Into the New World (song)

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"Into the New World"
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Single by Girls' Generation
from the album Girls' Generation
B-side
  • "Beginning"
  • "Perfect for You"
ReleasedAugust 3, 2007
Recorded2006
GenreK-pop, dance-pop, teen-pop
Length4:25
LabelSM Entertainment
Songwriter(s)
  • Kim Jeong-bae lyrics
Producer(s)Lee Soo-man (exec.)
Girls' Generation singles chronology
"Into the New World"
(2007) 		"Girls' Generation"
(2007)
Music video
"Into The New World" on YouTube

"Into The New World" (Korean: 다시 만난 세계; RR: Dasi Mannan Segye) is the debut single by South Korean girl group Girls' Generation. It was composed by Kenzie and written by Kim Jeong-bae. It was released on August 3, 2007, by SM Entertainment and distributed by Genie Music, and on August 6 as a physical copy. It was later included on Girls' Generation's debut album (2007).

The group has performed "Into The New World" in a number of live performances on music programs and in all of their Asian concert tours. It was part of the encore of The First Japan Arena Tour (2011), Girls' Generation Tour (2011) and Girls' Generation World Tour Girls & Peace (2013); the group also performed the song during Girls' Generation Asia Tour (2009) and as a ballad version at the Phantasia Tour (2015). "Into The New World" won the first music show trophy as for the song and group on October 11, 2007, on Mnet's M Countdown.

Background and release[]

In 2002, the song was considered as a candidate for M.I.L.K.'s second album. Due to the group's breakup in 2003, the song was shelved until Girls' Generation's debut.[1] "Into the New World" was officially released as part of a single album on August 3, 2007.[2] The song was originally first performed by the group in SBS's The Music Trend on August 5, 2007.[citation needed] "Into the New World" reached number one on Mnet's M! Countdown.[citation needed]

Music video[]

The music video features a small amount of dance scenes. The video starts with a plane landing, followed by a silhouette of the girls forming a line and then dancing. During this, text appears saying "Into the New World, Or Not.. It's Up to Your Choice.. [sic]".[3] Throughout the music video, it shows the girls doing activities, either alone or coupled with another member. The activities done by the girls are:

  • Yoona is designing clothes for a boutique.
  • Taeyeon is flying a light aircraft with Sooyoung accompanying her. In the video, the aircraft Taeyeon flies is broken, and she attempts to repair it, with Sooyoung praying. The aircraft is successfully repaired and both of them are happy. In the last scene of the video, Sooyoung is seen chasing after Taeyeon as she flies away in the aircraft.
  • Yuri is a barista, and she is seen making a latte. In one scene, she puts a pot of flowers onto a desk.
  • Hyoyeon is purchasing a pair of white training shoes at a department store, after which she dances on a stairway.
  • Sunny and Jessica are making graffiti. The graffiti says "New World 2007".
  • Tiffany is repairing a scooter (specifically, a Yamaha Fino 115) and repaints its body with pink color with flower motif and customizes its license plate. The customized license plate says "Tiffany" with the Hanja version of "Girls' Generation" above it. It is actually owned by Shindong of Super Junior.[4]
  • Seohyun is doing ballet while holding a paper plane, on the rooftop of a building.[3]

There are two dance settings featured in the video. The first one is a room with a white background, and the second one is a lobby of a shopping mall.[3]

Reception[]

Commercial reception[]

The physical edition of "Into the New World" debuted at number 5 on the chart for August 2007 compiled by the Music Industry Association of Korea (MIAK), selling 10,823 copies in its first month of release.[5] It was the 41st best-selling CD release of 2007 in South Korea, selling 22,818 physical copies in total.[6] In 2010, the single peaked at number 2 on the Gaon Album Chart for the chart issue dated April 18–24, based on physical sales.[7] It became the 9th best-selling release of April 2010 in South Korea.[8]

Influence[]

The song experienced a resurgence in 2016 when Ewha Women's University students sang it during part of their peaceful protest against the university whilst facing 1600 police officers.[9] Girls' Generation member Tiffany responded that

"As SNSD, it was a proud moment. Right now is the generation for feminists, and it’s an era where messages of women empowering other women are important. I feel like our song played that role, so my heart was happy."[10]

