''Trap'' is the debut solo

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singer and

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member

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. It was released on June 7, 2013, by

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in South Korea. The tracks "Trap" and "1-4-3 (I Love You)" were chosen as the lead singles for the promotional cycle.

Background

A video teaser for the title track of Henry Lau's debut EP, "Trap", was released on May 31, followed by a highlight medley video of the tracks included in his first mini-album. The title track and EP's lead single was composed and arranged by a group of

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s including Svante Halldin, Emilh Tigerlantz and Geraldo Sandell. The lyrics were penned by Misfit who has also contributed to many other songs of various

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artists. The piano instrumental was performed by Henry himself. The accompanying choreography was put together by Shaun Evaristo, who has previously worked on many other songs with other artists of

, including

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for "Not Over U",

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for "From U" and

for "Go". The EP's second promotional single was "1-4-3 (I Love You)". In the song, 1-4-3 represents the breakdown of how many letters it takes to write "I love you". Using this specific number sequence became popular in the 1990s with the advent of pagers. The song also mentions the number sequence of 4-8-6, which represents the breakdown of how many strokes it takes to write 사랑해 (, the Korean phrase for "I love you") in Hangul.

Releases

The album was officially released in South Korea on June 7, 2013, along with the music video of "Trap". An English version of "Trap" was released as a part of the digital single " 1-4-3 (I Love You)" on August 23, 2013. The Taiwan edition of ''Trap'' was released on July 5 in Taiwan. The album is the same as the Korean edition except a raffle ticket is included inside for Henry's Taiwanese promotions. The Chinese version of ''Trap'' was released on August 14 and it includes a Chinese version of "Trap" and "1-4-3 (I Love You)." Both versions of "Trap" (one featuring Super Junior member Kyuhyun and one featuring

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member

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) were also included in this album.

Promotions

''Trap'' and title track

The music video of the song featured fellow labelmates Cho Kyuhyun and Lee Taemin. The video starts with Henry playing the

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and after whispering "I'm trapped" as he joins the background dancers in a

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styled choreography. The video ends with Henry going back to and playing the piano once again. A Chinese version of the music video was released on August 13. Henry promoted the album on many music shows, including ''

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'', and '' Arirang Simply K-Pop''. His first overseas performance was at the ''Hong Kong Dome Concert'' on July 1, 2013, in Hong Kong. A short performance of the Chinese version of "Trap" was filmed and shown on Hong Kong's

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program, ''

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''. He was also the presenter for an award on this program. Henry started overseas promotions in August, starting with Bangkok, Thailand and Taipei, Taiwan for his album launch. He stayed in Taiwan for seven days to attend several TV programs as a guest and a radio show. He also held a fan signing event with over 3000 fans in attendance. He also attended

's ''Super Show 5'' in Taipei that same week as a member of

"1-4-3 (I Love You)"

On August 14, 2013, SM Entertainment announced that Lau would have follow-up promotions for a re-release of his song "1-4-3 (I Love You)" as a

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featuring his label mate, Amber Liu of

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. The single was released on August 23.

Track listing

Credits adapted from the official homepage.

Chart performance

The song "Trap" peaked at number 28 on the

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and number 18 on the Billboard

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Weekly singles. "1-4-3" reached number 35 on the Gaon chart.

Album chart

Sales

Release history

References

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