11:11 (Taeyeon song)

On October 28, 2016, Taeyeon was announced to be releasing a digital single titled "11:11". The song is described as a pop ballad that features the acoustic guitar's calm melody which suits the late autumn atmosphere.{{cite web|author= |url=http://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=215&aid=0000505730 |script-title=ko:태연, 11월 1일 밤 11시 신곡 '11:11' 음원 기습 공개|language=ko |website=Entertain.naver.com |date=2016-10-28 |accessdate=2016-11-23}}{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.soompi.com/2016/10/27/taeyeon-release-surprise-solo-digital-single/ |title=Taeyeon To Release Surprise Solo Digital Single |website=Soompi |date=2016-10-27 |accessdate=2016-11-23}} Its lyrics are about a girl's reminiscences about making wishes with her former lover when the clock struck 11:11.{{cite web|url=http://www.allkpop.com/article/2016/10/girls-generations-taeyeon-teases-for-a-surprise-new-single |title=Girls' Generation's Taeyeon teases for a surprise new single! |website=Allkpop |date= |accessdate=2016-11-23}}

"11:11" and its music video were released on November 1. Taeyeon later filmed a live acoustic performance of the song, which was released on November 8.{{cite news|url=http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/news/2016/11/10/0200000000AEN20161110000700315.html|title=Taeyeon reveals live performance video for '11:11'|work=Yonhap News Agency|date=November 10, 2016|accessdate=December 20, 2016}}

"11:11" debuted at number two on South Korea's Gaon Digital Chart for the chart issue dated October 30 – November 5, 2016, and sold 238,197 downloads during its first week of release.{{cite web|url=http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/online.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=S1020&targetTime=45&hitYear=2016&termGbn=week |title=Download Chart – Week 45 of 2016 |publisher=Gaon Music Chart |language=ko |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220071102/http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/online.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=S1020&targetTime=45&hitYear=2016&termGbn=week |archivedate=December 20, 2016 |url-status=dead }} It was the second best-performing single of November 2016 on the Gaon Digital Chart, ranking behind Twice's "TT".{{cite web|url=http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/online.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=ALL&targetTime=11&hitYear=2016&termGbn=month |title=Digital Chart – November 2016 |publisher=Gaon Music Chart |language=ko |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220175506/http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/online.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=ALL&targetTime=11&hitYear=2016&termGbn=month |archivedate=December 20, 2016 |url-status=dead }} "11:11" charted at number 89 on the Gaon Year-end Digital Chart of 2016, and sold 668,462 downloads in South Korea in 2016.{{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170113024448/http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/online.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=S1020&targetTime=2016&hitYear=2016&termGbn=year |url=http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/online.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=S1020&targetTime=2016&hitYear=2016&termGbn=year |title=Download Chart of 2016 |publisher=Gaon Music Chart |language=ko |archivedate=January 13, 2017 |url-status=dead }} It additionally peaked at number 5 on the Billboard World Digital Songs chart, selling 3,000 downloads, becoming her best sales week on the chart.{{Cite magazine|title=Taeyeon's 'Happy': K-Pop Star's 15th Top 10 on World Digital Song Sales|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/k-town/9379035/taeyeon-happy-15th-top-10-world-digital-song-sales-chart|date=2020-05-15|magazine=Billboard|access-date=2020-05-16}}

Billboard ranked the song at number 7 on their top 20 K-pop songs of 2016.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/events/year-in-music-2016/7632450/best-kpop-songs-2016-critics-picks|title=20 Best K-Pop Songs of 2016: Critic's Picks|magazine=Billboard|last=Benjamin|first=Jeff|date=December 22, 2016|accessdate=December 23, 2016}} By the end of 2017, "11:11" sold over 1.4 million digital copies in South Korea.{{cite web|url=http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/online.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=S1020&targetTime=2016&hitYear=2016&termGbn=year |title=2016 Download Chart |last= |first= |date= |website= |publisher=Gaon Music Chart |language=ko |access-date= |archivedate=January 13, 2017 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170113054736/http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/online.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=S1020&targetTime=2016&hitYear=2016&termGbn=year |url-status=dead }}

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| lyrics1 = Kim Eana

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• Christian Vinten
• Chelcee Grimes

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| length1 = 3:43

| title2 = 11:11

| note2 = Instrumental

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• Christian Vinten
• Chelcee Grimes

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Credits adapted from the liner notes of My Voice (Deluxe edition){{cite AV media notes|title=My Voice (Deluxe edition)|others=Taeyeon|language=ko|year=2017|publisher=S.M. Entertainment|location=South Korea|page=55}}

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• Korean lyrics by Kim Eana ({{lang|ko|김이나}})
• Composed and arranged by Christian Vinten, Chelcee Grimes
• Background vocals by Taeyeon
• Vocal directed by Lee Ju-hyung ({{lang|ko|이주형}})
• Digital editing by Jang Woo-young ({{lang|ko|장우영}}) at Doobdoob Studio
• Pro Tools operating by Lee Ju-hyung ({{lang|ko|이주형}})
• Recorded and mixed by Kim Cheol-sun ({{lang|ko|김철순}}) at S.M. Blue Ocean Studio
• Mastered by Tom Coyne at Sterling Sound

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