Pink Blossom

Pink Blossom is the fourth mini-album by South Korean girl group Apink, released on March 31, 2014. Group leader, Chorong, wrote two songs for the album. The music video for title track "Mr. Chu", composed by Duble Sidekick, was released on March 31 along with the album.[1] The song peaked at number 2 on Billboard's K-Pop Hot 100.[2] Apink won six music show trophies for "Mr. Chu"[3] and the song was the eighth best selling digital song in 2014, according to Gaon's year-end chart.[4] They released the music video for "Crystal" on June 14.[5] Pink Blossom was the second best selling album of the week of its release on the Gaon Weekly chart[6] and charted at #31 on the 2014 Gaon Annual Album chart with 66,139 copies sold, becoming the fourth best selling girl group album of the year.[7]

Pink Blossom
EP by
Apink
ReleasedMarch 31, 2014
GenreK-pop, dance-pop
LabelA Cube Entertainment (Distributed by LOEN Entertainment)
(ISWC: L200001007)
Apink chronology
Secret Garden
(2013)		 Pink Blossom
(2014)		 Pink Luv
(2014)
Singles from Pink Blossom
  1. "Mr. Chu"
    Released: March 31, 2014

Release

On March 13, a picture was uploaded on Apink's official Facebook page showing a scoreboard with scores of 3-31 with a short description saying “#Apink 2014.03.31.”, hinting March 31 as the group's comeback date, nine months since the release of Secret Garden.[8] On March 17, A Cube Entertainment unveiled a preview for the album poster on Apink's official Facebook page and announced that a 40,000 poster would be included with the album purchase. The poster showed the Apink members wearing navy blue dresses and posing with serious expressions, while holding a book.[9]

On March 20, Apink announced that they would be returning with 6 new songs for their fourth mini-album Pink Blossom on March 31. “Mr. Chu”, an upbeat dance track composed by Duble Sidekick and Seion would be the title song.[10] Due to a mistake of a staff member from the album production, the jacket album photos that were scheduled to be revealed on March 31 with the release of the songs was leaked and spreading online. “The jacket photos that were leaked were originally scheduled to be revealed on March 31 with the release of the songs. It appears that the image leakage was due to a mistake of a staff member, who is involved in the fourth mini album production. However, we decided that due to the unexpected accident that we’ll release the photos on March 20.” said A Cube.[11]

A video teaser featuring Apink's six members participating in a photo shoot for the new album cover was released with "Mr. Chu" in the background.[12] On March 24, a medley clip was released, giving a short preview of all the six tracks from the upcoming album.[13] On March 27, A Cube released music video teaser for "Mr. Chu" on Apink official YouTube Channel. The teaser features Apink members dressed in tennis outfit holding presents on their lap while watching a tennis match played by the "Mr. Chu". The full music video was released together with the 4th mini album Pink Blossom on March 31.[14]

Promotion

Apink performed a snippet of "Sunday Monday" in addition to a full performance of "Mr. Chu" for the first time on KBS's Music Bank on April 4.[15] This was followed by additional comebacks on music programs including MBC's Show! Music Core, SBS's Inkigayo, MBC Music's Show Champion and Mnet's M! Countdown.

On April 16, Apink decided to halt promotional activities and cancel all their schedules including their third anniversary fanmeeting on April 19 to pay respect for the victims of Sewol Tragedy. A Cube released a statement, "Due to the magnitude of the passenger ship sinking, Apink felt too much pain and did not think they could sing for their fans with a light heart, which is how this decision came to be made. We plan on having the canceled fan meeting some other time in the future and will later announce the new date and location."[16][17]

The group resume promotions after 3 weeks, performing at Mnet's M! Countdown on May 8.[18] They wrapped up promotions for Pink Blossom on May 25.[19]

Singles

The music video for "Mr. Chu" was released on March 31, 2014,[20] and was directed by Song Wonmo and Park Sangwoo of Digipedi Studio.[21] The song peaked at number 2 on the Gaon Digital Chart and Billboard's K-Pop Hot 100, and ranked eighth on the year-end Gaon Digital Chart.[22]

Group leader, Chorong wrote the lyrics for two of the songs from the album, "Love Story" and "So Long".[13]

