Return of the Girl

Return of the Girl is the third extended play by South Korean girl group Everglow. The EP was released by Yuehua Entertainment on December 1, 2021, and contains five tracks, including the lead single "Pirate".

ReleasedDecember 1, 2021

Studio

Doobdoob Studio (Seoul)
Monotree Studio (Seoul)

Length16:35

LanguageKorean

Quick facts EP by Everglow, Released ...

Return of the Girl

Digital cover

EP by

Everglow

Released

December 1, 2021

Studio

Doobdoob Studio (Seoul)
Monotree Studio (Seoul)

Length

16:35

Language

Korean

Label

Producer

Tobias Näslund
Ollipop
Ludwig Lindell

Everglow chronology

Last Melody
(2021)

Return of the Girl
(2021)

All My Girls
(2023)

Singles from Return of the Girl

"Pirate"
Released: December 1, 2021

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Background and release

On November 15, 2021, Yuehua Entertainment announced Everglow would be releasing their third extended play titled Return of the Girl on December 1.^[1] A day later, the promotional schedule was released.^[2] On November 22, the track listing was released with "Pirate" announced as the lead single.^[3] On November 24, the music video teaser for "Pirate" was released.^[4] A day later, the highlight medley teaser video was released.^[5] On November 28, the choreography performance teaser video for "Pirate" was released.^[6]

Commercial performance

Return of the Girl debuted at number ten on South Korea's Gaon Album Chart in the chart issue dated November 28 – December 4, 2021;^[7] on the monthly chart, the EP debuted at number 12 in the chart issue for December 2021 with 40,809 copies sold.^[8]

Promotion

Prior to the extended play's release, on December 1, 2021, Everglow held a live showcase event online to introduce the EP and communicate with their fans.^[9] The group performed "Pirate" on various music shows, and made a special performance for "Don't Speak" at The Show.

Track listing

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Track listing for *Return of the Girl*
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Arrangement	Length
1.	"Back Together"	Yoo Ga-young Lee Bo-ra Kang Eun-jeong 72	Tobias Näslund Sanna Martinez Maria Marcus 72	Tobias Näslund	3:59
2.	"Pirate"	Hong Yi-reum (Makeumine Works) 72	Olof Lindskog Gavin Jones Hayley Aitken 72	Ollipop	3:30
3.	"Don't Speak"	Lee Seu-ran Lee Bo-ra 72	Olof Lindskog Hayley Aitken Ludwig Lindell 72	Ollipop Ludwig Lindell	3:27
4.	"Nighty Night"	Hong Yi-reum (Makeumine Works) Luke (Makeumine Works)	Olof Lindskog Louise Frick Sveen Gavin Jones 72	Ollipop	2:42
5.	"Company"	Park Hee-ah 72	Christian Fast Maria Marcus		2:57
Total length:					16:35

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Credits and personnel

Adapted from the album liner notes.^[10]

Musicians

Everglow – vocals, gang vocals (track 2)
Tobias Näslund – drum programming (track 1,5), bass (track 1,5), synthesizer programming (track 1,5), keyboard (track 5)
Ollipop – drum programming (tracks 2,3,4), bass (tracks 2,3,4), synthesizer programming (tracks 2,3,4), keyboard (tracks 2,3,4), vocal arrangement (track 4)
Ludwig Lindell – drum programming (track 3), bass (track 3), synthesizer programming (track 3), keyboard (track 3)
Maria Marcus – piano (track 1), vocal arrangement (track 1,5), background vocals (track 5), gang vocals (track 5)
Sanna Martinez – vocal arrangement (track 1), background vocals (track 1)
Hayley Aitken – vocal arrangement (tracks 2,3), background vocals (track 2), gang vocals (tracks 2,3)
Louise Frick Sveen – vocal arrangement (track 4), background vocals (track 4), gang vocals (track 4)
Gavin Jones – vocal arrangement (track 4)
Pae Su-jung (배수정; Sophia Pae) – background vocals (tracks 1,2,3)
Rami Nu – background vocals (track 4)
Janet Suhh – background vocals (track 5)

Technical

Tobias Näslund – producer (tracks 1,5)
Ollipop – producer (tracks 2,3,4), digital editing (track 2)
Ludwig Lindell – producer (track 3)
72 – vocal directing (tracks 1,3,4,5)
G-High – vocal directing (track 2)
Jang Woo-young (장우영) – recording (tracks 1,3,4,5), digital editing (tracks 1,3,4,5), mixing (tracks 4,5)
Kang Sun-young (강선영) – recording (track 2), digital editing (track 2)
Jo Jun-sung (조준성) – mixing (track 1)
Bob Horn – mixing (track 2)
Jaime Velez – mixing (track 3)
Kwon Nam-woo – mastering

Studios

Doobdoob Studio – recording (tracks 1,3,4,5)
Monotree Studio – recording (track 2), digital editing (track 2)
MWF Hives – digital editing (tracks 1,3,4,5), mixing (tracks 4,5)
Björk Studios – digital editing (track 2)
WSound – mixing (track 1)
The Echo Bar Recording Studios – mixing (track 2)
Blackwood Studios – mixing (track 3)
821 Sound – mastering

Publishing

Cosmos Music Publishing – original publishing (tracks 1,5)
The Key Artist Publishing – original publishing
The Key Artist Agency – original publishing (tracks 1,3,5), sub-publishing
The Kennel AB – original publishing (tracks 2,3,4)
Makeumine Works – original publishing (tracks 2,4)
Fast Cut Music Publishing – original publishing (track 5)
Iconic Sounds – sub-publishing (track 5)

Charts

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Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for *Return of the Girl*
Chart (2022)	Peak position
South Korean Albums (Gaon)^[7]	10

Monthly charts

Monthly chart performance for *Return of the Girl*
Chart (2022)	Peak position
South Korean Albums (Gaon)^[8]	12

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Sales

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Overall sales for *Return of the Girl*
Region	Sales
South Korea^[11]	46,015

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Release history

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Release history for *Return of the Girl*
Region	Date	Format	Label
South Korea	December 1, 2021	CD	Yuehua Stone Music
Various	December 1, 2021	Digital download streaming	Yuehua Stone Music

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Return of the Girl

Background and release

Commercial performance

Promotion

Track listing

Credits and personnel

Charts

Weekly charts

Monthly charts

Sales

Release history

References

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