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Love Love Love (2013)
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A planned spring 2013 mini album was dropped, and a single took its place: the pre-release song 'Bom Bom Bom' became a million-seller and carried the debut album.
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Overview
- Love Love Love: debut studio album by South Korean singer-songwriter Roy Kim
- Released June 25, 2013 through CJ E&M Music
- Nine tracks in total
- Spawned two hit singles: 'Bom Bom Bom' and the lead single 'Love Love Love'
- 'Bom Bom Bom' is a million-selling hit
- As of July 2016: over 19,000 physical copies sold in South Korea
- As of July 2016: 2.94 million individual track downloads in South Korea
Background
- Shortly after Kim won Mnet's Superstar K4, a mini album for spring 2013 was announced
- That plan was scrapped in favor of a first single, 'Bom Bom Bom', followed by a full-length album
- 'Bom Bom Bom' was released in April 2013; Kim began recording the rest of the album after that
- June 2013: CJ E&M Music announced the album was in its final preparation stages
Sources: en.wikipedia.org · ko.wikipedia.org
Tracklist
| 1 | Intro (My Forest) | 0:56 |
| 2 | 이 노랠 들어요 | 3:30 |
| 3 | 봄봄봄 | 3:29 |
| 4 | 그대를 사랑한단 말 | 4:14 |
| 5 | Love Love Love | 3:37 |
| 6 | 할아버지와 카메라 | 3:47 |
| 7 | 도통 모르겠네 | 3:40 |
| 8 | 나만 따라와 | 3:00 |
| 9 | 12 o'clock | 3:45 |
Sources: musicbrainz.org
Artist
Formation
- Born Kim Sang-woo (김상우) in Seoul, South Korea, on July 3, 1993; professionally known as Roy Kim.
- Won the television talent show Superstar K 4 in 2012, which began his singing career.
- Attended Asheville School in Asheville, North Carolina, graduating in 2012.
- Entered Georgetown University in 2013, alternating between US study and his South Korean music career.
Career
- Debuted with the studio album Love Love Love (2013), which included the hit single "Bom Bom Bom".
- The album won Best New Male Artist at the 2013 Mnet Asian Music Awards and Rookie of the Year and the Popularity Award at the 2014 Golden Disc Awards.
- Released the albums Home (2014) and The Great Dipper (2015), and the EP Blooming Season (2017).
- Contributed the song "Pinocchio" to the soundtrack of the television series Pinocchio, winning Best Original Soundtrack at the 2015 APAN Star Awards.
- Won Best Ballad at the 2018 Melon Music Awards and Best Male Artist at the 2018 Mnet Asian Music Awards for "Only Then".
- Enlisted in the Republic of Korea Marine Corps on June 15, 2020, and was discharged in December 2021.
- Released the album And in October 2022, his first after military discharge.
- Has also contributed to soundtracks for Reply 1994, Another Miss Oh, and Guardian: The Lonely and Great God.
Sources: en.wikipedia.org
Reception
At release
- Upon release, the album debuted at number three on the Gaon Weekly Album Chart
- Its title track 'Love Love Love' reached number two on the Gaon Digital Chart and number four on the Billboard Korea K-Pop Hot 100
- Pre-release single 'Bom Bom Bom' topped the Gaon Digital Chart for two consecutive weeks
- 'Bom Bom Bom' topped the now-defunct Billboard Korea K-Pop Hot 100 for three straight weeks
Records
- Kim earned a Mnet Asian Music Award for Best New Male Artist, and a Golden Disk Award for New Rising Star Award in Disk Album
- At the end of 2013, 'Bom Bom Bom' ranked number seven (2.9%) in the top ten of Gallup Korea's 'Song of the Year'
- According to the Gaon Music Chart, 'Bom Bom Bom' was the fourth most successful single of 2013, selling over 1.5 million digital copies that year
- 'Bom Bom Bom' was number seven on the 2013 year-end Billboard Korea K-Pop Hot 100
- 'Love Love Love' became the 104th most successful single of 2013, selling over 732,000 digital copies that year
- As of July 2016, the album has sold about 19,900 copies in Kim's native country
Sources: en.wikipedia.org
Trivia
- The 'Intro (My Forest)' track was recorded at a forest built by Kim's fans to celebrate the album, located near Guryong Station in Gaepo-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul.
- Track listing and a teaser image were revealed on June 18, 2013, a week before the release.
- On June 27, 2013, Kim performed 'Let Me Love You' and the title track on Mnet's M! Countdown.
- In August 2013, Parc Jae-jung covered 'Love Love Love' on Superstar K5 and was later crowned the winner.
- Natthew's November 2014 remake of 'Don't Know How' was the first song of Kim's ever to be covered.
- On April 12, 2016, KNK covered 'Bom Bom Bom' on SBS MTV's The Show.
Sources: en.wikipedia.org