Track listing
Digital download[23]
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Sunday Monday"Beomi, NangiNickel03:34
2."Mr. Chu" (On Stage)Duble Sidekick, David KimDuble Sidekick, SEION03:24
3."Crystal"e.onee.one03:24
4."Love Story" (사랑동화; Sarangdonghwa; lit. "Fairytale Love")ChorongKim Jinhwan03:58
5."So Long"ChorongMaster Key03:41
6."Mr. Chu" (Original)Duble Sidekick, David KimDuble Sidekick, SEION03:34
7."Mr. Chu" (On Stage) (Instrumental) Duble Sidekick, SEION03:24

Charts
Chart Peak
position
Gaon Weekly album chart 2
Gaon Monthly album chart 5
Gaon Yearly album chart 31

Sales
Provider (2014) Amount
Gaon physical sales 75,325+[24]
Oricon physical sales 10,000+

Awards

Music program wins

Song Program Date Ref.
"Mr. Chu" Show Champion April 8, 2014 [25]
M! Countdown April 9, 2014
May 8, 2014
Music Bank April 10, 2014
Show! Music Core April 11, 2014
Inkigayo April 12, 2014

Release history
CountryDateFormatLabelCatalog
South Korea March 31, 2014 CD, Digital download A Cube Entertainment
LOEN Entertainment		 L200001007

References
  1. Jung Ji Won; Jung, Yeawon (March 31, 2014). "Apink's new song 'Mr. Chu' tops real time music charts". Newsen. Mwave. Retrieved January 27, 2015.
  2. Benjamin, Jeff; Oak, Jessica (April 15, 2014). "K-Pop Hot 100: Park Hyoshin edges out Apink". Billboard. Retrieved February 5, 2015.
  3. "에이핑크, 친대중화 열매 맺었다..올해 1위 트로피 17개". Osen. December 24, 2014.
  4. Kim Jin-u (January 15, 2015). 2014년 음악시장 결산 [2014 Year-End Chart]. Gaon Chart (in Korean). Retrieved February 5, 2015.
  5. "Apink Crystal Music Video Teaser Reveals "Fresh Attraction"". SBS Entertainment News. May 26, 2014. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
  6. "Gaon 2014 Weekly Album Chart". Gaon Chart. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
  7. "Gaon 2014 Annual Album Chart". Gaon Chart. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
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  9. "Apink unveils poster for new mini-album". Mwave. 17 March 2013.
  10. "Apink plans its comeback". March 24, 2014. Retrieved March 9, 2015.
  11. "Apink's album photos were released on accident". Mwave. March 20, 2014.
  12. "Apink takes adorable photos in 'Pink Blossom' teaser". Mwave. 21 March 2013.
  13. "Apink unveils rolling music teaser for Pink Blossom". 24 March 2014.
  14. "Apink watches a tennis match for 'Mr. Chu' Teaser". Mwave. 27 March 2014.
  15. "Apink's new song 'Mr. Chu' tops real time music charts". Mwave. 31 March 2014. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  16. "진도 여객선 세월호 침몰 사고, 에이핑크 팬 미팅 공연 취소.. 애도 물결". Financial News. 17 April 2014.
  17. "EXO, Block B, Apink, MBLAQ, BoA, and more postpone promotional activities". Mwave. April 17, 2014.
  18. "Music programs are half resumed - how are they different now?". May 9, 2014.
  19. "[Video] Apink teases 'Crystal' with MV and typography version". Mwave. 26 May 2014.
  20. "Apink blossom for 'Mr. Chu' in new MV". Archived from the original on 2014-04-05. Retrieved 2014-04-01.
  21. "Mr. Chu MV". A Cube Entertainment and Digipedi. Retrieved June 21, 2014.
  22. "Gaon 2014 Digital Sales Chart" (in Korean). Gaon. Archived from the original on January 9, 2015. Retrieved 2015-01-31.
  23. "iTunes - Music - Pink Blossom by Apink". iTunes. Retrieved May 1, 2015.
  24. Cumulative sales for "Pink Blossom":
  25. http://osen.mt.co.kr/article/G1110037280
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