Forever Love (Fin.K.L song)

"Forever Love" (Korean: 영원한 사랑; RR: Yeongwonhan Salang) is a song recorded by South Korean girl group Fin.K.L for their second studio album, White (1999). It was written by Kim Young-ah, while production and arrangement was handled by Joo Tae-young and Jo Seong-jin. It was made available as part of White on May 13, 1999, serving as the primary single from the album.

"Forever Love"
Single by Fin.K.L
from the album White
LanguageKorean
ReleasedMay 13, 1999
Recorded1999
Genre
Length4:09
LabelDSP
Songwriter(s)Kim Young-ah
Producer(s)
  • Joo Tae-young
  • Jo Seong-jin
Fin.K.L singles chronology
"Ruby"
(1998)		 "Forever Love"
(1999)		 "Pride"
(1999)
Music video
"Forever Love" on YouTube

Upon its release, "Forever Love" was met widespread recognition in South Korea and won the group various accolades at year-end award ceremonies, including the Grand Prize at the annual SBS Gayo Daejeon and Seoul Music Awards.

Background and promotion

"Eternal Love" serves as one of the singles off of Fin.K.L's second Korean studio album White, which was released through DSP Media, then known as Daesung Entertainment, on May 13, 1999. The group subsequently began promotions on weekly music programs, where they received their first music show win on Music Bank on May 25.[1] It topped Music Bank for two weeks in a row in addition to three consecutive weeks on Inkigayo.[2]

Reception and impact

In 2014, South Korean music webzine Music Taste Y including the song in their list of 120 Best Dance Songs of All Time, where the publication highlighted the innocent 'girl image' conveyed in the track, with the member's pure and soft image attracting the attention of boys around the country.[3] In a 2016 survey conducted by The Dong-a Ilbo involving 2,000 people, "Forever Love" was voted the sixth best female idol song released in the past 20 years; Fin.K.L additionally ranked second in the vote for favorite female artists in the survey.[4] In Melon and newspaper Seoul Shinmun's collaborative "100 K-pop Masterpieces" list involving 35 music experts, the song was ranked at number 57. Music critic and Kakao M director Kwon Seok-jeong said that with "Forever Love", Fin.K.L established the "fairy" concept among K-pop girl groups, noting that the song, costumes, and choreography constituted "the perfect trinity". Kwon added that the "fairy" image became the most widely imitated concept among junior girl groups over the next decade before the rise in popularity of "girl crush".[5]

Awards
Awards and nominations
Year Organization Award Result Ref.
1999 Golden Disc Awards Main Prize (Bonsang) Won [6]
Mnet Video Music Awards Best Group Nominated [7]
KMTV Korean Music Awards Best Female Group Won [2]
SBS Gayo Daejeon Grand Prize (Daesang) Won
Main Prize (Bonsang) Won
Seoul Music Awards Grand Award (Daesang) Won [8]
Main Award (Bonsang) Won
Music program awards
Program Date Ref.
KBS2's Music Bank May 25, 1999 [2]
June 1, 1999
SBS's Inkigayo June 13, 1999
June 20, 1999
June 27, 1999

References
  1. "핑클 '영원한 사랑' 첫 1위-5월 넷째주 가요순위" [Fink.L's 'Eternal Love' 1st place - 4th week of May song rankings]. Yonhap News (in Korean). May 25, 1999. Retrieved January 7, 2022 – via Naver.
  2. Park, Soo-jung; Choi, Jin-sil (February 2, 2015). "10LINE, 핑클". Ten Asia (in Korean). Retrieved January 7, 2022.
  3. "Dance Track 120: 82위 핑클 『영원한 사랑』". Music Taste Y (in Korean). July 10, 2014. Retrieved January 7, 2022.
  4. "New survey ranks top K-pop artists & songs of the past 20 years". SBS PopAsia. September 2, 2016. Retrieved January 7, 2022.
  5. "K-pop 명곡 100: 57위 영원한 사랑 – 핑클 (Fin.K.L)" [K-pop Masterpieces 100: #57 Eternal Love – Fin.K.L] (in Korean). Melon. August 2021. Retrieved January 7, 2022.
  6. "[99 영상음반대상] 조성모, 골든디스크상 대상" [[99 Video and Recording Awards] Jo Sung-mo wins Golden Disc Award]. Joong Ang Ilbo (in Korean). February 25, 2002. Retrieved January 7, 2022.
  7. "1999 Video Music Awards part 1" Archived May 20, 2015, at the Wayback Machine. Mwave. Retrieved June 23, 2014.
  8. "서울가요대상 대상에 조성모·핑클" [Jo Sung-mo and Fin.K.L. win grand prize at Seoul Music Awards]. Yonhap News (in Korean). December 14, 1999. Retrieved June 8, 2021 – via Naver.
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