:Overjoyed (Heo Young-saeng album)

After debuting as a solo artist with the release of Let It Go in 2011, Heo Young-saeng focused on his career in South Korea. However, in the same year he stayed in Japan for a couple of weeks for his debut musical performance in The Three Musketeers.{{cite web|title=SS501's Heo Young Saeng and Oh Won Bin Will Star in the 'Three Musketeers' Musical|url=http://www.soompi.com/2011/09/15/ss501s-heo-young-saeng-and-oh-won-bin-will-star-in-the-three-musketeers-musical/|website=Soompi|date=September 15, 2011 |access-date=May 2, 2015}} Heo later released his second minialbum in South Korea on May 22, 2012. Titled Solo, it peaked at number 4 on the Gaon Weekly Album Charts.{{cite web|title=Gaon Weekly Charts (May 20–26, 2012)|url=http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/album.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=&targetTime=22&hitYear=2012&termGbn=week|website=Gaon Charts|access-date=May 2, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150414174228/http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/album.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=&targetTime=22&hitYear=2012&termGbn=week|archive-date=April 14, 2015}}

Later that year, Heo announced he would be releasing an album in Japan. Known for his gentle, ballad-like songs, Overjoyed would mark a change in his genre by leaning towards rock.{{cite web|title=許永生變搖滾王子 日輯新曲《Overjoyed》MV出爐|url=http://www.koreastardaily.com/tc/news/20782|website=Korea Star Daily|access-date=May 2, 2015|language=ko}} Heo previously mentioned that he enjoyed light rock music, but did not have the chance to include it in his last album.{{cite web|last1=JiYeon|first1=Kim|title=[Interview] Heo Young Saeng Dreams Bigger Dreams|url=http://mwave.interest.me/enewsworld/en/article/7508/interview-heo-young-saeng-dreams-bigger-dreams|website=Mwave|publisher=CJ E&M enewsWorld|access-date=May 20, 2015}} He had only performed a rock adaptation of "Find" during SS501's Persona concert in 2008.

On August 19, 2012, Pony Canyon announced in commemoration of Overjoyed that Heo would perform at the Shibuya-AX, Tokyo, on September 22, and at Zepp Namba, Osaka, on September 24.{{cite web|script-title=ja:ホ・ヨンセン、日本ソロ・デビュー・アルバム記念イベント開催|url=http://tower.jp/article/feature_item/2012/08/20/0112|website=Tower Records|access-date=May 2, 2015|language=ja|date=August 20, 2012}} These events would include a talk show immediately following the concerts in celebration of the album's release.{{cite web|script-title=ja:ホ・ヨンセン、日本の初単独コンサート決定|url=http://www.barks.jp/news/?id=1000082460|website=barks.jp|access-date=May 2, 2015|language=ja|date=August 19, 2012}} A month afterward, Pony Canyon uploaded a 45-second teaser of Heo's lead track "1.2.3" on YouTube, on September 17.{{cite web|title=1.2.3/ホ・ヨンセン|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ux0CxUC0AzE|website=YouTube|publisher=ponycanyon|access-date=May 2, 2015}}{{cite web|title=[SS501] HEO YOUNGSAENG DIVULGA TEASER DO MV DE "1.2.3", DE SEU ÁLBUM DE ESTRÉIA JAPONÊS, "OVERJOYED"|url=http://www.kpopstation.com.br/2012/09/18/ss501-heo-youngsaeng-divulga-teaser-do-mv-de-1-2-3-de-seu-album-de-estreia-japones-overjoyed/|website=Kpopstation|access-date=May 21, 2015|language=pt}} In addition, a launch exhibition was held from September 18 to 24 at Tower Records Shibuya's lounge to promote the album.{{cite web|title=【K-POP】ホ・ヨンセン日本ソロデビューアルバム『Over joyed』発売記念展示開催決定!!|url=http://tower.jp/blog/shibuya/2012/9/003003|website=Tower Records|access-date=May 2, 2015|language=ja}}

