Expectation (Girl's Day album)
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| Studio album by Girl's Day | ||||
| Released | March 14, 2013 | |||
| Recorded | 2011–2013 | |||
| Genre | Dance-pop, Synthpop | |||
| Length | 46:01 (Expectation) 42:33 (Female President) |
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| Language | Korean | |||
| Label | DreamTea Entertainment / LOEN Entertainment | |||
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re-release as Female President
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Expectation (Hangul: 기대; RR: Gidae) is the first studio album by South Korean girl group Girl's Day. The album was released on March 14, 2013, with the song "Expect" (기대해; Gidaehae) serving as the promotional track. The album's release date coincides with White Day. The album was re-released under the title Female President on June 24, 2013. The song "Female President" (여자 대통령; Yeoja Daetongryeong), was used as the re-release's promotional track.
The album was initially slated for a February 2013 release, however, it was delayed until March 14 for unknown reasons. On March 5, 2013, it was reported that member Yura will be the female lead for the group's music video for "Expect". The album was available for pre-order on South Korean online music stores on March 7, 2013, revealing the album cover and track list. On March 9, a 30-second music video preview for "Expect" was aired on the SBS variety show Star King, showing a more mature and sexy side to them. The official teaser for the music video was released on March 11, 2013, on the group's YouTube channel. Both the music video and album were digitally released at 12:00 p.m. KST.
Three months later, after the release on March 7, Dream Tea Entertainment announced that the group would come back in June 24 with a repackaged version of the album. It was also announced that the group will be also making a 'pool party' showcase for the re-release in the same day. The repackaged album, titled Female President, includes one new song, used as promotional track of it, and an instrumental of the track, replacing the last three tracks of the original album's track list, making the repackaged album's track list include thirteen tracks.
Expectation is composed of fourteen tracks: an intro, five new songs, five previously released singles, a remix and two instrumentals. "Girl's Day World", the intro of the album, was written and produced by the group's leader So-jin, along with Kwon Seok-in, Choe Dok-wan and Cosmic Sound. Nam Ki-sang produced a major part of the album, with the songs "Expect", "White Day", "Twinkle Twinkle", "Hug Me Once", "Don't Forget Me" and "Don't Let Your Eyes Wander!" being written by him. "I Don't Mind" was written by the members of the group along with Kang Jeon-myung, with production handled by Gregg Pagani and 1023Productions. "Easy Go" was written by Han Sang-won, known for composing the song "Go Go Summer!" by Kara, along with production by Yoon Young-min. "Don't Trust Her" was written by Shina-e and Glory Face, who also produced the song along with Gentleman. "Oh, Great!" was written by Eva and produced by Soul Jin.
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