Closer (Oh My Girl EP)
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| EP by Oh My Girl | ||||
| Released | October 8, 2015 | |||
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| Length | 18:31 | |||
| Language | Korean | |||
| Label | WM Entertainment | |||
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Closer is the second extended play (EP) by South Korean girl group Oh My Girl. It was released by WM Entertainment on October 8, 2015 and was distributed by LOEN Entertainment. The album contains five songs, including the single of the same name. Oh My Girl promoted the album with a series of televised live performances of "Closer" on South Korea's music shows. "Closer" was positively received by several American music critics, making the K-pop top 20 year-end lists of Billboard and Noisey.
The EP (also called a mini album) was produced by WM Entertainment's CEO Lee Won-min, with music produced by Choi Jae-hyuk (under the pen name 72) and Moon Jeong-gyu of the Key Artist Agency, a music publishing and production company based in Los Angeles. All five songs had music composed by songwriters associated with the agency, and three of the songs feature rap lyrics written by Oh My Girl member Mimi.
"Closer" was composed by Laura Brian and Sean Alexander, with Korean lyrics by Seo Ji-eum of Jam Factory. Alexander also co-wrote "Playground" and "Sugar Baby", and previously co-wrote three of the songs on Oh My Girl's self-titled debut album. Brian composed the chord progressions, melody, piano hook, and original English lyrics of "Closer", while Alexander did the arrangement. Brian wrote the song to have a "dreamy feel", beautiful and eerie at the same time. It was originally written with an R&B beat for the American song market, and Alexander changed the instrumental to be more upbeat before sending it to contacts at the Key Artist Agency. The song was subsequently purchased by WM Entertainment. Seo's lyrics were written to fit the mysterious and dreamlike feeling, and include cosmic imagery. The song is in the key of C-sharp minor with a tempo of 110 beats per minute.
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