Time for the Moon Night

Time for the Moon Night is the sixth extended play (EP) by South Korean girl group GFriend. It was released by Source Music on April 30, 2018 and distributed by kakao M (formerly LOEN Entertainment).[1] The album contains six songs, including the single of the same name, and two instrumental tracks.

For the song, see Time for the Moon Night (song).
Time for the Moon Night
Digital and Time version cover
EP by
GFriend
ReleasedApril 30, 2018 (2018-04-30)
Genre
Label
GFriend chronology
Parallel
(2017)		 Time for the Moon Night
(2018)		 Kyō Kara Watashitachi wa: GFriend 1st Best
(2018)
Singles from Time for the Moon Night
  1. "Time for the Moon Night"
    Released: April 30, 2018

"Time for the Moon Night", written by No Joo-hwan and Lee Won-jong, is GFriend's first single not written by producer duo Iggy and Youngbae.[2]

Composition

Time for the Moon Night is more sentimental and dreamlike compared to GFriend's previous albums.[3] According to member Umji, the group wanted to "set a new direction toward producing thought-provoking and sentimental music".[4]

"Love Bug" is an upbeat song with a retro jazz sound, "Flower Garden" is retro synth-pop, and "Tik Tik" has a funky sound with Nu-disco beat. "Bye" is a pop ballad and "You Are My Star" is a sentimental song for GFriend's fans.[3][4]

Release and promotions
Logo used for promotion of Time for the Moon Night.

After a seven-month break since the sextet's Summer Rain, GFriend officially returned with their 8th Mini Album: Time for the Moon Night, including their newest single in the same name on April 30, 2018. They release three versions of the album named: "Time Version", "Moon Version" and "Night Version".[5] At the same day, GFriend held a comeback showcase entitled Moon Light: Express 241 at Yes24 Live Hall at Gwangjin-gu. The group performed the lead single, "Time for the Moon Night" and the sidetrack "Love Bug" at the media showcase, which was simultaneously broadcast live via Naver's V-Live app.

GFriend started promoting the album with the performances of their latest songs, "Time for the Moon Night" and "Love Bug" at MCountdown on May 3, 2018, preceding live stages on various music shows on the entire week. In their second week of promotion, the song won first place on every music show with a chart system, making GFriend the first and only artist to achieve a grandslam in 2018. GFriend ended their promotions on May 20, garnering a total of 10 trophies from all six music programs, it became the third among the group's lead singles with most number of wins, only behind Rough and Navillera.[6]

Track listing
No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."Intro (Daytime)" No Joo-hwan
  • No Joo-hwan
  • Kim Ba-ro
1:00
2."Time for the Moon Night" (Korean: 밤; RR: Bam)No Joo-hwan
  • No Joo-hwan
  • Lee Won-jong
  • No Joo-hwan
  • Lee Won-jong
3:46
3."Love Bug"Seo Ji-eum
  • David Amber
  • Andy Love
  • Ryan S. Jhun
 3:42
4."Flower Garden" (휘리휘리; Hwirihwiri)MioMioMio3:15
5."Tik Tik" (틱틱)
  • Iggy
  • Youngbae
  • Iggy
  • Youngbae
  • Iggy
  • Youngbae
2:59
6."Bye"No Joo-hwan
  • No Joo-hwan
  • Kim Ye-il
  • Sophia Pae
No Joo-hwan4:54
7."You Are My Star" (별; Byeol)Lee Shin-seongZigZag NoteZigZag Note3:15
8."Time for the Moon Night" (Instrumental) 
  • No Joo-hwan
  • Lee Won-jong
  • No Joo-hwan
  • Lee Won-jong
3:47
Total length:26:50

Personnel

Locations

  • Recorded at VIBE Studio (tracks 1–2, 4–7)
  • Recorded at In Grid Studio (track 3)
  • Recorded at Velvet Studio (tracks 1–2, 4, 6, 8)
  • Recorded at T Studio (tracks 2, 8)
  • Mixed at KoKo Sound Studio
  • Mixed at In Grid Studio
  • Mixed at Cube Studio
  • Mixed at J's Atelier Studio
  • Mixed at W Sound
  • Mixed at Antenna Studio
  • Mastered at 821 Sound Mastering