Four months after the release of his mini-album in South Korea, Heo released Overjoyed on September 19, 2012. His first full-length Japanese studio album, it entered the Oricon Albums Charts at number 29 on the first week of its release.{{cite web|title=Oricon Weekly Album Charts (September 17–23, 2012)|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ja/w/2012-10-01/p/3/|website=Oricon Charts|access-date=May 2, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150221110410/http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ja/w/2012-10-01/p/3/|archive-date=February 21, 2015|language=ja}} In the same week, Pony Canyon uploaded a four-minute music video of "1.2.3" on YouTube.{{cite web|title=1.2.3/ホ・ヨンセン (PV FULL)|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20QXLn8rjGw|website=YouTube|publisher=ponycanyon|access-date=May 2, 2015}}{{cite web|title=Heo Youngsaeng releases '1.2.3' MV from Japanese album "Overjoyed"|url=http://onekpop.com/46152/heo-youngsaeng-releases-1-2-3-mv-from-japanese-album-overjoyed/|website=One Kpop|access-date=May 21, 2015}} Following the release of the album, Heo made his first live performance in Japan; 1st Solo Concert in Japan was held two days after the release of Overjoyed.{{cite web|title=お知らせホ・ヨンセン CONCERT 2012−Over joyed− DVD発売決定！|url=http://www.heoyoungsaeng.jp/info/287.html|website=Heo Young Saeng Japan|access-date=May 2, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130616010246/http://www.heoyoungsaeng.jp/info/287.html|archive-date=June 16, 2013|language=ja|date=December 12, 2012}} Held from September 22 and 24, Heo sang numerous songs from Overjoyed, as well as the rock version of "Find" and a medley of SS501 songs.{{cite web|title=ホ・ヨンセン、初単独ライヴがDVDになって登場|url=http://tower.jp/article/feature_item/2012/12/18/0112|website=Tower Records|access-date=May 2, 2015|language=ja|date=December 18, 2012}}

A talk show was held after the concert; borrowing from the lead track, 123 people from the audience who had purchased the album were invited on the show. When asked how "1.2.3" was written and produced, Heo expressed his admiration of Avril Lavigne and how she inspired his music,{{cite book|title=SS501 EGOLD MAGAZINE – THE STRONGEST 400 QUESTIONS|year=2009|location=Taiwan|language=zh}} stating: "The lead track was created as an upbeat, rock song, letting the listeners to be able to enjoy and dance with it. In part, it was also chosen because I wanted to do a song similar to [Lavigne's] musical genre".Paraphrased from the Japanese language: 「盛り上がることができて楽しめて、笑えるような曲をやりたかったので。アヴリル・ラヴィーンさんのようなジャンルの曲をいつかやりたいと思っていて、それが叶ったのが"1.2.3"という曲です」{{cite web|title=ホ・ヨンセン CONCERT 2012 @ SHIBUYA-AX （2012年9月22日）|url=http://tower.jp/article/series/2012/10/05/hys|website=Tower Records|access-date=May 2, 2015|language=ja|date=October 5, 2012}}

{{track listing

| headline = "Normal edition"{{cite web|title=Over joyed <通常盤>|url=http://hp.ponycanyon.co.jp/pchp/cgi-bin/PCHPM.pl?TRGID=PCHP_SKH_1010&CMD=DSP&DSP_SKHBNG=201200000832&DSP_SKHKETSEQ=001|website=Pony Canyon|access-date=May 2, 2015|language=ja}}

| extra_column = Arrangement

|total_length= 42:55

| title1 = DraMagic!

