''Blue;s'' (stylized as ''BLUE;S'') is the eighth
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. by South Korean girl group
Mamamoo
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. It was released by
RBW on November 29, 2018 and distributed by
LOEN Entertainment
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.
The EP consists of six songs, including the lead single "
Wind Flower" and member
Solar's solo track "Hello." ''Blue;s'' is the third album under the ''4 Seasons, 4 Colors'' project.
Promotion
Single
"
Wind Flower" was released as the EP's lead single in conjunction with the EP itself on November 29, 2018. A "comforting" breakup song, "Wind Flower" peaked at number nine on the
Gaon Digital Chart
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and 10 on the ''
Billboard
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Korea K-Pop Hot 100
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.
It also peaked at number 16 on the ''Billboard''
World Digital Songs Sales chart in the
United States
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Mamamoo first performed the song on MBC's ''Show! Music Core'' on December 1, 2018. The music video for the single, released in conjunction with the song, was posted simultaneously to Mamamoo's official YouTube channel and the 1theK distribution channel and has 74 million combined views as of December 2022.
Other songs
Though not released as a single, Mamamoo performed "No More Drama," the second track on the album, on several occasions, including on SBS MTV's ''The Show'' on December 4 and MBC Music's ''Show Champion'' on December 5.
Track listing
Notes
* "No More Drama," "Wind Flower," and "Better Than I Thought" are stylized in
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* "From Autumn to Winter" is known simply as "Intro" on international digital platforms, including Spotify and Apple Music.
Commercial performance
''Blue;s'' debuted at number seven on the Gaon Album Chart. It fell to number 12 in its second week, and it fell again to number 58 in its third. The EP sold 39,148 physical copies for the month of November 2018 and 6,345 copies in December 2018. In 2018, it sold 45,493 total copies, placing at number 99 on the year-end edition of the Gaon Album Chart. As of 2020, the EP has sold 59,568 total copies in South Korea. ''Blue;s'' also entered the charts in France, peaking at number 173 on the now-defunct SNEP Downloaded Albums chart.
Charts
Weekly charts
Monthly charts
Year-end charts
References
2018 EPs
Mamamoo EPs
Korean-language EPs
Kakao M albums
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