"Fingertip" is a song recorded 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 ...
for their fourth extended play
''The Awakening'' (2017). The song 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 March 6, 2017, as the EP title track.
Composition
The song was described by
Billboard
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's Tamar Herman as "funk-driven" with a "more energetic sound than their early hits", containing "electric guitar and bass", emphasizing the group's vocals.
Chart performance
The song debuted and peaked at number 2 on the
Gaon Digital Chart
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, on the chart issue dated March 5–11, 2017, with 151,181 downloads – topping the Download Chart – and 2,946,049 streams.
The song placed at number 6 on the chart for the month of March 2017 with 307,267 downloads sold and 10,990,137 streams accumulated. The song has sold over 530,652 downloads as of May 2017. It also debuted at number 95 on Billboard Korea's K-pop Hot 100.
Music videos
The first music video teaser was released on March 1, 2017. The official music video was released on March 6. A day later, a behind the scenes video was released through the group's official
YouTube
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channel. Two choreography videos were released: "A" version on March 8 and "B" version on March 12.
Accolades
Charts
References
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2017 songs
2017 singles
GFriend songs
Songs in Korean
Kakao M singles
Hybe Corporation singles