April, and a Flower (styled as April, and a flower) (Korean: 사월, 그리고 꽃; RR: sawol, geurigo kkot) is the debut extended play by South Korean singer and songwriter Chen. It was released on April 1, 2019 by SM Entertainment and distributed by Dreamus.[1] The extended play features six songs including the hit lead single "Beautiful Goodbye".[2] The album is available in three versions: April, Flower, and a standard Kihno version of the album.
Background and release
On March 8, it was reported that Chen would release his first solo album in April.[3][4] On March 19, the EP's title April, and a Flower, release date and art cover were revealed. The pre-order of the three versions of the EP started on the same day.[5] On March 21, a detailed teaser photo of the EP schedule was released.[6] On March 22, the track list[7] and the album details were released.[8]
On March 25, three image teasers of the singer were released.[9] On March 26, additional three image teasers were released.[10] On March 27, highlight medley of the EP was released.[11] On March 29, three image teasers of the singer were released.[12] On the same day, the first teaser of "Beautiful Goodbye" music video was released.[13] On March 30, two additional teaser photos were released.[14]
On April 1, the official music video of "Beautiful Goodbye" and the EP were released.[15] On April 5, a vertical video of "Beautiful Goodbye" was released.[16] On April 8, a visual video of "Flower" was released.[17] On April 19, a handwritten video of "Beautiful Goodbye" was released, where fans of Chen participated in writing the lyrics of the song on papers, and a video collage was made of it.[18]
Promotion
On April 1, Chen held a showcase where he talked about the process of making the EP and held a listening session of it, the singer also performed the lead single "Beautiful Goodbye" for the first time.[19][20] On the same day he held a busking event titled "Chen's April Busking" at Coex Artium Mall where he discussed about each track of the EP with the fans, and performed "Sorry Not Sorry" and "Beautiful Goodbye".[21] Chen started promoting on Korean music programs for one week starting from April 5, 2019 and resulted in achieving first place on two music programs.[22] On April 6, The singer held a fansign in Sinchon,[23] and on April 20, in Busan and Daegu.[24]
Track listing
No.
Title
Lyrics
Music
Arrangement
Length
1.
"Flower" (꽃; Kkot)
Kim Jong-dae
JQ
Kim Je-hwi
Kim Je-hwi
4:01
2.
"Beautiful Goodbye" (사월이 지나면 우리 헤어져요; Sawor-i Jinamyeon Uri He-eojyeoyo; lit : After April, We Are Separated)
NIve (153/Joombas)
MooF (153/Joombas)
Jisoo Park (153/Joombas)
MooF (153/Joombas)
4:29
3.
"Sorry Not Sorry" (하고 싶던 말; Hago Shibdeon Mal; lit : What You Want To Say)
Paul Kim
Phenomenotes
Song Young-joo
4:26
4.
"Love Words" (사랑의 말; Sarang-e Mal; lit : A Word Of Love)
Kenzie
Kenzie
Kenzie
3:36
5.
"I'll Be There" (먼저 가 있을게; Meonjeo Ga Isseulge; lit : I'll Be There First)
Min Yeon-jae
KingMing
KingMing
4:12
6.
"Portrait of You" (널 그리다; Neol Geurida; lit : Draw You)
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^"엑소 첸, 4월 1일 솔로 데뷔 확정‥'사월, 그리고 꽃' 발매[공식입장]". entertain.naver.com (in Korean). Retrieved 2019-03-20.
^EXO (2019-03-20). "첸 CHEN The 1st Mini Album '사월, 그리고 꽃 (April, and a flower)'". Twitter. Retrieved 2019-03-22.
^재배포금지>, <ⓒ “텐아시아” 무단전재 (2019-03-22). "| 엑소 첸, 4월 1일 솔로 데뷔…앨범 '사월, 그리고 꽃' 트랙리스트 공개텐아시아". 텐아시아 (in Korean). Archived from the original on 2019-03-27. Retrieved 2019-03-22.
^"첸 CHEN The 1st Mini Album '사월, 그리고 꽃 (April, and a flower)' - Album Details". Twitter. March 22, 2019. Retrieved 2019-03-22.
^"엑소 첸, 첫 솔로 앨범 수록곡 '꽃' 작사..따뜻한 위로의 메시지 담았다". entertain.naver.com (in Korean). Retrieved 2019-03-25.
^"엑소 첸, 4월 1일 버스킹 개최…V라이브 글로벌 생중계 [공식]". entertain.naver.com (in Korean). Retrieved 2019-03-27.
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^"엑소 첸, 특급 발라더의 솔로 데뷔 D-3..첸 작사곡 '꽃' 포함 3곡 미리듣기 공개". entertain.naver.com (in Korean). Retrieved 2019-03-29.
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^""힐링 보이스"..엑소 첸, '사월이 지나면 우리 헤어져요' MV 티저 공개". entertain.naver.com (in Korean). Retrieved 2019-04-01.