Rough (song)

"Rough" (Hangul: 시간을 달려서; RR: sigan-eul dallyeoseo) is a song recorded by South Korean girl group GFriend for their third extended play, Snowflake (2016). The song was released by Source Music on January 25, 2016, as the EP title track.

"Rough"
Single by GFriend
from the EP Snowflake
ReleasedJanuary 25, 2016
GenreK-pop, pop rock
Length3:29
Label
Songwriter(s)
  • Iggy
  • Youngbae
Producer(s)
  • Iggy
  • Youngbae
GFriend singles chronology
"Me Gustas Tu"
(2015)		 "Rough"
(2016)		 "Navillera"
(2016)
Music video
"Rough" on YouTube

The song topped the Gaon Digital Chart and was the best selling song of 2016 in South Korea with 1,903,126 downloads sold.

Composition

The song was written and produced by Iggy and Youngbae, who previously produced the first two singles of the group.[1]

Reception

The song made Billboard's 20 Best K-Pop Songs of 2016 list at number 13, stating that the group "solidified their place as one of the top new girl groups", adding that they "perfected their formula of synthesizer-driven pop with dramatic violin lines" with a "more impassioned vocal delivery than we heard from the six beauties".[2]

Chart performance

The song debuted at number 2 on the Gaon Digital Chart, on the chart issue dated January 24-30, 2016, with 298,228 downloads sold and 4,598,171 streams.[3][4][5] In its second week, the song stayed at number 2 and topped the chart the following week, marking the group's first number one single in South Korea.[6][7] The song topped the chart for two consecutive weeks and spent a total of seven weeks within the top 10.[8][9]

The song placed at number 14 on the chart for the month of January 2016, with 325,098 downloads sold and 5,287,188 streams.[10][11][12] In February, the song topped the monthly chart with 454,065 downloads sold and 22,466,115 streams - topping the Streaming Chart -.[13][14][15]

The song also made the year-end chart as the third best selling song of the 2016, with 1,903,126 downloads sold - topping the year-end Download Chart - and 98,910,973 streams.[16][17][18]

The song surpassed 100 million streams in January 2017 and 2,500,000 downloads in June 2018.[19]

Music video

A music video for the song was released on January 25, 2016. The video features the group as high school students.

Charts

Accolades

Music programs awards
Program Date
The Show (SBS MTV) February 2, 2016
February 16, 2016
Show Champion (MBC Music) February 3, 2016
February 17, 2016
February 24, 2016
M Countdown (Mnet) February 4, 2016
February 11, 2016
February 18, 2016
Music Bank (KBS) February 5, 2016
February 12, 2016
February 19, 2016
February 26, 2016
Inkigayo (SBS) February 7, 2016
February 21, 2016
February 28, 2016

References
  1. "시간을 달려서 (Rough)". www.melon.com (in Korean). Retrieved 2017-10-15.
  2. "20 Best K-Pop Songs of 2016: Critic's Picks". Billboard. Retrieved 2017-10-15.
  3. "Week 5 2016 Digital Chart". Gaon Chart. Korea Music Content Association. Retrieved 2017-10-15.
  4. "Week 5 2016 Download Chart". Gaon Chart. Korea Music Content Association. Retrieved 2017-10-15.
  5. "Week 5 2016 Streaming Chart". Gaon Chart. Korea Music Content Association. Retrieved 2017-10-15.
  6. "Week 5 2016 Digital Chart". Gaon Chart. Korea Music Content Association. Retrieved 2017-10-15.
  7. "Week 7 2016 Digital Chart". Gaon Chart. Korea Music Content Association. Retrieved 2017-10-15.
  8. "Week 8 2016 Digital Chart". Gaon Chart. Korea Music Content Association. Retrieved 2017-10-15.
  9. "Week 11 2016 Digital Chart". Gaon Chart. Korea Music Content Association. Retrieved 2017-10-15.
  10. "Gaon Digital Chart: January, 2016". Gaon Chart. Korea Music Content Association. Retrieved 2017-10-15.
  11. "Gaon Download Chart: January, 2016". Gaon Chart. Korea Music Content Association. Retrieved 2017-10-15.
  12. "Gaon Streaming Chart: January, 2016". Gaon Chart. Korea Music Content Association. Retrieved 2017-10-15.
  13. "Gaon Digital Chart: February, 2016". Gaon Chart. Korea Music Content Association. Retrieved 2017-10-15.
  14. "Gaon Download Chart: February, 2016". Gaon Chart. Korea Music Content Association. Retrieved 2017-10-15.
  15. "Gaon Streaming Chart: February, 2016". Gaon Chart. Korea Music Content Association. Retrieved 2017-10-15.
  16. "Gaon Digital Chart: 2016". Gaon Chart. Korea Music Content Association. Retrieved 2017-10-15.
  17. "Gaon Download Chart: 2016". Gaon Chart. Korea Music Content Association. Retrieved 2017-10-15.
  18. "Gaon Streaming Chart: 2016". Gaon Chart. Korea Music Content Association. Retrieved 2017-10-15.
  19. "Gaon Observation Note". Gaon Chart. Korea Music Content Association. Archived from the original on September 13, 2018. Retrieved September 12, 2018.
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