''Bubble Pop!'' is the first

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(EP) by the South Korean singer

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, a member of South Korean girl group

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. It was released on July 5, 2011, by

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Release and reception

On June 30, 2011, the lead single, " A Bitter Day", was released digitally. It featured the guest singer

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in the chorus and rapping by

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. It was co-written by Yong and Choi Kyu-sung. The song peaked at number 10 on the Gaon Weekly Digital Chart and at number 165 on the Gaon Year-End Digital Chart for 2011. On July 5, 2011, the EP's title track, "Bubble Pop!", and its music video were released. The music video has a cameo by

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. It was filmed in Okinawa, Japan. Hyuna promoted the song on music shows from July 8, 2011, on KBS's ''

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'', MBC's ''

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'', SBS's ''

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'' and Mnet's ''

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''. The song reached number 4 on the Gaon Weekly Digital Chart and finished at number 21 on Gaon's 2011 year-end chart. It has sold 2,694,310 digital copies. On December 9, 2011, the title track "Bubble Pop!" ranked at #9 on the American music magazine

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's "20 Best Songs of 2011" list. The song was parodied in the 2016 ''

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'' episode " Candy, Quahog Marshmallow!". The song appears in the 2017 dance video game '' Just Dance 2018'' as a song on the tracklist.

Promotion and controversy

Hyuna promoted the title track "Bubble Pop!" on music shows in July 2011. The EP's introduction song "Attention" was also used in the performances. In August, Cube Entertainment halted promotions because the title track's video, choreography and on-stage costumes were deemed by the

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(KCC) to be "too sexually suggestive". Cube Entertainment decided to promote the follow-up single, "Just Follow", featuring the rapper

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. Hyuna's performance on the ''Inkigayo'' music show featured the rapper Zico from the boy band

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instead, and with lyrics that he re-wrote.
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Track listing

Chart performance

Release history

Notes

References

External links

* * {{Authority control Hyuna albums 2011 debut EPs Korean-language EPs 2010s Korean-language albums Dance-pop EPs Synth-pop EPs Cube Entertainment EPs