"Dear Me" () is a song recorded by South Korean singer

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for the re-release of her second studio album ''

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'' (2019). It was released on January 15, 2020, as the

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for the repackage version of the album by

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. The song's lyrics were penned by Hwang Yu-ra (

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) and Yoo Ji-won (Lara Las Studios), while its music was composed by William Wenaus and

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. Musically, "Dear Me" is a ballad featuring guitar, strings and Taeyeon's sentimental vocals.

Background

On January 7, 2020, Taeyeon's agency

announced that her second full-length

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would be re-released on January 15, 2020, while the third single was announced to be "Dear Me", which was released simultaneously with the release of the album. The song was described as a ballad song with the harmony of an acoustic guitar and string melody, combined with Taeyeon's emotional voice. Its lyrics that give warm comfort with a positive message to believe & love yourself more.

Chart performance

"Dear Me" debuted at number twenty on South Korea's

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for the chart issue dated January 12–18, 2020, becoming the singer's 36th top 20 single on the chart. The song also reached the sixteen position on the ''

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Personnel

Credits are adapted from the CD booklet of ''Purpose (Repackage)''. * Original title: Release Me * Korean lyrics by Hwang Yoo-ra (

), Yoo Ji-won (lalala Studio) * Composed by William Wenaus,

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by William Wenaus, Yoo Young-jin * Vocal directed by Lee Joo-hyung * Background vocals by Taeyeon, Park Joo-yeon * Recorded by Lee Min-gyu at SM Yellow Tail Studio/ Kang Sunyoung at MonoTree Studio *

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operating by Lee Joo-hyung * Digital Editing by Lee Min-gyu at SM Yellow Tail Studio/ Kang Sunyoung at MonoTree Studio * Engineered for Mix by Yoo Young-jin at SM BOOMINGSYSTEM * Mixed by Yoo Young-jin at SM BOOMINGSYSTEM *

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by Jeon Hoon at Sonic Korea

Charts

Weekly charts

Monthly charts

Awards and nominations

References

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