"Missing You"
Missing You 2NE1 album cover
Single by 2NE1
ReleasedNovember 21, 2013
Recorded2013
Genre
Length3:39
LabelYG
Songwriter(s)Teddy Park
Producer(s)Teddy Park
2NE1 singles chronology
"Do You Love Me"
(2013)		 "Missing You"
(2013)		 "Come Back Home"
(2014)

"Missing You" (Korean: 그리워해요; RR: Geuriwohaeyo) is a song by South Korean girl group 2NE1, released on November 21, 2013 by YG Entertainment. The song was produced and written entirely by long-time producer and collaborator Teddy. Commercially, "Missing You" debuted at number one on the Gaon Digital Chart and sold over 1 million digital units by the end of 2014.

Background and release

Beginning on November 18, 2013, YG Entertainment began releasing individual teasers featuring each member singing a snippet from the track, leading up to its release on November 21, 2013. The day before the release, Yang Hyun-suk was quoted stating the single brought his wife to tears when she first heard it. Dara spoke about the song, saying, "I cried so much during the recording that I used up a box of Kleenex by myself." Bom commented, "It is a song through which you can hear the emotions that come from our hearts very well."[1]

A Japanese version for the song was later included in the group's Japanese edition of their second Korean studio album Crush, which was released on June 25, 2014. The track was also featured in the 2NE1 Best Collection -Korea Edition- compilation album, which was released by YGEX in December of the same year.

Reception

The song received positive reviews from music critics. Jeff Benjamin of Billboard praised the song's musical styles—where he wrote, "While slow and tender at its core, the experimental track incorporates unexpected electronic flourishes and alien-like harmonies before its soaring guitar line brilliantly evolves into a pounding piano chords for the ladies to belt over."[2] Pitchfork included "Missing You" in their list of 20 Essential K-pop Songs in August 2014, praising its musicality and the group's vocal delivery and referred to it as "one of the most vocally rich and structurally distinctive singles Korea’s ever produced".[3] The music video also received attention from press regarding CL's nude scene, with Billboard referring to it as a more sophisticated version of Miley Cyrus' "Wrecking Ball" music video, which was released just a couple months prior and also widely notable for unprecedented nudity.[4]

"Missing You" was an commercial success, topping all South Korean daily charts and achieved an all-kill soon after release.[5] In its opening week, the song landed at the top position on the Gaon Digital Chart and became the group's eighth number one single. In the month of November alone, the track sold 453,481 digital units and ranked as the ninth best-selling song of the month in the country.[6] It went on to sell over 1,080,000 digital downloads by the end of 2014, making it 2NE1's most commercially successful single released in 2013.[7]

Accolades

Awards and nominations for "Missing You"
Year Organization Award Result Ref.
2014 Golden Disc Awards Digital Bonsang (Main Prize) Won [8]
Digital Daesang Nominated
World Music Awards World's Best Video Nominated [9]
Music program awards
Program Date
M Countdown November 28, 2013
December 5, 2013
Show! Music Core November 30, 2013
Inkigayo December 1, 2013
December 8, 2013

Music video and promotion

The music video for "Missing You" premiered on November 21, 2013 at midnight KST (UTC+09:00) on 2NE1's official YouTube channel. It received more than 3 million views in less than two days.[10] The members are depicted individually reminiscing over their previous relationships in solitary while navigating through a somber neutral-colored storage room-like setting, where at one point member CL is shown to be nude while recollecting her deep emotions. The members are shown to be united in the sense they share common sentiments of heartbreak. Regarding CL's nude scene, Billboard states "the video's talking point is undoubtedly when CL goes nude for a daring naked scene during the second chorus. The rapper/singer wistfully sits in a room of deteriorating cement, covering herself with only her arms and legs."[4][11]

Promotions for the single debuted with 2NE1's performance at the 2013 Mnet Asian Music Awards in Hong Kong, which followed a remix of the group's 2011 track "Lonely".[12] On November 24, 2NE1 began promoting the song on M! Countdown, Show! Music Core and Inkigayo, and received five first place awards. Music show promotions for the single concluded on SBS Inkigayo on December 22, 2013.[13]

Track listing

  • Digital download / streaming
  1. "그리워해요 (Missing You)" – 3:39

Chart performance

Sales

Country Sales
South Korea (digital)[7] 1,083,310

Release history

Release dates and formats
Region Date Format Label Ref.
Various November 21, 2013
  • YG Entertainment
 [18]

References

  1. ↑ "Yang Hyun Suk reveals 2NE1's 'Missing You' brought his wife to tears". Allkpop. November 19, 2013.
  2. ↑ Benjamin, Jeff (January 24, 2017). "Every 2NE1 Single Ranked From Worst to Best: Critic's Take". Billboard. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
  3. ↑ Dorof, Jakob (August 7, 2014). "20 Essential K-Pop Songs - Page 2". Pitchfork. Retrieved December 29, 2020.
  4. 1 2 3 Benjamin, Jeff (November 20, 2013). "2NE1 Gets Sentimental, CL Gets Naked in 'Missing You': Watch". Billboard. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
  5. ↑ Choi, Hyun-jung (November 22, 2013). "2NE1's 'Missing You' debuts #1 on 9 music chart". Yahoo! Singapore. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
  6. ↑ "2013년 11월 Download Chart" (in Korean). Gaon Music Chart. Retrieved April 1, 2021.
  7. 1 2 Cumulative sales of "Missing You":
  8. ↑ "History". Golden Disc Awards (in Korean). Archived from the original on January 8, 2022. Retrieved May 7, 2022.
  9. ↑ "Nomination for worlds best video". World Music Awards. Archived from the original on February 16, 2014. Retrieved September 22, 2022.
  10. ↑ "2NE1, '그리워해요' 일간차트 1위 석권" [2NE1, 'Missing You' won the 1st place on the daily chart]. Ten Asia (in Korean). Nate. November 22, 2013. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
  11. ↑ "2NE1 Get Emo and Naked in "Missing You" Video". Fuse. November 22, 2013. Archived from the original on July 21, 2016. Retrieved September 22, 2022.
  12. ↑ Sun, Mi-kyung (November 22, 2013). "'MAMA' 2NE1, '그리워해요' 첫 공개…감성 충만했다" ['MAMA' 2NE1 performed 'Missing You' for the first time... it was full of emotions]. Osen (in Korean). Nate. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
  13. ↑ "'인기가요' 2NE1, '그리워해요' 마지막 무대 고급 그 자체" ['Inkigayo' 2NE1, the final stage of 'Missing You']. My Daily (in Korean). Nate. December 22, 2013. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
  14. ↑ "Digital Chart – Week 48 of 2013" (in Korean). Gaon Music Chart. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
  15. ↑ "Official Independent Singles Breakers Chart Top 20". Official Charts Company. November 24–30, 2013. Retrieved October 30, 2022.
  16. ↑ "World Digital Songs: 2NE1". Billboard. February 1, 2017.
  17. ↑ "Digital Chart – December 2013". Circle Chart (in Korean). Retrieved September 22, 2022.
  18. ↑ "Missing You - Single by 2NE1". Apple Music. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
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