April, and a Flower
2019 EP by Chen
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April, and a Flower (styled as April, and a flower; Korean: 사월, 그리고 꽃; RR: Sawol, geurigo kkot) is the debut extended play by South Korean singer and songwriter Chen. It was released on April 1, 2019 by SM Entertainment and distributed by Dreamus.[2] The extended play features six songs including the hit lead single "Beautiful Goodbye".[3] The album is available in three versions: April, Flower, and a standard Kihno version of the album.
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| Released | April 1, 2019 | |||
| Recorded | 2019 | |||
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| Genre | K-pop[1] | |||
| Length | 24:56 | |||
| Language | Korean | |||
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| Producer | Lee Soo-man | |||
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Background and release
On March 8, it was reported that Chen would release his first solo album in April.[4][5] On March 19, the EP's title April, and a Flower, release date and art cover were revealed. The pre-order of the three versions of the EP started on the same day.[6] On March 21, a detailed teaser photo of the EP schedule was released.[7] On March 22, the track list[8] and the album details were released.[9]
On March 25, three image teasers of the singer were released.[10] On March 26, additional three image teasers were released.[11] On March 27, highlight medley of the EP was released.[12] On March 29, three image teasers of the singer were released.[13] On the same day, the first teaser of "Beautiful Goodbye" music video was released.[14] On March 30, two additional teaser photos were released.[15]
On April 1, the official music video of "Beautiful Goodbye" and the EP were released.[16] On April 5, a vertical video of "Beautiful Goodbye" was released.[17] On April 8, a visual video of "Flower" was released.[18] On April 19, a handwritten video of "Beautiful Goodbye" was released, where fans of Chen participated in writing the lyrics of the song on papers, and a video collage was made of it.[19]
Promotion
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On April 1, Chen held a showcase where he talked about the process of making the EP and held a listening session of it, the singer also performed the lead single "Beautiful Goodbye" for the first time.[20][21] On the same day he held a busking event titled "Chen's April Busking" at Coex Artium Mall where he discussed about each track of the EP with the fans, and performed "Sorry Not Sorry" and "Beautiful Goodbye".[22] Chen started promoting on Korean music programs for one week starting from April 5, 2019 and resulted in achieving first place on two music programs.[23] On April 6, The singer held a fansign in Sinchon,[24] and on April 20, in Busan and Daegu.[25]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Arrangement | Length |
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| 1. | "Flower" (꽃; Kkot) | Kim Je-hwi | Kim Je-hwi | 4:01 | |
| 2. | "Beautiful Goodbye" (사월이 지나면 우리 헤어져요; Sawori jinamyeon uri heeojeoyo; 'After April, we are separated') | NIve (153/Joombas) |
| MooF (153/Joombas) | 4:29 |
| 3. | "Sorry Not Sorry" (하고 싶던 말; Hago sipdeon mal; 'What You Want to Say') | Paul Kim | Phenomenotes | Song Young-joo | 4:26 |
| 4. | "Love Words" (사랑의 말; Sarangui mal; 'A Word of Love') | Kenzie | Kenzie | Kenzie | 3:36 |
| 5. | "I'll Be There" (먼저 가 있을게; Meonjeo ga isseulge; 'I'll go first') | Min Yeon-jae | KingMing | KingMing | 4:12 |
| 6. | "Portrait of You" (널 그리다; Neol geurida; 'I draw you') | Seo Ji-eum |
| Andreas Stone Johansson | 4:12 |
| Total length: | 25:04 | ||||
Charts
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Accolades
| Year | Organization | Award | Nominated work | Result | Ref |
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| 2020 | Golden Disc Awards | Disc Bonsang | April, and a Flower | Nominated | [38] |
| Digital Bonsang | "Beautiful Goodbye" | Nominated |
Release history
| Region | Date | Format | Label |
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| South Korea | April 1, 2019 | ||
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