Rain (Taeyeon song)

"Rain"
Cover artwork for "Rain", depicting Taeyeon as a short blonde haired woman, shot in black and white
Single by Taeyeon
B-side "Secret"
Released February 3, 2016 (2016-02-03)
Format Digital download
Genre Jazz, R&B[1][2]
Length 3:42
Label
Writer(s)
  • Bong Eun-yeong
  • Mafly
  • Lee Yoo-jin
Producer(s)
Taeyeon singles chronology
"I"
(2015)		 "Rain"
(2016)		 "Why"
(2016)

"Rain" is a song by South Korean singer Kim Tae-yeon, a member of the South Korean girl group Girls' Generation. It was released digitally on February 3, 2016.

Background and composition

In January 2016, S.M. Entertainment announced that they were to launch a digital music platform called SM Station, in which SM artists would release a new song every week.[3] "Rain" and its B-side track "Secret", were released on February 3, 2016, as the opening tracks for this project.[4] The song "Rain" is a medium-tempo that was described to have jazz and R&B sounds. Lyrically, it uses rain as a metaphor to describe memories of past love.[5][6]

The song won the first place on Seoul Broadcasting System (SBS)'s music program Inkigayo on February 14, 2016.[7]

Music video

The music video was filmed indoors, having the concept of Taeyeon in a "room of memories", missing a past lover. It alternate between black and white scenes of Taeyeon singing alone in front of a microphone, and colored scenes of her in a flooding room.[6][8] The visual was the most viewed music video on YouTube by a South Korean act in February 2016.[9]

Track listing

Credits are adapted from Naver.[10]

No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Rain"  
  • Bong Eun-yeong
  • Mafly
  • Lee Yoo-jin
3:42
2."Secret" (비밀)Mafly
  • Devine Kei
  • Ryan Kim
  • Aurora Pfeiffer
  • Tyler Shamy
  • Thaddeus Dixon
  • Kiana Brown
3:37

Charts

Chart Peak
position
South Korea (Gaon)[11] 1
US World Digital Songs Chart (Billboard)[12] 3

Release history

Country Date Format
Worldwide[13] February 3, 2016 Digital download
South Korea[14] February 4, 2016 Contemporary hit radio

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Nominated work Result
2016 18th Mnet Asian Music Awards Best Vocal Performance Female Solo Rain Nominated

References

  1. ↑ "Taeyeon 'Rain' Review, an emotional ballad". The Chosun Ilbo (in Korean). Chosun Ilbo Co. February 3, 2016. Retrieved April 27, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Taeyeon to release 'Rain' as part of SM Station". Korea JoongAng Daily (in Korean). JoongAng Ilbo Co. January 29, 2016. Retrieved April 27, 2016.
  3. ↑ Jackson, Julie (January 28, 2016). "SM founder talks new boy band, future localization strategy". The Korea Herald. Herald Media Inc. Retrieved March 27, 2016.
  4. ↑ Sung So-young (February 2, 2016). "Two new singles out from Taeyeon this week". JoongAng Ilbo. JoongAng Media Network. Retrieved March 27, 2016.
  5. ↑ Kim Ji-young (February 4, 2016). "Taeyeon's 'Rain' tops major charts". The Korea Herald. Herald Media Inc. Retrieved March 27, 2016.
  6. 1 2 "Pops in Seoul _ Taeyeon(태연) _ Rain(레인) _ MV Shooting Sketch" (Video upload). Arirang. YouTube / Google. February 22, 2016. Retrieved March 18, 2016.
  7. ↑ "'인기가요' 태연, 'Rain'으로 방송 출연 없이 1위" (in Korean). Naver. Naver Corporation. Retrieved February 14, 2016.
  8. ↑ Rain (music video). Taeyeon (performer). S.M. Entertainment. 2016.
  9. ↑ Benjamin, Jeff (March 9, 2016). "Most Viewed K-Pop Videos in America, Around the World: February 2016". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved March 27, 2016.
  10. ↑ "Rain: Music" (in Korean). Naver. Naver Corporation. Retrieved February 7, 2016.
  11. ↑ "Gaon Digital Chart" (in Korean). Gaon Music Chart. Archived from the original on March 13, 2016.
  12. ↑ "World Digital Songs : Feb 20, 2016". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved February 14, 2016.
  13. ↑ "Rain – Single by Taeyeon". iTunes Store. Apple Inc. Retrieved May 1, 2016.
  14. ↑ "Play List/Entertainment/Program: K-Pop Connection". KBS Radio International. Korean Broadcasting System. Retrieved May 1, 2016.
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