kim Jae-yangLee Jong-hyun, Kim Jae-yangKim Jae-yang 3:49
4. "Naran Namja" (나란 남자; "The Guy Like Me")Jung Yong-hwa, Han Sung-hoJung Yong-hwa, Han Seung-hoonJung Yong-hwa, Vinyl House 3:29
5. "La La La" (라라라)Jung Yong-hwaJung Yong-hwaJung Yong-hwa, Han Seung-hoon 3:38
6. "Where You Are" (English version)Jung Yong-hwaJung Yong-hwaTamai Kenji, Momota Rui 3:43
Total length:
 21:56

Chart performance

In January 12, it was revealed that the album gained a lot of interest in South Korea and Japan, it topped the number one spot on Japan's Tower Records pre-order albums. The mini-album also surpassed the 100,000 mark only with pre-orders in South Korea.[22] In its first day of release, the title track "I'm Sorry" topped all the South Korean music portal charts.[23][24] The album also dominated the Gaon Charts for 2 weeks in a row.[25]

Album chart

Chart Peak
position
Japan Oricon Weekly album chart[26] 21
South Korea Gaon Weekly album chart[27] 1
South Korea Gaon Weekly domestic album chart[27] 1
South Korea Gaon Monthly album chart[27] 3
South Korea Gaon Monthly domestic album chart[27] 3
Billboard World Albums Chart[28] 1
Billboard Heatseekers Albums[28] 22
Taiwan G-Music Weekly Top 20 Combo Chart [29] 8
Taiwan G-Music International Chart [30] 2
Taiwan G-Music Asia Album Chart [31] 1
Philippines MYX Daily Top Ten Chart [32] 1

Singles chart

Song Peak chart position
KOR
Gaon Top200[33]		 KOR
Billboard[34]		 Taiwan KK Box [35]
weekly monthly
"I'm Sorry" 2 5 2 1
"Coffee Shop" 46 118 75 5
"Myself More Than You" 41 100 48 6
"The Guy Like Me" 48 107 72 7
"La La La" 56 136 83 8
"Where You Are" (English version) 122 — — 10
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Album sales

Country Chart Period Peak position Sales Accumulative sales
Japan Oricon physical sales #21 11,783+
South Korea Gaon physical sales #1 126,287+

Release history

Country Date Format Label
South Korea January 14, 2013 CD, Digital download FNC Entertainment
Worldwide Digital download[19]
South Korea February 4, 2013 (Special Limited Edition) CD[20]
Taiwan February 20, 2013 CD,[36] Digital download [36] Warner Music Taiwan
March 8, 2013 (Special Limited Edition) Version A (CD+A4 Folder),[37] Version B (CD+DVD)[38]
Philippines April 13, 2013 CD Universal Records

