"Dice" is a song recorded by South Korean girl group

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for their second single album ''

Entwurf ''Entwurf'' (German, “''Draft''”) is the second single album by South Korean girl group Nmixx. The single album was released by JYP Entertainment on September 19, 2022, and contains four tracks, including lead single "Dice" as well as the tra ...

''. It was released as the single album's lead single by

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on September 19, 2022.

Background and release

On August 22, 2022, JYP Entertainment announced Nmixx would be releasing their second single album ''Entwurf'' on September 19. On August 31, the track listing for ''Entwurf'' was released with "Dice" announced as the lead single. The music video teaser was released on September 16 and 17. On September 18, the highlight medley teaser video was released. The song was released alongside its music video and the single album on September 19.

Composition

"Dice" was written by Dr. Jo, Charin, Zaya, and Park Ji-hyun from 153/Joombas, Myung Hye-in ( Jam Factory), and Baek Sae-im from Jam Factory, and Danke from Lalala Studio. The song was composed and arranged by Armadillo and Rangga alongside Frankie Day, and Charlotte Wilson from The Hub, The Hub 88, and Jonkind for the composition. It was described as a

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song with elements of

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, and hip hop, with lyrics about "the narrative of a mysterious adversary who appears in the dice game with the Nmixx as he adversaryopponent". "Dice" was composed in the

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, with a

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of 131 beats per minute.

Promotion

Following the release of ''Entwurf'', the group held a live event titled "New Frontier: Entwurf" on the same day, to introduce the single album and its songs including "Dice". They subsequently performed four music programs:

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'' on September 22, KBS's ''

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'' on September 23, MBC's ''

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'' on September 24, and SBS's ''

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'' on September 25.

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from

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. Studios * JYPE Studios –

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* Chapel Swing Studios – mixing * 821 Sound Mastering – mastering * Ingrid studio – vocal editing Personnel *

– vocals * Ejae – background vocals * Dr. Jo (153/Joombas) – lyrics, vocal directing * Charin (153/Joombas) – lyrics * Zaya (153/Joombas) – lyrics * Park Ji-hyun (153/Joombas) – lyrics * Myung Hye-in (Jam Factory) – lyrics * Baek Sae-im (Jam Factory) – lyrics * Danke (Lalala Studio) – lyrics * Armadillo –

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, various instruments, vocal directing, * Rangga – composition, arrangement * Frankie Day (The Hub) – composition * Charlotte Wilson (The Hub) – composition, vocal directing * The Hub 88 – composition * Jonkind – composition * Jason Lee – alto saxophone,

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, baritone saxophone * Jeong Sang-su – trumpet * Chu Myung-ho –

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* Um Se-hee – recording * Tony Maserati – mixing * David K. Younghyun – mixing * Kwon Nam-woo – mastering * Brian U – vocal directing * Jeong Eun-kyung – vocal editing

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Release history

References

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