Destiny (Infinite album)

"Destiny"
Single by Infinite
Released July 16, 2013
(see release history)
Format digital download, CD
Recorded 2013
Genre K-pop, Dance-pop, EDM
Length 15:39
Label Woollim Entertainment
Singles from Destiny
  1. "Destiny"
    Released: July 16, 2013

Destiny is the second single album of South Korean boy band Infinite. It was released on July 16, 2013 in both digital and physical format with the song of the same title "Destiny" as the promotional track.[1]

Background

After their successful promotion in March with their fourth EP New Challenge, it was reported that the group is preparing for a comeback mid-July of the same year.

On May 22, 2013 the members headed over to Universal Studios in California to film their next music video. They had the honor of being the first K-pop group to obtain permission to film where Hollywood movies such as 'Transformers' and 'The Amazing Spiderman' were filmed. Previously, access was restricted to popular stars such as Lady Gaga and Chris Brown. Woollim Entertainment stated that, "They're filming a new MV that's on the scale of Hollywood blockbusters. A total investment of 1,000,000,000 KRW (approximately $890,000 USD) went into this new MV. They'll be filming not just at Universal Studios but also 4-5 other locations across Los Angeles."[2]

On July 1, 2013 Infinite’s official website replaced its Man in Love theme with a new design. The front page had been replaced over by a splash header, featuring a brand-new logo and the words, "Destiny". The redesigned logo retained the signature figure-eight with a new chrome colouring.[3]

With Infinite members signalling a return with darker concept for Destiny, on midnight of July 2, Infinite released the teaser for Destiny, showing a barren and deserted land containing only ruins of aeroplanes and the members of the band, roaming in an apparently abandoned city.[4] A week later, on July 9, Woollim Entertainment updated its website with new photos of the Infinite members, with the members dressed in the new leather outfits for the upcoming promotions..[5]

The following day with the coming release of the single, Infinite unveiled the track list for Destiny on its official site on July 10. The four songs were announced to be 'Destiny, Inception, 너에게 간다 (Going to You) and 엄마 (Mother).[6] The group revealed a short teaser on July 11, taking fans to the set of Universal Studios in Los Angeles, where the group filmed the music video for Destiny. In the promotional video, the staff members praised Infinite and the quality level of the music video to come. [7]

Through a preview video released on July 12, Infinite fans were able to listen to previews of the four tracks included in the new album.[8]

July 16, 2013 marked the release of the album alongside the music video for Destiny. The video was marked ver. B as there is a yet to be officially released "Ver.A". [9] The music video is directed by Hong Won-Ki of Zany Bros.[10]

On the same day, behind the scenes video for Destiny was released. Following the film shoot, the group took a road trip up to Las Vegas for a magazine photo shoot.[11]

On July 19, 2013 Woollim Entertainment confirmed that there is Version A of the Destiny Music video. Woollim Entertainment explained that the version released was actually an edited version of the original. The video was edited after the unfortunate Asiana Airlines Flight 214 crash in order to show respect for the victims of the event. Thus, all the plane scenes that were included in the MV had been cut out.The agency commented, "We are currently discussing our plans about whether to release. We are discussing towards the direction of releasing it, but the exact time period has not yet been decided.[12]

Composition

The title track Destiny is written and produced by Rphabet. It takes inspiration from a lot of the complex-electro house music made popular a couple years ago. It marked the first time that the group has worked with them, a change from the previous producer Sweetune, who returned to work on their following single Request.

Woolim Entertainment also stated, "The mastering for Infinite's album was done by Tom Coyne, who as worked with Beyonce, Chris Brown and Adele.[10]

Promotion

Infinite returned with title song Destiny and Inception in the 2013 Mnet 20's Choice Awards on July 18. With a strong fan response, Infinite went on to win the Best Global Touring Artist Award later in the night.

The group continued promoting the song on other music broadcast shows, M! Countdown on Korean cable channel M.net, Music Bank on KBS, Music Core on MBC, Inkigayo on SBS and Show Champion on MBC Music.

While the group will performed the title song "Destiny" on all stages, a second song from the single was added to each. The additional song differed for each broadcast station. Woollim Entertainment stated, “After receiving interest and love in the other songs besides the main track, we are planning on showcasing Inception, Going To You, and Mom.”.[13]

During the comeback week of promotions Infinite performed 'Mother' in Music Bank on July 19, 'Going To You' in Music Core on July 20 and 'Inception' in Inkigayo on July 21 and in Show Champion on July 24.

