''From Our Memento Box'' is the fifth

extended play An extended play (EP) is a Sound recording and reproduction, musical recording that contains more tracks than a Single (music), single but fewer than an album. Contemporary EPs generally contain up to eight tracks and have a playing time of 1 ...

by South Korean girl group

Fromis 9 Fromis 9 (; stylized in snake case) is a South Korean girl group. The group consists of five members: Song Ha-young, Park Ji-won, Lee Chae-young, Lee Na-gyung, and Baek Ji-heon. Originally a nine-piece group, Jang Gyu-ri departed the group in J ...

. The EP was released by

Pledis Entertainment Pledis Entertainment () is a South Korean entertainment company founded by Han Sung-Soo in 2007. The label is home to Bumzu, Hwang Min-hyun, and groups Seventeen and TWS. Its name originates from the Pleiades, a star cluster in the constellat ...

on June 27, 2022, and contains five tracks, including the lead single " Stay This Way". This is the final EP to feature member

Jang Gyu-ri Jang Gyu-ri (, born December 27, 1997) is a South Korean actress and former singer. She finished ninth in Mnet's girl group survival show '' Idol School'', becoming a member of the resulting girl group Fromis 9, but left after her contract expi ...

, who left the group on July 28, 2022.

Background and release

On June 6, 2022, Pledis Entertainment announced Fromis 9 would be releasing their fifth extended play titled ''From Our Memento Box'', it was also announced that member Baek Ji-heon would be returning from her hiatus. A day later, the promotional schedule was released, followed by the release of the concept teaser video on June 8. On June 9, the track listing was released with "Stay This Way" announced as the lead single. On June 21, the highlight medley teaser video was released. Four days later, the music video teaser for "Stay This Way" was released.

Music

The album's opener, "Up And", is described as having "synth that express the refreshing sound with

2-step garage 2-step garage, or simply 2-step, is a genre of electronic music and a subgenre of UK garage.''A transcription of this article is availablhere as a PDF file.'' One of the primary characteristics of the 2-step sound – the term being coined to de ...

-based drums", with writing contributions from member, Baek Jiheon. The title track, " Stay This Way" has an "exciting, addictive chorus" with a "bridge that lets you feel a danceable pop sensibility". The third track, "Blind Letter", is a pop song that "mixes trap beats with a sense of

indie rock Indie rock is a Music subgenre, subgenre of rock music that originated in the United Kingdom, United States and New Zealand in the early to mid-1980s. Although the term was originally used to describe rock music released through independent reco ...

". The fourth track, "Cheese", is a pop, dance genre song based on "

house A house is a single-unit residential building. It may range in complexity from a rudimentary hut to a complex structure of wood, masonry, concrete or other material, outfitted with plumbing, electrical, and heating, ventilation, and air c ...

rhythm with bass riffs on top of an addictive chorus". The album's closer, "Rewind", is a song based on

Deep House Deep house is a subgenre of house music that originated in the 1980s, initially fusing elements of Chicago house with the lush chords of 1980s jazz-funk and touches of soul music. Its origins are attributed to the early recordings of Larry Heard ...

and

Future House Future house is a house music genre that emerged in the 2010s in the United Kingdom, described as a fusion of deep house, UK garage and incorporating other elements and techniques of other Electronic dance music, EDM genres. It is high in energy ...

, with dreamy synths and basslines.

Commercial performance

''From Our Memento Box'' debuted at number one on South Korea's

Circle Album Chart The Circle Album Chart, previously known as the Gaon Album Chart, is a record chart ranking the 100 most popular albums, extended plays and single albums in South Koreabased on their Record sales, physical sales. It is a part of the Circle Chart, ...

in the chart issue dated June 26 – July 2, 2022; on the monthly chart, the EP debuted at number five in the chart issue for June 2022 with overall of 165,937 copies sold. In Japan, the EP debuted at number 75 on the ''

Billboard Japan ''Billboard Japan'' is a sister organization of the U.S.-based music magazine '' Billboard''. It is operated by the Japanese Osaka-based company Hanshin Contents Link (a subsidiary of Hanshin Electric Railway), holding an exclusive licence fr ...

'' Hot Albums in the chart issue dated July 6, 2022; on its component chart, the EP debuted at number 16 on Top Download Albums.

Promotion

On June 26, 2022, Pledis Entertainment announced the showcase for ''From Our Memento Box'' scheduled for June 27 would be cancelled after members Song Ha-young, Park Ji-won, Lee Seo-yeon, Lee Chae-young, and Baek Ji-heon got into a car accident.

Background and release

Music

Commercial performance

Promotion

Track listing

Charts

Weekly charts

Monthly charts

Year-end chart

Sales

Release history

Notes

References