Snowflake (EP)

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Snowflake
LOEN Entertainment
GFriend chronology
Flower Bud

(2015) 		Snowflake
(2016) 		LOL
(2016)
Singles from Snowflake
  1. "Rough"
    Released: January 25, 2016

Snowflake is the third

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

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

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".

Rainbow Bridge World.[17]

Reception

The album entered the weekly

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

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, lit. "Passing Time")
  • 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

Charts

Sales

Country Sales amount
South Korea 37,744[28]

References

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  11. ^ Kang Seo-jeong (February 24, 2016). "여자친구, '쇼챔' 1위 '트리플크라운'..13관왕 '대기록'[종합]" [GFriend wins number one on 'Show Champion' for the triple crown... 13th trophy so far] (in Korean). OSEN. Naver News. Archived from the original on February 27, 2016. Retrieved May 25, 2016.
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  14. ^ GFriend (January 24, 2016). "[MV] 여자친구(GFRIEND) _ 시간을 달려서(Rough)". LOEN Entertainment. YouTube. Archived from the original on August 12, 2018. Retrieved May 25, 2016.
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  21. ^ 2016년 상반기 결산 Album Chart [First half of 2016 Album Chart]. Gaon Music Chart (in Korean). Archived from the original on July 16, 2016. Retrieved July 18, 2016.
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  23. ^ "2016년 07주차 Digital Chart" (in Korean). Gaon Chart. Archived from the original on February 21, 2016. Retrieved May 24, 2016.
  24. ^ Cumulative sales for "Rough":
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