Loving U

Loving U is the first summer special album by South Korean girl group Sistar. It was released on June 28, 2012 by Starship Entertainment and distributed by LOEN Entertainment, with the song of the same title used as the promotional song. It is listed as a summer special album and contains two new songs, "Loving U" and "Holiday", and five remixes of the group's past hit-singles.[1]

This article is about the Sistar EP. For similar uses, see Loving You.
Loving U
EP by
Sistar
ReleasedJune 28, 2012
Recorded2010-2012
Genre
Length25:21
LanguageKorean
Label
Sistar chronology
Alone
(2012)		 Loving U
(2012)		 Give It to Me
(2013)
Singles from Loving U
  1. "Loving U"
    Released: June 28, 2012

Background

On June 11, Starship Entertainment announced that the group will be releasing a summer special album by the end of June.[2] On June 16, it was stated that the group was spotted in Hawaii recording a music video. On June 28, the extended play and music video were released simultaneously.

Composition

The extended play is composed of seven tracks: two new songs and five remixes of the group's previously title tracks. "Loving U" and "Holiday" were both written and produced by Duble Sidekick. "Loving U" is the lead song, which makes attractions by the strong beats and fresh lyrics. "Holiday" is the second single of the album. It is close to electronic synthpop. The songs "Push Push" and "So Cool" were remixed by DJ Robato. "Alone" and "Ma Boy" were remixed by Smells. "How Dare You" was remixed by Demicat.

Music video

A teaser of the music video for "Loving U" was released on June 25, on Starship Entertainment's YouTube account.[3] The full music video was released on June 28, along with the EP, simultaneously. It was also revealed that the music video costed about 200 million won ($169,000 USD) and was recorded in Hawaii.[4]

Promotions

The first performance of the song "Loving U" was on the 2012 Mnet 20's Choice Awards, realized on June 28, 2012.[5] The TV promotions started on June 29, on KBS' Music Bank.[6] The group received their seventh and eight music show award on the same music program respectively. The song will be also promoted on the shows Music Core, Inkigayo and M! Countdown with some performances having an intro mash-up of the albums remixes for "Alone", "How Dare You" and "So Cool". The group released on July 24 the second single "Holiday".

Track listing
Official track list[1]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s) / Remix byLength
1."Loving U" (러빙유; Reobing Yu)Duble SidekickDuble Sidekick3:39
2."Holiday" (홀리데이; Hollidei)Duble Sidekick
  • Duble Sidekick
  • Ichiro Suezawa
3:37
3."Push Push" (DJ Rubato Remix)Brave BrothersBrave Brothers / DJ Rubato3:33
4."Alone" (Smells Remix) (나혼자; Nahonja)Brave BrothersBrave Brothers / Smells3:09
5."Ma Boy" (Smells Remix)
  • Brave Brothers
  • War of the Stars
Brave Brothers / Smells3:36
6."How Dare You" (Demicat Remix) (니까짓게; Nikkajitge)Brave BrothersBrave Brothers / Demicat4:25
7."So Cool" (DJ Rubato Remix)Brave BrothersBrave Brothers / DJ Rubato3:25
Total length:25:21

Chart performance

Album chart
Chart Peak
position
Gaon Weekly album chart[7] 11
Gaon Weekly domestic album chart[7] 10
Gaon Monthly album chart[7] 13
Gaon Monthly domestic album chart[7] 13

Single chart
Song Peak chart position
KOR KOR
Gaon Chart[7] K-Pop Billboard[8]
"Loving U" 1 1
"Holiday" 19 26

Sales and certifications
Chart Amount
Gaon physical sales[9] 24,000+

Release history
CountryDateFormatLabel
South Korea[1] June 28, 2012 Digital download Starship Entertainment
LOEN Entertainment
July 3, 2012 CD

References
  1. "Summer Special 'Loving U' / Daum 뮤직 :: 언제 어디서나 Music on Daum" (in Korean). Daum Communications. 2012-06-28. Archived from the original on 2012-07-10. Retrieved 2012-06-27.
  2. 씨스타, 6월 아이돌 대전 동참..여름 댄스곡 발표 (in Korean). Star News Korea. 2012-06-11. Archived from the original on 2012-06-16. Retrieved 2012-06-27.
  3. "SISTAR(씨스타)_Loving U_Music Video Teaser - YouTube" (in Korean). Starship Entertainment's YouTube account. 2012-06-25. Archived from the original on 2012-06-25. Retrieved 2012-06-27.
  4. 씨스타, 신곡 뮤비 2억원 물량 공세..통 큰 스케일 '눈길' (in Korean). Nate. 2012-06-25. Archived from the original on 2017-03-10. Retrieved 2012-06-27.
  5. 씨스타, 신곡 ‘러빙 유’ 첫 무대 어땠나? 섹시 썸머룩 ‘눈길’ (in Korean). Nate. 2012-06-28. Archived from the original on 2021-05-11. Retrieved 2012-06-29.
  6. '뮤뱅' 씨스타, '러빙유' 상큼발랄 숙녀로 변신..가요계 컴백 (in Korean). Nate. 2012-06-29. Archived from the original on 2021-05-11. Retrieved 2012-06-29.
  7. "Gaon Search - Sistar" (in Korean). Gaon. Archived from the original on 2018-09-11. Retrieved 2012-04-14.
  8. "Korea K-Pop Hot 100 Music Chart". Billboard. 2011-08-25. Archived from the original on 2012-09-20. Retrieved 2012-04-14.
  9. "Gaon album chart". Gaon (in Korean). Archived from the original on 2012-05-15. Retrieved 2012-08-11.
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