Gossip Girl (EP)

Gossip Girl
Digital cover
EP by
Rainbow
ReleasedNovember 12, 2009 (2009-11-12)
RecordedSeoul, South Korea
2009
GenreK-pop, dance-pop
Length16:33
LabelDSP Media
Rainbow chronology
Gossip Girl
(2009) 		So Girls
(2011)
Singles from Gossip Girl
  1. "Gossip Girl"
    Released: November 12, 2009
  2. "Not Your Girl"
    Released: January 16, 2010

Gossip Girl is the debut EP by the South Korean girl group Rainbow. It was released on November 12, 2009 with the song with same name as title track.[1]

Background

DSP Media announced on November 4 they will debut a new 7-members girl group, called "Rainbow".[2] On November 6, they released another teaser image of the girls and revealed their names, ages, respective colors and the name of their debut EP.[3] On the same day, they released a screencap image of the music video for "Gossip Girl".[4] During the debut time, they were called the "second KARA" due to both groups are signed on the same label. The music video for "Gossip Girl" was released on November 12, along with the EP release.[5]

Promotion

The group debuted on November 14, on the MBC's show Music Core. They also promoted on the shows KBS's Music Bank, SBS's Inkigayo and Mnet's M! Countdown. They followed the promotions of the EP with the song "Not Your Girl" on January 16, 2010. The promotions ended on February 21, on the show Inkigayo.

Composition

The song "Gossip Girl" was produced by Hur Youn Won, "Not Your Girl" was produced by Han Sang Won and "Kiss" was composed by SS501's member Park Jung-min.

Track listing

EP track list[1]
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Not Your Girl" ([nb 1])Han Sang-wonHan Sang-won3:26
2."Gossip Girl" ([nb 2])Hur Youn-wonHur Youn-won3:06
3."I Believe"Song Soo-yun, Han Jae-ho, Kim Seung-sooHan Jae-ho, Kim Seung-soo3:18
4."Kiss" ([nb 3])Kim Boa, Park Jung-minLee Joo-hyung3:07
5."I Will Endure It" (참아볼께요; Chamabolkkeyo)Oh Sung-hunOh Sung-hun3:38
Total length:16:33

Charts

Album chart

Chart (2010)[nb 4] Peak
position
Gaon albums chart[6] 2

Single chart

Title Peak chart positions
KOR
[6]
"Gossip Girl" 62
"Not Your Girl" 84

Other charted songs

Title Peak chart positions
KOR
[6]
"Kiss" 115

Sales

Chart Sales
Gaon physical sales[7] 15,000+ (South Korea)

Release history

Country Date Distributing label Format
South Korea[1]
November 12, 2009
CJ E&M
DSP Media
CD, Digital download

Notes

  1. ^ This song was re-recorded in Japanese and released as a B-side of the single "Mach".
  2. ^ This song was re-recorded in Japanese and released as a B-side of the single "A".
  3. ^ An acoustic version of the song was released on the repackage edition of their second EP "So Girls".
  4. ^ Gaon Chart was created after the release of the EP.

References

  1. ^ a b c Gossip Girl-레인보우 상세정보 --www.melon.com Retrieved 2012-01-21.
  2. ^ 7인조 신인걸그룹 레인보우 베일벗다! ‘제2의 카라 될까’ Retrieved 2012-01-21.
  3. ^ 레인보우, 얼굴공개에 인터넷 포털 점령 ‘대형신인 탄생’ Retrieved 2012-01-21.
  4. ^ 걸그룹 레인보우 ‘가쉽걸’ 티저공개 ‘청순+깜찍+섹시 매력발산’ Retrieved 2012-01-21.
  5. ^ 레인보우 ‘가쉽걸’ 뮤비 공개 화제폭발 ‘뉴 엣지걸그룹 탄생하나’ Retrieved 2012-01-21.
  6. ^ a b c "Gaon Search – Rainbow" (in Korean). Gaon. Retrieved 2012-01-21.
  7. ^ "Gaon physical sales". Gaon Chart. Archived from the original on 2012-01-19. Retrieved 2012-01-21.