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by South Korean duo Trouble Maker consisting of

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's Hyunseung. Released on December 1, 2011, the album marks the first collaboration between the two away from their groups. The duo promoted the album extensively, including numerous performances. The song "Trouble Maker" was used to promote the EP. It was also performed at the 2012 MAMA Awards. The song won the Best Collaboration in the 14th Mnet Asian Music Awards.

Background

The mini-album consists of 4 tracks; the title track "Trouble Maker", a

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song called "The Words I Don't Want to Hear", a collaboration song from HyunA and Rado called "Time", and a solo song from Hyunseung called "Don't You Mind". Trouble Maker won a Mnet ''

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'' award for their song "Trouble Maker". The song also won the Mutizen Song on

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on January 8. As of December 31, 2012, the song has surpassed 4,408,787 paid downloads.

Promotion and release

On November 24, Cube Entertainment announced that HyunA and Hyunseung would form a sub-unit. On November 26, 2011 Trouble Maker released the track listing for the then-upcoming debut album as well as an audio teaser. Hyuna and Hyunseung also performed at the

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to further promote the album, showcasing provocative dancing and what was believed to be an intimate kiss, forcing a Cube Entertainment official to make a statement that "the kiss was not lip to lip, but actually lip to cheek." Trouble Maker unveiled their first mini-album on December 1, 2011. On December 6, 2011 HyunA and Hyunseung performed as Trouble Maker at the United Cube concert in London as part of their promotional tour. They then moved onto Brazil a week later. After promotions for ''Trouble Maker'' began, the duo were forced to change their choreography due to it being considered too sexy for national broadcast. The new choreography was first performed on December 9's episode of ''

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''. Since its release, it became an instant hit and its popularity soared. Numerous celebrities parodied "Trouble Maker", like in KBS's

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, where After School's

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and actor Kim Jung Tae replicated the "Trouble Maker" stage. From TV shows, concerts, award shows and more, it is common to see parodies of the duo showing how big an impression HyunA and Hyunseung made on the industry. The song also received numerous first place award in various music show broadcasts, a triple crown in

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'' (December 15, 22, 29), one in SBS ''

'' (January 8) and one in

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's '' Music on Top'' (January 5).

Music videos

The music video was released on December 1, 2011. At the end of the music video, HyunA sets the hotel room on fire, trapping Hyunseung. Hyunseung then shoots HyunA with a gun before she can leave.

Track listing

Charts

On December 24, 2011, 'Trouble Maker' debuted at number 1 on the

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. The song reached at the second position of the Billboard K-Pop 100 for the date of December 24, 2011.

Albums chart

Sales

Singles chart

; Year-end charts

Credits and personnel

* Hyuna – vocals, rap * Hyunseung – vocals *

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– producing, songwriting, arranger, music * Rado – producing, songwriting, arranger, music * LE – songwriting

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Trouble Maker Hyuna albums 2011 debut EPs Dance-pop EPs Korean-language EPs Cube Entertainment EPs