Fellow member Yuri also expressed similar sentiments:

"I saw the video several times, and I even cried because my heart was overcome with emotion. It was a moment when I felt a huge sense of pride as a singer. It was a message that I wanted to deliver through my work, and the inspiration that we wanted to deliver through music and performance was being realized, so it was unlike anything else. At the time when we debuted, I didn’t fully understand the lyrics so I might have been imitating it with bright eyes. But as time passes and I listen to the song, the lyrics touch me even more."[10]

During the 2016–2017 South Korean protests, the song, along with Big Bang's "Bang Bang Bang" (2015) and Twice's "Cheer Up" (2016), was sung widely in public squares, leading to it becoming the "morning dew" of the young generation and led to it placing number one on Melon's real-time charts almost 10 years after its release.[11][12][13]

The song was sang in celebration when judges of the Constitutional Court of Korea ruled against the criminalization of abortion in South Korea on April 11, 2019.[14][15] In 2020, the song was used during an anti-government rally as part of the 2020 Thai protests. Some protesters were already aware of the song's usage during protests in Korea. K-pop fans helped translate and memorize meaningful lyrics for protesters to sing along.[16]

In popular culture[]

This song is often covered in survival shows, special stages of music charts and award shows. In the first season of Produce 101, it was used as one of the debut song missions,[17][18] it was also used for the first evaluation in Finding Momoland.[19] In Idol School in 2017, it was used as a preliminary vocal assessment.[20] The 9 winners from the show, Fromis 9, performed the song again for M! Countdown's 600th episode.[21] In 2016 at KBS Gaon Music Awards, GFriend, I.O.I, Twice and Red Velvet covered the song.[22] After member Jessica left Girls' Generation, the song was also changed into a ballad version for live concert performances.[23] Hyoyeon also admitted on Secret Unnies that the choreography was prepared as far back as a year before SNSD's debut.[24] The ballad version of the song was used as a diagnostics tool in Produce 48. In that cover, Kim Chae-won and Nako Yabuki went on to become members of Iz*One.[25]

Track listing[]

CD single[26] / Digital EP[27]
No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."Into the New World" (다시 만난 세계; Dasi Mannan Segye)Kim Jeong-baeKenzieKenzie04:25
2."Beginning"Yoon Hyo-sangAnna-Lena Margaretha Hogdahl, Mattias Lindblom, Anders WollbeckHwang Seong-je03:03
3."Perfect for You" (소원; Sowon)Kwon Yun-jeongIngrid Skretting (Warner/ Chappell Music Scandinavia AB)Kenzie03:14
4."Into the New World" (Instrumental) KenzieKenzie04:25
Total length:15:07
Digital single – Remix version[28]
No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."Into the New World" (Remix)Kim Jeong-baeKenzieKenzie04:30

Chart performance[]

Weekly charts[]

Chart (2007, 2010) Peak
position
South Korea (MIAK)[5] 5
South Korea (Gaon Album Chart)[7] 2

Sales[]

Country Sales
South Korea (CD) 44,754[29]

Accolades[]

Awards
Year Organization Category Result Ref.
2007 Cyworld Digital Music Awards Rookie of the Month (August) Won [30]
Music program awards
Program Date
Mnet's M Countdown October 11, 2007

Release history[]

Region Release date Format Label
Worldwide[27] August 2, 2007 Digital EP SM Entertainment
South Korea[26] August 3, 2007 CD single
Worldwide[28] September 10, 2007 Digital single – Remix

References[]

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  6. ^ "2007 Physical Sales" (in Korean). Music Industry Association of Korea. Archived from the original on February 28, 2009.
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  10. ^ Jump up to: a b [INTERVIEW TRANSLATION] SNSD in W Korea (August 2017)
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  13. ^ "How female university protesters in Seoul sparked Park's ouster". The Japan Times. March 15, 2017. Retrieved March 11, 2018.
  14. ^ 김진수 (April 12, 2019). "우리가 낙태죄의 시대를 끝냈다" (in Korean).
  15. ^ @Account9dog (April 11, 2019). "님들 이제 십년 뒤에 다시만난세계 들으면 눈물 질질짜는 삼사십대 될거다 #낙태죄폐지" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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