Sweet Rendezvous Explained

Sweet Rendezvous
Type:ep
Artist:Nine Muses
Cover:SweetRendezvous-EPcover.jpeg
Recorded:Seoul, South Korea
2011–2012
Genre:K-pop, dance-pop
Length:19:37
Label:Star Empire Entertainment
LOEN Entertainment
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Sweet Rendezvous is the first EP by the South Korean girl group Nine Muses. It was released on March 8, 2012 with the song "Ticket" as the promotional song.[1]

Background

Rumors of the comeback of the group started on February 21, 2012, speculating that the group was going to come back with a new digital single.[2] On March 2, a teaser photo of the member Euaerin was revealed. In the photo, Euaerin seems to be unclothed underneath the giant ticket that covers her up, stamped with the words "Ticket", the name of the group "Nine Muses" and a date "20120308", which could be a possibility to be the concept and day of release, on March 8.[3] On March 5, it was confirmed the new release is their debut mini-album by revealing the physical EP cover.[4] On the same day, it was revealed the track list of the EP, which features two already released digital singles "Figaro", released on August 11, 2011,[5] and "News", released on January 11, 2012,[6] two new songs "Ticket", "Who R U" and their instrumentals.[7] On March 6, more photos of the concept were revealed.[8]

Composition

All songs from the EP were written by Song Soo Yun and composed by Han Jae-Ho and Kim Seung-Soo (also known as Sweetune). They are also known for producing songs for the groups Infinite (Be Mine, Paradise, Cover Girl), KARA (Mister, Lupin, Jumping, Step and more), Rainbow (A, Mach), f(x) (Love) and more.

Music video

A teaser of the music video for "Ticket" was released on March 6, 2012.[9] The full music video was released on March 8, 2012, along with the EP release. A special "V Line" dance version was released on YouTube by their company, Star Empire Entertainment, on March 22.[10]

Promotions

Promotions of the song "Ticket" started on March 8, on Mnet's show M! Countdown.[11] The song was also promoted on the shows Music Bank,[12] Music Core[13] and Inkigayo.[14] The promotions ended one month later, on April 8, on SBS's Inkigayo.[15]

Charts

Album chart

Chart (2012)Peak
position
Gaon Weekly albums chart[16] 6
Gaon Monthly albums chart21

Single chart

SongPeak chart position
KORcolspan width="30"KOR
Gaon ChartK-Pop Billboard[17]
"Ticket"3341
"News"3646
"Figaro"6682

Sales

Notes and References

  1. Web site: (EP) Sweet Rendezvous / Daum 뮤직 :: 언제 어디서나 Music on Daum. 2012-03-08. Daum Communications. 2012-05-09. ko.
  2. Web site: http://news.nate.com/view/20120221n07942. ko:나인뮤지스, 휴식없는 전진!. 2012-02-21. Nate. 2012-05-09. ko.
  3. Web site: http://news.nate.com/view/20120302n03954. ko:나인뮤지스 이유애린, 보일 듯 말 듯 '티켓걸' 변신. 2012-03-02. Nate. 2012-05-09. ko.
  4. Web site: http://sports.donga.com/3/all/20120306/44539361/2. ko:나인뮤지스, 가늠할 수 없는 아찔 매력 방출. 2012-03-06. Nate. 2012-05-09. ko.
  5. Web site: Figaro-나인뮤지스 상세정보 --www.melon.com. 2011-08-18. MelOn. 2012-05-09. ko.
  6. Web site: NEWS-나인뮤지스 상세정보 --www.melon.com. 2012-01-11. MelOn. 2012-05-09. ko.
  7. Web site: YESASIA: Nine Muses Mini Album Vol. 1 - Sweet Rendezvous CD - Nine Muses, Loen Entertainment - Korean Music - Free Shipping. 2012-03-06. Yesasia. 2012-05-09. ko.
  8. Web site: http://news.nate.com/view/20120307n15475. ko:나인뮤지스, 1940년대 '핀업걸'로 변신한 2차 재킷 공개. 2012-03-07. Nate. 2012-05-09. ko.
  9. Web site: 나인뮤지스 (9MUSES)-1ST Mini Album 티켓(Ticket) Official MV Teaser. - YouTube. 2012-03-05. Star Empire's YouTube account. 2012-05-09.
  10. Web site: 나인뮤지스 (9MUSES)-1ST Mini Album 티켓(Ticket) V Line Dance Ver. - YouTube. 2012-03-21. Star Empire's YouTube account. 2012-05-09.
  11. Web site: http://news.nate.com/view/20120308n33401. ko:나인뮤지스 '모델돌 다운 완벽한 몸매'. 2012-03-08. Nate. 2012-05-09. ko.
  12. Web site: http://news.nate.com/view/20120309n23947. ko:나인뮤지스, 신곡 '티켓'으로 화려한 컴백 '역시 모델돌'. 2012-03-09. Nate. 2012-05-09. ko.
  13. Web site: http://news.nate.com/view/20120310n07560. ko:나인뮤지스, 강렬 래핑+섹시미 발산 ‘시선 집중’. 2012-03-10. Nate. 2012-05-09. ko.
  14. Web site: http://news.nate.com/view/20120311n05090. ko:'인기가요' 나인뮤지스, 섹시파워 티켓춤 '군무종결'. 2012-03-12. Nate. 2012-05-09. ko.
  15. Web site: http://news.nate.com/view/20120408n09642. ko:나인뮤지스, 치어리더 변신? 완벽한 군무 + 늘씬한 다리 '파워풀해'. 2012-04-08. Nate. 2012-05-09. ko.
  16. Web site: Gaon Search - Nine Muses. Gaon. 2012-05-09. ko.
  17. Web site: Korea K-Pop Hot 100 Music Chart . 2011-08-25. Billboard. 2012-04-14.
  18. Web site: Gaon physical sales. Gaon Chart. 2012-05-09. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120119045148/http://www.gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/album/list.gaon. 2012-01-19.

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