Summer Episode

Summer Episode is the first single album by South Korean brother-sister duo, AKMU, released on July 20, 2017. It was the last release by AKMU before Chanhyuk's military service began.

"Summer Episode"
Single by Akdong Musician
A-side
  • "Dinosaur"
  • "My Darling"
ReleasedJuly 20, 2017 (2017-07-20)
Recorded2017
Genre
Length7:45
LabelYG Entertainment
Producer(s)Lee Chan-hyuk
Akdong Musician singles chronology
"Reality"
(2017)		 ""Dinosaur" / "My Darling" (Summer Episode)"
(2017)		 "How can I love the heartbreak, you're the one I love"
(2019)
Music video
"Dinosaur" on YouTube

Background

On July 14, YG Entertainment revealed two teaser images and a short clip, which hint at a spooky concept for the new album, to be released on July 20.[1] In following days, teaser images were released with the captions “New Summer Episode Scene #1” and “New Summer Episode Scene #2.”[2] On July 19, the album tracklist was revealed containing double title tracks.[3] "Dinosaur", which marks the duo's first time taking on the EDM genre, is a track about the feelings of fear that Chanhyuk had to endure alone as a child, whereas "My Darling", contains Akdong Musician’s characteristic cheerful, acoustic sound.[4] The music video has use of retro and simple aesthetics, for example, the girl's room and the iMac G3 is used.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Lee Chan-hyuk.

Digital download
No.TitleArrangementLength
1."Dinosaur"Rovin4:00
2."My Darling"Rovin3:45
Total length:7:45
Summer Episode – iTunes EP[5]
No.TitleArrangementLength
3."Dinosaur" (Instrumental)Rovin4:00
4."My Darling" (Instrumental)Rovin3:45
Total length:15:30

Release history
CountryDateFormatLabel
Worldwide July 20, 2017 Digital download YG Entertainment,
KT Music
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References
  1. "AKMU – COMEBACK TEASER". YG Life. YG Entertainment. 14 July 2017.
  2. "AKMU – NEW SUMMER EPISODE SCENE #2". YG Life. YG Entertainment. 16 July 2017.
  3. "AKMU – NEW SINGLE ALBUM 'SUMMER EPISODE' TRACKLIST". YG Life. YG Entertainment. 19 July 2017.
  4. "악동뮤지션, '다이노소어'로 데뷔 첫 EDM 도전" (in Korean). 한국경제TV. 20 July 2017.
  5. "SUMMER EPISODE - EP". iTunes. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
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