''#Cookie Jar'' ''(Hashtag Cookie Jar)'' is the debut
Japanese
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* Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia
* Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan
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extended play
An extended play record, usually referred to as an EP, is a musical recording that contains more tracks than a single but fewer than an album or LP record. and the by South Korean girl group
Red Velvet.
Following the group's initial Japan showcase in October 2017,
SM Entertainment
SM Entertainment Co., Ltd. () is a South Korean multinational entertainment agency. It is one of South Korea's largest entertainment companies where it was established in 1995 by record executive and record producer Lee Soo-man. The company ha ...
announced that the group would "formally" debut in Japan in July 2018 with a Japanese release. The extended play was then released on July 4, 2018, by
Avex Trax and features a total of six Japanese tracks; containing three re-recorded versions of their previous hits – namely "
Dumb Dumb", "
Russian Roulette", and "
Red Flavor", while also featuring three original Japanese tracks.
Background and release
On May 23, 2018, the group announced the release of their debut Japanese album titled ''#Cookie Jar'' for July 4, through their official Japanese website, declaring it to be their first
mini-album in the region.
The first three tracks on the mini-album are new, while tracks four to six are Japanese versions of the previous singles "Dumb Dumb", "Russian Roulette" and "Red Flavor", off ''
The Red'', ''
Russian Roulette'' and ''
The Red Summer'' releases, respectively.
The mini-album was released on July 4, 2018. There are two editions of the album released. The first one is the First Press Limited Edition, which contains a CD, a 24-page booklet and a random photo card out of 6 types packed in a deluxe mini box packaging. The second one is the Regular Edition, a jewel case that contains a CD, a 16-page booklet and a random photo card out of 6 types.
Commercial performance
''#Cookie Jar'' debuted and peaked at number 3 on
Oricon
, established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan and Western music. It started as, which was founded by Sōkō Koike in ...
's Weekly Album Chart, selling 26,124 physical copies.
It also entered and peaked at number 4 on
Billboard Japan
''Billboard Japan'' is a sister organization of the U.S.-based music magazine '' Billboard''. It is operated by the Japanese Osaka-based company Hanshin Contents Link (a subsidiary of Hanshin Electric Railway
is a Japanese private railway compa ...
's Hot Albums and at number 13 on US
World Albums.
The mini-album has sold over 28,130 copies in its first two weeks.
The title track charted at number 20 on ''Billboard's''
World Digital Songs chart and number 88 on the international Gaon Digital Chart.
Track listing
Charts
References
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Red Velvet (group) EPs
Avex Group EPs
2018 EPs
Japanese-language EPs