Snowflake (EP)

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Snowflake
Gfriend Snowflake cover.jpeg
EP by
GFriend
ReleasedJanuary 25, 2016 (2016-01-25)
Genre
Length21:42
Label
  • Source Music
  • LOEN Entertainment
GFriend chronology
Flower Bud
(2015) 		Snowflake
(2016) 		LOL
(2016)
Singles from Snowflake
  1. "Rough"
    Released: January 25, 2016

Snowflake is the third extended play (EP) by South Korean girl group GFriend. It was released by Source Music on January 25, 2016 and distributed by LOEN Entertainment. The album contains five songs, including the single "Rough", and two instrumental tracks. The album debuted at number two on the Gaon Album Chart and has sold more than 33,000 units. GFriend promoted the album with a series of televised live performances on South Korea's music shows, winning a total of 15 music show awards and achieving a double-consecutive grandslam in one song. "Rough" was also commercially successful, topping the Gaon Digital Chart and selling more than one million digital downloads. Musically, the album is similar in style to K-pop from the late 1990s and 2000s.

Release and promotion[]

GFriend's third EP was much-anticipated after the group won Rookie of the Year at the Golden Disk Awards and Best New Female Artist at the MelOn Music Awards for their hit singles "Glass Bead" and "Me Gustas Tu".[1] The album's title, Snowflake, and track list were revealed on January 14, 2016.[2] It was released on January 25, in both CD and digital formats. The lead single, "Rough", is the final song in the group's "school series" and represents the end of a school year.[3][4] They maintained their "powerful-innocent" concept, wearing school uniforms and showcasing "perfectly synchronized fierce and powerful" dance choreography.[1][5] The accompanying music video for "Rough" was inspired by the anime film The Girl Who Leapt Through Time.[6] It was produced by Zanybros and directed by Hong Won-ki.[3]

Hours after the album's release, the group held a showcase at AX Korea in Gwangjin-gu, Seoul, which was broadcast live via Naver's V app.[7] They performed songs from the album for the first time at the showcase.[1][8] The group then promoted the album with performances of "Rough" on various music shows, starting with SBS MTV's The Show on January 26. In their second week of promotion, the song won first place on every music show with a chart system. By February 28, "Rough" had won a total of 15 music show trophies, including "triple crowns" on M! Countdown, Music Bank, Show Champion, and Inkigayo.[9][10][11] With these wins, GFriend is in second place for number of wins by a girl group for a single song, behind Apink's 17 wins for "Luv".[9][12]

Composition[]

The album opens with a dramatic intro track, "Snowflake". The lead single, "Rough", is a dance song described as "lyrical, catchy, and melodic" with "powerful beats and emotional lyrics".[13] Its Korean title literally translates to "Running Through Time", and the lyrics are about a girl's desire to "run through time and grow up" so she can be with the one she loves.[1][14][15] "Say My Name" features drums, acoustic guitar, and synthesizer riffs. "Luv Star" is a medium-tempo dance song with string instrumentation and "Someday" was described as an "energetic cheer song". "Trust" is a medium-tempo pop ballad that portrays the love story of a "shy but serious girl".[16] "Rough" and "Say My Name" were written by Iggy and Seo Yong-bae, who also wrote both of GFriend's previous singles. Seo is an in-house producer at Rainbow Bridge World.[17]

Reception[]

The album entered the weekly Gaon Album Chart at number two, selling 11,165 physical copies in one week.[18][19] It was also number ten on the Billboard World Albums chart.[20] As of June 2016, it has sold more than 33,000 copies.[21] All five songs from the album charted on the Gaon Digital Chart, with "Rough" peaking at number one the third week of release.[22][23] "Rough" has sold more than 1.2 million digital downloads as of May 2016.[24] During the month of January, the music video for "Rough" was the third most watched K-pop music video globally.[25]

Won Ho-jung of The Korea Herald said the album's musical style is similar to K-pop from the late 1990s and 2000s, and can appeal to fans who still want the "old-style feel" of classic Korean pop idol groups.[26] Won described "Rough" and "Say My Name" as powerful and dramatic, and "Luv Star" and "Someday" as adorable and "sugary sweet". Won called GFriend's vocals "on point" and noted that the members were able to adeptly switch between "powerful, soaring voices" and "cutesy, nasal voices" for the two types of songs. Overall, Won said the album "demonstrates GFriend's potential to move beyond the cliché schoolgirl concept and do something interesting of their own, bringing classic girl groups to 21st-century K-pop."[26]

