"Monodrama" (;
Korean
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: 모노드라마) is a single recorded by Chinese singer
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. It was released on May 27, 2016, by
S.M. Entertainment
SM Entertainment Co., Ltd. () is a South Korean multinational entertainment agency. It is one of South Korea's largest entertainment companies where it was established in 1995 by record executive and record producer Lee Soo-man. The company ha ...
through ''
SM Station
SM Station is a digital music project by South Korean record label SM Entertainment. It undertook to release one digital single every Friday starting from February 3, 2016. The project's first season ended on February 3, 2017, with 52 songs. Its ...
''.
Background and release
Produced by Lay and Devine Channel, Monodrama is described as "R&B" song with a detailed acoustic guitar and soft piano melody with lyrics that express the emotions of a man feeling the pain of an unrequited love. "Monodrama" is SM STATION's first Chinese language song. It was released officially on May 27, 2016.
Music video
The music video of "Monodrama" was officially released on May 27, 2016.
Live performance
Lay performed "Monodrama" live on ''
Exo Planet 3 – The Exo'rdium'' concerts. Lay subsequently performed the song at Star Show 360, a variety show on MBC Every 1.
Track listing
Reception
Upon release, "Monodrama" music video was ranked #1 on VCharts China, iTunes Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam and Japan. It ranked #2 in the Philippines and USA and #3 in Indonesia. "Monodrama" ranked #1 on
Billboard's
China V Chart for consecutively five weeks. The music video has broken the record on Charts in just two days, where it gained 1,968,909 views in 48 hours. The song ranked #4 on
YinYueTai
YinYueTai (), is one of the major music video sharing sites in China. YinYueTai is the counterpart of Billboard and Gaon Charts in China and it hosts the annual V Chart Awards.
Summary
The website started when the founder could not easily find ...
's TOP 100 Songs of 2016 (China) V Chart. "Monodrama" also ranked #2 on
Alibaba Year-End Top 40 Music Chart for 2016. It ranked No.7 on Xiami's Top 100 Most Popular Singles of 2016 in China.
Charts
Release history
References
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2016 songs
2016 singles
Chinese-language songs
SM Entertainment singles
Lay Zhang songs