''Flashback'' is the fourth EP by South Korean boy band

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. It was released by

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on May 3, 2022. The EP consists of six tracks, including the single "At Ease", which was previously performed by iKon on '' Kingdom: Legendary War'', and the lead single "But You". This is the last EP release of iKon under YG Entertainment, prior to their departure to 143 Entertainment at the end of the year.

Background and release

On April 11, 2022,

announced

's upcoming comeback with a coming soon poster posted on various YG Entertainment's Social Media accounts. On April 14, 2022, a concept teaser was released via iKon's official

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channel and other social media accounts. The title of the EP was announced to be ''Flashback'' on April 17, 2022. The title of the lead single from the EP was announced to be "But You" on April 22, 2022. On April 24, 2022, the EP was announced to consist of six tracks in total, with the sixth track being the previously released single "At Ease". On April 26, 2022, the first teaser of the music video for "But you" was released. The album sampler was released on April 30, 2022. The first five tracks of the EP were released to

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and

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platforms on May 3, 2022. The accompanying music video for the title track, "But You", was released at the same time on iKon's official YouTube channel. The sixth track "At Ease", which was previously performed by iKon on '' Kingdom: Legendary War'', was exclusively made available on CD only. But the song was previously released digitally on all streaming platforms on May 28, 2021. The album's CDs were made available for pre-order prior to the album release, and were released on May 10, 2022. Nine different versions of the CDs were available: Photobook (Red and Green), Digipack (one for each member) and Kit.

Songwriting and composition

Among the six songs included in the album, iKon's member Kim Dong-hyuk, professionally known as DK, co-wrote lyrics for two of the songs and co-composed three of the songs. iKon's member Bobby wrote lyrics for and co-composed one of the six tracks, and co-wrote lyrics for all the other tracks. And iKon's member Kim Jin-hwan, professionally known as Jay, co-composed one of the six tracks. iKon's label mates from YG, Mino and Yoon, members of the South Korean boy band Winner, co-wrote and co-composed one song each.

Commercial performance

''Flashback'' debuted at number 2 on the

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in South Korea, selling 99,918 copies. In Japan, the EP peaked at number 10 on the

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. It also topped the iTunes chart in 18 regions. Flashback holds the record for highest iKon first day and first week album sales with first day sales of 44,359 copies and first week sales of 73,362 copies.

Track listing

Credits adapted from

's tracklist poster.

Charts

Release history

References

{{iKon 2022 EPs Korean-language EPs YG Entertainment EPs IKon albums