''One Shot, Two Shot'' is the first Korean

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by South Korean singer-songwriter

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. Released digitally on February 20, 2018 by her native label

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with Iriver as the distributor, the extended play is the singer's first major Korean release in nearly three years since her eighth Korean studio album ''

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'' (2015), and subsequently her second major release in 2018 just one week after releasing '' Watashi Kono Mama de li no Kana'', her first Japanese album in over four years also.

Composition

Featuring seven new tracks that center around the singer's "alternate perspectives and approaches to matured romance", the extended play incorporates "heavy-bass"

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and

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genres, while seeing BoA exploring herself in new genres, such as

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and hip-hop. Wanting to "breathe some freshness" into her discography, the singer went on to collaborate with rapper

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and producer Chancellor, whom also contributed lyrically and musically to the extended play along with several other producers, such as

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, Devine Channel,

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, and more.

Reception

Upon its release, ''One Shot, Two Shot'' received positive reviews from critics, whom regarded the extended play as one of her best releases, further praising its mature sound comparing to her previous release. It was, however, a moderate commercial success in her native country, becoming her fifth top-ten entry on the

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, as well as her second top-ten entry on the ''Billboard'' World Albums chart. To further promote the extended play, three singles were released in between 2017 and 2018; namely "Camo", "Nega Dola", and the titular "One Shot, Two Shot".

Track listing

Charts

Sales

Release history

References

{{Authority control SM Entertainment EPs Korean-language EPs 2018 EPs BoA albums IRiver EPs