"Rain" () is a song by South Korean singers

Soyou Kang Ji-hyun (born February 12, 1992), known professionally as Soyou, is a South Korean singer. She is best known as a former member of the South Korean girl group Sistar. Early life and education Soyou was born on February 12, 1992, in Jeju ...

and

Baekhyun Byun Baek-hyun (; born May 6, 1992), known mononymously as Baekhyun, is a South Korean singer and actor. He is a member of the South Korean-Chinese boy band Exo, its subgroup Exo-K and its subunit Exo-CBX. In 2019, Baekhyun became a leader of ...

, members of

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groups

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and

EXO Exo (; stylized in all caps) is a South Korean-Chinese boy band based in Seoul formed by SM Entertainment in 2011 and debuted in 2012. The group consists of nine members: Xiumin, Suho, Lay Zhang, Lay, Baekhyun, Chen (singer), Chen, Chanyeol, ...

, respectively. It was released on February 14, 2017, by

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Background and release

On February 6, 2017, Soyou and Baekhyun were announced by

to be collaborating on a duet titled "Rain". The song reflects the melancholic feelings of nostalgia that accompanies the rain after a relationship comes to an end. On February 9, a teaser video of the two singers recording the song was released. On February 14, the song was released digitally accompanied by its music video. On February 15, Starship Entertainment released a behind-the-scenes video of the song's recording session.

Music video

The music video features a high school student (starred

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, member of IVE) reminiscing on a rainy day by herself while listening to music. It hit 1 million views in less than a day from its release. On February 15, Starship Entertainment released a special clip of the music video starring Soyou.

Reception

Upon release, "Rain" quickly reached the top on every South Korean online music charts, an achievement known as "all-kill". The song debuted at number two on the South Korean

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. The song placed first on

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's K-pop chart as well as on

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's weekly music video chart.

Charts

Sales

Awards and nominations

Release history

References

External links

"Rain" music video
on

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"Rain" special clip, Soyou version

"Rain" making film
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