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[+ +] (read as plus plus) is the debut extended play by South Korean girl group Loona. It was released on August 20, 2018, by Blockberry Creative and distributed by Danal Entertainment.

[+ +]
Digital and B artwork version.
EP by Loona
Released	August 20, 2018
Genre	Electropop R&B
Length	18:11 (original) 35:58 (repackage)[lower-alpha 1]
Language	Korean English
Label	Blockberry Creative Danal Entertainment Kakao M[lower-alpha 2]
Producer	Lee Jong Myung
Loona chronology
[+ +] (2018) [#] (2020)
Singles from [+ +]
"Favorite" Released: August 7, 2018 "Hi High" Released: August 20, 2018
Repackage album cover
Singles from [X X]
"Butterfly" Released: February 19, 2019

The EP was the second highest selling debut album by a girl group in 2018 with 52,823 physical copies sold. It has sold over 107,248 physical copies combined as of May 2020.

A repackaged version, [X X] (stylized as [× ×] and read as multiply multiply) was released on February 19, 2019, by Blockberry Creative and distributed by Kakao M.

Background

On October 2, 2016, Blockberry Creative announced that they would be debuting their first girl group through an 18-month long pre-debut project.[1] Between October 2016 and January 2017 members HeeJin, HyunJin, HaSeul and YeoJin were introduced.[2][3][4][5] Then, between April and July 2017, members ViVi, Kim Lip, JinSoul and Choerry were officially introduced.[6][7][8][9] Finally, between November 2017 and March 2018, members Yves, Chuu, Go Won and Olivia Hye were officially introduced.[10][11][12]

On August 15, Blockberry published the official tracklist for the album and set the release date to August 20, 2018, 6 P.M. KST.[13]

Repackaging release

Blockberry Creative released a 26-second teaser titled "X X" on October 14, 2018 on Loona's official YouTube channel, which featured events from the "Hi High" music video in reverse.[14] Another teaser was released on January 1, 2019, following more teasers released once every week of January.

A repackaged version of the album named X X was released on February 19, 2019, with "Butterfly" as the lead promotional single along with five other tracks added to the original track list.[15] It was distributed by Kakao M in both digital and physical formats.[16]

Singles

"favOriTe" was released as a pre-debut single on August 7.[17]

"Hi High" was released as the lead single in conjunction with the EP on August 20. On August 17, a music video teaser was released.[18]

"Butterfly" was released as the lead single for the repackaged version of the EP on February 19, 2019.[19]

Commercial performance

[+ +] debuted at number 2 on the Gaon Album Chart, at number 4 on the US World Albums and US Heatseekers Albums and at number 20 on the US Independent Albums.

The EP was the 6th best-selling album of August 2018, with 41,583 physical copies sold.[20] On September, the EP sold 5,903 additional copies for a total of 47,486 copies sold.[21] On October 15, it was reported that the album was the best-selling album by a girl group that debuted in 2018, after surpassing 50,000 copies sold.[22] The album sold 52,823 physical copies in 2018, being the second best-selling album by a girl group that debuted in 2018 after Iz One's Color*Iz, 15th best-selling album by a girl group and 80th best-selling album overall in 2018.[23]

Repackage performance

[X X] debuted at number 4 on the US World Albums Chart with 2,000 downloads sold and 721,000 on-demand audio streams for its songs.[24][25] It also debuted at number 8 on US Heatseekers Albums and at number 22 on the US Independent Albums.[26][27] The EP also debuted at number 10 on the Gaon Album Chart and peaked at number 3 in its second week.[28][29]

The EP was the 9th best-selling album of February 2019, with 26,563 physical copies sold.[30] It was also the 17th best-selling album of March 2019, with 15,874 additional copies sold.[31] It also charted at number 61 for the month of April 2019 with 2,837 additional copies sold, for a total of 45,274 copies sold.[32]

Track listing

[+ +]

