2015 studio album by Wonder Girls
Reboot
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Released
| August 3, 2015
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Recorded
| 2015
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Genre
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Length
| 43
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11
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Language
| Korean
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Label
| JYP
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Producer
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- "I Feel You"
Released: August 3, 2015
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Reboot
is the third and final
studio album
by South Korean girl group
Wonder Girls
. It was released on August 3, 2015, through
JYP Entertainment
. The Wonder Girls were more involved in the composition of this album, with each member having writing and/or production credits on at least one song; each song has credits for at least one member.
[2]
It was their first studio album since 2007 to feature member
Sunmi
and their first since the departure of members
Sunye
and
Sohee
. The album musically conveys a 1980s-inspired style, incorporating genres including
synthpop
,
hip hop
,
pop rock
and
dance-pop
.
Reboot
received critical acclaim from music critics, who lauded the album's concept and musical styles.
Billboard
named it the best K-pop album of 2015 and ranked it fourth among the best K-pop albums of the 2010s. Additionally,
Educational Broadcasting System
(EBS) and
Paste
included it in their lists of the best K-pop albums. Commercially,
Reboot
charted at number five on the
Gaon Album Chart
and number two on the
Billboard
World Albums
. It was preceded by the release of the single "I Feel You", released on August 2, 2015.
Background and composition
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On June 24, 2015, it was reported that member
Sunmi
would return to the group following her initial departure in February 2010. On July 20, it was confirmed that members Sohee and Sunye had officially withdrawn from the group. The same day, JYP Entertainment announced the return of the Wonder Girls with a new band concept. For this concept, Sunmi plays bass guitar,
Yubin
plays drums,
Hyelim
plays guitar, and
Yeeun
plays piano. Individual teasers of the members playing their respective instruments began being released on July 20.
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Despite the concept, none of the members actually recorded instrumentals for the album, though they learned to play the instruments and performed songs with their instruments live.
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Yeeun was the only member of the group to have considerable experience playing her instrument, the piano, prior to the lead up to the comeback.
Singles and promotion
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On July 29, a promotional video for the release of
Reboot
was released on YouTube. "I Feel You" served as the lead single for the album, being released on August 2. It was accompanied by a music video directed by Lumpens, which premiered on the same day on JYP Entertainment's YouTube channel. "I Feel You" and its music video are heavily inspired by
1980s music
, similar to the group's 2008 single "
So Hot
". It takes place in 1987 and shows each member playing her own respective instrument.
KBS
considered the music video to be "too sexy and revealing" and only aired the video after certain dance moves were cut.
[6]
"I Feel You" is their first single since
Sunye
's and
Sohee
's departures and their first single since the English version release of "
Nobody
" (2009) to feature
Sunmi
. The song was promoted on major South Korean music shows, starting on August 8 on
KBS
's
Music Bank
; on those shows, they also performed other tracks from the album, including "Candle", "Back", and "Rewind". They also appeared on variety shows, including
MBC every1
's
Weekly Idol
. In addition, the group appeared on various
radio shows
.
The songs "Candle" (featuring Paloalto) and "Rewind" had dance practice videos released on YouTube on August 11 and 20, respectively.
Critical reception
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Reboot
received critical acclaim; it was ranked number one on
Billboard
'
s list of the 10 Best K-pop Albums of 2015 with editor Jeff Benjamin praising the record's thematic concept: "Reboot showcases the importance of a concept and what happens when an act believes in that concept. [...] It’s that type of dedication to your concept, nay art, that makes for a body of work that rises above the rest. As previously mentioned, this year was filled with a spectacular amount of K-pop album releases, but the best comes when the act fully embraces what makes them unique."
[7]
iTunes Japan
named it the best K-pop album of the year
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while Korean music webzine
Idology
ranked it the year's third best album, with critic Squib writing that "What the Wonder Girls are rebooting here is not their careers, but a 'real taste of K-pop'."
[9]
Billboard
named
Reboot
the fourth best K-pop album of the 2010s decade in 2019, hailing the LP as a "testament to the power of pre-established musical genres as a transformative means of expressing oneself". They remarked that it's not a "rehash", "it's a reboot."
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Cielo Perez from
Paste
ranked it the 8th greatest K-pop album of all time, writing that "there’s something for everyone to latch onto and obsess over on this album?a true benchmark of brilliance."
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Commercial performance
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Commercially,
Reboot
underperformed in comparison to the group's earlier albums. It debuted at number five on the
Gaon Album Chart
,
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selling 12,789 copies by August 2016.
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In the United States, the album debuted at number 2 on the
Billboard
US World Albums chart, becoming their best charting album on that chart. It also peaked at number twenty-five on US
Heatseekers Albums
.
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The main single, "I Feel You", charted at number one on eight major South Korean music streaming charts during the week of its release.
