Season of Glass (EP)
| Season of Glass | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
||||
| EP by GFriend | ||||
| Released | January 15, 2015 | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 14:55 | |||
| Label |
|
|||
| GFriend chronology | ||||
|
||||
| Singles from Season of Glass | ||||
|
||||
Season of Glass is the debut extended play (EP) by South Korean girl group GFriend. It was released by Source Music on January 15, 2015 and distributed by KT Music. The album contains three songs, including the single "Glass Bead", and two instrumental tracks. The album peaked at number nine on the Gaon Album Chart and has sold more than 10,000 units. GFriend promoted the album with a series of televised live performances on South Korea's music shows. Their debut was often compared to Girls' Generation's debut, with the music and choreography of "Glass Bead" being reminiscent of "Into the New World".
In November 2014, Source Music announced the upcoming debut of their first girl group, named GFriend. On January 5, the whole group was unveiled and their album release date was announced. GFriend's debut EP (also called a mini album) was released as a digital download on January 15, and was released in CD format the next day. The music video for lead single "Glass Bead" was produced by Zanybros and directed by Hong Won-ki. GFriend was designed to target a teenage audience, and the music video is set in various school locations, including a classroom and gym. "Glass Bead" is the first song in the group's "school series" and represents the start of school semester and enjoying time with friends.
GFriend promoted the album with performances of "Glass Bead" on various music shows, starting with Music Bank on January 16. They presented an "innocent and youthful" image, wearing cheerleader-inspired outfits with simple hairstyles and minimal makeup. In contrast to their appearance, the group's choreography was described as "powerful" and "energetic".
The album's intro track, "Glass Bead", and "White" were written by Iggy and Seo Yong-bae, who had previously written songs such as Ailee's "Heaven" and Orange Caramel's "Catallena". Seo is an in-house producer at Rainbow Bridge World. "Neverland" was composed by Yoon Woo-seok of ZigZag Note and Kang Myeong-shin, with lyrics by Kim Seo-jun and Kim Yong-hwan (Eden Beatz).
...
Wikipedia