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Rain (Taeyeon song)

"Rain" is a song by South Korean singer Kim Tae-yeon, a member of the South Korean girl group Girls' Generation. It was released digitally by SM Entertainment on February 3, 2016.

"Rain"
Cover artwork for "Rain", depicting Taeyeon as a short blonde haired woman, shot in black and white
Single by Taeyeon
from the album SM Station Season 1
B-side"Secret"
ReleasedFebruary 3, 2016 (2016-02-03)
Genre
Length3:42
LabelSM Entertainment
Composer(s)
Lyricist(s)
  • Bong Eun-yeong
  • Mafly
  • Lee Yoo-jin
Taeyeon singles chronology
"I"
(2015) 		"Rain"
(2016) 		"Starlight"
(2016)
Music video
"Rain" on YouTube

Background and composition edit

In January 2016, S.M. Entertainment announced that they were to launch a digital music platform called SM Station, in which SM artists would release a new song every week.[3] "Rain" and its B-side track "Secret" served as the opening single of the project and were released on February 3, 2016.[4] "Rain" is described as a midtempo song with jazz and R&B sounds. Lyrically, it uses rain as a metaphor to describe memories of past love.[5][6]

Music video edit

The music video for "Rain" was filmed indoors, having the concept of Taeyeon in a "room of memories", missing a past lover. It alternate between black and white scenes of Taeyeon singing alone in front of a microphone, and colored scenes of her in a flooding room.[6][7] "Rain" was the most viewed music video by a South Korean act on YouTube in February 2016.[8]

Reception edit

"Rain" debuted atop South Korea's Gaon Digital Chart. It won the first place on SBS's music program Inkigayo on February 14, 2016.[9] The song received a Digital Bonsang at the 31st Golden Disk Awards.

Track listing edit

Credits are adapted from Naver.[10]

No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."Rain"
  • Bong Eun-yeong
  • Mafly
  • Lee Yoo-jin
Matthew Tishler3:42
2."Secret" (비밀)Mafly
  • Im Kwang-wook (Devine Channel)
  • Ryan Kim (Devine Channel)
  • Aurora Pfeiffer
  • Tyler Shamy
  • Thaddeus Dixon
  • Kiana Brown
Thaddeus Dixon3:37

Charts edit

Sales edit

Region Sales
South Korea (Gaon)[15] 2,500,000

Awards and nominations edit

Year Award Category Result Ref.
2016 Melon Music Awards Best Ballad Song Nominated [16]
Best Vocal Performance Female Solo Nominated
Song of the Year Nominated
18th Mnet Asian Music Awards Best Vocal Performance Female Solo Nominated [17]
2017 31st Golden Disc Awards Digital Bonsang Won [18]
Gaon Chart Music Awards Song of the Year – February Nominated [19]
Music program awards
Program Network Date Ref.
Inkigayo SBS February 14, 2016 [20]

Release history edit

Country Date Format Label
Worldwide[21] February 3, 2016 Digital download SM Entertainment
South Korea[22] February 4, 2016 Contemporary hit radio

References edit

  1. ^ "Taeyeon 'Rain' Review, an emotional ballad". The Chosun Ilbo (in Korean). Chosun Ilbo Co. February 3, 2016. Retrieved April 27, 2016.
  2. ^ "Taeyeon to release 'Rain' as part of SM Station". Korea JoongAng Daily (in Korean). JoongAng Ilbo Co. January 29, 2016. Retrieved April 27, 2016.
  3. ^ Jackson, Julie (January 28, 2016). "SM founder talks new boy band, future localization strategy". The Korea Herald. Herald Media Inc. Retrieved March 27, 2016.
  4. ^ Sung So-young (February 2, 2016). "Two new singles out from Taeyeon this week". JoongAng Ilbo. JoongAng Media Network. Retrieved March 27, 2016.
  5. ^ Kim Ji-young (February 4, 2016). "Taeyeon's 'Rain' tops major charts". The Korea Herald. Retrieved March 27, 2016.
  6. ^ a b "Pops in Seoul _ Taeyeon(태연) _ Rain(레인) _ MV Shooting Sketch" (Video upload). Arirang. YouTube / Google. February 22, 2016. Retrieved March 18, 2016.
  7. ^ Rain (music video). Taeyeon (performer). S.M. Entertainment. 2016.{{cite AV media}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  8. ^ Benjamin, Jeff (March 9, 2016). "Most Viewed K-Pop Videos in America, Around the World: February 2016". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved March 27, 2016.
  9. ^ "'인기가요' 태연, 'Rain'으로 방송 출연 없이 1위" (in Korean). Naver. Naver Corporation. Retrieved February 14, 2016.
  10. ^ "Rain: Music" (in Korean). Naver. Naver Corporation. Retrieved February 7, 2016.
  11. ^ "Gaon Digital Chart" (in Korean). Gaon Music Chart. Archived from the original on March 13, 2016.
  12. ^ "World Digital Songs : Feb 20, 2016". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved February 14, 2016.
  13. ^ "2016년 02월 Digital Chart" (in Korean). Gaon Music Chart. Archived from the original on March 11, 2016.
  14. ^ "Digital Chart of 2016" (in Korean). Gaon Music Chart. Archived from the original on January 13, 2017.
  15. ^ C., Daniel (September 19, 2019). "Gaon's 관찰노트" [Gaon's Observation Notes] (in Korean). Gaon Music Chart. Retrieved September 22, 2019.
  16. ^ Chung Joo-won (20 November 2016). "BTS, Exo, TWICE top 2016 Melon Music Awards". Yonhap News. Retrieved 2017-01-01.
  17. ^ Kaur, Gungeet (October 29, 2016). "Mnet Asian Music Awards 2016: List of nominees for Mama revealed". International Business Times. Retrieved February 11, 2017.
  18. ^ Yoon Min-sik (January 15, 2017). "Exo, Twice grab top honors at Golden Disc awards". Korea Herald. Retrieved January 16, 2017.
  19. ^ "6th GAONCHART MUSIC AWARDS" (in Korean). kpopawards.co.kr. Archived from the original on January 22, 2017. Retrieved February 22, 2017.
  20. ^ "'인기가요' 태연, 'Rain'으로 방송 출연 없이 1위" (in Korean). Naver. Naver Corporation. Retrieved February 14, 2016.
  21. ^ "Rain – Single by Taeyeon". iTunes Store. Apple Inc. 3 February 2016. Retrieved May 1, 2016.
  22. ^ "Play List/Entertainment/Program: K-Pop Connection". KBS Radio International. Korean Broadcasting System. Retrieved May 1, 2016.

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