"Summer Rain" () is a song recorded by South Korean girl group

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for ''Rainbow'', the

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of their fifth extended play ''Parallel'' (2017). The song was released by

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on September 13, 2017, as the reissue title track.

Composition

The song was described by ''Billboard'''s Tamar Herman, as "one of their

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most mellow songs to date", that "blends new jack swing with the K-pop girl group’s representative twinkling synths to create a throwback track fit for the season". It was noted that the song samples instrumentals from

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's “Robert Schumann, Dichterliebe Op. 48:1,” interlacing them with propulsive beats.

Chart performance

The song debuted and peaked at number 11 on the

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, on the chart issue dated September 10–16, 2017, with 72,272 downloads sold and 1,175,887 streams. In its second week, the song fell to number 26 and to number 41 in its third week. It also debuted at number 30 on Billboard Korea's

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. In its second week, the song peaked at number 21. The song debuted at number 36 on the chart for the month of September 2017, with 154,431 downloads sold and 4,324,847 streams.

Music video

A music video for the song was released on September 13, 2017. The video features the members of the group in pouring rain scenes, intercalated with dance scenes. ''Billboard'' noted that the video's costumes "returns GFriend to a softer, more flirty school uniform look that offers up a maturing of some of their earlier style choices."

Live performances

The group held their first comeback stage on

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's ''

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'' on September 14, 2017. They continued on

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's ''Music Bank'' on September 15.

Accolades

Charts

References

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