| Broken | |
| Type: | EP |
| Artist: | MBLAQ |
| Cover: | MBLAQ Broken.jpg |
| Released: | March 24, 2014 (South Korea) |
| Recorded: | 2013–2014 |
| Genre: | K-pop, dance, ballad |
| Length: | 19:23 |
| Language: | Korean |
| Label: | J. Tune Camp |
| Prev Title: | Sexy Beat |
| Prev Year: | 2013 |
| Next Title: | Winter |
| Next Year: | 2014 |
Broken is the sixth EP released by the South Korean boy group MBLAQ. The album was released online on March 24, 2014 at 12PM (KST).[1] The album consists of 7 tracks, and Wheesung took part in the writing of the lyrics and composing for the title song Be a Man, whereby he gifted the song to MBLAQ. He expressed that "MBLAQ is the only male group that I wanted to give a song to, so it was a pleasure to work with them on the album. I am thankful for MBLAQ for conveying the feelings that I wanted from this track".
The concept shows the members' chic and strong 'masculine' mature image. Filter imitating broken glass overlaid by the members' images, which are included in the concept photos, were uploaded on the official MBLAQ's SNS and creates a rainbow set of colours. This is in contrast to the meaning of the album's name, Broken, whereby it shows how a heart can grow cold when broken, as portrayed by the members' angry and hard gazes.[2] [3]
On March 20 at 12AM (KST), MBLAQ released their teaser of "Be a Man" on their official YouTube channel, J.Tune Camp. It shows the sleek and sophisticated images of the members, as they wore well-tailored black and white suits together with clean-cut hair, appearing mysterious with their sharp gaze. It further dramatizes the video through the added fog and shadow effects.[4]
| Chart | Peak position | |
|---|---|---|
| Gaon Weekly album chart | 1 | |
| Gaon Monthly album chart | 8 |
| Song | Peak position | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KOR | colspan width="30" | KOR | |||||||
| Gaon Chart | K-Pop Billboard[5] | ||||||||
| "Be a Man" | 20 | 9 | |||||||
| Country | Date | Format | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Korea | March 24, 2014 | Digital download | J.Tune Camp CJ E&M Music |
| March 26, 2014 | CD |