Rain (Taeyeon song)

"Rain"
Cover artwork for "Rain", depicting Taeyeon as a short blonde haired woman, shot in black and white
Single by Taeyeon
from the album S.M. Station Season 1
B-side "Secret"
Released February 3, 2016 (2016-02-03)
Format Digital download
Genre
Length 3:42
Label
Songwriter(s)
  • Bong Eun-yeong
  • Mafly
  • Lee Yoo-jin
Producer(s)
Taeyeon singles chronology
"I"
(2015)		 "Rain"
(2016)		 "Starlight"
(2016)

"I"
(2015)		 "Rain"
(2016)		 "Starlight"
(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 by S.M. Entertainment 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" served as the opening single of the project and were released on February 3, 2016.[4] "Rain" is described as a medium-tempo song with jazz and R&B sounds. Lyrically, it uses rain as a metaphor to describe memories of past love.[5][6]

Music video

The music video for "Rain" 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][7] "Rain" was the most viewed music video by a South Korean act on YouTube in February 2016.[8]

Reception

"Rain" debuted atop South Korea's Gaon Digital Chart. It won the first place on SBS's music program Inkigayo on February 14, 2016.[9] The song received a Digital Bonsang at the 31st Golden Disk Awards.

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

Sales

Region Sales
South Korea[14] 1,315,393

Release history

Country Date Format
Worldwide[15] February 3, 2016 Digital download
South Korea[16] February 4, 2016 Contemporary hit radio

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Result Ref.
2016 Melon Music Awards Best Ballad Song Nominated [17]
Best Vocal Performance Female Solo Nominated
Song of the Year Nominated
18th Mnet Asian Music Awards Best Vocal Performance Female Solo Nominated [18]
2017 31st Golden Disc Awards Digital Bonsang Award Won [19]
Gaon Chart Music Awards Song of the Year (February) Nominated [20]

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. ↑ Rain (music video). Taeyeon (performer). S.M. Entertainment. 2016.
  8. ↑ 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.
  9. ↑ "'인기가요' 태연, 'Rain'으로 방송 출연 없이 1위" (in Korean). Naver. Naver Corporation. Retrieved February 14, 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. ↑ "Digital Chart of 2016" (in Korean). Gaon Music Chart. Archived from the original on January 13, 2017.
  14. ↑ "2016 Download Chart (Domestic)". Gaon Music Chart. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
  15. ↑ "Rain – Single by Taeyeon". iTunes Store. Apple Inc. Retrieved May 1, 2016.
  16. ↑ "Play List/Entertainment/Program: K-Pop Connection". KBS Radio International. Korean Broadcasting System. Retrieved May 1, 2016.
  17. ↑ Chung Joo-won (20 November 2016). "BTS, Exo, TWICE top 2016 Melon Music Awards". Yonhap News. Retrieved 2017-01-01.
  18. ↑ Kaur, Gungeet (October 29, 2016). "Mnet Asian Music Awards 2016: List of nominees for Mama revealed". International Business Times. Retrieved February 11, 2017.
  19. ↑ Yoon Min-sik (January 15, 2017). "Exo, Twice grab top honors at Golden Disc awards". Korea Herald. Retrieved January 16, 2017.
  20. ↑ "6th GAONCHART MUSIC AWARDS" (in Korean). kpopawards.co.kr. Archived from the original on January 22, 2017. Retrieved February 22, 2017.
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