''Letter from Secret'' is the fifth
extended play
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(promoted fourth Korean EP) by South Korean girl group
Secret
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Secrecy is often controver ...
. The EP was released on April 30, 2013 and contains four tracks. "YooHoo", the album's lead single, marked the group's return to
aegyo
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-inspired songs such as "
Shy Boy
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" and "
Starlight Moonlight
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".
Promotion
Secret had their comeback performance on ''
M Countdown
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'' on May 2, 2013. The group also performed "YooHoo" on various music shows such as ''
Music Bank
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'', ''
Show! Music Core
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'' and ''
Inkigayo
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'' in May and June 2013. Secret made a Japanese comeback on July 23, 2014 with the Japanese version of "YooHoo".
Track listing
Chart performance
"YooHoo" peaked at number 5 on the
Gaon Singles Chart
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and has 978,757 downloads. The EP has in total 1,063,071 DLs while it sold 8,532 copies.
Charts
Sales
Release history
Credits and personnel
These credits were adapted from the ''Letter from Secret'' liner notes.
*Kim Tae-sung – executive producer
co-producing
*Song Jieun – vocals
*Han Sunhwa – vocals
*Jun Hyoseong – vocals
*Jung Hana – vocals,
rap
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*Kang Jiwon – co-producing, songwriting, arranger, music
*Kim Kibum – co-producing, songwriting, music
References
External links
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2013 EPs
Secret (South Korean group) EPs
Korean-language EPs
Kakao M EPs
TS Entertainment EPs