''I'm Not Cool'' is the seventh

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(EP) by South Korean singer-songwriter

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. It was released on January 28, 2021, by P Nation and distributed by

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. It is Hyuna's first Korean EP in nearly four years, following the release of

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(2017). The EP consists five tracks, including the

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of the same name and her previous digital single " Flower Shower".

Background

After Hyuna's comeback for August 2020 with Good Girl was postponed due to health issues, in January 2021, P Nation announced their first artist comeback of 2021 would be Hyuna's first EP for the label, and seventh EP overall, ''I'm Not Cool'' with the title track of same name. The EP includes Hyuna's first single after signing with P Nation, "Flower Shower".

Release

The EP was released on January 28 through many Korean online music services, including

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. For the global market, the album was made available on iTunes. It was also released in physical format. On her personal

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account, the singer revealed that the music video for the single "Good Girl" will be released on February 3, 2021.

Music video

On January 26, a first teaser for the music video of "I'm Not Cool" was released. On the next day, the second teaser for the music video was released. On January 28, the official music video of "I'm Not Cool" was released.

Promotion

Hyuna held the first comeback stage for the EP during

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's ''

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'' on January 28, where she performed the

. On January 29, Hyuna performed the title track on ''KBS'''s ''Music Bank'' and ''

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''. On January 30, Hyuna performed the title track on ''MBC'''s ''

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. ''On January 31, Hyuna performed the title track on '' ''SBS'''s

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Background

Release

Music video

Promotion

Accolades

Track listing

Charts

Release history

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