Crossroads (GFriend song)

"Crossroads" (Hangul: 교차로; RR: gyocharo) is a song recorded by South Korean girl group GFriend for their ninth extended play 回:Labyrinth. The song was released as the title track of the EP on February 3, 2020 by Source Music.

"Crossroads"
Single by GFriend
from the album 回:Labyrinth
ReleasedFebruary 3, 2020
Format
Genre
Length3:23
Label
Songwriter(s)Noh Joo-hwan
Producer(s)
  • Noh Joo-hwan
  • Lee Won-jong
GFriend singles chronology
"Fallin' Light"
(2019)		 "Crossroads"
(2020)
Music video
"Crossroads" on YouTube

Composition

The song was written by Noh Jooh-wan and was produced by him and Lee Won-jong.[1] They both already made other GFriend songs such as "Time for the Moon Night" and "Sunrise".[2][3] It was described by Billboard's Tamar Herman, as a song which is "quintessentially GFriend with its melodic, string-oriented soaring synth-pop as the members sing about".[4]

Chart performance

The song debuted and peaked at number 32 on the Gaon Digital Chart for the week ending February 7, 2020.[5] The song also placed at number 4 on the componing Download Chart and number 63 the week of the release of the song on the componing Streaming Chart.[6][7]

Music video

The music video for the song was released on February 3, 2020, at the same moment as the EP. For the first time, it was uploaded on Big Hit Labels' YouTube channel after that the company Big Hit Entertainment acquired Source Music on July 2019.[8][9]

Charts
Chart (2020) Peak

position

South Korea (Gaon)[5] 32
South Korea (Kpop Hot 100)[10] 20

References
  1. "교차로 (Crossroads)". www.melon.com (in Korean). Retrieved 2020-06-17.
  2. "밤 (Time for the moon night)". www.melon.com (in Korean). Retrieved 2020-06-17.
  3. "해야 (Sunrise)". www.melon.com (in Korean). Retrieved 2020-06-17.
  4. "GFriend's 'Crossroads' Video: Watch". Billboard. 2020-02-03. Retrieved 2020-06-17.
  5. "국내 대표 음악 차트 가온차트!". gaonchart.co.kr. Retrieved 2020-06-17.
  6. "국내 대표 음악 차트 가온차트!". gaonchart.co.kr. Retrieved 2020-06-17.
  7. "국내 대표 음악 차트 가온차트!". gaonchart.co.kr. Retrieved 2020-06-17.
  8. Kelley, Caitlin. "Big Hit Entertainment, BTS's Label, Acquires Source Music". Forbes. Retrieved 2020-06-17.
  9. "여자친구, 2월 컴백 확정… 빅히트 합류 이후 첫 신보". entertain.naver.com (in Korean). Retrieved 2020-06-17.
  10. "GFriend". Billboard. Retrieved 2020-06-17.
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