Expectation (album)

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Expectation
LOEN Entertainment
Girl's Day chronology
Everyday II
(2012)
Expectation
(2013)
Girl's Day Everyday 3
(2014)
Singles from Expectation
  1. "Don't Forget Me"
    Released: October 26, 2012
  2. "White Day"
    Released: February 21, 2013
  3. "Expect"
    Released: March 14, 2013
Alternative cover
re-release as Female President
Singles from Female President
  1. "Female President"
    Released: June 24, 2013

Expectation (Korean기대; RRGidae) is the first studio album by South Korean girl group Girl's Day. The album was released on March 14, 2013, with the song "Expect" (기대해; Gidaehae) serving as the promotional track.[1] The album's release date coincides with White Day. The album was re-released under the title Female President on June 24, 2013. The song "Female President" (여자 대통령; Yeoja Daetongryeong), was used as the re-release's promotional track.

Background

The album was initially slated for a February 2013 release,

KST
.

Three months later, after the release on March 7, Dream Tea Entertainment announced that the group would come back on June 24 with a repackaged version of the album.[8] It was also announced that the group will be also making a 'pool party' showcase for the re-release in the same day.[9] The repackaged album, titled Female President, includes one new song, used as promotional track of it, and an instrumental of the track, replacing the last three tracks of the original album's track list, making the repackaged album's track list include thirteen tracks.

Composition

Expectation is composed of fourteen tracks: an intro, five new songs, five previously released singles, a remix and two instrumentals. "Girl's Day World", the intro of the album, was written and produced by the group's leader So-jin, along with Kwon Seok-in, Choe Dok-wan and Cosmic Sound. Nam Ki-sang produced a major part of the album, with the songs "Expect", "White Day", "Twinkle Twinkle", "Hug Me Once", "Don't Forget Me" and "Don't Let Your Eyes Wander!" being written by him. "I Don't Mind" was written by the members of the group along with Kang Jeon-myung, with production handled by Gregg Pagani and 1023Productions. "Easy Go" was written by Han Sang-won, known for composing the song "

Kara
, along with production by Yoon Young-min. "Don't Trust Her" was written by Shina-e and Glory Face, who also produced the song along with Gentleman. "Oh, Great!" was written by Eva and produced by Soul Jin.

The second half of the album consists of singles from their past releases. The songs "Twinkle Twinkle" and "Hug Me Once" are from the extended play Everyday,[10] the remix of "Don't Let Your Eyes Wander!" was released on the digital single "Girl's Day Party #4",[11] "Oh! My God" was first released on their Everyday 2 EP,[12] "Don't Forget Me" was released digitally on the single Girl's Day Party #5.[13] and "White Day" was released as a teaser for the album.[14]

The repackaged version of the album, titled Female President, include only the song "Female President" and its instrumental. The song was written by Kang Jeon-myung, Nam Ki-sang, Daniel R and composed Nam Ki-sang, Kwon Seok-in and Choe Dok-wan. The instrumentals of "Expect", "White Day" and the remix of the song "Don't Flirt!", included on the original edition, were removed for the re-release edition of the album.

Singles

"Don't Forget Me"

"Don't Forget Me" was released as the digital single album, Girl's Day Party #5, on October 26, 2012.

Music Bank,[19] and ended on December 16, on SBS' Inkigayo.[20]

"Don't Forget Me" debuted at number 142 on South Korea's

Gaon Chart. On the following week the song climbed to the position number fourteen, the highest peak of the song on the overall chart. It also peaked at number 15 on Billboard's Korea K-Pop Hot 100.[21]

"Expect"

The promotions for "Expect" started on March 14, the same day as the album's release, on

Music Bank
.

"Expect" debuted at number 11 in its first week on

Gaon Chart
. In its second week, the song climbed to the number 9 position. It is their second Top 10 hit of the group.

"Female President"

The promotions for "Female President" started on June 27, on Mnet's M! Countdown. The song won its first music show award (and also first award of the group) on the episode of July 7 of Inkigayo, but due to a coverage of the Asiana Airlines crash, the episode was not aired. They received the award on July 14, on Inkigayo's Mid-Year Special. The songs "Please Don't Go",[22] "I Don't Mind"[23] and "Girl's Day World"[24] were also performed. All music show promotions for the album ended on July 27, on MBC's Show! Music Core.

"Female President" debuted at number 5 on the

K-Pop Hot 100
.

Track listing

Expectation track list
Don't Forget Me" (나를 잊지마요; Nareul Itjimayo)
Nam Ki-sangNam Ki-sangKwon Seok-in, Choe Dok-wan3:10
12."Don't Flirt!" (DJ stereo club mix; 너, 한눈 팔지마!; Neo, Hannun Paljima!)Nam Ki-sang, Kang Jeon-myungNam Ki-sangNam Ki-sang4:26
13."Expectation" (instrumental; 기대해; Gidaehae) Nam Ki-sang, Kwon Seok-in, Choe Dok-wanNam Ki-sang, Kwon Seok-in, Choe Dok-wan3:15
14."White Day" (instrumental) Nam Ki-sang, Radio GalaxyRadio Galaxy3:08
Total length:46:01
Female President re-release track list
No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."Girl's Day World" (intro)So-jin, Kwon Seok-in, Choe Dok-wanSo-jin, Cosmic SoundCosmic Sound1:21
2."Female President" (여자 대통령; Yeoja Daetongryeong)Kang Jeon-myung, Nam Ki-sang, Daniel R.Nam Ki-sang, Kwon Seok-in, Choe Dok-wanKwon Seok-in, Choe Dok-wan3:33
3."Expect" (기대해; Gidaehae)Nam Ki-sang, Daniel R.Nam Ki-sang, Kwon Seok-in, Choe Dok-wanNam Ki-sang, Kwon Seok-in, Choe Dok-wan3:15
4."I Don't Mind"
Don't Forget Me
" (나를 잊지마요; Nareul Itjimayo)
Nam Ki-sangNam Ki-sangKwon Seok-in, Choe Dok-wan3:10
13."Female President" (instrumental; 여자 대통령; Yeoja Daetongryeong) Nam Ki-sang, Kwon Seok-in, Choe Dok-wanKwon Seok-in, Choe Dok-wan3:32
Total length:42:33

Chart performance

Expectation

Chart Peak
position
Gaon
Weekly album chart
4
Gaon Monthly album chart 9

Female President

Chart Peak
position
Gaon
Weekly album chart
6
Gaon Monthly album chart 16

Release history

Country Date Format Label Edition
South Korea March 14, 2013 Digital download DreamTea Entertainment
LOEN Entertainment
Expectation
March 15, 2013
CD
June 24, 2013 Digital download Female President
June 26, 2013 CD

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