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The Perfect Day to Say I Love You (2007)

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Released only months after her Korean debut, this first Korean-language album reached No. 1 on the charts.

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The Perfect Day to Say I Love You (Korean: 고백하기 좋은 날) is the first Korean-language studio album by Younha
Released March 15, 2007 through YBM Seoul Records (now Kakao M)
Came out about four months after her Korean debut single "Audition" (November 2006)
Title track "Password 486", named after the stroke count of the word 사랑해
Follow-up single "Love Condition"

Younha debuted in Japan in 2004 and released her first full-length album in 2005, with no activity in Korea
A KBS 《인간극장》 broadcast in summer 2006 featured her story
The digital single "Audition" in November 2006 started her Korean career
Before this album, her Japanese single "Hakanaku Tsuyoku" came out on January 17, 2007, as an anime theme
Exactly two months after that single, she returned to Korea and released this album

"Password 486" is track 3 on the original edition
"Love Condition" is track 7 on the original edition
Younha wrote the composition of "Today Only" (오늘만), one of the album's songs
Track 2 is "Kkoma I cry"
Wheesung co-wrote the lyrics of "Password 486" and appears on track 10, "Eorin Yokshim"
The "Password 486" music video alternates between Younha singing and her boyfriend running toward the female lead

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.

"Password 486" was the first promoted track; its music video featured Yoon Ji-hoo
"Love Condition" had no music video but was performed many times and became a chart hit
Younha performed at the opening of the Korean GomTV MSL Grand Finals on July 14, 2007

The album reached No. 1 on the charts
"Password 486" won the Best New Artist award at the 2007 Mnet KM Music Festival
"Password 486" was nominated for the Digital Song Bonsang at the 22nd Golden Disc Awards
"Password 486" won the SBS Inkigayo Mutizen prize twice
Younha received the Best New Artist (solo) award at the MKMF 2007 on November 17
The album was issued in Korea shortly after the Japanese career ended with Epic Records

Wheesung co-wrote the lyrics of "Password 486" and joined the album on track 10
Students of Konkuk University's animation department reportedly gave Younha a fan-made music video for track 2, "Kkoma I cry", in anime montage style
The digital singles "Audition (Time 2 Rock)" and "기다리다" were not included on this album
The "Password 486" music video alternates between Younha singing and her boyfriend running toward the female lead
Younha's first Korean album followed a Korean debut that came after two years of inactivity in Korea