"I'm the Trend" (stylized as "i'M THE TREND") is a song recorded by South Korean girl group

(G)I-dle (G)I-dle (), stylized in all caps, is a South Korean girl group formed by Cube Entertainment in 2018. The group consists of five members: Miyeon, Minnie, Soyeon, Yuqi and Shuhua. Originally a sextet, Soojin left the lineup on August 14, 202 ...

dedicated for their fans, Neverland. It was released as a digital single on July 7, 2020 by

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. The single is composed by members Minnie and Yuqi, Yuto of

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and FCM Houdini. The song was unveiled during their first online concert I-Land: Who Am I on July 5, 2020. An accompanying special clip for the song was uploaded onto (G)I-dle's YouTube channel simultaneously with the single's release. The song is included in their first

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Background and release

The song was first teased by Cube with photos of (G)I-dle's song title as stickers with the phrase "Coming soon-!" starting June 28 and ended on July 2, leaving fans questioned whether it is a Japanese version of the songs. Later, on July 5, Cube revealed the artwork teaser image of the digital single with logo stickers such as 'Latata', 'Senorita', 'Uh-Oh', 'Lion' and 'Oh my god'. "I'm the Trend" is Minnie's first self-written song in about a year after the release of "Blow Your Mind" in February 2018 and their Japanese single "For You" from the Japanese debut album ''

Latata "Latata" (stylized as "LATATA") is a song recorded by South Korean girl group (G)I-dle as the lead single from their debut Korean extended play (EP) ''I Am''. It was released on May 2, 2018, by Cube Entertainment and distributed by Kakao M. It ...

'' in July 2019. Additionally, this release marks Yuqi's first contribution in writing, producing and composing in the group's discography.

Composition and lyrics

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", "Maze", " Uh-Oh" and " Senorita". It is composed in the key of B minor, with a tempo of 145 BPM running three minutes and twenty-five seconds.

Promotion and critical reception

"I'm the Trend" was first performed as an encore at their first solo concert, I-Land: Who Am I. A special clip and lyric video was released on July 7, 2020. Rania Aniftos from ''

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'' described the song as "infectious spunky tune".

Commercial performance

The song debuted at number 96 on South Korea's

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with Gaon index of 4,608,218 on the chart issue dated July 5–11, 2020. It also debuted at number 14 and 122 on Download Chart and Streaming Chart, respectively. The track surpassed 1.8 million-plus

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streams and 1.8 million

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views as their monthly listeners eclipsed 3.5 million on Spotify.

Track listing

Accolades

Personnel

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– vocals ** Minnie - producing, songwriting, chorus ** Yuqi - producing, songwriting ** Soyeon - songwriting * Yuto of

- producing, record engineering, drum programming * FCM Houdini - producing, record engineering, guitar, drum programming, piano * FCM 667 - bass * Jeon Yeon – record engineering,

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* Mr. Cho – mixed * Kwon Nam-woo – mastering

Charts

Weekly charts

Release history

References

External links

* * 2020 songs 2020 singles (G)I-dle songs Cube Entertainment singles Korean-language songs Songs written by Jeon So-yeon Songs written by Minnie (singer) Songs written by Song Yuqi {{authority control