Kick Back

Kick Back
Digital and Stranger version cover
EP by WayV
Released	March 10, 2021 (2021-03-10)
Recorded	2021
Genre	Mandopop R&B k-pop hip hop
Length	21:07
Language	Mandarin Korean
Label	Label V SM Dreamus
Producer	Alawn Yoo Young-jin Simon Petrén Bobii Lewis Ebenezer Olaoluwa Fabiyi Magnus Klausen Seann Bowe (Joombas) Jun Suk Choi
WayV chronology
Awaken the World (2020) Kick Back (2021) Phantom (2022)
NCT chronology
Loveholic (2021) Kick Back (2021) Hot Sauce (2021)
Singles from Kick Back
"Kick Back" Released: March 11, 2021

Kick Back is the third extended play by the Chinese boy band WayV with the lead single of the same name. It was released on March 10, 2021, by Label V and SM Entertainment, with Dreamus as the South Korean distributor and Owhat as the distributor for China. Consisting of six songs that fall mostly in the R&B genre with influences from hip-hop and pop, Kick Back featured the participation of various songwriters and production teams that have worked with SM previously, namely Alawn, Jasmine Kara, Bobii Lewis, Ebenezer Fabiyi, Dsign Music, Hyuk Shin, Simon Petrén, Cazzi Opeia, Ryan S. Jhun, and others. It is the final WayV album and overall NCT release to feature Lucas due to his hiatus and eventual departure in 2023.^[1]

Upon its release, Kick Back saw an increase in physical sales in South Korea and Japan, peaking at number thirteen on the Oricon Albums Chart and selling more than 200,000 copies in its first month on the Gaon Album Chart. The album eventually earned the group their first certification with a Platinum for selling more than 250,000 copies in South Korea.