''SM the Ballad Vol. 2 – Breath'' is the second

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 the South Korean project group

SM the Ballad SM the Ballad (stylized as S.M. THE BALLAD) is a South Korean ballad project group composed of singers from SM Entertainment. The group released its first extended play, ''Miss You'', in 2010 and its second extended play, ''Breath'', in 2014. H ...

. It was released on February 13, 2014 with the song "Breath" as the lead single.

Background

Two of the tracks are written in three different languages and have three versions, with the languages being Korean, Chinese, and Japanese. "Breath" is the first and most heavily promoted song of the two, the Korean version is sung by

Taeyeon Kim Tae-yeon (; born March 9, 1989), known mononymously as Taeyeon, is a South Korean singer. She debuted as a member of girl group Girls' Generation in August 2007, which went on to become one of the best-selling artists in South Korea and one ...

and Jonghyun; the Chinese version by Chen and Zhang Liyin, while the Japanese version is sung by

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and

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. The other less promoted song is "Blind", with both the Korean and Japanese versions sung by

Yesung Kim Kang-hoon (born Kim Jong-woon; August 24, 1984), better known by his stage name Yesung is a South Korean singer, songwriter, actor, radio personality and television presenter. He debuted in 2005 as a member of Super Junior and its subgroups ...

, and recorded prior to his military enlistment. The Chinese version of "Blind" is sung by Zhou Mi.

and Jonghyun's duet "Breath" (Korean version) was the first track to be released on the 10th of February, SM The Ballad starts off with Taeyeon and Jonghyun's Korean 'Breath'
/ref> with Jonghyun and Chen's duet "A Day Without You" being released on the 11th, and

's solo "Set Me Free" being released on the 12th. A Mandarin version of "Set Me Free" sung by Zhang Liyin was released exclusively online on Baidu Music on the 13th. The full EP was released on February 13, 2014.

Promotions

Taeyeon and Jonghyun performed "Breath" for the first time on ''

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'' on the 13th of February. Chen and Zhang Liyin also performed the Chinese version of "Breath" on the live broadcast of Chinese Hunan TV's ''The Lantern Festival'' the day after. The song was also promoted on the shows KBS's '' Music Bank'', '' Music Core'' and ''

Inkigayo ''Inkigayo'' ( ko, 인기가요; English title: ''The Music Trend'', previously ''Popular Song'') is a South Korean music program broadcast by SBS. It airs live every Sunday. The show features some of the latest and most popular artists who p ...

'' in February.

Track listing

Korean version

Chinese version

Complete version

Charts

Single chart

Album chart

Sales and certifications

Credits and personnel

– vocals *

– vocals * Zhang Liyin – vocals *

– vocals * Zhou Mi – vocals * Jonghyun – vocals *

– vocals * Chen – vocals

References

External links

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