Monster (EP)

Monster is the debut extended play by Red Velvet - Irene & Seulgi, the first sub-unit of South Korean girl group Red Velvet. It was released on July 6, 2020 by SM Entertainment, with Dreamus serving as the South Korea distributor.[1] The EP contains six tracks, including the title track of the same name and a follow-up single "Naughty".

Monster
Digital and Top Note version cover
EP by
Red Velvet - Irene & Seulgi
ReleasedJuly 6, 2020 (2020-07-06)
Recorded2020
StudioSM, Seoul, South Korea
Genre
Length19:42
Language
  • Korean
  • English
Label
Singles from Monster
  1. "Monster"
    Released: July 6, 2020
  2. "Naughty"
    Released: July 20, 2020

Background and release

On April 21, 2020, SM Entertainment confirmed that Irene and Seulgi would form Red Velvet's first sub-unit and that the duo was in preparation for their first major release in around June 2020. The release of the mini album was postponed from June 15 to July 6, 2020 on the grounds that it needed additional production on the album, in order to achieve a higher quality of music.[2] The physical release contains two different versions with a CD, a photo booklet, a lyric book and collectibles.[3]

Commercial performance

According to Hanteo, Monster sold over 80,000 copies on its first day of availability, beating Red Velvet's first day and first week album sales records of the group's sixth extended play The ReVe Festival: Day 1, which set the record at 45,080 copies for its first day, and 71,431 copies for its first week. It also became the best-selling girl group sub-unit album of all time, surpassing Twinkle (2012) by Girls' Generation-TTS.[4] The EP reached 100,000 copies sold on Hanteo in under 3 days, making it the first Red Velvet album to do so.[5] It was certified Platinum for selling over 55,000 copies on China's biggest music platform QQ Music, and Gold for selling over 5,000 copies on Kugou Music in China.[6] The EP also reached No 1 on the iTunes top album for 52 countries.[7]

The EP debuted at number five on the Billboard World Album Chart, becoming the duo's top-five entry.

Track listing

Credits adapted from Naver

Monster
No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."Monster"
  • Yaakov "Yash" Gruzman
  • Delaney Jane
  • Jenson David Aubrey Vaughan
  • Yoo Young-jin
2:58
2."Naughty" (Korean: 놀이; RR: Nori; lit. Play)
3:18
3."Diamond"
  • Kim Yeon-seo
3:16
4."Feel Good"
  • Jonatan Gusmark (Moonshine)
  • Ludvig Evers (Moonshine)
  • Tania Doko
  • Maribelle Anes
  • Moonshine
3:13
5."Jelly"
  • Park Green (Joombas)
  • ADC Music
3:12
6."Uncover" (Seulgi solo)Kim Yeon-seo
  • Joseph Hong
3:41
Total length:19:42

Notes:

  • "Naughty" in only available in the EP as a CD-only track. It was omitted from the digital release of the EP until July 20, 2020, when it was released on Korean music sites as part of the EP and as a standalone digital single in international music sites.

Charts

Weekly charts
Chart (2020) Peak position
South Korean Album (Gaon)[8] 2
US World Albums (Billboard)[9] 5


Certifications and sales
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
China — 101,073[10]
South Korea — 233,847[11]

Release history
Region Date Format Label
South Korea July 6, 2020
Various
  • Digital download
  • streaming
 SM Entertainment

References
  1. "Monster - The 1st Mini Album". Melon Music (in Korean). July 6, 2020. Retrieved July 6, 2020.
  2. Lee, Min-ji (21 April 2020). "SM 측 "레드벨벳 아이린X슬기 유닛 준비 중"(공식입장)". naver.com (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  3. "Red Velvet Irene & Seulgi - 1st Mini Album: Monster".
  4. "유닛도 강력한 레드벨벳, 하루만에 앨범 판매량 8만장 돌파+음원도 1위[차트오피스]". Naver. July 6, 2020.
  5. "Red Velvet - IRENE & SEULGI surpassed 100,000 sales on Hanteo chart". Retrieved July 8, 2020.
  6. "QQ Music Official Report". Retrieved July 8, 2020.
  7. https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/article/144/0000679987
  8. "2020년 28주차 Album Chart". gaonchart.co.kr (in Korean).
  9. "World Albums Chart". Billboard. Retrieved 2020-07-14.
  10. "Monster - The 1st Mini Album". y.saoju.net (in Chinese).
  11. "2020년 09월 Album Chart". gaonchart.co.kr (in Korean).
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.