"For First Time Lovers" (, subtitled Banmal Song ��말송 is

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's first solo digital single which was released on 14 January 2011. The song was featured on the second season of ''We Got Married'', where Yonghwa was in a virtual marriage with

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, who he wrote the song for.

Background

In an episode of ''

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'' where Yonghwa and

were a virtual couple, Yonghwa revealed to his virtual wife that he was working on a song about her. ' Banmal' is the informal form of speech in the

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. Seohyun is known to have difficulty dropping honorifics with those who are older than her, and the song is inspired by Yonghwa's desire to hear her speak to him in 'Banmal'. The song was released as a single on 14 January 2011 and upon its release, topped various South Korean music charts such as Bugs, Daum, Soribada and Naver Music. The song debuted at #12 on the

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, climbing up to the #1 spot in the following week and stayed there for two consecutive weeks.

Music video

In the 64th episode of the second season of ''We Got Married'', the virtual couple 'YongSeo' (a

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of the couple's names) were given a mission to record and upload a music video of the song on

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. The two filmed it in the living room of their house in the show, with both of them playing guitars as they performed it.

Track listing

* The Banmal Song

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was chosen as number 4 out of the top 10 UCCs of the first half-year of 2011 by

Korea.유튜브 선정 2011 상반기 동영상 Top 10
《YouTube Korea Blog》, Retrieved 12 November 2011.

References

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