Monday 29 October 2018

GFriend - Time For The Moon Night

Hello
안녕하세요 
(Annyeonghaseyo)
こんにちは 
(Konnichiwa)
你好
(Ni Hao)


If you have been a regular reader of my K-pop posts then you'll know that it's been such a long time that I've had a post about GFriend since they released their 4th mini album The Awakening, which I posted about over a year ago, I'm going to be honest with my reason and that's because I stopped buying their albums as I was a little disappointed that they released something different with Fingertip and then they returned again back to their previous sound and concepts. I felt like that instead of growing as a group musically they were returning to what was popular for them and got them more sales etc. That was until I saw the teasers for 밤 (Time For The Moon Night), and here we are now with their 6th mini album of the same name.

On the 16th of April 2018, a time for the moon night teaser image was released.
On the 17th of April 2018, the teaser images titled Concept Photo 1 was released for all the girls as well as a group image.
Sowon
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 Eunha
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Yuju
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 SinB
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 Yerin
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 Umji
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On the 19th of April 2018, a second set of teaser images were released titled concept photo 2 of the all girls as well as another group image.
 Umji
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 SinB
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 Yuju
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 Eunha
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 Yerin
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 Sowon
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On the 23rd of April 2018, Teaser 1 was released for title track 밤 (Time For The Moon Night).
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On the 24th of April 2018, a third set of teaser images were released titled concept photo 3 of the girls.
SinB
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Umji
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Eunha
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Yuju
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Sowon
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Yerin
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On the 26th of April 2018, a third a final set of teaser images were released of the girls and as a group titled concept photo 4.
 Yerin
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Eunha
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 Umji
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 Sowon
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 Yuju
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 SinB
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On the 27th of April 2018, the Time For The Moon Night Highlight Medley was released.
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On the 28th of April 2018, Teaser 2 was released for title track 밤 (Time For The Moon Night).
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On the 30th of April 2018, the M/V for 밤 (Time For The Moon Night) was released a long with the physical and digital release of their 6th mini album of the same name.
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On the 1st of May 2018, the dance practice was released for 밤 (Time For The Moon Night).
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Time For The Moon Night. set a new record for GFriend, taking the top spot in 10 countries around the world on iTunes, debuting at No.1 on top Download, Album and Social Chart on Korea's top chart Gaon and selling more than 76,000 copies in Korea. The following week, it was reported the the group tied with Girls Generation and Twice as the girl groups with the most entries in the Top 10 of the Billboard World Albums Chart, with 5 entries each.

밤 (Time For The Moon Night) won a total of 10 music show trophies, with 1 win through The Show, 2 wins through Show Champion, 1 win through M Countdown, 2 wins through Music Bank, 2 wins through Show! Music Core and 2 wins through Inkigayo.
Time For The Moon Night peaked at No.1 on the Gaon Albums Chart, No.63 on the Oricon Albums Chart, No.1 Five-Music Albums Chart and No.6 on the Billboard World Albums Chart.
Gaon Sales:
83,197+
Oricon Sales:
1,170+
Giving the album so far a total sales of 84,367+
*YouTube views correct at time of writing post*
So far through GFriend's Official YouTube channel 밤 (Time For The Moon Night) has gained 3,301,249 million views, while through YouTube channel 1theK the M/V has gained 40,977,333 million views, giving the M/V so far a total view count of 44,278,582, with the views increasing each day.

Time For The Moon Night is set out in a hardback book style case, contained inside a card slipcase. The album was released in 3 version - Time, Moon and Night. All 3 versions have different album designs, covers and colours and all versions come with Cd, photobook and 2 random photocards, the First Pressed albums also came with a bookmark and a coaster.
The Time version photobook contains pictures of concept photo 1, the Moon version photobook contains pictures of concept photo 2 and the Night version photobook contains pictures of concept photo 4.

Track List:
Intro (Daytime)
밤 (Time For The Moon Night)
Love Bug
휘리휘리 (Flower Garden)
틱틱 (Tik Tik)
Bye
별 (You Are My Star)
밤 (Time For The Moon Night) (Inst.)


























I fell in love with 밤 (Time For The Moon Night) as soon as I heard it, while it wasn't the sound Fingertip had, it's definitely different from their other previous releases, which made me want to buy the album and I'm glad I did. I was in love with each track from the first listen, I love that like Dreamcatcher they always have such amazing intro's that start off their albums, the only way I could describe the intro for this album is that it's very dreamlike, it makes me think of the times I've had fun with my friends. I think while each song is different from the previous, the album blends so well together, letting them be creative and trying new styles while still having something that gives it that GFriend flair. GFriend are known for their flawless and difficult choreography, especially for a girl group but I also love that we get tracks like Bye and 별 (You Are My Star) that showcase their vocals, I also think that both of these tracks are perfect K-drama songs. Even though this album was a summer release, it gives me strong winter feels and for the first time in a while it's made me excited on what the future holds musically for GFriend and it makes me feel happy to be a Buddy again. I have the Night version and bought it without packaging so while I didn't get the photocards, I did get the first pressed items which is the coaster and the bookmark, both of which will remain in the album so that they don't end up damaged. I love the pictures, they're stunning and the colours are really pretty. I will be trying to buy the other 2 versions as I loved all the teaser images we got for the concept photo's.

Intro (Daytime)

밤 (Time For The Moon Night)

Love Bug

휘리휘리 (Flower Garden)

Jaeguchi
틱틱 (Tik Tik)

Bye

별 (You Are My Star)

Yuju and Umji still remain to be my favourite members of GFriend and it's nice that Umji continues to receive positive comments. I've noticed she's a lot a bit of weight in her face but I just hope that she's done it to be happy within herself and not for the people that tried to put her down in the past. I hope GFriend continue to experiment with their music and show that they're not just stuck to one type of song or concept.

Were you a fan of 밤 (Time For The Moon Night)?
Do you have a favourite track from the album?
Do you want them to continue experimenting?
Let me know in the comments below.

See you soon!


안녕
(Annyeong)
さようなら
(Sayonara)
再见
(ZaiJian)
Bye

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