''Awake'' is the first

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KNK. It contains six songs and two instrumental tracks, including the lead single, "Back Again". All tracks from the EP was personally written, composed and arranged by Kim Tae-joo who also produced hit songs like Beast's "

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Background and release

KNK performing at KBS Cool FM in July 2016

On May 16, 2016, KNK released their first digital single "I Remember", a medium tempo R&B track. A week later, YNB Entertainment announced the comeback of the group with their first EP titled ''Awake'' through KNK's official SNS. A group image teaser and individual photos for the EP was unveiled on May 24 and 25 respectively. On May 27, the first music video teaser for the title track "Back Again" was released, followed by the release of album preview the next day. The second and last music video teaser for the "Back Again" was released on the 1st of June. The album was officially released on the next day. It was also released as a digital download on various music portals.

Promotion

On June 3, 2016, KNK made their comeback stage on ''

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'', where they performed the two singles from the EP. It was then followed by performances of "Back Again" on ''

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'' on the 9th. On June 8, KNK performed their comeback stage on MBC Music's ''

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'' with "Back Again" and "Gone". The choreography for "Gone" was personally arranged by member Jihun.

Commercial Performance

''Awake'' entered the Gaon Album Chart at number 12 for the 23rd week of 2016, until it reached its peak at number 7 for the 31st week.

Track listing

Release history

References

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