Xiah (EP)
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| Xiah | ||||
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 Xiah Jacket A cover | ||||
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| Released | 26 May 2010 | |||
| Recorded | 2010 | |||
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| Language | Japanese | |||
| Label | Rhythm Zone | |||
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Xiah is the debut Japanese EP by South Korean singer Kim Junsu of JYJ. It was released by Rhythm Zone on 26 May 2010 in two versions: Jacket A, a CD+DVD version which includes a music video with 4 tracks, and Jacket B, a CD only version which contains 5 tracks.
Despite having TVXQ's activities on hiatus due to a lawsuit filed by Xiah and two other members of TVXQ (Kim Jaejoong and Park Yuchun) against their South Korean label SM Entertainment, he decided to debut as a solo act in Japan. Prior to its release, 160,000 copies of the album had been pre-ordered. It came in #2 on the Oricon Daily Charts with first day sales amounted to 118,510 units.
The EP consists of title song "Intoxication", an R&B track and two ballads, "君がいれば～Beautiful Love～" and "悲しみのゆくえ".
"君がいれば～Beautiful Love～" and "Intoxication" were featured in Bee-TV's drama「君がいれば～Beautiful Love～」, starring JYJ member Yoochun and Japanese actress Aya Ōmasa.[1] The other track on the album, "悲しみのゆくえ", is featured in the drama 5年後のラブレター (A Love Letter 5 Years From Now) as its theme song.[2]
On May 22, Xiah performed "Intoxication" for the first time at the Girls Awards 2010, a fashion and music event held at Yoyogi First Gymnasium in Japan.[3] The other songs on the EP were also performed at JYJ's four-day Thanksgiving Live in Dome Tour concert held at Osaka Dome and Tokyo Dome in June.[4] Xiah also performed "Intoxication" at Avex's nationwide a-nation tour throughout August. In October 2010, Xiah sang the Korean version of "Intoxication" at the Kim Junsu Musical Concert, Levay with Friends.
