No.1 (EP)

No.1[lower-alpha 1] is the eighth Korean extended play (tenth overall) by South Korean girl group CLC. It was released digitally on January 30, 2019, and physically on January 31, by Cube Entertainment and distributed by Kakao M. It features five tracks, including the lead single "No".

No.1
From left to right (top): Seunghee, Eunbin, Elkie & Sorn/From left to right (bottom): Yujin, Yeeun and Seungyeon./Digital cover and stylised edition.
EP by
CLC
ReleasedJanuary 30, 2019 (2019-01-30)
Genre
Length16:22
Label
CLC chronology
Black Dress
(2018)		 No.1
(2019)
Singles from No.1
  1. "No"
    Released: January 30, 2019
Music video
"No" on YouTube

Background and release

On January 17, 2019, it was reported that the group would be releasing their eight extended play titled No.1 on January 30, after revealing a comeback schedule.[2][3]

Cube Entertainment released individual and group photos on January 20 and 21, respectively.[4][5] Followed by the track list on January 22[6] and audio snippets on January 23.[7] Individual and MV teasers were released from 24 to 28 January.[8][9][10][11]

The EP was released through several music portals on January 30, 2019, including MelOn, iTunes and Spotify.[12][13][14]

Promotion

On January 20, 2019, it was confirmed that CLC would guest on Weekly Idol, the group's first variety show for their comeback with No.1, marking their first appearance on the program as a group of seven.[15][16]

Ahead of their comeback, Cube held an advertisement at the intersection of subway line 2 - Samseong station [17], Seongsu Station - Ttukseom Station and Seoul Forest Station - Seongdong Gu Bridge intersection.[18]

On January 30, CLC held a press conference before the album release at the Blue Square iMarket Hall.[19] The same day, a premiere showcase hosted by Mnet was broadcast through Naver and Mnet-M2. CLC is the first girl group to have their own show, after BTS, Wanna One and Got7. They performed lead single "No" and several other songs from the EP as well as tracks from Black Dress.[20] The group also appeared as guests on Idol Radio to promote the album.[21]

Music video

The music video was released alongside the EP on January 30. Within 24 hours, the video had surpassed 2.2 million views on YouTube.[22]

On 14 February "No" music video surpassed 10 million combined views for the official music video uploaded on 1theK's channel and CLC's official channel. [23] As of June 2019 music video has over 21 million views combined on both channels.

Track listing
No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."No"
  • So-yeon
  • June
  • So-yeon
  • June
3:01
2."Show"
  • Dally
  • Seo Jae-woo (TENTEN)
  • BreadBeat (TENTEN)
  • June
  • Ye-eun
  • Seo Jae-woo (TENTEN)
  • BreadBeat (TENTEN)
  • June
  • Seo Jae-woo (TENTEN)
  • BreadBeat (TENTEN)
  • June
3:31
3."Breakdown"
  • Choi Young-kyung
  • Ye-eun
  • Simon Petren
  • Choi Young-kyung
  • 추대관 (MonoTree)
Simon Petren3:11
4."Like It"
  • Kim Yeon-seo
  • The Proof
  • Ye-eun
  • The Proof
  • Kim Yeon-seo
The Proof3:13
5."I Need U"
  • Anna Timgren
  • VINCENZO
  • Fuxxy
  • Any Masingga
  • Ye-eun
  • VINCENZO
  • Fuxxy
  • Any Masingga
  • Anna Timgren
  • VINCENZO
  • Fuxxy
3:26
Total length:16:22

Charts

Accolades
Year-end lists
Critic/Publication List Song Rank Ref.
Billboard The 25 Best K-pop Songs of 2019: Critics' Picks "No" 11 [29]
BuzzFeed 30 Songs That Helped Define K-Pop in 2019 30 [30]
Dazed The 20 best K-pop songs of 2019 16 [31]
Refinery29 The Best K-Pop Songs Of 2019 25 [32]
SBS Top 100 Asian pop songs of 2019 24 [33]

Music program awards
Song Program Date Ref.
"No" The Show February 12, 2019 [34]
February 19, 2019 [35]

Release history
Region Date Format Label
Various January 30, 2019 Digital download Cube Entertainment, Kakao M
South Korea January 31, 2019 CD

Notes
  1. pronounced as "no one"[1]
gollark: They're very expensive now. It's so bee.
gollark: Can you move them to the hypothetical new one?
gollark: Or creating a new Steam account.
gollark: Well, your other option is presumably mind control.
gollark: I see.

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