Missing You (2NE1 song)

"Missing You" (Korean: 그리워해요; RR: Geuriwohaeyo) is a song by South Korean girl group 2NE1. The song was digitally released simultaneously with its music video on November 21, 2013. The song was produced and written by long-time YG Entertainment producer and collaborator Teddy Park. The single debuted at number 1 on the Gaon Digital Chart and sold over 1 million digital units.

"Missing You"
Single by 2NE1
ReleasedNovember 21, 2013
Recorded2013
Genre
Length3:39
LabelYG Entertainment
Songwriter(s)Teddy Park
Producer(s)Teddy Park
2NE1 singles chronology
"Do You Love Me"
(2013)		 "Missing You"
(2013)		 "Come Back Home"
(2014)

A Japanese version of "Missing You" was included in the group's Japanese edition of their second Korean studio album Crush, which was released on June 25, 2014. The track was also featured in the 2NE1 Best Collection -Korea Edition- compilation album, which was released by YGEX in December of the same year.

Background

Beginning on November 18, YG Entertainment began releasing individual teasers featuring each member singing a snippet from the track, leading up to its release on November 21. The day before the release, Yang Hyun-suk was quoted stating the single brought his wife to tears when she first heard it. Dara spoke about the song, saying, "I cried so much during the recording that I used up a box of Kleenex by myself." Bom commented, "It is a song through which you can hear the emotions that come from our hearts very well."[1]

Music video

The music video was released on November 21 at midnight KST. It received more than 3 million views in a day.[2] The members are depicted individually reminiscing over their previous relationships in solitary while navigating through a somber neutral-colored storage room-like setting, where at one point member CL is shown to be nude while recollecting her deep emotions. The members are shown to be united in the sense they share common sentiments of heartbreak. Regarding CL's nude scene, Billboard states "the video's talking point is undoubtedly when CL goes nude for a daring naked scene during the second chorus. The rapper/singer wistfully sits in a room of deteriorating cement, covering herself with only her arms and legs."[3][4]

Promotion

Promotions for the single debuted with 2NE1's performance at the 2013 Mnet Asian Music Awards in Hong Kong, which followed a remix of the group's 2011 track "Lonely".[5] On November 24, 2NE1 began promoting the song on M! Countdown, Show! Music Core and Inkigayo, and received five first place awards. Music show promotions for the single concluded on SBS Inkigayo on December 22.[6]

Reception

The song received positive reviews from music critics. Jeff Benjamin of Billboard praised the song's musical styles—where he wrote, "While slow and tender at its core, the experimental track incorporates unexpected electronic flourishes and alien-like harmonies before its soaring guitar line brilliantly evolves into a pounding piano chords for the ladies to belt over."[7] Pitchfork included "Missing You" in their list of 20 Essential K-pop Songs in August 2014, praising its musicality and the group's vocal delivery and referred to it as "one of the most vocally rich and structurally distinctive singles Korea’s ever produced".[8]

The music video also received attention from press regarding CL's nude scene. Billboard referred the scene as a more sophisticated version of Miley Cyrus' "Wrecking Ball" music video, which was released just a couple months prior and also widely notable for unprecedented nudity.[4]

"Missing You" was an commercial success, immediately topping the majority of South Korean daily charts and achieved an all-kill.[9] The track also debuted #1 on iTunes charts of Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan, and Vietnam. The song went on to sell 1,100,000 digital units, making it 2NE1's most commercially successful single of 2013.[10]

Accolades
Awards
Year Organization Award Result Ref.
2014 Golden Disc Awards Digital Bonsang Won [11]
Music program wins
Program Date
Mnet's M! Countdown November 28, 2013
December 5, 2013
MBC's Show! Music Core November 30, 2013
SBS's Inkigayo December 1, 2013
December 8, 2013

Track listing
  • Digital download / streaming
  1. "그리워해요 (Missing You)" – 3:39

Chart performance
Chart (2014) Peak
position
South Korea (Gaon)[12] 1
South Korea (K-pop Hot 100)[4] 2
US World Digital Song Sales (Billboard)[13] 2

Sales
Country Sales
South Korea (digital)[10] 1,100,000

Release history
Release dates and formats
Region Date Format Label Ref.
Various November 21, 2013
  • YG Entertainment
 [14]

References
  1. "Yang Hyun Suk reveals 2NE1's 'Missing You' brought his wife to tears". Allkpop. November 19, 2013.
  2. Park, Soo-jung. "2NE1, '그리워해요' 일간차트 1위 석권" (in Korean). Nate.
  3. "2NE1 Get Emo and Naked in "Missing You" Video". Fuse. November 22, 2013.
  4. "2NE1 Gets Sentimental, CL Gets Naked in 'Missing You': Watch". Billboard. November 20, 2013.
  5. Sun, Mi-kyung. "'MAMA' 2NE1, '그리워해요' 첫 공개…감성 충만했다" (in Korean). Nate.
  6. Heo, Seol-hee (December 22, 2013). "'인기가요' 2NE1, '그리워해요' 마지막 무대 고급 그 자체" (in Korean). Nate.
  7. Benjamin, Jeff (January 24, 2017). "Every 2NE1 Single Ranked From Worst to Best: Critic's Take". Billboard.
  8. Dorof, Jakob (August 7, 2014). "20 Essential K-Pop Songs - Page 2". Pitchfork.
  9. "2NE1's 'Missing You' debuts #1 on 9 music chart". sg.style.yahoo.com. November 22, 2013.
  10. "국내 대표 음악 차트 가온차트!". Gaon Music Chart. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
  11. "Golden Disc Awards History". www.goldendisc.co.kr. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
  12. "Digital Chart – Week 48 of 2013" (in Korean). Gaon Music Chart. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
  13. "World Digital Songs: 2NE1". Billboard. February 1, 2017.
  14. "Missing You - Single by 2NE1". Apple Music. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
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