''Obsession'' is the second mini-album by South Korean
boy band
A boy band is loosely defined as a vocal group consisting of young male singers, usually in their teenage years or in their twenties at the time of formation. Generally, boy bands perform Love song, love songs marketed towards girls and young ...
Boyfriend
A boyfriend is a male friend or acquaintance, often specifying a regular male companion with whom a person is romantically or sexually involved.
A boyfriend can also be called an admirer, beau, suitor and sweetheart. The analogous female te ...
. It was released physically June 9, 2014.
Background and promotion
In the beginning of May, members Hyunseong, Jeongmin, and Youngmin posted selcas on Twitter with captions hinting to an upcoming comeback. On May 19, 2014, Starship Entertainment uploaded a 30-second trailer to
YouTube
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announcing Boyfriend's next comeback happening in June.
Starting on May 25, 2014, the members opened up their own personal
Twitter
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accounts one by one. Each member tweeted their own teaser images showing the concept for their next comeback. A few days later, a music video trailer was revealed and showed the boys’ new mature image. It also showed that Boyfriend were no longer boys and transformed into men, with member Hyunseong going shirtless and showing his impressive abs.
On June 5, 2014, the music video was uploaded on 1theK's YouTube channel.
That same day, Boyfriend had their official comeback performance on
Mnet
M-Net (an abbreviation of Electronic Media Network) is a South African pay television channel established by Naspers in 1986. The channel broadcasts both local and international programming, including general entertainment, children's series, ...
's ''M!Countdown''.
Boyfriend had their album showcase on June 9, 2014 at AX-KOREA. Along with the showcase, the long-awaited album was finally released that same day.
Track listing
Music videos
Charts
Album chart
Sales
References
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2014 EPs
Boyfriend (band) EPs
Starship Entertainment EPs
Kakao M EPs