First Love (Lee Hi album)

First Love
Studio album by Lee Hi
Released March 7, 2013
(see release history)
Recorded 2012-2013
Genre K-pop, jazz, R&B
Length 37:35
Language Korean
Label YG Entertainment, KMP Holdings
Producer Yang Hyun-suk
Singles from First Love
  1. "1,2,3,4"
    Released: October 29, 2012
  2. "Scarecrow"
    Released: November 22, 2012
  3. "It's Over"
    Released: March 7, 2013
  4. "Rose"
    Released: March 28, 2013

First Love[1][2] is the debut studio album by former K-Pop Star contestant Lee Hi. Before release, her agency, YG Entertainment, stated that Lee Hi would take on genres like jazz and rhythm and blues that are rarely heard in the K-pop industry.[3]

Background and release

Lee Hi's first teaser picture was released on February 25, 2013. It depicted Lee Hi with three questions floating around her, "March 1st?", "March 7th?", and "March 21st?" Given that her comeback had been delayed multiple times before this picture led fans to believe it had been delayed once again.[4] The second teaser was released on February 26, 2013 and created similar confusion, depicting Lee Hi posing with the questions "Mini?", "Single?" and "Album?" floating above her head.[5]

On March 1st 2013, Lee Hi's official YouTube channel pre-released "Turn It Up", the intro to her upcoming full-length album. This revealed the "March 1st?" question on her second teaser.[6] It was announced that March 7th would see the digital release of a preview mini-album featuring the first five songs off of First Love.[7] From this release she promoted "It's Over" as a title track, winning her first Inkigayo mutizen on March 24th with the song.[8] The full album was originally scheduled for release on March 21st but was later delayed to March 28th.[9] "Rose" served as the title track of the album's physical release, reaching the summit of Gaon's national singles chart.

Track listing

The track listing and credits were revealed by YG Entertainment.[10]

No. TitleLyricsMusic Length
1. "Turn It Up" (Intro)TabloKush, Lydia Paek 1:47
2. "Special" (featuring Jennie Kim Of YG New Artist)TabloChoice37, Lydia Paek 3:56
3. "It's Over"  Masta WuRobin, Lydia Paek 3:54
4. "짝사랑" (Jjaksarang; One-Sided Love)Sunwoo JungahSunwoo Jungah 3:54
5. "Dream"  REALMEEEREALMEEE 4:49
6. "Rose"  TeddyTeddy, Song Baek Kyung 3:42
7. "바보" (Babo; Fool for Love)TabloQ, Lydia Paek 4:05
8. "Because"  REALMEEEREALMEEE 4:18
9. "내가 이상해" (Naega Isanghae; Am I Strange)Sunwoo JungahSunwoo Jungah 3:36
10. "1, 2, 3, 4" (Bonus track)Masta WuChoice37, Lydia Paek 3:34
11. "허수아비" (Scarecrow; Hidden track)Park Jin-youngPark Jin-young 4:23
Total length:
 37:35

Chart performance

It's Over[11][12]

Singles Chart Peak position
Billboard Korea 4
Gaon 3

Rose

Singles Chart Peak position
Billboard Korea 1
Gaon 1

Other Charted Songs

Song Peak position
KOR KOR
Gaon Chart[13] K-Pop Billboard[14]
"Special" 21 16
"One-Sided Love" 23 21
"Dream" 44 35
"Turn It Up" (Intro) 64 -
"내가 이상해" (Am I Strange) 101 85
"Because" 79 56
"바보" (Fool) 62 43

Release history

Region Date Format(s) Label
South Korea March 7, 2013 Digital Download (EP - Part 1) YG Entertainment
Worldwide
South Korea March 28, 2013 Digital Download (EP - Part 2)
Worldwide
South Korea April 2, 2013 CD (Full album)
Taiwan May 10, 2013
  • CD
  • CD+DVD
 Warner Music Taiwan

References