''Troubleshooter'' is the 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.

by South Korean girl group

Kep1er Kep1er (; ) is a South Korean girl group formed through the Mnet reality survival competition show ''Girls Planet 999'' in 2021 and managed by Swing Entertainment and Wake One Entertainment. The group is composed of nine members: Kim Chae-hyun, ...

. It was released by

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on October 13, 2022, and contains five tracks, including the lead single "

We Fresh "We Fresh" is a song recorded by South Korean girl group Kep1er for their third extended play '' Troubleshooter''. It was released as the EP's lead single by Wake One Entertainment on October 13, 2022. Background and release On September 26, Wake ...

Background and release

On September 26, Wake One Entertainment announced Kep1er would be releasing their third extended play titled ''Troubleshooter'' on October 13. A day later, the promotional schedule was released. On September 28, the track listing was released with "We Fresh" announced as the lead single. On October 7, the highlight medley teaser video was released. A day later, the mood film teaser video was released. Music video teasers for "We Fresh" were released on October 11 and 12.

Commercial performance

On the day of its release alone, the EP sold more than 167,000 copies, breaking Kep1er's own record of 153,000 first-day sales achieved with their second EP ''

Doublast ''Doublast'' is the second extended play by South Korean girl group Kep1er. The EP was released by Wake One Entertainment on June 20, 2022, and contains five tracks, including the lead single "Up! (Kep1er song), Up!". Background and release On Ju ...

''. ''Troubleshooter'' debuted at number 2 on

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in the chart issue dated October 10–15, with more than 240,000 copies sold, and number 21 on

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in the chart issue dated October 19.

Promotion

Prior to the release of ''Troubleshooter'', on October 10, 2022, the group held their first fan meeting called "2022 Kep1er Fan Meeting 'Kep1anet'" where they performed "Dreams".

Background and release

Commercial performance

Promotion

Track listing

Charts

Weekly charts

Monthly charts

Year-end chart

Sales and certifications

Release history

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