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Part A: Peace Love & Ice Cream (2009)

Where the lyrics of Part A: Peace Love & Ice Cream take you, and where it was really made.

Part A was the first half of Younha's third album, and its cover and first music video marked the start of a cuter, more girly image for her.

Key places

Recording at Booming Studio (2009)

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Album story

Overview

• Part A: Peace Love & Ice Cream is the third Korean studio album by pop/rock singer Younha
• Released April 16, 2009
• Issued as Part A; the second part, Growing Season, followed on December 11, 2009
• The track listing has ten entries, including the title track "Peace Love & Ice Cream" (3:14)
• Songs include "Black Rain" (0:41), "Break Out", "1,2,3", "She is", "사랑하다" (Saranghada, "Loves"), "Luv U Luv U Luv U", and "My Song and... (Korean Ver.)"
• Instrumental versions of "1,2,3" and "사랑하다" close the track listing

Background

• The album introduced a cuter, more girly image of Younha
• The new image appears on the album cover and in the music video for the first single, "1,2,3"
• The album marks the third Korean studio release in Younha's career

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · ko.wikipedia.org

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Career

• Born Ko Younha, April 29, 1988, in South Korea; began piano at age 5.
• Dropped out of high school at 16 to pursue singing in Japan; later studied Japanese at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies.
• Debuted in Japan in 2004 with "Yubikiri"; nicknamed the "Oricon Comet".
• Breakthrough single "Houkiboshi" (anime Bleach soundtrack) entered the Oricon top 20, making her the second South Korean artist after BoA to do so.
• Debuted in South Korea in 2006 with the digital single "Audition".
• First Korean album "The Perfect Day to Say I Love You" (2007) peaked at No. 1; "Password 486" won SBS Inkigayo Mutizen awards.
• Won Best New Solo Artist at the 2007 MKMF.
• Her 2017 album "RescuE" was ranked No. 8 by Billboard among top K-Pop albums of the 2010s.
• "Winter Flower" with RM of BTS made her the first Korean female solo artist to top the US iTunes chart.
• Released the seventh album "Growth Theory" in 2024; celebrated her 21st debut anniversary in 2025.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• Third Korean studio album by pop/rock singer Younha, released April 16, 2009
• The album introduced a cuter, more girly image of Younha
• The new image is evidenced by the album's cover
• The new image is also evidenced by the music video for the first single, "1,2,3"
• "1,2,3" was the first single taken from the album
• The album was issued as Part A, the first of two parts
• The second part, Growing Season, came out on December 11, 2009
• The track listing has ten entries, including two instrumental versions
• "Break Out" is credited to Fredrik Hult, Shusui Kosugi and Tebey
• "1,2,3" is credited to Fredrik Hult, Shusui Kosugi, Carl Utbult and Vince Degiorgio
• "Luv U Luv U Luv U" is credited to 이숲 and 이관
• "사랑하다" is credited to 심재희 and Younha

Records

• Ranked 18th on the Gaon album chart as Part.A Peace Love & Icecream
• Part A and Part B were released as separate halves of the third album

Sources: ko.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• The track listing has ten entries, including instrumental versions of "1,2,3" and "사랑하다".
• "Black Rain" runs 0:41, the shortest entry on the track listing.
• "Luv U Luv U Luv U" is credited to 이숲 and 이관.
• "사랑하다" is credited to 심재희 and Younha, with the Korean title and the English gloss "Loves".

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

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