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citation needed
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It peaked at number three on the country's comprehensive
Gaon Digital Chart
in the week ending on August 15, 2015.
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Track listing
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Reboot
? Standard edition
Title
| Writer(s)
| Producer(s)
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1.
| "Baby Don't Play"
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2.
| "Candle" (featuring Paloalto)
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3.
| "I Feel You"
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- Park Jin-young
- Hong Ji-sang
| 3:25
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4.
| "Rewind"
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5.
| "Loved"
| | Shim Eun-ji
| 3:39
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6.
| "John Doe"
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- Yubin
- Hong Ji-sang
- Ju Hyo
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- Yubin
- Hong Ji-sang
- Ju Hyo
| 3:11
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7.
| "One Black Night"
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8.
| "Back"
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9.
| "Oppa" (오빠) (Hyerim solo)
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10.
| "Faded Love" (사랑이 떠나려 할 때;
Salang-i tteonalyeo hal ttae
)
| | Shim Eun-ji
| 3:53
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11.
| "Gone" (없어;
Eobs-eo
)
| | Shim Eun-ji
| 3:41
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12.
| "Remember" (이 瞬間;
I-sungan
)
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Total length:
| 43:11
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Reboot
? Physical edition (bonus track)
Title
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13.
| "20150711 (Talk)" (featuring
Sunye
and
Sohee
)
| 2:23
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Charts
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Weekly charts
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Monthly charts
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Release history
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References
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Benjamin, Jeff; Oak, Jessica (December 12, 2015).
"The 10 Best K-Pop Albums of 2015"
.
Billboard
.
Prometheus Global Media
. Retrieved
May 9,
2016
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"Wonder Girls the 3rd album Reboot Track List"
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Facebook
(in Korean). July 28, 2015
. Retrieved
August 12,
2015
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"Sunmi is a mysterious bassist in her teaser video for Wonder Girls comeback"
. allkpop. July 20, 2015
. Retrieved
August 12,
2015
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"Wonder Girls explain why none of the instrumentals on their album have been recorded by them"
. allkpop. August 4, 2015
. Retrieved
August 12,
2015
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"Wonder Girls Didn't Play Any Instruments On Comeback LP 'Reboot' Despite Returning As A "Real Band"
"
. Idolator. August 4, 2015
. Retrieved
August 12,
2015
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Kaur, Gungeet (June 23, 2016).
"KBS bans Wonder Girls' new song Sweet & Easy"
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International Business Times
. Retrieved
May 9,
2023
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b
"The 10 Best K-Pop Albums of 2015: Wonder Girls, Seventeen, f(x), BTS, Red Velvet & More | Billboard"
.
Billboard
. Retrieved
December 31,
2015
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"iTunes Releases Its Best of 2015 List and Top Seller Charts | ARAMA! JAPAN"
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ARAMA! JAPAN
. December 10, 2015
. Retrieved
August 1,
2017
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"決算 2015 : ② 올해의 音盤"
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Idology
. January 7, 2016
. Retrieved
February 12,
2022
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"The 25 Greatest K-Pop Albums of the 2010s: Staff List"
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Billboard
. December 17, 2019.
Archived
from the original on December 21, 2019
. Retrieved
December 29,
2019
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Perez, Cielo (September 11, 2023).
"The 30 Greatest K-Pop Albums of All Time"
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Paste Magazine
. Retrieved
September 11,
2023
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"2000年代 韓國 大衆音樂 明礬 100 (2004?2023)"
[Top 100 Korean pop music albums of the 2000s (2004?2023)] (in Korean). Educational Broadcasting System. April 1, 2024
. Retrieved
April 2,
2024
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"The 20 Best Albums of 2015"
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Fuse
. Retrieved
December 16,
2015
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Peterson, Jacques (December 29, 2015).
"The 25 Best K-Pop Songs Of 2015"
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Idolator
. Retrieved
February 12,
2022
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"The Best K-Pop of 2015, PopMatters"
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PopMatters
. December 18, 2015
. Retrieved
February 12,
2022
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Dorof, Jakob (December 9, 2015).
"The Top 20 K-pop Songs of 2015"
.
Vice
. Retrieved
February 12,
2022
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"Gaon Album Chart - Week 33, 2015"
. Gaon Chart
. Retrieved
August 15,
2015
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Cumulative sales for
Reboot
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"Wonder Girls Make Big Return to Billboard Charts With 'Reboot' Album"
. Billboard
. Retrieved
August 20,
2015
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"Digital Chart ? Week 33 of 2015"
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Circle Chart
. August 9?15, 2015
. Retrieved
July 19,
2022
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"Circle Album Chart ? August 2015"
.
Circle Chart
(in Korean). August 2015
. Retrieved
December 19,
2022
.
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