The 1st Mini Album (Strawberry Milk EP)

The 1st Mini Album
EP by Crayon Pop – Strawberry Milk
Released October 15, 2014
(see release history)
Recorded August–September 2014
Genre K-pop
Length 29:44
Language Korean
Label
Singles from The 1st Mini Album
  1. "OK"
    Released: October 15, 2014

The 1st Mini Album is the debut mini album by Crayon Pop sub-unit Strawberry Milk, composed of identical twins Choa and Way. It was released on October 15, 2014 by Chrome Entertainment and Sony Music.

Song background

"OK" was described as an "unplugged dance number with rock sounds".[1] In the lyrics, a girl describes how the man she is in love with is her ideal type—perfect and "okay" in every way. The song was written by Crazy Park (Park Hyun Joong) of the agency Crazy Sound, in collaboration with Shinto and Peter Pan.[2] These songwriters had previously written songs such as "Oppa, You're Mine" and "Oh My God". Choa and Way also took part in the song's production, including concept, costumes, and choreography.[3]

"Let Me Know" is a ballad written by Way, who had previously written songs as a member of indie band N.Dolphin, and the lyrics are based on her and Choa's struggle to become singers.[4] At Strawberry Milk's debut press showcase, Way said, "It was my dream to become a singer since I was young. As I was preparing to become a singer, whenever I experienced hardship, I always prayed to let me know if this is the right path for me. The lyrics are about those prayers."[5]

Music videos

The music video for "OK", released on October 15, was directed by Lee Gi Baek. It received one million views on YouTube in less than five days, and ranked high on China's YinYueTai V Chart.[6][7] The beginning of the music video depicts Choa and Way transforming into Tetris characters and falling into a pink room. In other scenes of the video they are dressed as strawberries or strawberry milk, with over-sized forks or straws on their backs. G.Low of K-Much played the "OK" man in the music video.[8] On 18 October, a choreography music video for "OK" was released. This video was filmed at a farm, and the twins danced in front of a strawberry greenhouse.

Track listing

Tracklist
No. TitleLyricsMusic Length
1. "OK"  
  • Crazy Park
  • Peter Pan
  • Shinto
  • Crazy Park
  • Peter Pan
  • Shinto
  • Crazy Girl
 3:50
2. "Feel So Good"  Eun Jong TaeEun Jong Tae 3:09
3. "Hello"  
  • Lee Seung Min
  • Eun Jong Tae
Eun Jong Tae 3:43
4. "Let Me Know" (알려주세요; Allyeo Juseyo)Heo Min-seon (Way)Heo Min-seon (Way) 4:10
5. "OK (Inst.)"   
  • Crazy Park
  • Peter Pan
  • Shinto
  • Crazy Girl
 3:50
6. "Feel So Good (Inst.)"   Eun Jong Tae 3:09
7. "Hello (Inst.)"   Eun Jong Tae 3:43
8. "Let Me Know (Inst.)"   Heo Min-seon (Way) 4:10
Total length:
 29:44

Credits and personnel

These credits were adapted from the album liner notes.[9]

  • Hwang Hyun-chang – executive producer, photographer
  • Lee Seong-yeon – co-producer
  • Chrome Entertainment – producing and marketing
  • Eun Jong-tae – music producer, songwriter
  • Crazy Park, Shinto, Crazy Girl – songwriters
  • Way (Heo Min-seon) – songwriter, chorus ("OK", "Let Me Know")
  • No Gyeong-hwan – guitar ("OK")
  • No Min-hyeok – guitar ("OK", "Let Me Know")
  • Kim Seong-yu – drum ("OK")
  • Mindeulle – bass ("OK")
  • Choa (Heo Min-jin) – chorus ("OK", "Let Me Know")
  • Yu Su-mi – chorus ("OK")
  • Kim Nam-gyeong – chorus ("Hello")
  • Yu Hwan-hui – chorus ("Feel So Good")
  • Park Eun-jeong at Chrome Studio – recording engineer
  • Peter Pan at Krazy Studio – recording engineer
  • Min Seong-hwan at Hub Studio – mix engineer
  • Kim Seok-min at YMC & Eyaki Studio – mix engineer
  • Jeon-hun (a.k.a. Big Boom) at Sonic Korea – mastering engineer
  • Ryu Song-hwa, Lee Go-eun, Kim Eun-ji, Kim Han-min – Chrome art team
  • Lee Jae-seok (a.k.a. Allcheng) – illustrator
  • Lee Gyeong-seop at B cut Studio – photographer

Charts

Country Chart Peak
position
South Korea Gaon Album Chart (weekly) 8
Gaon Album Chart (monthly)[10] 21

Sales

Title Chart Sales
The 1st Mini Album Gaon physical sales[10] 4,995+
"OK" Gaon digital sales[11] 24,630+

Release history

Country Date Format Label
South Korea October 15, 2014 Digital download Chrome Entertainment,
Sony Music
October 16, 2014 CD
Worldwide Digital download

References

  1. ↑ Kim Dong-Joo (2 October 2014). "Crayon Pop's 1st unit group, Strawberry Milk, release their 1st teaser image". Star News. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
  2. ↑ "Crayon Pop to comeback as sub-unit "Strawberry Milk"". KBS News. 20 October 2014. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
  3. ↑ Jackson, Julie (30 September 2014). "Crayon Pop unit group to debut ‘Break Out’ EP". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
  4. ↑ "Strawberry Milk to Make Unit Group Debut with 'Ok' in October". Mnet America. 30 September 2014. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
  5. ↑ Chung, Esther (16 October 2014). "Strawberry Milk Way, "My Song 'Please Let Me Know' Were My Prayers When I Was Going Through Hardship"". KpopStarz. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
  6. ↑ Hong, Grace Danbi (October 10, 2014). "Strawberry Milk is Bouncy, Bubbly, and Sweet for 'OK' MV Teaser". CJ E&M enewsWorld (CJ E&M). Retrieved October 10, 2014.
  7. ↑ Kim Dong-Joo. "Strawberry Milk's new music video getting explosive reactions from all over the world". StarN News. Retrieved February 27, 2015.
  8. ↑ Hong, Grace Danbi (November 4, 2014). "Strawberry Milk Reveals that OK Man in MV is a K-Much Member". enewsWorld. Retrieved February 27, 2015.
  9. ↑ The 1st Mini Album (booklet). Strawberry Milk. Chrome Entertainment. 2014.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 "2014년 10월 Album Chart". Gaon Chart (in Korean). Korea Music Content Industry Association. Retrieved November 5, 2014.
  11. ↑ "2014년 43주차 Download Chart". Gaon Chart (in Korean). Korea Music Content Industry Association. Retrieved October 22, 2014.

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