Four Seasons (song)

"Four Seasons" (Korean: 사계; RR: sagye) is a song recorded by South Korean singer Taeyeon. Written by Kenzie, whom also co-produced the song with Afshin Salmani, Andrew Allen and Josh Cumbee, the reggae-tinged ballad was released as a digital single on March 24, 2019, by SM Entertainment and Dreamus, with an accompanying music video released two days prior to its digital release.[1] Initially a standalone single, both the song and the B-side track "Blue" were later included as bonus tracks in the Korean release of Taeyeon's second album Purpose, released on October 28.

"Four Seasons"
Single by Taeyeon
B-side"Blue"
ReleasedMarch 24, 2019 (2019-03-24)
Recorded2019
StudioSM Studios, Seoul, South Korea
Genre
Length3:32
Label
  • SM
  • Dreamus
Composer(s)
Lyricist(s)Kenzie
Taeyeon singles chronology
"Page 0"
(2018)		 "Four Seasons"
(2019)		 "Angel"
(2019)
Music video
"Four Seasons" on YouTube

Upon its release, "Four Seasons" received positive reviews from music critics for solidifying the singer's growth as a "full-time" vocalist.[2] The song achieved great commercial success, earning Taeyeon her fifth chart-topper as a lead artist (sixth overall) on the Gaon Digital Chart for two weeks and to date, her longest charting performance on the chart. It eventually became her first single to receive a Platinum certificate by KMCA for achieving over 100,000,000 streaming units in November 2019, only six months after its release.[3] The singer eventually promoted both songs during her concert "’s…one" on March 28. It won the Digital Daesang award at the 29th Seoul Music Awards in January 2020.[4]

Background and release

On March 17, 2019, Taeyeon was announced to be releasing a digital single titled "Four Seasons" with its b-side track "Blue".[5] The song is described as a ballad with an instrumental structure that is centered on acoustic guitars. It compares the ups and downs of love to the four seasons.[6] While the B-side track "Blue" is a ballad song with Taeyeon's affectionate vocals and lyrics that capture the double meaning of 'blue' (푸른) and 'gloomy/feeling blue' (우울한) and the longing for an old lover and feelings after a break-up.[7] The music video for "Four Seasons" was released on March 22, two day before the single album.[8] Taeyeon later filmed a live performance of the song from her concert "’s…one", which was released on March 28.[9]

Chart performance

"Four Seasons" debuted at number one on South Korea's Gaon Digital Chart for the chart issue dated March 24–30, 2019.[10] It was the best-performing single of March 2019 on the Gaon Digital Chart.[11] It claimed the number one spot on the Billboard K-Pop Hot 100 for two consecutive weeks[12] and reached number 6 on the Billboard World Digital Songs chart.[13]

Accolades
Awards and nominations
Year Award Category Result Ref.
2019 Melon Music Awards Best Ballad Won [14]
Mnet Asian Music Awards Best Vocal Performance – Solo Won [15]
Song of the Year Nominated [16]
2020 Gaon Chart Music Awards Song of the Year – March Won [17]
Golden Disc Awards Digital Daesang Nominated [18]
Digital Bonsang Won
Seoul Music Awards Digital Daesang Won [19]
Music program awards
Program Date Ref.
Show! Music Core April 6, 2019 [20]
Inkigayo April 7, 2019 [21]
Melon Popularity Award
Award Date (2019) Ref.
Weekly Popularity Award April 1 [22]
April 8

Track listing
Digital download[1]
No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."Blue"
  • Hyun Ji Won
  • JQ (makeumine works)
  • Alex Mood
  • Mariella "Bambi" Garcia Balandina
  • Oskar Salhin
  • Mimmi Gyltman
  • Rassmus Björnson
  • Mariella "Bambi" Garcia Balandina
  • Rassmus Björnson
3:32
2."Four Seasons"Kenzie
3:08
Total length:6:40

Charts

Certifications and sales
Sales and certifications for "Four Seasons"
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Download
South Korea (KMCA)[27] Platinum 2,500,000*
Streaming
South Korea (KMCA)[28] Platinum 100,000,000†

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
† Streaming-only figures based on certification alone.

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the CD booklet of Purpose.[29]

  • Original title: "Did You Ever Even Love Me At All"
  • Korean lyrics by Kenzie
  • Composed by Josh Cumbee (Nonfiction), Afshin Salmani (Nonfiction), Andrew Allen, Kenzie
  • Arranged by Kenzie, Nonfiction (Josh Cumbee & Afshin Salmani (AFSHeeN))
  • Vocal directed by Kenzie
  • Background vocals by Taeyeon
  • Bass Performed by Choi Hoon (78)
  • Guitar Performed by Hong Jun-ho
  • Strings Arranged & Conducted by Ina Il
  • Strings Performed by ON the string
  • Recorded by Lee Min-gyu at SM Big Shot Studio/ Jeong Ki-hong (Assistant. Choi Da-in) at Seoul Studio/ Lee Chang-sun at prelude Studio
  • Digital Editing by Jang Woo-young at doobdoob Studio
  • Engineered for Mix by Lee Min-gyu at SM Big Shot Studio
  • Mixed by Gu Jong-pil (BeatBurger) at SM Yellow Tail Studio
  • Mastered by Kwon Nam-woo at 821 Sound Mastering

Release history
Region Date Format Label
Various[30][31] March 24, 2019
SM Entertainment

See also

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