Flame of Love is the second Japanese extended play (third overall) by South Korean singer Taemin under EMI Records, a division of Universal Music Japan. It was released digitally on July 3, 2017, and physically on July 18, 2017. The title track was released on June 28, 2017.[2] Taemin performed songs from the EP at his first solo concert in Japan at the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo, which attracted 28,000 fans.[3][4] The visual contents were co-produced by Mika Ninagawa. A deluxe edition comes with a bonus DVD with a music video for the title song, its dance version, and shooting sketch for cover artwork and music video. After the release, the album immediately ranked number one on Japan's daily albums charts, selling more than 45,000 copies.[5]

Flame of Love
EP by
ReleasedJuly 3, 2017 (2017-07-03)
GenreJ-pop[1]
Length20:36
LanguageJapanese
Label
Taemin chronology
Sayonara Hitori
(2016)
Flame of Love
(2017)
Move
(2017)
Singles from Flame of Love
  1. "Flame of Love"
    Released: June 28, 2017

Track listing edit

Flame of Love track listing
No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."Flame of Love"Amon Hayashi
Mussashi3:54
2."I'm Crying"Meg.Me [ja]
  • Kevin Charge
  • Yumiko Okada
  • Grace Tone
  • Hide Nakamura
Kevin Charge5:45
3."Do It Baby"Sara Sakurai
Sebastian Thott2:42
4."Door"Sara Sakurai
Andreas Stone Johansson3:57
5."Itsuka Kokode" (いつかここで)Sara Sakurai
Andreas Stone Johansson4:04
Total length:20:22
DVD
No.TitleLength
1."Flame of Love" (music video) 
2."Flame of Love" (MV dance version) 
3."Jacket & MV Shooting Sketch" 

Charts edit

Chart performance for Flame of Love
Chart Peak
position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[6] 2
Japanese Hot Albums (Billboard Japan)[7] 2

Sales edit

Chart Amount
Oricon physical sales 51,752+[8]

References edit

  1. ^ "Genre according to iTunes". iTunes. July 3, 2017. Retrieved September 25, 2017.
  2. ^ テミン(SHINee)、CGとダンスで世界観を表現した「Flame of Love」MV公開 [Taemin (Shinee) releases music video for "Flame of Love" expressing worldview with CG and dance]. Billboard Japan (in Japanese). June 27, 2017. Retrieved August 20, 2022.
  3. ^ Jie Ye-eun (April 6, 2017). "SHINee's Taemin to hold solo concert in Japan". K-Pop Herald. Retrieved July 2, 2017.
  4. ^ Hajime Kamiiisaka (July 2, 2017). "SHINeeテミン"底知れぬ才能"が武道館で覚醒「今日のステージが、ソロのテミンとしてスタートになる」<ライブレポ・セットリスト>" [Shinee's Taemin "unknown talent" awakens at the Budokan arena "Today's stage will start Taemin's solo"]. Modelpress. Archived from the original on July 2, 2017. Retrieved July 2, 2017.
  5. ^ Flame of Love sales
  6. ^ "Oricon Top 50 Albums: 2017-07-31" (in Japanese). Oricon. Archived from the original on July 26, 2017. Retrieved August 20, 2022.
  7. ^ "Hot Albums: 2017/07/26 公開". Billboard Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved August 20, 2022.
  8. ^ "Oricon Album Ranking monthly (2017年07月付) - see #10". Oricon Style (in Japanese). Oricon Inc. Archived from the original on August 9, 2017.