''Loving U'' is the first summer
special album by
South Korean girl group
Sistar. It was released on June 28, 2012 by
Starship Entertainment and distributed by
LOEN Entertainment, with the song of the same title used as the promotional song. It is listed as a
summer
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special album and contains two new songs, "Loving U" and "Holiday", and five remixes of the group's past hit-singles.
Background
On June 11, Starship Entertainment announced that the group will be releasing a summer special album by the end of June. On June 16, it was stated that the group was spotted in
Hawaii recording a music video. On June 28, the extended play and music video were released simultaneously.
Composition
The extended play is composed of seven tracks: two new songs and five remixes of the group's previously title tracks. "Loving U" and "Holiday" were both written and produced by
Duble Sidekick. "Loving U" is the lead song, which makes attractions by the strong beats and fresh lyrics. "Holiday" is the second single of the album. It is close to electronic synthpop. The songs "
Push Push" and "
So Cool" were remixed by DJ Robato. "Alone" and "
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Music video
A teaser of the music video for "Loving U" was released on June 25, on
Starship Entertainment's
YouTube account. The full music video was released on June 28, along with the EP, simultaneously. It was also revealed that the music video costed about 200 million
won
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($169,000
USD) and was recorded in
Hawaii.
Promotions
The first performance of the song "Loving U" was on the 2012
Mnet 20's Choice Awards, realized on June 28, 2012. The TV promotions started on June 29, on
KBS' ''
Music Bank''.
The group received their seventh and eight music show award on the same music program respectively. The song will be also promoted on the shows ''
Music Core'', ''
Inkigayo
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'' and ''
M! Countdown'' with some performances having an intro mash-up of the albums remixes for "Alone", "How Dare You" and "So Cool".
The group released on July 24 the second single "Holiday".
Track listing
Chart performance
Album chart
Single chart
Sales and certifications
Release history
References
External links
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2012 EPs
Korean-language EPs
Sistar EPs
Starship Entertainment EPs