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''Grown-Up'' is the fourth
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by South Korean
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band
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. It was released in South Korea on January 31, 2012, under FNC Music and distributed by
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. Filled with slow-tempo
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, the album illustrated the musical growth of the band. Upon its release, the album and its single " Severely" () topped several music charts. The album debuted at number one on Gaon's weekly album chart and sold-out its initial 50,000 physically produced copies in ten days. The single peaked at number three on Gaon's weekly singles chart and earned F.T. Island several music television program awards, including three consecutive wins—dubbed a "Triple Crown"—on
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's (jTBC) '' Music on Top''.


Composition

All five tracks on the album are slow-tempo
rock ballads A sentimental ballad is an emotional style of music that often deals with romantic and intimate relationships, and to a lesser extent, loneliness, death, war, drug abuse, politics and religion, usually in a poignant but solemn manner. Ballads ...
. Lead vocalist Lee Hongki explained that the band chose rock ballads to coincide with the cold weather in South Korea at the time. He labeled the songs as
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music that left out "any special effects or production", and described the musical content as the "basic band sound". FNC Media stated that ''Grown-Up'' "may be their best album yet", explaining that "fans will be able to experience how much they boys have matured musically". Writer Lee Da-hye of
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felt that the album's content could "stimulate the emotions".


Release and promotion

On January 27, 2012, F.T. Island released a
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teaser for " Severely". The mini-album ''Grown-Up'' and the full music video for "Severely" were both released on January 31. The music video starred Lee Hongki and a female trainee of FNC Media as his love interest. On that day, F.T. Island began promoting "Severely" by performing on Mnet's ''
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'' on February 2, 2012. They also made their comeback performances in the following days on
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'',
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'' and
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's (SBS) ''
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''. On February 9, "Severely" earned its first K-Chart win on ''M! Countdown''. F.T. Island won a second time on February 23. They won
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's (jTBC) '' Music on Top'' on February 15, February 22 and February 29, the latter of which earned them a Triple Crown for their third consecutive win on the show. On February 26, the band won ''
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'' mutizen.


Chart performance

Immediately after its release, ''Grown-Up'' topped physical and digital music charts. With one charting day, the album debuted at number three on the Gaon's monthly album chart of the month of January. After a full week of its release, ''Grown-Up'' went on to debut at number one on Gaon's weekly album chart. By February 9, 2012, ten days after its release, the album sold-out the 50,000 physical copies that were produced. ''Grown-Up'' went on to chart at number six on the monthly chart for the month of February.


Track listing


Chart history


References

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