For the Summer

{{Infobox album

| name = For the Summer

| type = EP

| artist = WJSN

| cover = Cosmic Girls - For the Summer.png

| caption = Digital and Blue version cover

| alt =

| released = {{Start date|2019|06|04}}

| language = Korean

| recorded =

| studio =

| genre = {{hlist|Electropop|disco|bubblegum pop}}

| length = 16:20

| label =

| producer =

| prev_title = WJ Stay?

| prev_year = 2019

| next_title = As You Wish

| next_year = 2019

| misc = {{Singles

| name = For the Summer

| type = EP

| single1 = Boogie Up

| single1date = June 4, 2019

}}

{{External music video|type=EP|{{YouTube|rVeMvBTd8vQ|"Boogie Up"}}}}

}}

For the Summer is the first summer special album by South Korean-Chinese girl group WJSN. It was released on June 4, 2019, by Starship Entertainment and distributed by Kakao M.{{cite news|url=http://hankookilbo.com/News/Read/201905191381035064?did=NA&dtype=&dtypecode=&prnewsid=|title=우주소녀, 6월 4일 기습 컴백…청량한 커밍순 이미지 공개|work=Hankook Ilbo|date=2019-05-19|language=ko}} It contains a total of five songs, including the lead single "Boogie Up".

Background and release

On May 19, 2019, WJSN revealed through its official social media accounts that the group would release a special album on June 4, 2019.{{cite news|url= https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2019/05/732_269574.html|title=Cosmic Girls unveil teaser photos for June 4|work=The Korea Times|date=2019-05-27}}

On the day of the album's release, the music video of the lead single "Boogie Up" was also released.{{YouTube | id=rVeMvBTd8vQ| title= MV 우주소녀 (WJSN) - Boogie Up}}{{cite magazine|url= https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/international/8514559/wjsn-boogie-up-music-video|title=WJSN Want to 'Boogie Up' This Summer: Watch the Music Video|magazine=Billboard|date=2019-06-04}}

Commercial performance

For the Summer debuted at number one on South Korea's Gaon Album Chart on the week dated June 8, 2019, becoming the group's first number one album in the country. It ranked at number seventy-one on the Year-End chart with 78,555 copies sold in 2019.

The lead single "Boogie Up" peaked at number 133 on the Gaon Digital Chart and at number 60 on the Billboard K-pop Hot 100.

Tracklisting

{{Track listing

| extra_column = Arrangement

| title1 = Boogie Up

| length1 = 3:03

| note1 =

| lyrics1 = {{hlist|달리||Exy}}

| music1 = {{hlist|Wonderkid|신쿵}}

| extra1 = {{hlist|Wonderkid|신쿵}}

| title2 = Oh My Summer

| note2 = 눈부셔

| length2 = 3:27

| lyrics2 = {{hlist|JQ|Lee Ji Hye (makeumine works)|Exy}}

| music2 = {{hlist|OLLIPOP|Caesar & Loui|Hayley Aitken}}

| extra2 = {{hlist|OLLIPOP|Daniel Caesar}}

| title3 = My Type

| note3 =

| length3 = 3:11

| lyrics3 = {{hlist|진리(FULL8LOOM)}}

| music3 = {{hlist|영광의 얼굴들(FULL8LOOM)|진리(FULL8LOOM)| JAKE K(FULL8LOOM)}}

| extra3 = {{hlist|영광의 얼굴들(FULL8LOOM),|JAKE K(FULL8LOOM)}}

| title4 = Let's Dance

| note4 = 우리끼리

| length4 = 3:08

| lyrics4 = {{hlist|MosPick|Exy}}

| music4 = {{hlist|MosPick}}

| extra4 = {{hlist|MosPick}}

| title5 = Sugar Pop

| note5 =

| length5 = 3:23

| lyrics5 = {{hlist|LOVEY|Exy}}

| music5 = {{hlist|OLLIPOP|Caesar & Loui|Hayley Aitken}}

| extra5 = {{hlist|OLLIPOP|Caesar & Loui}}

| total_length = 16:20

}}

Charts

=Weekly charts=

{{col-begin}}

{{col-2}}

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
scope="col"| Chart (2019)

! scope="col"| Peak
position

scope="row"| South Korean Albums (Gaon){{cite web|url=http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/album.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=&targetTime=23&hitYear=2019&termGbn=week|title=Gaon Album Chart – Week 23, 2019|website=Gaon Chart|language=ko|accessdate=June 13, 2019}}

| 1

=Year-end charts=

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
scope="col"| Chart (2019)

! scope="col"| Position

scope="row"| South Korean Albums (Gaon){{cite web|url=http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/album.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=&targetTime=2019&hitYear=2019&termGbn=year|title=2019년 Album Chart|website=Gaon|accessdate=January 10, 2020}}

| 71

{{col-end}}

Awards and nominations

= Music program wins =

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

! width="200"|Song

! width="200" |Program

! width="140" |Date

! width="50" |Ref

rowspan="5" |"Boogie Up"
rowspan="2" |The Show (SBS MTV)

|June 11, 2019

|{{Cite web|url=http://www.m-i.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=612062|title='더 쇼' 우주소녀, 신곡 'Boogie Up'로 컴백 후 첫 1위 올라|last=|first=|date=12 June 2019|website=m-i.kr|language=ko|access-date=2019-06-12}}

June 18, 2019

|

Show Champion (MBC Music)

|June 19, 2019

|{{Cite web|url=http://news1.kr/articles/?3650231|title=우주소녀, '쇼챔' 첫 1위·4관왕 "항상 발전하는 그룹 될 것"|last=|first=|date=20 June 2019|website=news1.kr|language=ko|access-date=2019-06-20}}

M Countdown (Mnet)

|June 13, 2019

|{{Cite web|url=https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=109&aid=0004028833|title='엠카운트다운' 우주소녀, 1위·2관왕..솔로공개 배진영·데뷔 비비 [종합]|last=|first=|date=|website=entertain.naver.com|language=ko|access-date=2019-06-13}}

Release history

class="wikitable plainrowheaders"

|+

!Region

!Date

!Format

!Label

scope="row"| South Korea

| rowspan="2"| June 4, 2019

| {{hlist|CD|digital download}}

| rowspan="2"| {{hlist|Starship Entertainment|kakao M}}

scope="row"| Various

| Digital download

References