Track listing

Official tracklist
No. TitleLyricsMusic Length
1. "Destiny"  RphabetRphabet 3:53
2. "Inception"  Shim Eun Ji, Kim Ji SeonShim Eun Ji 3:31
3. "너에게 간다" (Going To You)Ha Jeong Ho, STORYTELLERHa Jeong Ho, STORYTELLER 3:32
4. "엄마" (Mother)Shim Eun JiShim Eun Ji 4:43
Total length:
 15:39

Chart Performance

At release on July 16, the title track, Destiny successfully achieved an ‘all-kill’, sweeping the top spot on all the main music charts where it reached #1 on Mnet, Daum, Melon, Soribada, Bugs, Olleh Music, Naver Music, Monkey3 and Cyworld, [14][15]

It also ranked 7th in the Instiz Chart Singles ranking for the third week of July (July 15–22, 2013) with 13,466 points,[16] and 8th on the succeeding week (July 23–28, 2013) with 10,956 points.[17]

Their physical album sales also met immediate success on the day of its release, when it managed to grab first place on the HANTEO chart, both real-time and daily.[18] With the 47,030 units sold for one week, they were able to rank in the top spot of the weekly chart for the third week of July (July 15–22, 2013).[19] Even with competition with other artists (such as Beast), Infinite managed to rank first in the succeeding week (July 23–29, 2013) bringing them on top for two consecutive weeks. Furthermore, this feat made placed at the top of the monthly chart for July (July 1-31, 2013) beating Beast, Xia (of JYJ), MYNAME and EXO.

Album Chart

Chart Peak
position		 Period Covered
Gaon Weekly Album Chart[20] 1 (#1) July 14–20
Gaon Weekly Domestic Album Chart[20] 1 (#1) July 14–20
Gaon Monthly Album Chart[20] 1 (#1) July 1-31

Single Chart

Song Peak position
KOR KOR
Gaon Chart[20] K-Pop

Billboard 100[21]

"Destiny" 3 3[22]

Other Songs Charted

Song Peak chart position
KOR KOR
Gaon Chart[20] K-Pop

Billboard[21]

"Inception" 34 53
"Going To You" 37 63
"Mother" 46 84

Music Shows Weekly Charts

The following is a list of Infinite wins for the song Destiny on Korea's televised music broadcast shows. Show Champion is aired on MBC Music every Wednesday, M! Countdown is on Korean cable channel M.net every Thursday, Music Bank on KBS every Friday, Music Core on MBC every Saturday and Inkigayo on SBS every Sunday.

Show Date
M! Countdown 1st 2013.07.25 [7,532 points]
Music Core1st 2013.07.27 [9,770 points]
Inkigayo1st 2013.07.28 [9,771 points]
Show Champion1st 2013.07.31

Sales

Legend: Peak Position

Physical Sales

Album Chart Period Covered Weekly Rank Amount Monthly Rank Yearly Rank
Destiny Gaon Physical Album Chart[23] July 2013 July 14–20 1st 158,462 units 1st 11th
July 21–27 2nd
July 28-Aug 3 26th
Aug 2013 Aug 4–31 - 1,422 units 68th
Sept 2013 Sept 1–30 - 873 units 75th
Oct-Dec 2013 Oct 1-Dec 31 - 1,525 units 47th
Total (As of Date) 163,379 units

