Reboot_(Wonder_Girls_album)

<i>Reboot</i> (Wonder Girls album)

Reboot (Wonder Girls album)

2015 studio album by Wonder Girls


Reboot is the third and final studio album by South Korean girl group Wonder Girls. It was released on August 3, 2015, through JYP Entertainment. The Wonder Girls were more involved in the composition of this album, with each member having writing and/or production credits on at least one song; each song has credits for at least one member.[2] It was their first studio album since 2007 to feature member Sunmi and their first since the departure of members Sunye and Sohee. The album musically conveys a 1980s-inspired style, incorporating genres including synthpop, hip hop, pop rock and dance-pop.

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Reboot was met with critical acclaim from music critics who praised its concept and musical styles. Billboard named the record the best K-pop album of 2015[1] and the fourth best K-pop album of the 2010s.[3] Commercially, Reboot charted at number five on the Gaon Album Chart and number two on the Billboard World Albums. It was preceded by the release of the single "I Feel You", released on August 2, 2015.

Background and composition

On June 24, 2015, it was reported that member Sunmi would return to the group following her initial departure in February 2010. On July 20, it was confirmed that members Sohee and Sunye had officially withdrawn from the group. The same day, JYP Entertainment announced the return of the Wonder Girls with a new band concept. For this concept, Sunmi plays bass guitar, Yubin plays drums, Hyelim plays guitar, and Yeeun plays piano. Individual teasers of the members playing their respective instruments began being released on July 20.[4] Despite the concept, none of the members actually recorded instrumentals for the album, though they learned to play the instruments and performed songs with their instruments live.[5][6] Yeeun was the only member of the group to have considerable experience playing her instrument, the piano, prior to the lead up to the comeback.

Singles and promotion

On July 29, a promotional video for the release of Reboot was released on YouTube. "I Feel You" served as the lead single for the album, being released on August 2. It was accompanied by a music video directed by Lumpens, which premiered on the same day on JYP Entertainment's YouTube channel. "I Feel You" and its music video are heavily inspired by 1980s music, similar to the group's 2008 single "So Hot". It takes place in 1987 and shows each member playing her own respective instrument. KBS considered the music video to be "too sexy and revealing" and only aired the video after certain dance moves were cut.[7]

"I Feel You" is their first single since Sunye's and Sohee's departures and their first single since the English version release of "Nobody" (2009) to feature Sunmi. The song was promoted on major South Korean music shows, starting on August 8 on KBS's Music Bank; on those shows, they also performed other tracks from the album, including "Candle", "Back", and "Rewind". They also appeared on variety shows, including MBC every1's Weekly Idol. In addition, the group appeared on various radio shows.
The songs "Candle" (featuring Paloalto) and "Rewind" had dance practice videos released on YouTube on August 11 and 20, respectively.

Critical reception

Reboot received critical acclaim; it was ranked number one on Billboard's list of the 10 Best K-pop Albums of 2015 with editor Jeff Benjamin praising the record's thematic concept: "Reboot showcases the importance of a concept and what happens when an act believes in that concept. [...] It’s that type of dedication to your concept, nay art, that makes for a body of work that rises above the rest. As previously mentioned, this year was filled with a spectacular amount of K-pop album releases, but the best comes when the act fully embraces what makes them unique."[8] iTunes Japan named it the best K-pop album of the year[9] while Korean music webzine Idology ranked it the year's third best album, with critic Squib writing that "What the Wonder Girls are rebooting here is not their careers, but a 'real taste of K-pop'."[10]

Billboard named Reboot the fourth best K-pop album of the 2010s decade in 2019, hailing the LP as a "testament to the power of pre-established musical genres as a transformative means of expressing oneself". They remarked that it's not a "rehash", "it's a reboot."[3] Cielo Perez from Paste ranked it the 8th greatest K-pop album of all time, writing that "there’s something for everyone to latch onto and obsess over on this album—a true benchmark of brilliance."[11]

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Commercial performance

Commercially, Reboot underperformed in comparison to the group's earlier albums. It debuted at number five on the Gaon Album Chart,[17] selling 12,789 copies by August 2016.[18] In the United States, the album debuted at number 2 on the Billboard US World Albums chart, becoming their best charting album on that chart. It also peaked at number twenty-five on US Heatseekers Albums.[19] The main single, "I Feel You", charted at number one on eight major South Korean music streaming charts during the week of its release.[citation needed] It peaked at number three on the country's comprehensive Gaon Digital Chart in the week ending on August 15, 2015.[20]

Track listing

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References

  1. Benjamin, Jeff; Oak, Jessica (December 12, 2015). "The 10 Best K-Pop Albums of 2015". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved May 9, 2016.
  2. "Wonder Girls the 3rd album Reboot Track List". Facebook (in Korean). July 28, 2015. Retrieved August 12, 2015.
  3. "The 25 Greatest K-Pop Albums of the 2010s: Staff List". Billboard. December 17, 2019. Archived from the original on December 21, 2019. Retrieved December 29, 2019.
  4. Kaur, Gungeet (June 23, 2016). "KBS bans Wonder Girls' new song Sweet & Easy". International Business Times. Retrieved May 9, 2023.
  5. "iTunes Releases Its Best of 2015 List and Top Seller Charts | ARAMA! JAPAN". ARAMA! JAPAN. December 10, 2015. Retrieved August 1, 2017.
  6. "결산 2015 : ② 올해의 음반". Idology. January 7, 2016. Retrieved February 12, 2022.
  7. Perez, Cielo (September 11, 2023). "The 30 Greatest K-Pop Albums of All Time". Paste Magazine. Retrieved September 11, 2023.
  8. "2000년대 한국 대중음악 명반 100 (2004–2023)" [Top 100 Korean pop music albums of the 2000s (2004–2023)] (in Korean). Educational Broadcasting System. April 1, 2024. Retrieved April 2, 2024.
  9. "The 20 Best Albums of 2015". Fuse. Retrieved December 16, 2015.
  10. Peterson, Jacques (December 29, 2015). "The 25 Best K-Pop Songs Of 2015". Idolator. Retrieved February 12, 2022.
  11. "The Best K-Pop of 2015, PopMatters". PopMatters. December 18, 2015. Retrieved February 12, 2022.
  12. Dorof, Jakob (December 9, 2015). "The Top 20 K-pop Songs of 2015". Vice. Retrieved February 12, 2022.
  13. "Gaon Album Chart - Week 33, 2015". Gaon Chart. Retrieved August 15, 2015.
  14. Cumulative sales for Reboot:
  15. "Digital Chart – Week 33 of 2015". Circle Chart. August 9–15, 2015. Retrieved July 19, 2022.
  16. "Circle Album Chart – August 2015". Circle Chart (in Korean). August 2015. Retrieved December 19, 2022.

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