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"Supersonic" is a song recorded by South Korean girl group Fromis 9 for their fifth single album of the same name. It was released as the album's lead single by Pledis Entertainment on August 12, 2024.




Background and release


On July 18, 2024, Pledis Entertainment announced that Fromis 9 would be releasing their fifth single album Supersonic on August 12. Five days later, the promotional schedule was released. On July 24, the track listing was released with "Supersonic" announced as the lead single. On August 6, the highlight medley teaser video was released, followed by the music video teaser four days later. The song was released alongside its music video and the single album on August 12.




Composition


"Supersonic" was written and composed by Baekgom, Joel Malka, Josh McClelland, and Louise Frick Sveen, with Cho Su-jin, Zaya, Hong Eun-hui, Maryjane, and Jeong Eun-gi participating in the lyrics writing, and Jin Jeon and Hwang Jae-hyeon participating in the composition. It was described as a "summer" Miami bass song characterized by "a harmonious blend of heavy bass and fast-paced beats" with lyrics about "a heroine attending to situation at supersonic speeds at any time in their daily life exhausted by the scorching heat". "Supersonic" was composed in the key of F-sharp minor, with a tempo of 140 beats per minute.




Music video


The music video was directed by Jooyeong Yun of Earthluk. In line with the summer theme of the album, the visual depicts the group "lounging in the summer heat in the day" with scenes of them dancing in a shipping container yard at night.




Promotion


Following the release of Supersonic, Fromis 9 performed in the first week on South Korean music programs: KBS's Music Bank on August 16, MBC's Show! Music Core on August 17, and SBS's Inkigayo on August 18. During their second and final week of promoting, Fromis 9 performed at SBS M's The Show on August 20, MNET's M Countdown on August 22, Music Bank on August 23, Show! Music Core on August 24, and Inkigayo on August 25.




Commercial performance


In South Korea, "Supersonic" debuted and peaked at number two on the Circle Digital Chart before dropping to number twenty, making it their highest charting song on the chart to date. It also makes "Supersonic" their longest song to stay in the top 20 of the Circle Chart. Their previous highest charting song was "#menow", which peaked at number 14. "Supersonic" also became the group's newest peak on the Circle Streaming Chart. First debuting on the 128th spot in the chart issue dated from August 11 to 17, it rose to the 22nd spot after two weeks.




Accolades


During the song's promotional period on South Korean music programs, "Supersonic" achieved four first place wins.




Credits and personnel


Credits adapted from liner notes of Supersonic.
Studio

Bukegeugui Studio – recording
Hybe Studio – recording, digital editing
Prismfilter Studio – recording
Prismfilter Engineering Lab – mixing
821 Sound Mastering – mastering
Personnel

Fromis 9 – vocals
C'SA – background vocals
Baekgom – background vocals, lyrics, composition, recording, synthesiser
Louise Frick Sveen – background vocals, lyrics, composition
Joel Malka – lyrics, composition, synthesiser
Josh McClelland – lyrics, composition
Cho Su-jin – lyrics
Zaya – lyrics
Hong Eun-hui – lyrics
Maryjane – lyrics
Jeong Eun-gi – lyrics
Jin Jeon – composition, recording, mixing
Hwang Jae-hyeon – composition
Kim Soo-jeong – recording, digital editing
Lee Byeong-wook – digital editing
Kwon Nam-woo – mastering




Charts






Release history






See also


List of The Show Chart winners (2024)
List of M Countdown Chart winners (2024)
List of Music Bank Chart winners (2024)
List of Show! Music Core Chart winners (2024)




References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• M Countdown
• Music Bank (seri televisi)
• The Show (seri televisi Korea Selatan)
• Show! Music Core
• Supersonic (Fromis 9 song)
• Fromis 9
• Supersonic (single album)
• Supersonic (disambiguation)
• Unlock My World
• Menow (song)
• List of The Show Chart winners (2024)
• List of M Countdown Chart winners (2024)
• List of Show! Music Core Chart winners (2024)
• List of Music Bank Chart winners (2024)