''Fever Season'' is the seventh
extended play
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(EP) by South Korean girl group
GFriend
GFriend (stylized in all caps; ) is a South Korean girl group formed by Source Music in 2015. The group consists of six members: Kim So-won, Sowon, Yerin (entertainer), Yerin, Eunha (singer), Eunha, Yuju (singer), Yuju, SinB, and Umji. They deb ...
. It was released by
Source Music
Source Music () is a South Korean record label established in 2009 by So Sung-jin. In July 2019, the company was acquired by Hybe Corporation, making the company part of the collective term "Hybe Labels". The company manages girl group Le Sserafim ...
on July 1, 2019, and distributed by
kakao M
Kakao M Corp. (; formerly Seoul Records, YBM Seoul Records and LOEN Entertainment) was a South Korean entertainment company established by Min Yeong-bin in 1978. It was one of the largest co-publisher companies in South Korea. The company opera ...
. It debuted at number 10 on the ''
Billboard
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''
World Albums
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chart. A music video was released for "
Fever
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".
Promotion
The group promoted the single "
Fever
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" in several music shows having received 7 music shows wins with the single during the promotion of the EP.
Production and composition
"
Fever
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" was released as the lead single in conjunction with the EP on July 1, 2019.
All GFriend members participated in writing lyrics for the song "Hope" with Lee Won-jong.
The EP includes the song the Korean version of the group's third Japanese single "
Flower
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".
Commercial performance
The EP debuted at number one on South Korea's
Gaon Album Chart
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becoming the group's 4th album to achieve
Track listing
Charts
Album
Year-end charts
Single
"Fever"
Accolades
References
2019 EPs
Korean-language EPs
GFriend EPs
Kakao M EPs
Hybe Corporation EPs
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