Vocal credits

  • Yoon Bit-nara - backing vocals (track 2)
  • Lee Dan-bi - backing vocals (track 2)
  • Lee Won-jong - backing vocals (track 2)
  • Yuju - backing vocals (track 3)
  • Kim So-ri - backing vocals (tracks 4–5, 7)
  • Lee Ji-won - backing vocals (track 4)
  • Sophia Pae - backing vocals (track 6)

Technical credits (not including songwriting and producer credits shown in the track listing above)

  • Kim Ba-ro - arrangement (track 1), string arrangement (tracks 1–2, 8)
  • No Ju-hwan - programming (tracks 1–2, 8), piano (tracks 2, 6, 8), keyboard (track 1), arrangement (tracks 1, 6)
  • Ryu Hyeon-woo - guitar (tracks 1–2, 5–8)
  • Jeong-jin - mixing (track 1)
  • Lee Sang-deok - recording (tracks 1–2, 4, 6, 8)
  • Kwak Jeong-shin - recording (tracks 1–2, 4–7)
  • Jung Mo-yeon - recording (tracks 4–7), recording assistant (tracks 1–2), digital editing (track 3)
  • Yoong String - strings (tracks 1–2, 4, 6, 8)
  • Kim Ye-il - bass guitar (tracks 2, 4, 6, 8), arrangement (track 6)
  • Lee Won-jong - programming (tracks 2, 8)
  • Jung Dong-yoon - drum (tracks 2, 8)
  • Go Hyeon-jung - mixing (tracks 2, 8)
  • Kim Joon-sang - mixing assistant (tracks 2, 8)
  • Jun Jin - mixing assistant (tracks 2, 8)
  • Jung Gi-woon - mixing assistant (tracks 2, 8)
  • Oh Sung-geun - recording (tracks 2, 8)
  • Baek Kyung-hoon - recording assistant (tracks 2, 8)
  • Ryan S. Jhun - vocal director (track 3)
  • Jung Eun-kyung - recording, mixing (track 3)
  • Woo Min-jung - recording assistant (track 3)
  • Kwon Seok-hong - string arrangement (track 4)
  • Young - guitar (track 4)
  • Jo-ssi Ajeossi - mixing (tracks 4–5, 7)
  • Seo Yong-bae - drum programming (track 5, 7)
  • Iggy - piano, keyboard (track 5, 7)
  • Sin Min - string arrangement (track 6)
  • Ha Hyung-joo - drum (track 6)
  • Ji Seung-nam - mixing (track 6)

Accolades
Time for the Moon Night awards and nominations
GFriend at the 2016 Melon Music Awards
Totals[lower-alpha 1]
Wins6
Nominations9
Note
  1. Certain award groups do not simply award one winner. They recognize several different recipients, have runners-up and have third place. Since this is a specific recognition and is different from losing an award, runner-up mentions are considered wins in this award tally. For simplification and to avoid errors, each award in this list has been presumed to have had a prior nomination.

GFriend proved their strength by breaking the walls of the music charts.

The lead single, Time for the Moon Night is officially crowned as the very first and only song to garner a grandslam in 2018, after achieving six consecutive music program wins. The group is also gaining more attention by them drawing a curve with the increase of their rankings on every music charts.

