''Parallel'' (stylized in

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) is the fifth

extended play An extended play record, usually referred to as an EP, is a musical recording that contains more tracks than a single but fewer than an album or LP record.

(EP) by South Korean girl group

GFriend GFriend (stylized in all caps; ) was a South Korean girl group formed by Source Music in 2015. The group consisted of six members: Sowon, Yerin, Eunha, Yuju, SinB, and Umji. They debuted with the extended play (EP) '' Season of Glass'' on ...

. The EP was released digitally and physically by

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on August 1, 2017 and distributed by

LOEN Entertainment Kakao M (; formerly Seoul Records, YBM Seoul Records and LOEN Entertainment) was a South Korean entertainment company established by Min Yeong-bin in 1978. It is currently one of the largest co-publisher companies in South Korea. The company op ...

. The album contains eight songs, including the single " Love Whisper", and one instrumental track. It has sold over 60,000 physical copies as of August 2017. The extended play was re-released on September 13 under the title ''Rainbow'' with the single " Summer Rain" and a bonus track of the same name.

Commercial performance

''Parallel''

''Parallel'' debuted at number 3 on the

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, on the chart for July 30 – August 5, 2017. The EP also debuted at number 10 on the US

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chart, on the week ending August 19. The EP debuted at number 5 on the Gaon Album Chart, for the month of August 2017 with 61,473 physical copies sold. Three songs from the EP entered the

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on the chart issue dated July 30 – August 5, 2017: " Love Whisper" at number 2; "One Half" at number 52 and "Ave Maria" at number 72.

''Rainbow''

''Rainbow'' debuted at number 2 on the

for September 10–16, 2017. The two new songs from the repackage EP entered the

for September 10–16, 2017. " Summer Rain" charted at number 11 and "Rainbow" at number 86.

Track listing

Charts

Sales

Awards and nominations

Music program awards

References

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