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Arrangement	Length
1.	"+ +"		Hwang Hyun NOPARI GDLO (MonoTree) Artronic Waves Billie Jean (BADD) SlyBerry (BADD)	Hwang Hyun (MonoTree)	0:58
2.	"Hi High"	Jaden Jeong GDLO Hwang Hyun (MonoTree)	Hwang Hyun GDLO (MonoTree) Mayu Wakusaka	Hwang Hyun GDLO (MonoTree)	3:16
3.	"Favorite"	Kim Su-jung Jaden Jeong	Billie Jean (BADD) Sophia Pae SlyBerry Kim Jin-hyeong (BADD)	Billie Jean (BADD) SlyBerry Kim Jin-hyeong (BADD)	3:14
4.	"열기 (9)"	Seo Jung-Ah	Brooke Toia Daniel Caesar Ludwig Lindell Adelen Steen	Brooke Toia Daniel Caesar Ludwig Lindell Adelen Steen	3:30
5.	"Perfect Love"	Le'mon	Yun Jong Sung (MonoTree) Le'mon	Yun Jong Sung (MonoTree)	3:42
6.	"Stylish"	Iggy (OREO) Lambo (OREO)	Mike Macdermid Emma O'Gorman Marc Lian David Brant Iggy (OREO)		3:29
Total length:					18:09

[X X]

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Arrangement	Length
1.	"X X"		Kim Jinhyeong (BADD) SlyBerry (BADD) Billie Jean (BADD)	Kim Jinhyeong (BADD) SlyBerry (BADD) Billie Jean (BADD)	0:48
2.	"Butterfly"	G-high (MonoTree) Jaden Jeong	G-high (MonoTree)	G-high (MonoTree)	3:57
3.	"Satellite (위성)"	ZNEE (153/Joombas) Jaden Jeong	David Amber Ashley Alisha (153/Joombas)	David Amber	3:09
4.	"Curiosity"	Park Jiyeon (MonoTree)	G-high (MonoTree) Ashley Alisha (153/Joombas)	G-high (MonoTree)	3:09
5.	"Colors (색깔)"	Dally Jaden Jeong	Billie Jean (BADD) Hiekee Kim Jinhyeong (BADD)	Billie Jean	3:15
6.	"Where You At"	Park Jiyeon (MonoTree)	Daniel Kim Mekay Ylva Dimberg	Daniel Kim	3:27
7.	"Stylish"	Iggy (OREO) Lambo (OREO)	Mike Macdermid Emma O'Gorman Marc Lian David Brant Iggy (OREO)		3:29
8.	"Perfect Love"	Le'mon	Yun Jong Sung (MonoTree) Le'mon	Yun Jong Sung (MonoTree)	3:42
9.	"열기 (Heat)"	Seo Jung-Ah	Brooke Toia Daniel Caesar Ludwig Lindell Adelen Steen	Brooke Toia Daniel Caesar Ludwig Lindell Adelen Steen	3:30
10.	"favOriTe"	Kim Su-jung Jaden Jeong	Billie Jean (BADD) Sophia Pae SlyBerry Kim Jin-hyeong (BADD)	Billie Jean (BADD) SlyBerry Kim Jin-hyeong (BADD)	3:14
11.	"Hi High"	Jaden Jeong GDLO Hwang Hyun (MonoTree)	Hwang Hyun GDLO (MonoTree) Mayu Wakusaka	Hwang Hyun GDLO (MonoTree)	3:16
12.	"+ +"		Hwang Hyun NOPARI GDLO (MonoTree) Artronic Waves Billie Jean (BADD) SlyBerry (BADD)	Hwang Hyun (MonoTree)	0:58
Total length:					35:59

Charts

[+ +]

Chart (2018)	Peak position
French Digital Albums (SNEP)[33]	120
South Korean Albums (Gaon)[34]	2
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[35]	4
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[36]	20
US World Albums (Billboard)[37]	4

[X X]

Chart (2018)	Peak position
French Digital Albums (SNEP)[38]	55
South Korean Albums (Gaon)[39]	3
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[40]	8
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[41]	22
US World Albums (Billboard)[42]	4

Certifications and sales

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Japan	—	1,671^^
South Korea	—	61,466[43]
United States	—	1,000[44]
^^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Accolades

Year-end lists

Albums	Publication	Accolade	Rank	Ref.
[+ +]	Billboard	20 Best K-pop Albums of 2018	17	[45]
[X X]		The 25 Best K-pop Albums of 2019	5	[46]

Notes

1. to repackage edition
2. to repackaged edition

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