Shine (Pentagon song)

"Shine" is a piano riff and minimal rhythm of this upbeat track will remind listeners of that exciting and heart beating moment of love. It was composed and written by E'Dawn, Hui, Yuto, Wooseok. Flow Blow was credited as the producer.^[2]

Prior to the release of the song, teasers featuring photos of Pentagon from the extended play's photoshoot, a snippet of the song and clips from its music video were released online in March 2018. The song was officially released on April 2, 2018, by Cube Entertainment and distributed by Kakao M as the group's seventh single. It served as the lead single of their third extended play, Positive. The dance practice video was uploaded on April 17, 2018.^[3]

The Japanese version was released on August 29, 2018, by Cube Entertainment Japan, distributed by Universal Music Japan. The song written by Shoko Fujibayashi, and member Yuto. It was included in the 2018 release of the group's third Japanese mini-album, Shine. A 2020 Japanese version of the song was released on September 23, 2020 on their first full-length Japanese album Universe: The History.

The music video for "Shine" was uploaded to 1theK and Pentagon's official YouTube channel on April 2, 2018, in conjunction with the release of the single.^[4] The song eventually becoming a sleeper hit by word of mouth from listeners due to its unique melody and powerful choreography.^[5] After seven months and nine days later, on November 11 "Shine" music video surpassed 100 million combined views.^[6] On July 1, 2020, the music video reached 200 million views on the 1theK's channel.^[7]

The music video for the Japanese version of the song was uploaded to Cube Entertainment Japan's YouTube channel on August 29, 2018. The music video was re-uploaded on 1theK's official YouTube channel on December 5, 2018.

Pentagon promoted "Shine" by performing on several music programs in South Korea including Inkigayo, M Countdown, Music Bank, Show Champion, Show! Music Core and Simply K-Pop.

A month after its release, "Shine" debuted at number 85 on the Gaon Digital Chart.^[8] Subsequently, the company announced that the promotion period was extended by two weeks.^[9] The song peaked at number 27 two weeks later.^[10] Pentagon made their debut on Top 10 Billboard's World Digital Song Sales chart.^[11]

Credits adapted from Melon.^[2]

• Pentagon – Vocals
  • E'Dawn – Lyricist, composer
  • Hui – Lyricist, composer
  • Yuto – Lyricist
  • Wooseok – Lyricist
• Flow Blow – Composer, arranger
• Shoko Fujibayashi – lyricist (Japanese version)