Digital Sales

Song Chart Period Covered Amount Weekly Rank Amount Monthly Rank
Destiny Gaon Digital Singles Chart[24] July 2013 July 14–20 15,917,015 points 3rd 30,280,967 points 18th
July 21–27 11,376,308 points 4th
July 28-Aug 3 5,228,273 points 12th
Aug 2013 Aug 4–31 - - 11,348,315 points 32nd
Sept 2013 Sept 1–30 - - 3,698,982 points 116th
Gaon Online Chart Streams July 2013 July 14–20 1,553,312 streams 15th 4,377,132 streams 32nd
July 21–27 1,886,241 streams 12th
July 28-Aug 3 1,640,725 streams 14th
Aug 2013 Aug 4–31 - - 5,295,058 streams 20th
Sept 2013 Sept 1–30 - - 2,336,105 points 89th
Gaon Online Downloads July 2013 July 14–20 778,251 downloads 4th 1,370,690 downloads 11th
July 21–27 415,772 downloads 11th
July 28-Aug 3 309,102 downloads 18th
Aug 2013 Aug 4–31 - - 147,340 downloads 37th
Sept 2013 Sept 1–30 - - 54,905 downloads 128th
Gaon BGM Chart July 2013 July 14–20 N/A 1st N/A 9th
July 21–27 N/A 4th
July 28-Aug 3 N/A 14th
Aug 2013 Aug 4–31 - - N/A 32nd
Gaon Mobile Ringtone Chart July 2013 July 14–20 N/A 10th N/A 126th
July 21–27 N/A 22nd
July 28-Aug 3 N/A 15th
Aug 2013 Aug 4–31 - - N/A 41st
Gaon Social Chart July 2013 July 14–20 74,053 points 1st - -
July 21–27 79,500 points 2nd
July 28-Aug 3 49,555 points 3rd
Aug 2013 Aug 4–10 62,799 points 3rd
Aug 11–17 63,186 points 4th
Aug 18–24 61,012 points 3rd
Sept 2013 Sept 1–7 47,936 points 4th
Sept 8–14 60,492 points 5th
Sept 15–21 49,885 points 6th
Sept 22–28 60,764 points 6th
Oct 2013 Sept 29–Oct 5 47,612 points 9th
Oct 6–Oct 12 48,912 points 4th
Oct 13–Oct 19 52,428 points 6th
Song Chart Period Covered Amount Weekly Rank Amount Monthly Rank
Inception Gaon Digital Singles Chart[24] July 2013 July 14–20 4,184,974 points 34th 6,998,994 points 97th
July 21–27 2,284,382 points 56th
July 28-Aug 3 926,773 points 102nd
Gaon Online Chart Streams July 2013 July 14–20 388,092 streams 101st 1,021,168 streams 145th
July 21–27 431,470 streams 97th
July 28-Aug 3 352,769 streams 110th
Aug 2013 Aug 4–10 181,784 streams 164th - -
Gaon Online Downloads July 2013 July 14–20 219,307 downloads 25th 319,351 downloads 83rd
July 21–27 77,632 downloads 62nd
July 28-Aug 3 39,169 downloads 120th
Gaon BGM Chart July 2013 July 14–20 N/A 10th N/A 30th
July 21–27 N/A 32nd
July 28-Aug 3 N/A 46th
Song Chart Period Covered Amount Weekly Rank Amount Monthly Rank
Going To You Gaon Digital Singles Chart[24] July 2013 July 14–20 3,849,979 points 37th 6,138,893 points 111th
July 21–27 1,912,385 points 70th
July 28-Aug 3 658,854 points 123rd
Gaon Online Chart Streams July 2013 July 14–20 338,966 streams 115th 848,328 streams 163rd
July 21–27 359,946 streams 106th
July 28-Aug 3 261,445 streams 128th
Gaon Online Downloads July 2013 July 14–20 204,587 downloads 32nd 286,966 downloads 88th
July 21–27 65,757 downloads 68th
July 28-Aug 3 29,047 downloads 144th
Gaon BGM Chart July 2013 July 14–20 N/A 12th N/A 42nd
July 21–27 N/A 100th
Song Chart Period Covered Amount Weekly Rank Amount Monthly Rank
Mother Gaon Digital Singles Chart[24] July 2013 July 14–20 3,153,084 points 46th 4,905,918 points 129th
July 21–27 1,494,910 points 91st
July 28-Aug 3 451,295 points 161st
Gaon Online Chart Streams July 2013 July 14–20 271,938 streams 128th - -
July 21–27 263,466 streams 122nd
July 28-Aug 3 157,124 streams 183rd
Gaon Online Downloads July 2013 July 14–20 160,782 downloads 38th 210,130 downloads 121st
July 21–27 40,530 downloads 107th
Gaon BGM Chart July 2013 July 14–20 N/A 16th N/A 62nd

Release History

Country Date Format Label
South Korea July 16, 2013 Digital download Woollim Entertainment
LOEN Entertainment
July 16, 2013 CD

References

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  2. ↑ same-set-of-transformers-at-universal-studios "INFINITE filming their next MV on the same set of 'Transformers' at Universal Studios". allkpop. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
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