Severely (song) explained

Severely
Type:single
Artist:F.T. Island
Ep:Grown-Up
Language:Korean
Genre:Rock
Label:FNC Music
Chronology:F.T. Island Korean
Prev Title:Like Birds
Prev Year:2011
Next Title:I Wish
Next Year:2012

"Severely" (; also translated as "Fiercely") is a song by South Korean idol rock band F.T. Island. It was released on January 31, 2012, under FNC Music and serves as the lead single of the band's fourth mini-album Grown-Up. A rock ballad, the song was written by Han Seong-ho, and composed by Kim Do-hun and Lee Sang-ho.

"Severely" peaked at number three on South Korea's national Gaon Digital Chart and the Billboard Korea K-Pop Hot 100, spending two consecutive weeks at its peak on both charts. The song earned F.T. Island three consecutive wins—dubbed a "Triple Crown"—on JTBC's music television program Music on Top, in addition to two wins on Mnet's M Countdown and one win on Seoul Broadcasting System's (SBS) Inkigayo.

Composition

"Severely" is a slow-tempo rock ballad.[1] The song was written by Han Seong-ho, composed by Kim Do-hun and Lee Sang-ho, and arranged by the latter; it was composed in the key of E major using common time with a tempo of 71 beats per minute.[2] [3]

Release and promotion

On January 27, 2012, F.T. Island released a music video teaser for "Severely". The full music video was released on January 31, 2012, which starred lead vocalist Lee Hong-gi and AOA member Kim Seol-hyun, a trainee of FNC Music at the time, as his love interest.[4] [5] The music video begins with Lee in a church where he mourns the death of his love interest. After exiting the building, he returns to the past and is given a second chance at saving the woman's life at the cost of his own.

Beginning on February 2, 2012, F.T. Island initiated promotions for Grown-Up by performing "Severely" and "We Hope to Become Lovers" on Mnet's music television program M! Countdown.[6] The band also performed the songs the following days on Korean Broadcasting System's (KBS) Music Bank,[7] Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation's (MBC) Show! Music Core[8] and SBS's Inkigayo.[9] On February 9, "Severely" earned its first K-Chart win on M! Countdown.[10] F.T. Island won a second time on February 23.[11] They won JTBC's Music on Top on February 15,[12] and February 29, the latter of which earned them a Triple Crown for their third consecutive win on the show.[14]

Notes and References

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  2. Grown-Up. F.T. Island. 2012. FNC Music. 1030280579. liner notes.
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  34. Web site: Lee. Han-hyeong. ko:[포토엔] FT아일랜드 '뮤직온탑 트리플크라운'|url=http://pic.joinsmsn.com/photo/article/article.asp?total_id=7501910&ctg=15|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20120716184253/http://pic.joinsmsn.com/photo/article/article.asp?total_id=7501910&ctg=15|archivedate=July 16, 2012|work=JoongAng Ilbo|publisher=Jcube Interactive|accessdate=November 2, 2017|date=February 29, 2012|language=ko|url-status = usurped}} On February 26, the band won Inkigayos Mutizen.[14] F.T. Island's final promotional performance was held on Inkigayo on March 18, 2012.[15]

    Chart performance

    With one eligible charting day, "Severely" entered at number 76 on South Korea's national monthly Gaon Digital Chart for January.[16] On the chart dated January 29 – February 4, 2012, it debuted at number four on the weekly Gaon Digital Chart, shifting 334,140 downloads and 827,392 streams within its first week of release.[17] [18] [19] The song rose to its peak at number three the following week, where it remained for two consecutive frames before descending to number eight.[20] [21] [22] For the month of February, the song ranked at number three.[23] By the end of the year, "Severely" was the 24th most-downloaded song with 2,291,448 units and the 81st most-streamed song with 15,206,652 streams domestically.[24] [25] It ranked number 65 on the year-end Gaon Digital Chart.[26]

    On the Billboard Korea K-Pop Hot 100, "Severely" debuted at number 35.[27] On its second week, the song rose to number four.[28] It peaked at number three the following week, where it remained for two consecutive weeks before falling to number ten.[29] [30] On the year-end chart, "Severely" ranked at number 39.[31]

    Chart history

    Weekly charts

    Chart (2012)Peak
    position
    Billboard Korea K-Pop Hot 1003
    Gaon Digital Chart3
    Gaon Mobile Chart[32] 11
    Gaon Noraebang Chart[33] 1

    Year-end charts

    Chart (2012)Peak
    position
    Billboard Korea K-Pop Hot 10039
    Gaon Digital Chart65

    References

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