Monster (EP) explained

Monster
Type:	EP
Cover:	Red Velvet Irene & Seulgi - Monster.png
Caption:	Digital and "Top Note" version cover
Artist:	Red Velvet – Irene & Seulgi
Recorded:	2020
Studio:	SM Studio Center (Seoul)
Genre:	K-pop
Length:	19:42
Label:	SM Dreamus

Monster is the debut extended play by Red Velvet – Irene & Seulgi, the first sub-unit of South Korean girl group Red Velvet. It was released on July 6, 2020, by SM Entertainment, with Dreamus serving as the South Korea distributor.^[1] The EP contains six tracks, including the title track of the same name and a follow-up single "Naughty".

Background and release

On April 21, 2020, SM Entertainment confirmed that Irene and Seulgi would form Red Velvet's first sub-unit and that the duo was in preparation for their first major release in around June 2020. The release of the mini album was postponed from June 15 to July 6, 2020, on the grounds that it needed additional production on the album, in order to achieve a higher quality of music.^[2] The physical release contains two different versions with a CD, a photo booklet, a lyric book and collectibles.^[3]

Commercial performance

According to Hanteo, Monster sold over 80,000 copies on its first day of availability, beating Red Velvet's first day and first week album sales records of the group's sixth extended play , which set the record at 45,080 copies for its first day, and 71,431 copies for its first week. It also became the best-selling girl group sub-unit album of all time, surpassing Twinkle (2012) by Girls' Generation-TTS.^[4] The EP reached 100,000 copies sold on Hanteo in under 3 days, making it the first Red Velvet album to do so.^[5]

The EP debuted at number five on the Billboard World Album Chart, becoming the duo's top-five entry.

Track listing

Notes:

• "Naughty" is only available in the EP as a CD-only track. It was omitted from the digital release of the EP until July 20, 2020, when it was released on Korean music sites as part of the EP and as a standalone digital single in international music sites.

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of the EP.^[6]

Musicians

• Red Velvet – Irene & Seulgi
  • Irenevocals, background vocals
  • Seulgivocals, background vocals
• KenzieKorean lyrics
• JQ (makeumine works)Korean lyrics
• Lee Yeon-ji (makeumine works)Korean lyrics
• Kim Yeon-seoKorean lyrics, composition, background vocals
• Lee Seu-ranKorean lyrics
• Park Green (153/Joombas)Korean lyrics
• Yaakov "Yash" Gruzmancomposition, arrangement, drums, keyboards & synths
• Delaney Janecomposition, background vocals
• Jenson Vaughncomposition
• Yoo Young-jincomposition, arrangement
• Moonshinecomposition, arrangement
• Louise Frick Sveencomposition, background vocals
• Charite Vikencomposition, background vocals
• Daniel "Obi" Kleincomposition, arrangement
• Andreas Öbergcomposition, guitar
• Tania Dokocomposition
• Maribellecomposition
• MinGtioncomposition, arrangement, piano, bass
• Andrew Choicomposition
• Joseph Hongcomposition, arrangement
• Jae Shimcomposition
• Krizbackground vocals
• Seo Mi-raebackground vocals

Technical

• Yoo Young-jindirecting, recording, digital editing, mixing engineer, mixing
• Kenziedirecting
• ButterFlyvocal directing, Pro Tools operation, digital editing
• Kim Yeon-seodirecting
• Krizvocal directing
• Jeong Eui-seokrecording, mixing
• Noh Min-jirecording, mixing engineer
• Kim Cheol-soonrecording, mixing
• Lee Ji-hongrecording, digital editing, mixing engineer, mixing
• Jung Yoo-radigital editing
• Lee Min-kyudigital editing, mixing engineer, mixing
• MinGtiondigital editing
• Namkoong Jinmixing
• Cheon Hoonmastering
• Kwon Nam-woomastering