On top of that, after the broadcast of Time for the Moon Night performances on every music shows, it has garnered a lot of warm response. That being the direct result of their music chart rankings to rise steadily as they were able to break the solid walls of strong chart toppers like TWICE, 'School Rapper 2', Melomance, and iKON among others.[6]

Music programs awards
Keys
Indicates a Music Show All-Kill or Grandslam: Winning all of the Music Programs in an entire week consecutively.
Program Network Date Ref.
The Show SBS MTV May 8, 2018 [7]
Show Champion MBC Music May 9, 2018
May 16, 2018
M Countdown Mnet May 10, 2018
Music Bank KBS May 11, 2018
May 18, 2018
Show! Music Core MBC May 12, 2018
May 19, 2018
Inkigayo SBS May 13, 2018
May 20, 2018

2018 Year-End/Decade Listicles
Critic/Publication List Rank Ref.
KultScene 25 Kpop Sidetracks of 2018 [with Flower Garden] 16 [8]

Year-End Awards/Other Accolades
See also: List of awards and nominations received by GFriend
Year presented, name of the organization or award ceremony, category and the result of the nomination.
Year Organization Category Results Ref.
2019 Gaon Chart Music Awards Performer of the Year (Instrumentals) Won [7]
Song of the Year – April Nominated
Golden Disk Awards Digital Bonsang Nominated
2018 Melon Music Awards Best Music Video Won [9]
Song of the Year Won
2019 Seoul Music Awards Best Dance Performance Won
2018 Simply Kpop Year-End Special The Most Highlighted Artist of the Year Won [10]
2019 ATKP x Idol Champ Awards Best Roller Coaster Dance Moments Won [11][12]
Best 2X Dance Moments 2nd Place

Charts

Sales
Region Sales
South Korea (Gaon)[17] 84,313+
Japan (Oricon)[13] 1,170+

See also

Notes

    References
    1. Yoon Min-sik (April 16, 2018). "GFriend confirms April 30 release of new EP". The Korea Herald. Retrieved May 2, 2018.
    2. Herman, Tamar (May 1, 2018). "GFriend Return With 'Time For The Moon Night': Watch". Billboard. Retrieved May 2, 2018.
    3. Hong Dam-young (May 3, 2018). "[Album review] GFriend's Japanese anime sound never gets old". The Korea Herald. Retrieved May 11, 2018.
    4. Kwak Yeon-soo (May 2, 2018). "'Girlie' band GFriend seeks image makeover". The Korea Times. Retrieved May 11, 2018.
    5. Time for the Moon Night (CD). GFriend. Source Music. 2018.CS1 maint: others (link)
    6. "여자친구, 차트 상승 이끈 콘텐츠 파워…'밤' 음원차트 최상위 등극". XSports News (in Korean). February 1, 2021. Retrieved May 14, 2018.
    7. "Kim Mi-jung & Shin Sang-won receiving the Performer of the Year [Best Instrumentals] for GFRIEND's Time for the Moon Night at 8th Gaon Chart Music Awards". youtube.com. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
    8. "25 Kpop Sidetracks of 2018". KultScene. December 19, 2020. Retrieved December 19, 2020.
    9. "Winners Of The 2018 Melon Music Awards". Soompi. December 1, 2018. Retrieved 2018-12-30.
    10. "GFriend chosen as one of the Simply Kpop′s ADIEU 2018 'The Most Highlighted Artist of 2018'". Simply Kpop: TV Archive. December 21, 2018. Retrieved December 4, 2020.
    11. "[ATKP X IDOLCHAMP AWARDS] - IDOLCHAMPION Of The Year; 2018년 이달의 아챔돌에 입성한 14팀의 아이돌을 위한 총 결산투표! 올해의 아이돌챔피언은? (♡' v '♡)". IDOLCHAMP Official Twitter. Retrieved December 10, 2018.
    12. "2019 [ATKP X IDOLCHAMP AWARDS] - Winners". All The Kpop. Retrieved January 8, 2019.
    13. オリコンランキング情報サービス「you大樹」　－CD・ブルーレイ・DVD・書籍・コミック－. Oricon Style (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved August 24, 2017.
    14. "Gaon Album Chart – Week 18, 2018". Gaon Chart (in Korean). Retrieved May 10, 2018.
    15. "World Music: Top World Album Charts". Billboard. Retrieved May 10, 2018.
    16. "2018년 Album Chart". Gaon (in Korean). Korea Music Content Industry Association. Retrieved January 20, 2019.
    17. Cumulative sales of Time For The Moon Night: 84,313
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