| note1 =

| lyrics1 = Shoko Fujibayashi

| music1 = David Amber, Amanda Droste

| extra1 = David Amber, Amanda Droste

| length1 = 03:44

| title2 = Vacation

| note2 =

| lyrics2 = MEG.ME

| music2 = Steven Lee, Mark Smith, Daniel Nitt

| extra2 = Steven Lee, Mark Smith

| length2 = 03:44

| title3 = 1.2.3

| note3 =

| lyrics3 = Goro Matsui

| music3 = Anthony Mazza, Shida Kaviani

| extra3 = Joey Carbone, Anthony Mazza

| length3 = 03:45

| title4 = Beautiful

| note4 =

| lyrics4 = kenko-p

| music4 = Paul Drew, Greig Watts, Pete Barringer

| extra4 = Paul Drew, Greig Watts, Pete Barringer

| length4 = 04:54

| title5 = True Tears

| note5 =

| lyrics5 = Goro Matsui

| music5 = Kim Won

| extra5 = Kim Won

| length5 = 03:48

| title6 = Crying

| note6 = Japanese version

| lyrics6 = Japanese: Shoko Fujibayashi; Original: Heo Young-saeng, Kim Tae-wan

| music6 = Steven Lee

| extra6 = Steven Lee

| length6 = 04:11

| title7 = Let It Go

| note7 = Japanese version

| lyrics7 = Japanese: Shoko Fujibayashi; Original: Han Jae-ho, Song Soo-yoon

| music7 = Han Jae-ho, Kim Seung-soo

| extra7 = Han Jae-ho, Kim Seung-soo, Hong Seung-hyun

| length7 = 03:22

| title8 = Dream On

| note8 =

| lyrics8 = Goro Matsui

| music8 = Fredrik Samsson, Mai, Stefan Ekstedt, Magnus Sjölander

| extra8 = Kazuhiko Meda

| length8 = 04:15

| title9 = とぎれた夜をつないで (Connect The Broken Night)

| note9 =

| lyrics9 = Goro Matsui

| music9 = Aren Chen, David Yao

| extra9 = Joey Carbone, Anthony Mazza

| length9 = 04:41

| title10 = Timeless Love

| note10 =

| lyrics10 = Shoko Fujibayashi

| music10 = Paul Drew, Greig Watts, Pete Barringer

| extra10 = Paul Drew, Greig Watts, Pete Barringer

| length10 = 04:25

| title11 = Hello Mello

| note11 = Japanese version

| lyrics11 = Japanese: MEG.ME; Original: Lee Seung-jae

| music11 = Steven Lee

| extra11 = Akiyuki Tateyama

| length11 = 04:06

}}

{{track listing

| headline = "Limited edition" DVD{{cite web|title=Over joyed <初回限定盤>|url=http://hp.ponycanyon.co.jp/pchp/cgi-bin/PCHPM.pl?TRGID=PCHP_SKH_1010&CMD=DSP&DSP_SKHBNG=201200000832&DSP_SKHKETSEQ=001|website=Pony Canyon|access-date=May 2, 2015|language=ja}}

| title1 = 1.2.3

| note1 = MV + Making Of

}}

• "1.2.3"

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| type = DVD

| artist = Heo Young-saeng

| cover = HeoYoungSaengDVD2013.jpg

| alt =

| caption = Heo Young-saeng's DVD cover

| released = {{Start date|2013|02|20}}

| recorded = 2012

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = J-pop

| length = 120 minutes

| label = Pony Canyon Japan

| producer =

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Heo Young Saeng Concert 2012 – Overjoyed is the fifth DVD by South Korean solo male artist, Heo Young-saeng. The two-disc live DVD was released the next year on February 20, 2013.{{cite web|title=Heo Young Saeng CONCERT 2012 -Over joyed- (Japan Version)|url=http://www.yesasia.com/global/heo-young-saeng-concert-2012-over-joyed-japan-version/1032135898-0-0-0-en/info.html|website=YesAsia|access-date=May 2, 2015}} It features his performance at Shibuya-AX Osaka on September 22, 2012, and a photobook.{{cite web|title=HEO YOUNG SAENG CONCERT 2012 -Over joyed-|url=http://tower.jp/item/3194950/HEO-YOUNG-SAENG-CONCERT-2012--Over-joyed-|website=Tower Records|access-date=May 2, 2015|language=ja}} The DVD album peaked at 43 at the Oricon DVD Charts.{{cite web|title=HEO YOUNG SAENG CONCERT 2012 -Over joyed-|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/430422/products/1004604/1/|website=Oricon.co.jp|access-date=June 10, 2015|language=ja}}

• Disc 1:

1. "1.2.3"
2. "DraMagic!"
3. "Let It Go"
4. "Crying"
5. "イルムオムヌンキオック"
6. "Find" (Rock ver.)
7. "Intimidated"
8. "Out The Club"
9. "True Tears"
10. "とぎれた夜をつないで"
11. "Maria"
12. "Love Ya"
13. SS501 medley ("Kokoro" / "Distance~君とのキョリ" / "LIVE!" / "LUCKY DAYS")
14. "All My Love"
15. "Beautiful"
16. "Dream On"
17. "Hello Mello"

• Bonus disc 2:

1. Talk show and after-sales
2. Making and shooting of Overjoyed jacket

{{Reflist|30em}}

• {{official website|http://www.heoyoungsaeng.jp/|Heo Young-saeng's official Japanese website}} {{in lang|ja}}
• {{YouTube|u=ponycanyon|Pony Canyon}}
• [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20QXLn8rjGw "1.2.3" music video]
• [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ux0CxUC0AzE "1.2.3" music video teaser]

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