For First Time Lovers
| "For First Time Lovers (Banmal Song)" | |
|---|---|
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| Single by Jung Yong-hwa | |
| Released | 14 January 2011 |
| Recorded | 2011 |
| Genre | K-pop |
| Length | 3:32 |
| Label | CJ E&M |
| Songwriter | Jung Yong-hwa |
| Producer | F&C Music |
"For First Time Lovers" (Korean: 처음 사랑하는 연인들을 위해, subtitled Banmal Song [반말송]) is Jung Yong-hwa's first solo digital single which was released on 14 January 2011. The song was featured on the second season of We Got Married, where Yonghwa was in a virtual marriage with Girls' Generation's Seohyun, who he wrote the song for.
Background
[edit]In an episode of We Got Married where Yonghwa and Girls' Generation's Seohyun were a virtual couple, Yonghwa revealed to his virtual wife that he was working on a song about her.[1] Banmal is the informal form of speech in the Korean language. Seohyun is known to have difficulty dropping honorifics with those who are older than her, and the song is inspired by Yonghwa's desire to hear her speak to him in Banmal.
The song was released as a single on 14 January 2011 and upon its release, topped various South Korean music charts such as Bugs!, Daum, Soribada and Naver Music.[2] The song debuted at #12 on the Gaon Singles Chart,[3] climbing up to the #1 spot in the following week and stayed there for two consecutive weeks.[4]
Music video
[edit]In the 64th episode of the second season of We Got Married, the virtual couple, known as YongSeo (a portmanteau of the couple's names), were given a mission to record and upload a music video of the song on YouTube. The two filmed it in the living room of their house in the show, with both of them playing guitars as they performed it.[5][6] The two would later perform the song as a duet again for the K-pop All Star Live in Niigata concert in August 2011.
Track listing
[edit]| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Arrangement | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "For First Time Lovers (Banmal song)" | Jung Yong-hwa, Han Seung-hoon (HOONY) | Jung Yong-hwa | Jung Yong-hwa | 3:34 |
| 2. | "For First Time Lovers (inst)" | Jung Yong-hwa | Jung Yong-hwa | 3:32 | |
| Total length: | 07:06 | ||||
See also
[edit]- "I Happen to Love You", a 2009 single by Gain and Jo Kwon featured on We Got Married
- "Nagging", a 2010 single by IU and Lim Seul-ong used as a theme song for We Got Married
References
[edit]- ↑ We Got Married. Season 2. Episode 61 (in Korean). Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation.
- ↑ Han Hyun-jung (14 January 2011). 정용화 '반말송' 현빈-아이유 누르고 1위 돌풍. Newsen (in Korean). Retrieved 16 March 2015.
- ↑ South Korea's Gaon Singles Chart from January 9–15, 2011 (in Korean) Originally from Gaon Music Chart (January 2011). Archived on 16 March 2015. Retrieved on 16 March 2015.
- ↑ South Korea's Gaon Singles Chart from January 23–29, 2011 (in Korean) Originally from Gaon Music Chart (January 2011). Archived on 16 March 2015. Retrieved on 16 March 2015.
- ↑ We Got Married. Season 2. Episode 64 (in Korean). Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation.
- ↑ Park Jong-hyun (27 December 2010). '우결' 용서커플 반말송, 유튜브 공개 "오글오글". Newsen (in Korean). Retrieved 16 March 2015.
- ↑ (in Korean)유튜브 선정 2011 상반기 동영상 Top 10 《YouTube Korea Blog》, Retrieved 12 November 2011.
