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n boyband Infinite. It was released on May 15, 2012. The title song "

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" was used to promote the album. The track "Only Tears" was released on May 8, one week before the EP release as a prologue single. During June 29 until July 1, the group performed the song "In the Summer".

Background

A music trailer of the group was uploaded into

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by Woollim Entertainment on March 12, announcing that the group will make a comeback in South Korea soon. After a successful debut in Japan with the singles

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and Be Mine, the group's agency, Woollim Entertainment, announced their comeback in South Korea with a new mini-album. On the same day, a teaser logo of the EP was revealed on the group's website. On May 2, their website was updated with the official comeback date, May 15, 2012. On May 5, it was revealed that the group will release a prologue song on May 8, one week before the EP release on their 700th day of debut. The prologue song is titled "Only Tears" ( Korean: 눈물만). The song was first played at Infinite's Second concert "Second Invasion – Evolution", in a solo act by member Sunggyu. On the same day the song was released, an album jacket teaser photo was unveiled on the group's website. On May 14, the track list of the full EP was revealed in the form of a video with short previews of each song accompanying the song titles.

Composition

Infinite teamed up with Sweetune to produce the EP. The songs "

", "In the Summer", "Only Tears" and "I Like You" were written by Song Sooyoon, who also wrote "Be Mine" and "Paradise", which were released on the group's first studio album '' Over the Top''. The intro song, "Infinitize", was written by J.Yoon. The songs "Feel So Bad" and "With..." were written by Kim Ina.

Music video

A teaser video of the song "The Chaser" was released on May 11, on Woollim Entertainment's

account. The music video premiered exclusively at Infinite's '' Showcase: The Mission'', on May 15. After the showcase in Seoul, the music video was available on Woolim Entertainment's YouTube account, on their official website and on LOEN Entertainment's YouTube account.

Promotions

The Chaser

Promotions of the song "The Chaser" on TV music shows started on May 17, on

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's show '' M! Countdown''. They are also promoting the song on the shows '' Music Bank'', '' Music Core'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. The song "Only Tears" was used for the comeback week performances. In the performances, member L (Myungsoo) played a

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and member Sungjong played a

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. At the date, the song won seven music show awards, three awards (also known as " Triple Crown") on ''M! Countdown'': on May 31, on June 7, and on June 14, one on KBS' ''Music Bank'' on June 1, two mutizens on SBS' ''Inkigayo'': on June 2 and June 10, and one on

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's ''Show Champion'' on June 5. The last performance of the song was on KBS' ''Music Bank - Half-Year Special'', on June 29, 2012, in a special stage along with the group Teen Top. At this same day, the group started performing the song "In the Summer" on the TV shows. It was performed on the shows ''Music Bank'', ''Music Core'' and ''Inkigayo'' during June 29 until July 1. All promotions of the songs and the EP ended on July 1, on SBS' ''Inkigayo.'' The song was chosen as the No. 1 K-pop song of 2012 in ''Billboard'' and ''Billboard Koreas Top 20 Best K-Pop Songs of 2012.

Showcase: The Mission

On May 3, the group's website revealed a 'showcase plan' mission. In the website was stated that, on May 15, same day of the EP release, the group will be visiting 5 South Korean cities and complete a showcase in each city, all in one day. The cities stated were: *

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at 2PM * Daejeon at 5PM *

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at 8PM To travel to all 5 cities on time, a special

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with an infinity logo (∞) on it was used. The showcase was titled "20120515 Showcase – The Mission". A live-stream of the showcase was made on LOEN Entertainment's

account starting at 6PM ( KST) for international fans of the group who were not able to attend the showcases. The show broadcast was the Seoul showcase.

Track listing

Trivia

* Some parts of the song "In The Summer" can be heard on the hidden track of the album '' Over the Top'', as well the hidden track on the Over The Top's repackage, ''Paradise''.

Charts

Sales and certifications

''Physical Sales''

Release history

References

External links

* * {{Authority control 2012 EPs Korean-language EPs Infinite (group) EPs Kakao M EPs Woollim Entertainment EPs