Track listing[]

No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."Snowflake" (Intro) 
  • Hong Beom-gyu
  • Kim Woong
  • Hong
  • Kim
1:16
2."Rough" (Korean: 시간을 달려서; RR: Siganeul Dallyeoseo)
  • Iggy
  • Seo Yong-bae
  • Iggy
  • Seo
  • Iggy
  • Seo
3:29
3."Say My Name" (내 이름을 불러줘; Nae Ireumeul Bulleojwo)
  • Iggy
  • Seo
  • Iggy
  • Seo
  • Iggy
  • Seo
3:08
4."Luv Star" (사랑별; Sarangbyeol)E.ONEE.ONE
  • E.ONE
  • Jo Jae-seok
3:08
5."Someday" (그런 날엔; Geureon Naren)Heuk Tae
  • Heuk Tae
  • Jun Ta
  • Park Chan
  • Heuk Tae
  • Park Chan
3:37
6."Trust"No Ju-hwan
  • No
  • Lee Won-jong
  • No
  • Lee
3:35
7."Rough" (Instrumental) 
  • Iggy
  • Seo
  • Iggy
  • Seo
3:29
Total length:21:42

Accolades[]

Rough awards and nominations
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GFriend at the 2016 Melon Music Awards
Totals[a]
Wins16
Nominations16
Note

Music programs awards[]

Keys
Indicates achieving a Music Program Grandslam Indicates a Music Show All-Kill or Grandslam: Winning all of the Music Programs in an entire week consecutively.
Indicates achieving a Music Program Grandslam Indicates a Music Show All-Kill or Grandslam: Winning all of the Music Programs in an entire week consecutively.
Program Network Date Ref.
The Show SBS MTV double-dagger February 2, 2016 [27]
double-dagger February 16, 2016
Show Champion MBC M double-dagger February 3, 2016
double-dagger February 17, 2016
February 24, 2016
M Countdown Mnet double-dagger February 4, 2016
February 11, 2016
double-dagger February 18, 2016
Music Bank KBS double-dagger February 5, 2016
February 12, 2016
double-dagger February 19, 2016
February 26, 2016
Inkigayo SBS double-dagger February 7, 2016
double-dagger February 21, 2016
February 28, 2016

2016 Year-End/Decade Listicles[]

Critic/Publication List Rank Ref.
Billboard Top 20 Best K-Pop Songs of 2016: Critic's Picks 13 [28]
KultScene Top 50 Best Korean Songs of 2016 37 [29]
SBS PopAsia Top 6 K-Pop Songs of 2016 1 [30]
Spotify Best of 2016: K-Pop Playlist [31]
Kim Youngdae (KMA's Music Critic) Best K-Pop Idol Songs of 2007-2017: Critic's Pick [32]
Yang Soha (Music Critic) Top 50 Kpop Tracks (2015-2019) 44 [33]
MelOn MelOn Top100 Songs of the Decade Chart 67 [34]

Year-End Awards/Other Accolades[]

See also: List of awards and nominations received by GFriend
Year presented, name of the organization or award ceremony, category and the result of the nomination.
Year Organization Category Results Ref.
2016 ATKP x IDOL CHAMP Awards Best Group Dance Won [35]
2020 Bugs Music Awards Most Loved Song Won [36]
Most No.1 on Bugs  Won [37]
2017 Gaon Chart Music Awards Song of the Year – January Won [38]
Golden Disk Awards Digital Bonsang Won [39]
2016 Mnet Asian Music Awards Best Dance Performance (Female) Won [40]
Song of the Year Nominated
Melon Music Awards Best Dance Performance (Female) Won [41]
Top10 Artist (Bonsang) Won
Naver Music Awards 2016's Over-all Top10 Chart Won [42][43]
Top10 Streaming Chart Won
Top10 Download Chart Won
Top10 Genre Chart (Dance) Won
Top10 BGM Chart Won
2017 Seoul Music Awards Main Prize (Bonsang) Won [44]
SBS MTV Best of the Best Best of Best View Won [45]
2016 Weekly Idol Year-End Awards 2X-Speed Dance Challenge of the Year Recipient [46][47]

Charts[]

Notes[]

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