For the Summer is the first summer special album by South Korean-Chinese girl group WJSN. It was released on June 4, 2019, by Starship Entertainment and distributed by Kakao M.[1] It contains a total of five songs, including the lead single "Boogie Up".

For the Summer
Digital and Blue version cover
EP by
ReleasedJune 4, 2019 (2019-06-04)
Genre
Length16:20
LanguageKorean
Label
WJSN chronology
WJ Stay?
(2019)
For the Summer
(2019)
As You Wish
(2019)
Singles from For the Summer
  1. "Boogie Up"
    Released: June 4, 2019
Music video
"Boogie Up" on YouTube

Background and release edit

On May 19, 2019, WJSN revealed through its official social media accounts that the group would release a special album on June 4, 2019.[1][2]

On the day of the album's release, the music video of the lead single "Boogie Up" was also released.[3][4]

Commercial performance edit

For the Summer debuted at number one on South Korea's Gaon Album Chart on the week dated June 8, 2019, becoming the group's first number one album in the country. It ranked at number seventy-one on the Year-End chart with 78,555 copies sold in 2019.

The lead single "Boogie Up" peaked at number 133 on the Gaon Digital Chart and at number 60 on the Billboard K-pop Hot 100.

Tracklisting edit

No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."Boogie Up"
  • 달리
  • Exy
  • Wonderkid
  • 신쿵
  • Wonderkid
  • 신쿵
3:03
2."Oh My Summer" (눈부셔)
  • JQ
  • Lee Ji Hye (makeumine works)
  • Exy
  • OLLIPOP
  • Caesar & Loui
  • Hayley Aitken
  • OLLIPOP
  • Daniel Caesar
3:27
3."My Type"
  • 진리(FULL8LOOM)
  • 영광의 얼굴들(FULL8LOOM)
  • 진리(FULL8LOOM)
  • JAKE K(FULL8LOOM)
  • 영광의 얼굴들(FULL8LOOM),
  • JAKE K(FULL8LOOM)
3:11
4."Let's Dance" (우리끼리)
  • MosPick
  • Exy
  • MosPick
  • MosPick
3:08
5."Sugar Pop"
  • LOVEY
  • Exy
  • OLLIPOP
  • Caesar & Loui
  • Hayley Aitken
  • OLLIPOP
  • Caesar & Loui
3:23
Total length:16:20

Charts edit

Weekly charts edit

Awards and nominations edit

Music program wins edit

Song Program Date Ref
"Boogie Up"
The Show (SBS MTV) June 11, 2019 [7]
June 18, 2019
Show Champion (MBC Music) June 19, 2019 [8]
M Countdown (Mnet) June 13, 2019 [9]

Release history edit

Region Date Format Label
South Korea June 4, 2019
Various Digital download

References edit

  1. ^ a b "우주소녀, 6월 4일 기습 컴백…청량한 커밍순 이미지 공개". Hankook Ilbo (in Korean). 2019-05-19.
  2. ^ "Cosmic Girls unveil teaser photos for June 4". The Korea Times. 2019-05-27.
  3. ^ MV 우주소녀 (WJSN) - Boogie Up on YouTube
  4. ^ "WJSN Want to 'Boogie Up' This Summer: Watch the Music Video". Billboard. 2019-06-04.
  5. ^ "Gaon Album Chart – Week 23, 2019". Gaon Chart (in Korean). Retrieved June 13, 2019.
  6. ^ "2019년 Album Chart". Gaon. Retrieved January 10, 2020.
  7. ^ "'더 쇼' 우주소녀, 신곡 'Boogie Up'로 컴백 후 첫 1위 올라". m-i.kr (in Korean). 12 June 2019. Retrieved 2019-06-12.
  8. ^ "우주소녀, '쇼챔' 첫 1위·4관왕 "항상 발전하는 그룹 될 것"". news1.kr (in Korean). 20 June 2019. Retrieved 2019-06-20.
  9. ^ "'엠카운트다운' 우주소녀, 1위·2관왕..솔로공개 배진영·데뷔 비비 [종합]". entertain.naver.com (in Korean). Retrieved 2019-06-13.