"Flower"
Digital and Type A edition cover
Single by GFriend
from the album Fallin' Light
B-side"Beautiful"
ReleasedMarch 12, 2019
GenreJ-pop, dance pop, tango
LabelKing
GFriend singles chronology
"Sunrise"
(2019)		 "Flower"
(2019)		 "Oh Difficult"
(2019)
Music video
"Flower" on YouTube

"Flower" is a song recorded by South Korean girl group GFriend. It was released by King Records on March 12, 2019, as their fourth Japanese single. It was later included in their debut Japanese studio album Fallin' Light (2019).

Release

It was released as a digital EP on March 12, 2019.[1] A day later, it was released in three physical editions: CD, CD+DVD Type A and CD+Photobook Type B.[2][3][4]

Promotion

GFriend performed the song for the first time at their concert in Zepp Osaka Bayside, as part of their GFriend Spring Tour 2019 Bloom. It was also revealed that the song was chosen as the opening theme for the TV program music-ru TV for the month of March.[5]

Music video

The music video was released on March 4, 2019. In the video, the group are dressed as bullfighters and performs a dance inspired by tango.[5]

Commercial performance

"Flower" debuted and peaked at number 9 on the Oricon Singles Chart for the week ending March 25, 2019.[6] The song also picked at number 35 on Billboard's Japan Hot 100.[7]

Track listing

CD/Digital download
No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."Flower"1313133:39
2."Beautiful"Kanata Okajima
Carlos K.
Carlos K.3:37
3."Flower" (Instrumental) 13133:39
4."Beautiful" (Instrumental) 
Carlos K.
Carlos K.3:36
Total length:14:31
DVD Type A
No.TitleLength
1."Flower" (Music video) 
2."Flower" (MV Making movie) 
Total length:23:31

Charts

Chart (2019) Peak

position

Japan (Oricon)[6] 9
Japan (Japan Hot 100)[7] 35

References

  1. ↑ GFRIENDの"FLOWER" (in Japanese), archived from the original on 2021-06-17, retrieved 2020-04-03
  2. ↑ "GFRIEND/FLOWER/Beautiful＜通常盤＞ - TOWER RECORDS ONLINE". tower.jp. Archived from the original on 2021-06-17. Retrieved 2020-04-03.
  3. ↑ "GFRIEND/FLOWER/Beautiful ［CD+フォトブック］＜初回限定盤TYPE-B＞ - TOWER RECORDS ONLINE". tower.jp. Archived from the original on 2021-06-17. Retrieved 2020-04-03.
  4. ↑ "GFRIEND/FLOWER/Beautiful ［CD+DVD］＜初回限定盤TYPE-A＞ - TOWER RECORDS ONLINE". tower.jp. Archived from the original on 2021-06-17. Retrieved 2020-04-03.
  5. 1 2 "GFRIEND、タンゴ要素を取り入れた新曲「FLOWER」MV公開 | Daily News". Billboard JAPAN (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2020-12-27. Retrieved 2020-04-03.
  6. 1 2 "2019年03月11日～2019年03月17日 オリコン週間 シングルランキング". ORICON NEWS. Archived from the original on 2020-10-19. Retrieved 2020-04-03.
  7. 1 2 "GFriend". Billboard. Archived from the original on 2020-02-24. Retrieved 2020-12-13.
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