Misplaced Pages

Rendez-vous (EP)

Article snapshot taken from[REDACTED] with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
2019 EP by Im Hyun-sik
Rendez-vous
EP by Im Hyun-sik
ReleasedOctober 14, 2019 (2019-10-14)
GenreK-pop
LanguageKorean
Label
Producer
Singles from Rendez-vous
  1. "Dear Love"
    Released: October 14, 2019
Music video
"DEAR LOVE" on YouTube

Rendez-vous is the debut extended play by South Korean Im Hyun-sik of BtoB. The album was released on October 14, 2019 by Cube Entertainment under U-CUBE and Kakao M distribution.

The song was released through several music portals, including MelOn, iTunes, and Spotify.

On January 31, 2020, a live album of Rendez-vous was released.

Background

The main theme of the album is space. In particular about the encounters and connections in the outer space. The album contains a total of six songs, including the title song Dear Love and its instrumental version, Rendez-vous, Docking, Black and Moonlight.

Music structure

Rendez-vous album would tell a diverse stories about universe across alternative, rock and synth-pop genre. The title track Dear Love genre is alternative that harmonizes Im's soft voice and guitar with poetic lyrics.

Release

Cube Entertainment released a spoiler image for Im's first solo album, on September 22. The image reveals a person wearing a space suit raising his finger toward the universe. In particular, the English name of Im Hyun-sik, along with the code number "RD-V1102-3". The release of the record was first announced on September 24, 2019. Starting October 4 to 6, Cube Entertainment released a series of teasers to promote Rendez-vous. The following day, a highlight medley for the record were released. On October 9 and 10, two music video trailer for "Dear Love" was released. First, it contained Im screaming of approaching objects faced in outer space, and the second showed the first moment that Im encounters an unidentified person who is similarly dressed in outer space.

Promotion

Im held his first sold out solo concert RENDEZ-VOUS at Bluesquare iMarket Hall on November 2 and 3, 2019.

Track listing

No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."Rendez-vous"Im Hyun-sikIm Hyun-sikIm Hyun-sik 
2."Docking"Im Hyun-sikIm Hyun-sikIm Hyun-sik 
3."Black"Im Hyun-sik
  • Im Hyun-sik
  • MosPick
  • Im Hyun-sik
  • MosPick
 
4."Moonlight"Im Hyun-sik
  • Im Hyun-sik
  • MosPick
  • Im Hyun-sik
  • MosPick
 
5."Dear Love"Im Hyun-sikIm Hyun-sikIm Hyun-sik 
6."Dear Love" (Inst.)Im Hyun-sikIm Hyun-sikIm Hyun-sik 

Personnel

Personnel adapted from the liner notes of the physical album.

  • Im Hyun-sik – all vocals; writer (all tracks); producer (all tracks); chorus (all tracks); Guitar (tracks: 1, 2, 5); brass (tracks: 1, 2, 5); drum (tracks: 1, 2, 5); Computer Programming (tracks: 1, 2, 5); synthesizer (tracks: 1, 2, 5)
  • MosPick – producer (tracks: 3, 4)
  • Ferdy – guitar (tracks: 3, 4)
  • Seon Young-jin – E.P (tracks: 3, 4)
  • CUBE Trainee – special chorus (track 5)
  • Jukjae – guitar (track 5)

Charts

Chart (2019) Peak
position
South Korean Albums (Gaon) 4

Release history

Region Date Format Label
Various October 14, 2019 Digital download, streaming Cube Entertainment, U Cube, Kakao M

References

  1. "Rendez-Vous / Im Hyun-sik – TIDAL". Tidal. April 7, 2020.
  2. "펜타곤, 17일 'Sum(me:r)'(썸머)로 4개월만 초고속 컴백 [공식입장]". XSportsNews (in Korean). 8 July 2019.
  3. "[EP] RENDEZ-VOUS 임현식". www.melon.com (in Korean). October 14, 2019.
  4. Rendez-Vous - EP LIM HYUNSIK, Apple Music, October 18, 2019
  5. "Rendez-vous By Lim Hyun-sik", www.spotify.com, October 14, 2019
  6. "비투비 임현식, 오늘(31일) 라이브 앨범 'RENDEZ-VOUS' 깜짝 공개[공식]". HeraldPop. 31 January 2020.
  7. ^ "비투비 임현식, 첫 솔로 앨범 트랙리스트 공개…전곡 자작곡". SportsChosun (in Korean). 2 October 2019.
  8. "비투비 임현식, 10월 솔로 데뷔 예고..스포일러 이미지 깜짝 공개[공식]". OSEN. 23 September 2019.
  9. "비투비 임현식, 10월 14일 첫 솔로 앨범 'RENDEZ-VOUS(랑데부)' 발매.. 아트워크 티저 공개". Korea Economic TV. 25 September 2019.
  10. "비투비 임현식, 14일 솔로 데뷔…'RENDEZ-VOUS' 콘셉트 이미지 공개". OSEN. 4 October 2019.
  11. "'솔로 출격' 비투비 임현식, 독보적 분위기 담은 '랑데부' 콘셉트 포토 공개". eNews. 5 October 2019.
  12. "비투비 임현식, 'RENDEZ-VOUS' 우주 테마 콘셉트 이미지 공개". Hankook. 6 October 2019.
  13. "'컴백' 비투비 임현식, 자작 타이틀곡 하이라이트 공개". Donga. 8 October 2019.
  14. "비투비 임현식, 타이틀곡 'DEAR LOVE' 뮤직비디오 티저 공개". WowTv. 10 October 2019.
  15. "비투비 임현식, 솔로 데뷔곡 'DEAR LOVE' MV 티저 공개.."우주에서 첫 만남"". OSEN. 11 October 2019.
  16. "비투비 임현식 11월 2~3일 첫 단독 콘서트 개최". Donga. 26 September 2019.
  17. "비투비 임현식, 11월 첫 단독콘서트 '랑데부' 4분 만에 전석 매진". OSEN. 2 October 2019.
  18. Rendez-vous (liner notes). Im Hyun-sik. Cube Entertainment. 2019.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  19. "Gaon Album Chart – Week 42, 2019". Gaon Chart (in Korean). Retrieved October 24, 2019.
Categories:
Rendez-vous (EP) Add topic