Welcome to Secret Time
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| Studio album by Secret | ||||
| Released | August 22, 2012 | |||
| Recorded | 2011-2012 | |||
| Genre | J-pop, K-pop | |||
| Label | Sony Music | |||
| Producer | Kim Taesung | |||
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| Singles from Welcome to Secret Time | ||||
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Welcome to Secret Time (often stylized as Welcome to SECRET Time) is the first Japanese studio album of South Korean girl group Secret. The album was released on August 22, 2012, by Sony Music Entertainment Japan.
In August 2011, Secret made their official debut in Japan with the release of the Japanese version of their Korean hit, "Madonna". In November 2011, they released their first mini-album in the country with Shy Boy. It was then followed by two original Japanese singles entitled "So Much for Goodbye" and "Twinkle Twinkle". On June 24,2012 TS Entertainment officials confirmed, "SECRET will be releasing their first album with "Love is Move" as their title track in Japan next month. This will mark the beginning of their official activities." They continued, "The album contains not only "Love is Move", but a number of their Korean hits along with brand new tracks. The girls will be leaving for Japan in the beginning of August and spend a month promoting in both Korea and Japan.”
Welcome to Secret Time was released on August 22, 2012. The Japanese version of "Love is Move", dubbed as "Ai wa Move", serves as the lead single. It also included the group's Korean releases "Madonna" and "Shy Boy," a Japanese version of "Starlight Moonlight," and their Japanese original singles "So Much for Goodbye" and "Twinkle Twinkle."
On June 14, 2011, Secret released the Japanese music video of "Madonna" The Japanese version of the song was released in Japan on August 3, 2011, on the CD single, Madonna. The single also included a B-side, "My Boy". On August 10, the group performed the song on the popular Japanese music program, Coming Soon!! The single ranked 9th on Oricon's weekly singles chart of August 10, with sales of 13,124 copies. "Madonna" sold over 20,000 copies in Japan.
"So Much for Goodbye" (これくらいのサヨナラ Kore Kurai no Sayonara) was released as a CD single on February 29, 2012 through Sony Music Associated Records. The CD single contains three tracks namely "So Much for Goodbye", "Love Is a Long Run" (恋はロング・ラン Koi wa Long Run) and "Color of Love". "So Much for Goodbye" was produced by Im Sanghyuk and Jeon Daun, the same composers of "Don't Laugh" from the album Moving in Secret. The Japanese lyrics were written by Junji Ishiwatari. Secret stated through their official Japanese website, "'So Much for Goodbye' is a ballad song accompanied with a beautiful piano, guitar and string instrument arrangement." The group embarked on their first promotional tour in Japan named "Secret 1st Japan Tour", held in March 2012 in support of the single.
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