Stay This Way
2022 single by Fromis 9
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"Stay This Way" is a song recorded by South Korean girl group Fromis 9 for their fifth extended play From Our Memento Box. It was released as the EP's lead single by Pledis Entertainment on June 27, 2022.
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| Single by Fromis 9 | ||||
| from the EP From Our Memento Box | ||||
| Language | Korean | |||
| Released | June 27, 2022 | |||
| Recorded | May 10, 2022 | |||
| Length | 3:15 | |||
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| Lyricist | Seo Ji-eum | |||
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| "Stay This Way" on YouTube | ||||
Background and release
On June 6, 2022, Pledis Entertainment announced Fromis 9 would be releasing their fifth extended play titled From Our Memento Box, it was also announced that member Baek Ji-heon would be returning from her hiatus.[1] On June 9, the track listing was released with "Stay This Way" announced as the lead single.[2] On June 21, the highlight medley teaser video was released.[3] Four days later, the music video teaser was released.[4]
Composition
"Stay This Way" was written by Seo Ji-eum, composed and arranged by Justin Reinstein and Lee Woo-min "collapsedone" alongside Anna Timgren for the composition.[5] The song was described a funk bass song with lyrics about "going on an impromptu trip at sunset".[6] "Stay This Way" was composed in the key of B major, with a tempo of 124 beats per minute.[7]
Commercial performance
"Stay This Way" debuted at number 14 on South Korea's Circle Digital Chart in the chart issue dated June 26 – July 2, 2022.[8]
Promotion
On June 26, 2022, Pledis Entertainment announced the showcase for From Our Memento Box scheduled for June 27 would be cancelled after members Song Ha-young, Park Ji-won, Lee Seo-yeon, Lee Chae-young, and Baek Ji-heon got into a car accident.[9] During the first week of promotions, the group performed on three music programs: Mnet's M Countdown on June 30,[10] KBS2's Music Bank on July 1,[11] and SBS's Inkigayo on July 3.[12] In the second week, they performed on four music programs: SBS M's The Show on July 5,[13] MBC M's Show Champion on July 6,[14] M Countdown on July 7,[15] and Music Bank on July 8,[16] where they won first place for all four appearances.
Charts
Accolades
| Program | Date | Ref. |
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| M Countdown | July 7, 2022 | [15] |
| Music Bank | July 8, 2022 | [16] |
| Show Champion | July 6, 2022 | [14] |
| Show! Music Core | July 9, 2022 | [19] |
| The Show | July 5, 2022 | [13] |
Release history
| Region | Date | Format | Label |
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| Various | June 27, 2022 |