𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐎𝐍𝐄 𝐆𝐈𝐑𝐋 , 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐢𝐬𝐭.

blueming , single.

( originally by iu. )

𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗩𝗜𝗘𝗪

BLUEMING is a single by south korean singer, rapper, and dancer min. the song was released on february 18th, 2015 by stone music entertainment and sony music entertainment. the song expresses the sentiments of what it means to live and love in modern-day society.

commercially, the song was a huge success in south korea and globally, topping the gaon digital chart and becoming her first number-one single and number-one song overall. additionally, blueming ranked number five on the year-end gaon digital chart for 2015 and achieved the number one position on the billboard kpop hot 100 and number ten on the billboard hot 100, becoming the first south korean artist to top the billboard global charts. it won the digital daesang award at the 30th golden disc awards in january 2016.

𝗟𝗔𝗡𝗚𝗨𝗔𝗚𝗘.  korean
𝗥𝗘𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗦𝗘𝗗.  february 18th, 2015
𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗥𝗗𝗘𝗗.  2015
𝗚𝗘𝗡𝗥𝗘.  pop rock. electro.
𝗟𝗔𝗕𝗘𝗟.  stone music entertainment. sony music entertainment.
𝗪𝗥𝗜𝗧𝗧𝗘𝗡 𝗕𝗬.  min. lee jong-hoon. lee chae-kyu.
𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗗𝗨𝗖𝗘𝗥(𝘀).  lee jong-hoon. lee chae-kyu.
𝗖𝗨𝗥𝗥𝗘𝗡𝗧 𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗠𝗦.  842M.
𝗖𝗥𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗣𝗢𝗡𝗦𝗘.  mostly positive.

𝗟𝗬𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗦

[verse 1]
'mwohae?' raneun du geuljae
'nega bogo sipeo' naui songmaeumeul dama u
imotikon hanahana soge
sallajineun nae mimyohan simnireul alkka u

[pre-chorus]
ani bappeuji ana nothing, na, na
jamdeureo itji ana insomnia-nia-nia
jigeum dareun saramgwa hamkkeiji ana
wung, nado neoreul saenggak jung

[chorus]
uriui nemo kaneun bloom
eomjisongarageuro jangmikkocheul piwo
hyanggie chwihal geot gata u
ojik dulmanui bimirui jeongwon

[post chorus]
(i feel) bloom
(i feel) bloom
(i feel) bloom
neoege han songireul deo bonae

[verse 2]
bamsaem jageobeuro eopdeiteu
heungmiroun i jakpumui jieuni that's me u
eojjeom i gwangyeui keullaimaekseu
2mageuro neomeogagien jigeumi good timing u

[pre-chorus]
gateun mamin geol ara rea-la-lize
mareul goreuji mara just repla-la-la-ly
jogeum jangnanseureoun naui eunyue
ne haeseogi gunggeumhae

[chorus]
uriui saegeun gray and blue
eomjisongarageuro malpungseoneul ttuiwo
geumse teojil geot gata u
hoheubi gappajyeo eojireowo

[post chorus]
(i feel) blue
(i feel) blue
(i feel) blue
neoege gadeuki chaewo

[bridge]
ttuieosseugieopsibonaelgesarangingeotgatae
baengmansongijangmikkocheul, narangpiwobollae?
kkochipui saegeun uri maeum ganeun daero chilhae
sideul ttaedo yeppeuge

[chorus]
uriui nemo kaneun bloom
eomjisongarageuro jangmikkocheul piwo
hyanggie chwihal geot gata u
ojik dulmanui bimirui jeongwon

[post chorus]
(i feel) bloom
(i feel) bloom
(i feel) bloom
neoege han songireul deo

𝗧𝗥𝗜𝗩𝗜𝗔

𝟬𝟭. to this day, the music video remains one of min's favorites because of how colorful and cheerful the set & mv was.

𝟬𝟮. fans dubbed this era her "pure" or "cute" era.

𝟬𝟯. she dyed her hair blue and had light bangs for this comeback.

𝟬𝟰. min liked the styling in this era because she got to pick most of the outfits for the mv.

𝟬𝟱. min has no idea why blueming stood out to everyone enough to change her career forever. she thought blueming wasn't really a true representation of who she was as an artist, and was worried people would stop supporting her after this comeback.

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