Hello (Joy song)

"Hello"

"Hello" is a modern rock genre song that conveys a message of forgetting about the hard days and celebrating a new day.

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SM Entertainment revealed that Joy will be releasing "Hello" as the title track for her special album of the same name at 6:00 PM of May 31, 2021.^[1] It was reported that starting from the title song, mood samplers and track posters for each song in the album will be released sequentially.^[2] The track is a remake of the same name released by singer Park Hye-kyung in 2003.^[3]

"Hello" was composed by Kang Hyun-min, while the lyrics were also written by him along with Park Hye-kyung and Park Ji-won.^[4] Musically, it was described as a modern rock genre song.^[5] The track is noted for its "speedy arrangement of cheerful brass music", in which was described as "enough to feel a different charm" from the original song.^[6][7] Moreover, Joy is praised on the track for her "cool vocals".^[8] The song is composed in the key of D major with a tempo of 93 beats per minute.^[9] Lyrically, it is described as "hopeful" as it conveys a message of forgetting about the hard days and celebrating a new day.^[10]

The track debuted at position 16 on the 23nd weekly issue of South Korea's Gaon Digital Chart for 2021 during the period dated May 30 – June 5.^[11] It charted at position 11 on the following week with chart issue dated May 30 – June 5.^[12] The following week, it peaked at position 10.^[13] The song also debuted and peaked at position six on the component Download Chart.^[14][15] It also debuted at position 24 on the component Streaming Chart and peaked at position 13.^[16][17] In addition, it debuted at position 26 on the component BGM chart.^[18] The song entered the Billboard K-Pop Hot 100 at position 43 on the chart issue dated June 12, 2021, and peaked at position 10 two weeks later.^[19][20]

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Hello.^[21]

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