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and South Korean singer

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, a member of the South Korean girl group Red Velvet. It was released digitally by

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on March 4, 2016, as the fourth single of the first season of the label's digital music project, ''

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''. Composed by Kevin Writer and Douglas James with lyrics by Hwang Hyun (MonoTree) and Agnes Shin, the song is an acoustic ballad about friends developing romantic feelings for one another as the season gets warmer in the beginning of spring. The single was a commercial success upon its release. It was both Nam and Wendy's first top-ten entry on the

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, peaking at number seven on its second week. It eventually became the sixty-first best-selling song in South Korea in 2016, having achieved over 820,131 downloads. The song was also nominated for Best Collaboration at the 18th Mnet Asian Music Awards, but lost to Wendy's fellow labelmate

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with his collaboration single "

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Background and composition

In January 2016,

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, one of the largest entertainment companies in South Korea, launched a digital music project called

which would give their artists a platform to release music, with the intention of releasing a new single by an S.M. Entertainment artist each week for an entire year.

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member

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started the digital project by releasing the single "

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" on February 3, 2016. After two more releases, the company announced that Red Velvet member

and non-S.M. Entertainment artist

would be the fourth to participate in the project. On March 4, the single was released along with an accompanying music video. "Spring Love" was produced by Kevin Writer and Douglas James, while its lyrics were penned by Hwang Hyun and Agnes Shin. The song is described as a mid-tempo

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with an acoustic arrangement. Lyrically, it is a youthful song about friends falling in love as the weather grows warmer.

Promotion and reception

A music video of the song directed by Shim Hyung-jun was premiered on the official YouTube channel of

in conjunction with the single's release. In it, Eric Nam and Wendy are depicted as a couple who enjoy their day together at an

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, riding various

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. In December 2016, Nam and Wendy sang the song on ''Yang&Nam Show'', a show hosted by Nam, in which Red Velvet appeared as guests in its 4th episode. On March 30, 2017, they performed it live for the first time at KCON Mexico. "Spring Love" was a commercial success in South Korea. It debuted at number ten on the

, eventually peaked at number seven one week later, thus became both Nam and Wendy's first top-ten entry on the chart. Its accompanying music video was the ninth most watched

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video in America and tenth worldwide for the month of March. The single was the ninth best-selling song on the March issue of the Gaon Monthly Digital Chart, and went on to become the sixty-first best-selling song in South Korea in 2016, with a total sales of over 820,131 downloads. ''

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'' included it in its '7 Essential K-Pop Songs' for spring in 2016 and in November, the song was nominated at the 18th Mnet Asian Music Awards for Best Collaboration.

Track listing

Digital download / streaming # "Spring Love"3:18 # "Spring Love" (Instrumental)3:18

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from Melon. Studio * Recorded and edited at In Grid Studio * Edited at MonoTree Studio * Mixed at SM Blue Ocean Studio * Mastered at Sterling Sound Personnel *

vocals *

vocals, background vocals *Hwang Hyunsongwriting, arrangement, piano *Shin Agnessongwriting *Kevin Writercomposition, arrangement *Douglas Jamescomposition, arrangement *Lee Ju-hyungvocal directing, background vocals, Pro Tools operation, digital editing *Kim Byung-seokbass *Jeong Su-wanguitar *Gil Eun-kyungkeyboard *Jeong Eun-kyungrecording, digital editing *Woo Min-jungrecording *Kim Chul-soonmixing * Tom Coynemastering

Charts

Weekly charts

Monthly charts

Year-end charts

Release history

References

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