Delight (Baekhyun EP)

Baekhyun debuted as a solo artist in July 2019, with City Lights, which was commercially successful and sold over half-a-million copies in 2019.[7] On April 22, 2020, it was reported that he was preparing for a second solo album and participated in various aspects of the production process.[8] SM Entertainment later confirmed the statement and announced the release of Baekhyun's second EP in late May.[9] On May 6, the album's title and release date were announced.[10]

SM Entertainment began releasing teasers and mood-sampler videos on May 12 through EXO's official social media accounts.[11] On May 13, the album's notable producers were revealed, consisting of South Korean producer Kenzie, and American producers Mike Daley, Omega Deez and Colde.[12]

The album and its title track's music video were released on May 25 at 6PM KST both digitally and physically. On May 29, the live video for "Love Again" was released on YouTube via the SM Station channel.[13]

Delight features seven songs of different R&B subgenres. The title track "Candy" is described as a future R&B song with addictive synth instrumentation and a trendy melody. Lyrically, it expresses Baekhyun's colourful charms like various tastes of candy.[14] It was written by songwriter Kenzie, while production was handled by Mike Daley, Mitchell Owens, DEEZA and Adrian McKinnon with additional arrangement by Yoo Yeong-jin.

"R U Ridin'?" is an urban R&B hip hop song with a chill trap-based instrumentation and melody with love-whispering lyrics that make you feel like you're driving through the downtown of a city. The third track "Bungee" is a mid-tempo R&B song with a piano melody. The lyrics are a metaphor for falling in love and swimming in the sea. "Poppin'" is characterized as an urban R&B hip hop song, with lyrics expressing the overwhelming feelings of happiness that burst out while in love. "Underwater" is a dreamy mid-tempo R&B song with lyrics about the feeling of ones heart submerged in an ocean of sadness after losing someone they loved, while "Ghost" is described as an alternative R&B song featuring lyrics about comparing a lover to a ghost in order to endure the hardships of separation from them. The last song "Love Again" is a lyrical contemporary R&B song with lyrics about longing to love a partner once more at the end of a relationship.[15][16]

An hour before the music video and album's release, Baekhyun appeared on a live broadcast through the Naver app V Live, where he promoted and discussed the album.[17]

Baekhyun began promoting on Korean music programs through Music Bank on June 5, where he performed "Candy" live for the first time.[18]

On May 25, it was reported that the pre-order sales of Delight had surpassed 732,297, making it the most pre-ordered album by a soloist in South Korean history.[19] Within the first 24 hours after its release, the EP achieved an "all-kill" on Melon, making Baekhyun the first solo artist and second artist overall to achieve such status in 2020.[20]

Delight reached a sales volume of 3 million Yuan on QQ Music on May 28, making it the first Korean album to be certified Triple Platinum this year.[21] According to Hanteo, Delight recorded album sales of 704,527 copies within the first seven days, thus topping Hanteo's weekly and monthly album chart.[22]

The EP was Baekhyun's second number one on the Gaon Album Chart, while also being his second top-five entry on the Billboard World Album Chart. In Japan, the album charted at number 6 on the Oricon Album Chart. Additionally, the EP topped the iTunes album chart in 69 countries.[23]

• List of K-pop songs on the Billboard charts
• List of K-pop albums on the Billboard charts
• List of Gaon Album Chart number ones of 2020