References

  1. ↑ "(EP) Re:Blue / Daum 뮤직 :: 언제 어디서나 Music on Daum" (in Korean). Daum Communications. 2013-01-14. Retrieved 2013-01-14. 
  2. ↑ "씨엔블루, 내년 1월 14일 컴백 '연기자에서 가수로'" (in Korean). Naver. 2012-12-17. Retrieved 2013-01-14. 
  3. ↑ "CNBLUE releases teaser images for their comeback". 2013-01-03. Retrieved 2013-01-14. 
  4. ↑ "CNBLUE 4th Mini Album (Emotional Teaser) Yong Hwa ver. - YouTube". CN Blue's official YouTube account. 2013-01-07. Retrieved 2013-01-14. 
  5. ↑ "CNBLUE 4th Mini Album (Emotional Teaser) Jong Hyun ver. - YouTube". CN Blue's official YouTube account. 2013-01-07. Retrieved 2013-01-14. 
  6. ↑ "CNBLUE 4th Mini Album (Emotional Teaser) Min Hyuk ver. - YouTube". CN Blue's official YouTube account. 2013-01-07. Retrieved 2013-01-14. 
  7. ↑ "CNBLUE 4th Mini Album (Emotional Teaser) Jung Shin ver. - YouTube". CN Blue's official YouTube account. 2013-01-07. Retrieved 2013-01-14. 
  8. ↑ "씨엔블루 재킷 공개, 영국 도심 속 이국적 남성미" (in Korean). Nate. 2013-01-09. Retrieved 2013-01-14. 
  9. ↑ "CNBLUE 4th Mini Album (Re:BLUE) 1st BLUE Teaser - YouTube". CN Blue's official YouTube account. 2013-01-10. Retrieved 2013-01-14. 
  10. ↑ "CNBLUE 4th Mini Album (Re:BLUE) 2nd BLUE Teaser - YouTube". CN Blue's official YouTube account. 2013-01-11. Retrieved 2013-01-14. 
  11. ↑ "씨엔블루, 컴백 무대 올라이브 '아 임 쏘리'" (in Korean). Nate. 2013-01-14. Retrieved 2013-01-14. 
  12. ↑ "8月29日発売；メジャー1stアルバムタイトル＆収録曲決定！！" (in Japanese). FNC Music. 2012-07-31. Retrieved 2013-01-14. 
  13. ↑ "'뮤직뱅크' 씨엔블루 컴백, 부드럽게-시크하게 '2色 매력'" (in Korean). Nate. 2013-01-18. Retrieved 2013-01-18. 
  14. ↑ "음악중심 : CNBLUE - I'm Sorry, 씨앤블루 - 아임 쏘리, Music Core 20130119 - YouTube" (in Korean). MBC K-pop's YouTube account. 2013-01-21. Retrieved 2013-02-01. 
  15. ↑ "CNBLUE (씨엔블루) (Coffee shop / I'm sorry) @SBS Inkigayo 인기가요 20130120 - YouTube" (in Korean). SBS Music's YouTube account. 2013-01-20. Retrieved 2013-02-01. 
  16. ↑ "음악중심 : CNBLUE - Where You Are, 씨앤블루 - 아임 쏘리, Music Core 20130119 - YouTube" (in Korean). MBC K-pop's YouTube account. 2013-01-21. Retrieved 2013-02-01. 
  17. ↑ "(나눔포토) 정용화-강민혁, 완전 기분 좋아! 1위 !" (in Korean). Nanum News. 2013-02-01. Retrieved 2013-02-01. 
  18. ↑ "'뮤직뱅크' 씨엔블루, 소시 누르고 1위 '폭풍 팔굽혀펴기' 세레모니" (in Korean). Nate. 2013-02-01. Retrieved 2013-02-01. 
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 "iTunes - Music - Re:BLUE - EP by CNBLUE". iTunes Store. 2013-01-14. Retrieved 2013-01-15. 
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 "CNBLUE Special Limited Edition - Re:BLUE (CD + DVD + Photobook) (Part 1: Kang Min Hyuk)". Yesasia. Retrieved 2013-02-22. 
  21. ↑ "CNBLUE/ Re:BLUE台灣獨占豪華影音限定盤 (CD+DVD) B盤" (in Chinese). G-Music. Retrieved 2012-02-25. 
  22. ↑ "씨엔블루 신곡, 티저 100만뷰-日 선 예약 1위 ‘반응 후끈’" (in Korean). 2013-01-11. Retrieved 2013-01-14. 
  23. ↑ "씨엔블루, 신곡 'I'm sorry' 음원차트 1위 '화려한 컴백'" (in Korean). Nate. 2013-01-14. Retrieved 2013-01-14. 
  24. ↑ "CNBLUE achieves an all-kill on music charts with "I’m Sorry"". 2013-01-14. Retrieved 2013-01-14. 
  25. ↑ http://cnbluestorm.com/2013/02/18/news-cnblue-continues-success-on-gaon-chart/
  26. ↑ "2013年01月14日～2013年01月20日のCDアルバム週間ランキング (Oricon's Weekly album chart for January 28th)" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 2013-01-24. 
  27. ↑ 27.0 27.1 27.2 27.3 (Korean) "Gaon Albums Chart". Gaon. Retrieved 2012-05-20. 
  28. ↑ 28.0 28.1 "CNBLUE’s ‘Re:BLUE’ reaches #1 on Billboard’s World Albums Chart". Allkpop. 2013-01-24. Retrieved 2013-02-22. 
  29. ↑ "Weekly Top 20 Combo Chart". G-Music. 2013-02-21. Retrieved 2013-02-25. 
  30. ↑ "International Chart". G-Music. 2013-02-21. Retrieved 2013-02-25. 
  31. ↑ "Taiwan continues to show love for CNBLUE’s ‘Re:Blue’". Allkpop. 2013-02-25. Retrieved 2013-03-16. 
  32. ↑ "CN Blue Takes Over the Philippines with ′I′m Sorry′". Yahoo! Philippines. 2013-03-15. Retrieved 2013-03-16. 
  33. ↑ (Korean) "Gaon Singles Chart". Gaon. Retrieved 2012-05-20. 
  34. ↑ "Korea K-Pop Hot 100 Music Chart". Billboard. 2011-09-08. Retrieved 2012-03-25. 
  35. ↑ (Korean) "씨엔블루, 대만도 난리…톱10중 6곡" (in Korean). Nate. 2013-02-15. Retrieved 2013-03-16. 
  36. ↑ 36.0 36.1 "CNBLUE’s ‘Re:BLUE’ sweeps Taiwanese music charts". Allkpop. 2013-02-21. Retrieved 2013-02-22. 
  37. ↑ "CNBLUE Mini Album Vol. 4 - Re:BLUE (Version A) (CD + A4 Folder) (Taiwan Limited Edition)". Yesasia. Retrieved 2013-02-25. 
  38. ↑ "CNBLUE Mini Album Vol. 4 - Re:BLUE (Version B) (CD + DVD) (Taiwan Limited Edition)". Yesasia. Retrieved 2013-02-22. 

External links

CNBLUE
Korean
Studio albums
  • First Step
Extended plays
Japanese
Studio albums
Extended plays
  • Now or Never
  • Voice
Singles
Tours
  • Listen to the CNBLUE Asia Tour
  • CNBLUE: Zepp Tour ~Re-maintenance~
  • Winter Tour 2011 ~Here In My Head~
  • Blue Storm Asia Tour
  • CNBLUE Japan Fanclub Tour
  • Arena Tour 2012~COME ON!!!
  • Blue Moon World Tour
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