Charts

Weekly charts

Notes and References

1. Web site: Monster - The 1st Mini Album. Melon Music. Korean. July 6, 2020. July 6, 2020.
2. Web site: Lee . Min-ji . SM 측 "레드벨벳 아이린X슬기 유닛 준비 중"(공식입장) . . 6 July 2020 . Korean . 21 April 2020 . 22 April 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200422200409/https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=609&aid=0000269277&spi_ref=m_entertain_twitter . live .
3. Web site: Red Velvet Irene & Seulgi - 1st Mini Album: Monster.
4. Web site: 유닛도 강력한 레드벨벳, 하루만에 앨범 판매량 8만장 돌파+음원도 1위[차트오피스]]. Newsen. ko. Hwang Hye-jin. July 6, 2020. March 22, 2021.
5. Web site: Red Velvet - IRENE & SEULGI surpassed 100,000 sales on Hanteo chart. Twitter. July 8, 2020.
6. Monster. Red Velvet - Irene & Seulgi. 2020. Credits. photobook. SM Entertainment, Dreamus. South Korea.
7. Web site: July 6–12, 2020 . ja:週間 アルバムランキング – 2020年07月20日付 . Weekly Album Ranking – July 20, 2020 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200716012238/https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ja/w/2020-07-20/p/3/ . July 16, 2020 . August 3, 2022 . Oricon . ja.
8. Web site: July 6–12, 2020 . ja:週間 合算アルバムランキング – 2020年07月20日付 . Weekly Total Album Ranking – July 20, 2020 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200715182411/https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/coa/w/2020-07-20/p/3/ . July 15, 2020 . August 3, 2022 . Oricon . ja.
9. Web site: July 16–22, 2020 . ja:Billboard Japan Hot Albums: 2020/07/15 公開 . Billboard Japan Hot Albums: 2020/07/15 Release . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200717191451/https://billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=hot_albums&year=2020&month=07&day=20 . July 17, 2020 . August 3, 2022 . Billboard Japan . ja.
10. Web site: July 5–11, 2020 . ko:2020년 28주차 Album Chart . 2020, Week 28 Album Chart . unfit . https://web.archive.org/web/20200729030415/http://www.gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/album.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=&targetTime=28&hitYear=2020&termGbn=week . July 29, 2020 . August 3, 2022 . Gaon Music Chart . ko.
11. Web site: July 10–16, 2020 . Official Album Downloads Chart Top 100 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200713003522/https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/albums-downloads-chart/20200710/7003/ . July 13, 2020 . August 3, 2022 . Official Charts Company . en.
12. World Albums Chart. 2020-07-14. Billboard. 2020-08-08. https://archive.today/20200808203834/https://www.billboard.com/charts/world-albums/2020-07-18. live.
13. Web site: ja:月間 アルバムランキング – 2020年07月度 . Monthly Album Ranking – July 2020 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20200812054721/https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ja/m/2020-07/p/5/ . August 12, 2020 . August 3, 2022 . Oricon . ja.
14. Web site: ko:2020년 07월 Album Chart . July 2020 Album Chart . unfit . https://web.archive.org/web/20200901092439/http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/album.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=&targetTime=07&hitYear=2020&termGbn=month . September 1, 2020 . August 3, 2022 . Gaon Music Chart . ko.
15. Web site: ko:2020년 Album Chart . 2020 Album Chart . unfit . https://web.archive.org/web/20210626004218/http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/album.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=&termGbn=year&hitYear=2020 . June 26, 2021 . August 3, 2022 . Gaon Music Chart . ko.
16. Web site: July 5–11, 2020 . |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210611152912/https://www.ultratop.be/nl/album/67464/Red-Velvet-Irene-&-Seulgi-Monster-The-1st-Mini-Album-[EP |archive-date=June 11, 2021 |access-date=August 3, 2022 |publisher=Hung Medien |language=nl}}</ref> | 188 |- ! scope="row" | Japanese Albums ([[Oricon]])^[7] | 21|-! scope="row" | Japanese Combined Albums (Oricon)^[8] | 23|-! scope="row" | Japanese Hot Albums (Billboard Japan)^[9] | 35|-! scope="row" | South Korean Album (Gaon)^[10] | 2|-! scope="row" | UK Digital Albums (OCC)^[11] | 14|-! scope="row" | US World Albums (Billboard)^[12] | 5|}

    Monthly charts

    Chart (2020)! scope="col"

    Peak position
    Japanese Albums (Oricon)^[13]	42
    South Korean Album (Gaon)^[14]	4

    Year-end charts

    Chart (2020)! scope="col"

    Position
    South Korean Album (Gaon)^[15]	41

    Release history

    Release history and formats for Monster! Region! Date! Format! Label

    South Korea	July 6, 2020
    Various			SM Entertainment

    References

    Ultratop.be – Red Velvet - Irene & Seulgi – Monster ]

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