''Time for Us'' is the second
studio album by South Korean girl group
GFriend
GFriend (stylized in all caps; ) was a South Korean girl group formed by Source Music in 2015. The group consisted of six members: Sowon, Yerin, Eunha, Yuju, SinB, and Umji. They debuted with the extended play (EP) '' Season of Glass'' on Ja ...
. It was released by
Source Music
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on January 14, 2019, distributed by
kakao M
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 ...
. The album contains thirteen songs, including the lead single "
Sunrise
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Terminology
A ...
" and its instrumental version, along with a Korean version of the group's first Japanese single "
Memoria
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It was one of five canons in classical rhetoric (the others being inventio, dispositio, elocutio, and pronunt ...
".
Release and promotion
''Time for Us'' is GFriend's second studio album, released two years and six months after their first studio album,
''LOL''. ''Time for Us'' was released on January 14, 2019 in three versions: "Daybreak", "Daytime" and "Midnight". Following this, a limited version of the album was then released on January 25, 2019. GFriend started their promotions with
Mnet
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's
M Countdown on January 17, 2019, where they performed "Sunrise" and "Memoria (Korean ver.)". On January 19, 2019, they performed their side track "A Starry Sky" on
MBC's
Show! Music Core as part of their comeback stage. During the second week of promotions, GFriend took first place on all
music shows, making them the first artist in 2019 to achieve a "grand slam".
Accolades
Track listing
Personnel
Credits adapted from album liner notes.
Locations
* Recorded at VIBE Studio
* Recorded at Seoul Studio
* Mixed at KoKo Sound Studio
* Mixed at Cube Studio
* Mixed at J's Atelier Studio
* Mixed at Mapps Studio
* Mixed at W Sound
* Mixed at LAFX Studios
* Mixed at 821 Sound
* Mastered at 821 Sound Mastering
Personnel
* Kim Ba-ro - string arrangement
* Kim Ye-il - bass guitar
* Lee Won-jong - programming , piano, keyboard
* No Joo-hwan - piano, keyboard, programming
* Jung Dong-yoon - drum
* Ryu Hyeon-woo - guitar
* Kwon Nam-woo - mastering
* Go Hyeon-jung - mixing
* Yoong String - strings
* Seo Yong-bae - drum programming
* Iggy - guitar, synth
* Young - guitar
* Jeon Bu-yeon - mixing assistant
* Jo-ssi Ajeossi - mixing
* Darren Smith - keyboard, programming
* Sean Michael Alexander - keyboard, programming
* Jeong-jin - mixing
* Ko Myung-jae - guitar
* Kim Seok-min - mixing
* B.Eyes - piano, keyboard, electric piano, bass, drum, synth
* Minki - piano, bass
* Kim Woong - piano, drum, bass, synth
* Choi Young-joon - string arrangement
* Lee Tae-wook - guitar
* Jo Joon-sung - mixing
* Spacecowboy - piano, keyboard, electric piano, bass, drum, synth, programming
* Kim Dong-min - guitar
* Son Go-eun - keyboard
* Alan Foster - mixing
* Kim Jin-hee - keyboard, drum
* Master Key - mixing
* Kim Byeong-seok - piano, bass
* Miz - strings, string arrangement
* Ryo Miyata - string arrangement, piano, keyboard, bass, programming
* Carlos K. - keyboard, electric piano, bass, drum, drum programming, synth, programming
* Toshi-Fj - guitar
* Joe - keyboard, synth
Charts
Album
Year-end charts
Single
"Sunrise"
Year-end charts
Sales
See also
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References
External links
Album highlight medleyon
YouTube
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"Sunrise"on YouTube
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GFriend albums
2019 albums
Korean-language albums
Kakao M albums
Hybe Corporation albums