''Take'' (stylized in
all caps) is the second studio album by South Korean rapper
Mino. It was released on October 30, 2020, through
YG Entertainment. Written and composed entirely by Mino, the album consists of twelve tracks including the lead single, "Run Away", for which a music video was released alongside the album. Musically, it is a
hip hop record that contains influences of
ballad
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,
dance-pop
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,
folk
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,
moombahton,
R&B,
rap
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and
soul
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.
Background and promotion
On August 13, 2020,
YG Entertainment announced that
Mino was in the finishing process of the album and set the release date for October. The first teaser poster was released on October 15, 2020, revealing the album's title and release date. On October 19, a 30-second teaser video was uploaded. On October 20, a "title poster" was uploaded, unveiling the title and credits of the lead single, "Run Away". On October 21, a teaser clip hinting the album concept was revealed. On October 22, the track list for the album was uploaded. Mino was credited as the writer and composer for all tracks listed on the album, and many well-known artists such as
Bewhy,
Bobby and
Zion.T participated on the album as featuring artists. On October 26, an interview clip, containing how the producers and artists who have participated on the album saw Mino from their own perspectives, was revealed. Two music video teasers for "Run Away" were uploaded on October 27 and October 28. On October 30, the tracks listed on the album were played partially in the album sampler video.
Mino promoted the album by performing "Run Away" and "OK Man" (feat.
Bobby) on various
music programs of South Korea such as
M Countdown
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Bro ...
,
Show! Music Core
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and
Inkigayo
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.
Composition
Musically, "OK Man" is a "
hip hop song with a fun mix of unique Fx sounds over heavy
bass and drum sounds". "Wa" is a hip hop song where "repeated
arpeggio
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piano melody and spatial
guitar riffs
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are used to create a dreamy feeling". "Click / Han River View" shows off the "conversion of two contrasting tracks".
Lyrically, "Love and a Boy" is a song that expresses "a boy who has grown small in the great emotion of love". "Daylight" is a song that expresses "a lover who falls in love after a warm summer and before the cool autumn comes". "Pow!" expresses "the moment when the inspiration in
Mino's head explodes with witty lyrics and rapping". "Book Store" started from the idea of "'reading' the other person's expression and heart, and wanting to 'read' the other person's mind too". The song features "storytelling that compares the anguish of a wounded man to a book".
Reception
''Vocals Nathan Sartain thought the album "breaks free of any typical pop formulae" and is "stylistically idiosyncratic, yet as easily accessible as the glossiest chart-dominating pop banger".
''The K Meal'' writer Kathleen Herrera described it as "a solid album that truly explored Mino's talent as a musician, lyricist and composer".
Commercial performance
On October 31, 2020, "Run Away" ranked at no. 1 on Naver Music and Vibe, and no. 2 on
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and
Genie.
As of November 11, ''Take'' has surpassed a total of 110,000 in sales.
Track listing
Credits adapted from the label's official blog and
Apple Music
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Personnel
Credits adapted from the label's official blog.
*
Mino – vocals, lyrics, production , arrangement
*
Bobby – vocals, lyrics
*
Zion.T – vocals, lyrics
* meenoi – vocals, lyrics, production
*
DPR Live – vocals, lyrics
*
Bewhy – vocals, lyrics
* Kang Uk-jin – production , arrangement
* Diggy – production , arrangement
*
Future Bounce – production, arrangement
*
Choice37
Robin Cho, better known as Choice37, is a Korean-American record producer, songwriter, and DJ based in South Korea. He joined YG Entertainment as a producer in 2009, and has since produced songs for K-pop artists including Big Bang, Blackpink, G-D ...
– production, arrangement
* Hae – production, arrangement
* Ian Purp – production, arrangement
* Airplay – production, arrangement
Charts
"Run Away"
Release history
References
External links
* {{YouTube, id=1eWm7NwjGco, title="Run Away" music video
2020 albums
Korean-language albums
Mino (rapper) albums
YG Entertainment albums