| Thriller | |
| Type: | ep |
| Artist: | BTOB |
| Cover: | Thriller BtoB.jpg |
| Border: | yes |
| Caption: | Cover of Thriller |
| Recorded: | 2013 |
| Genre: | K-pop, dance-pop |
| Length: | 21:23 |
| Language: | Korean |
| Label: | Cube Entertainment Universal Music Group |
| Prev Title: | Press Play |
| Prev Year: | 2012 |
| Next Title: | Beep Beep |
| Next Year: | 2014 |
Thriller is the third EP released by South Korean boy band, BTOB. It was released on September 9, 2013, consisting a total of 6 tracks with Thriller as title track and the promotional single of the album.[1] [2]
On August 23, 2013, Cube Entertainment released concept pictures for "When I Was Your Man", a pre-release track from the album before the official release with a special music video for the song released a few days later.[3] [4] On September 4, 2013, BTOB uploaded the music video of Thriller on their official YouTube channel and on the same day they performed Thriller and When I Was Your Man on MBC's Show Champion prior to the release date of the EP.[5]
The EP features a total of 6 tracks with 5 tracks co-written by the members of BTOB themselves and the third track of the EP titled 왜이래 (Why) was composed and co-written by label mate Beast's Lee Gi-kwang.[6]
The EP opens with the first track When I Was Your Man, a classy and soft, laid back track. The song is about a man looking back at a past relationship, and reflecting how different he is now. The second track of the album, Thriller, a dynamic song with a story of a fallen knight coming back to life to finish their mission of saving their princess. It is a song that focuses on that rush they get as they rise from the grave. The third track Why is an R&B influenced track that tells the story of a man who has realized that his lover has no feelings left for him. The fourth track Catch Me is a song that is focused on the feelings one experiences that moment he falls in love. The fifth track Like a Crystal, is a song largely accompanied by an acoustic guitar and the last track Star is a ballad song that samples the bars of the famous nursery rhyme, “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star".[7]
※ Track in bold is the title track in the album.[6]
| Country | Date | Distributing label | Format |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Korea | |||
| Worldwide |