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'', on June 26, 2009, ending their promotions on August 15.

Background and release

In late June, SM Entertainment announced that Girls' Generation would be making a comeback with a new single and showing a "Marine Girl" concept; "Genie" was then released digitally on June 22, 2009. The group's first performance for the album was on June 26 on KBS ''Music Bank''.소녀시대, 25일 두 번째 싱글 '소원을 말해봐' 공개 (Girls' Generation, Second Single "Tell Me Your Wish" Released on 22nd)
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''. The group finished promotions for "Genie" in August 2009. The music video was released a little later and features the group members dancing in Navy uniforms.

Composition

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Commercial performance

The album sold an estimated 50,000 copies in its first week after release (almost double the first-week sales of '' Gee''), an unusual feat for any Korean girl group.

Controversy

The physical release of ''Genie'' was originally slated for June 25, 2009, but was delayed by SM Entertainment in order to redo the album art. Notable changes included correcting a plummeting plane used as an apostrophe into making it fly upward, the removal of both a

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on the cover. As a result, the EP was officially released 4 days later on June 29, 2009.소녀시대 제로센 논란에 음반 발매일 29일로 연기 ‘문제 부분 삭제’
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Track listing

Release history

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Genie (EP) 2009 EPs Girls' Generation albums SM Entertainment EPs Korean-language EPs 2000s Korean-language albums