Summer Magic (EP)

Summer Magic
Digital and Normal cover
EP by
ReleasedAugust 6, 2018
Recorded2018
StudioSM Studios, Seoul, South Korea
Genre
Length23:46
Language
  • Korean
  • English
Label
Red Velvet chronology
#Cookie Jar
(2018)
Summer Magic
(2018)
RBB
(2018)
Singles from Summer Magic
  1. "Power Up"
    Released: August 6, 2018

Summer Magic is the second special extended play and the seventh overall by South Korean girl group Red Velvet, marketed as their special "summer" EP following The Red Summer, which was released in July 2017. The EP is also the group's third major release to focus on their "Red" concept, following The Red Summer and the group's debut studio album The Red (2015). Released on August 6, 2018, the EP contains seven tracks,[2] including the lead single "Power Up" and the English version of "Bad Boy" as a bonus track, making it their first song to be released in English.

The EP was a commercial success domestically and internationally, topping South Korea's Gaon chart's Album Chart, Single Chart and Download Chart.[3] Elsewhere, it debuted at number three on the US Billboard World Albums chart. It also charted on the website's Heatseekers Albums chart at number 3, the Digital Albums at number 21, and became the group's first release to enter the Top Album Sales chart at number 91. The lead single "Power Up" also debuted at number 6 on its World Digital Songs chart.[4] In France, the album charted at number 42 on the French Album Downloads Chart. The EP is also the group's first release to chart in the UK and Australia, debuting at number 38 on the UK Album Downloads Chart and at 31 on the Australian Top 50 Digital Albums Chart.[5]

  1. ^ "Summer Magic".
  2. ^ "레드벨벳 (Red Velvet) – 여름 미니앨범 : Summer Magic [초회한정반] [커버 5종 랜덤 발송]". YES24 (in Korean). July 23, 2018. Retrieved August 8, 2018.
  3. ^ Lee, Ha-na (August 16, 2018). "레드벨벳, 가온 차트 3관왕…음원+음반 모두 1위". Seoul Daily (in Korean). Retrieved August 16, 2018.
  4. ^ Benjamin, Jeff (August 14, 2018). "Red Velvet Earn Best U.S. Sales Week to Date With 'Summer Magic'". Billboard. Retrieved August 15, 2018.
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