''Prelude'' is the third Korean
extended play
An extended play record, usually referred to as an EP, is a musical recording that contains more tracks than a single but fewer than an album or LP record. by South Korean girl group
April
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April is commonly associated with ...
. It was released on January 4, 2017 by
DSP Media
DSP Media (Hangul: DSP 미디어) is a South Korean entertainment company established in 1991 by Lee Ho-yeon. The company operates as a record label, talent agency, music production company, event management and concert production company, and ...
and distributed by
LOEN Entertainment
Kakao M (; formerly Seoul Records, YBM Seoul Records and LOEN Entertainment) was a South Korean entertainment company established by Min Yeong-bin in 1978. It is currently one of the largest co-publisher companies in South Korea. The company op ...
. It marks the group's first comeback as a six member-group with the addition of Chaekyung and Rachel.
Background and release
On December 20, 2016, DSP Media confirmed that April would release their third
extended play
An extended play record, usually referred to as an EP, is a musical recording that contains more tracks than a single but fewer than an album or LP record. , ''Prelude'' on January 4, 2017. The title of the album ''Prelude'' represent the group's new beginning, with their new line-up consisting of Chaekyung, Chaewon, Naeun, Yena, Rachel and Jinsol. The next day, the album's tracklist was released, revealing that the album will includes 9 tracks with 5 new songs, a re-recorded version of 3 of their previous tracks: "Dream Candy", "Muah!" and "Snowman", and an instrumental version of the title track.
On December 27, they revealed two concept images of the group were unveiled, the first follows the "cute and innocent" image of the group and the second showing a still "innocent" but more mature side. On December 28, April released a teaser with member Rachel for showing the choreography key point dance moves and also revealed that the title track of the album, "April Story".
On December 30, their music video making teasers for Jinsol, Chaekyung and Rachel were revealed, followed by Naeun, Chaewon and Yena's on December 31. On January 1, 2017, the highlight medley of the five new songs from the mini-album was released.
Promotions
From January 1 to January 3, Chaekyung, Chaewon, Naeun, Yena, Rachel and Jinsol held a series of live appearances on their Naver's V-app channel. On January 3, the music video for "April Story" was released on the group's YouTube channel.
On January 4, the group also held a live aired comeback showcase for ''Prelude'', on Naver's V-app. On January 6, April had their comeback stage on
KBS's
''Music Bank'' that were eventually followed by appearances on
Mnet
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's ''
M Countdown
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Bro ...
'',
MBC's ''
Show! Music Core
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'' and
SBS's ''
Inkigayo
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''.
On January 19, the Special choreography MV of "April Story" was released.
On February 14, 2017, Chaekyung, Chaewon, Naeun, Yena, Rachel and Jinsol performed a special stage of
Apink
Apink ( ko, 에이핑크, ja, エーピンク) is a South Korean girl group formed by IST Entertainment (formerly Play M Entertainment, A Cube Entertainment, and Plan A Entertainment). The group debuted on April 19, 2011, with the extended play ...
's ''"
LUV"'' for the 100th episode of
SBS MTV
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It was launched in 2001 as t ...
''
The Show''.
Starting from February 16, the group performed, on Mnet's, ''M! Countdown'', a series of special stages of "WOW" a song also figuring on the ''Prelude'' album.
Track listing
Release history
References
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2017 EPs
Korean-language EPs
Kakao M EPs
April (girl group) albums
DSP Media albums