Beautiful (Shinee song)

"Beautiful"
Song by Shinee from the album Chapter 1. Dream Girl – The Misconceptions of You
Released February 19, 2013
Format Digital download
Recorded S.M. Studios in Seoul
Genre Electropop
Length 03:10
Label S.M. Entertainment
Writer Cha Yong-un, Choi Minho
Producer Teddy Riley, Andrew Choi, Richard Garcia, Cha Yong-un
Chapter 1. Dream Girl – The Misconceptions of You track listing
  1. "Spoiler"
  2. "Dream Girl"
  3. "Hitchhiking"
  4. "Punch Drunk Love"
  5. "Girls, Girls, Girls"
  6. "Aside"
  7. "Beautiful"
  8. "Dynamite"
  9. "Runaway"
  10. "Selene 6.23" (repackage only)

"Beautiful" (Korean: "아름다워") is a song performed by South Korean boy group Shinee. It was included as a track in their third Korean studio album Chapter 1. Dream Girl – The Misconceptions of You, released on February 19, 2013. The song was also chosen as one of the three promotional singles from the album, other two being "Aside" and the title track "Dream Girl".

Production

"Beautiful" was written and produced by a team of composers that included Andrew Choi, Richard Garcia, Cha Yong-un, as well as Teddy Riley, who had established ties with S.M. Entertainment after producing Girls' Generation's "The Boys" and Exo's "What Is Love" among many other songs. The lyrics were penned by Cha Yong-un along with Shinee's resident rapper Choi Minho who also provided the lyrics for rap parts of five other songs in the album. The accompanying choreography of "Beautiful" was handled by American choreographer, Tony Testa.

Reception

As part of his album review, Billboard K-pop columnist Jeff Benjamin wrote "tracks like "Beautiful" ... combine unique electronic production elements over sugary boy band harmonies to create year-round pop music".[1]

Promotion

Shinee's first performance of "Beautiful" was on their 'Dream Girl' comeback showcase that was streamed live through Naver music on February 23, 2013.[2] The song was later performed along with "Dream Girl" on various music and variety shows including Music Bank, Inkigayo, Music Core, M! Countdown and Show Champion.

Chart performance

Chart Peak
position [3]
Gaon Weekly singles [3] 32
K-Pop Billboard Weekly singles [4] 54

References

  1. ↑ Jeff Benjamin and Jessica Oak (June 7, 2013). "SHINee on 'Dream Girl,' MJ Comparisons and K-Pop Globalization: Exclusive".
  2. ↑ "SHINee's 'Dream Girl' comeback showcase footage released". Seoul: allkpop. February 23, 2013. Retrieved June 7, 2013.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 ":: Digital Ranking Aggregate (18/03/2012 -24/03/2012) ::" (in Korean). Gaon Chart. Retrieved 2013-06-05.
  4. ↑ "Korea K-Pop Hot 100 Music Chart". Billboard. 2013-02-28. Retrieved 2013-06-05.

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