Gravity (Onewe album)
{{Infobox album
| name = Gravity
| type = studio
| artist = Onewe
| cover = Gravity (Onewe album).jpg
| border =
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|2023|01|28}}
| recorded = 2022
| studio =
| genre = Rock{{cite web|url=https://vibe.naver.com/album/8756073|title= Gravity - VIBE|website=Naver|language=ko|access-date=March 23, 2024}}
| length = 39:56
| language = Korean
| label = {{hlist|RBW|Kakao Entertainment}}
| producer =
| prev_title = Studio We: Recording #3
| prev_year = 2022
| next_title = XOXO
| next_year = 2023
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Gravity
| type = studio
| single1 = Gravity
| single1date = January 28, 2023
}}
{{External music video|1={{YouTube|0heWyFJ6bsA|"Gravity"}}|header=Music videos|type=studio}}
}}
Gravity (stylized in all caps) is the first English studio album by the South Korean band Onewe. The album was released by RBW on January 28, 2023, and distributed by Kakao Entertainment.{{Cite web |title=GRAVITY - 원위 (ONEWE) |url=http://www.melon.com/album/detail.htm?albumId=11159037 |access-date=2024-03-24 |website=멜론 |language=ko}} It consists of eleven songs, including the new English title track "Gravity", along with ten English versions of songs the band had previously written and released in Korean.
It is the second album, following Studio We: Recording #3, that was prepared in advance by the band as a complete group to be released during the mandatory military service of members Yonghoon and Kanghyun.
Background and release
On July 12, 2022, Yonghoon enlisted in the military to serve his mandatory military service, followed by Kanghyun who enlisted on August 2, just three weeks apart.{{cite web |last=Lee |first=Han-lim |date=July 12, 2022 |script-title=ko:그룹 원위, '군백기' 돌입...용훈 강현 연이어 현역 입대 |trans-title=Group Onewe enters 'military flag'... Yonghoon and Kanghyun enlist in active duty one after another |url=https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=629&aid=0000160407 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220712125922/https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=629&aid=0000160407 |archive-date=July 12, 2022 |access-date=July 12, 2022 |publisher=The Fact |language=ko |via=Naver}}
On October 4, 2022, Onewe released a new song "Still Here" as a pre-release single for their third demo album Studio We: Recording #3 which was then released on October 18. "Still Here" was self-composed by Yonghoon and featured all five members, with both the single and album recorded and prepared in advance as a complete group prior to Yonghoon and Kanghyun's military enlistments.{{Cite web |last=OSEN |date=2022-10-04 |title=원위, 군백기에 도착한 깜짝 선물..가을 감성 듬뿍 '기어이 또' [퇴근길 신곡] |url=http://m.osen.co.kr/article/G1111957756 |access-date=2024-03-24 |website=m.osen.co.kr |language=ko}}
On January 16, 2023, Onewe released a teaser announcing the release of their first English full-length album Gravity on January 28 at 6pm KST.{{Cite web |last=서병기 |date=2023-01-16 |title='RBW 보이밴드'원위, 1월 28일 첫 영어 정규 앨범 'GRAVITY' 발매 |url=https://news.heraldcorp.com/view.php?ud=20230116000141 |access-date=2024-03-24 |website=헤럴드경제 |language=ko}}
The album presented the band's first English song "Gravity" as the title track, which was again self-composed by Yonghoon and co-composed by Kanghyun prior to their military enlistments and included all five members. Member CyA also worked on the song's production, as well as translating the lyrics to English alongside lyricists from Makeumine Works (MUMW) for his rap section. The rest of the album was also prepared in advance before enlistments, which included recording ten English versions of songs the band had previously written and released in Korean, translated to English by the team at MUMW and Essie.{{Cite web |title=원위, 첫 영어 정규앨범 'GRAVITY' 트랙리스트 공개 - 열린세상 열린방송 MBN |url=https://star.mbn.co.kr/view.php?sc=71600002&year=2023&no=56182 |access-date=2024-03-24 |website=star.mbn.co.kr |language=ko}}
The album was released on January 28, 2023, alongside a music video for the title track "Gravity" featuring all five members.{{Cite web |title=원위 데뷔 첫 영어 정규앨범 'GRAVITY', 군백기 꽉 채웠다 - 열린세상 열린방송 MBN |url=https://star.mbn.co.kr/view.php?sc=71600002&year=2023&no=78545 |access-date=2024-03-24 |website=star.mbn.co.kr |language=ko}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| extra_column = Arrangement
| total_length = 39:56
| title1 = Gravity
| note1 =
| lyrics1 = Yonghoon, CyA, Lee Joo Hee (MUMW), se.on (MUMW), Y0UNG (MUMW)
| music1 = Yonghoon, Jeon Da-woon (RBW), CyA, Kanghyun
| extra1 = Yonghoon, Jeon Da-woon, CyA
| length1 = 3:42
| title2 = Aurora
| note2 = English ver.
| lyrics2 = Kanghyun, Yonghoon, CyA, Lee Joo Hee (MUMW), ReMi (MUMW)
| music2 = Kanghyun, Jeon Da-woon (RBW)
| extra2 = Jeon Da-woon (RBW), Kanghyun, CocoDubuPapa (RBW)
| length2 = 3:42
| title3 = Parting
| note3 = English ver.
| lyrics3 = Kanghyun, CyA, Lee Joo Hee (MUMW), ReMi (MUMW)
| music3 = Kanghyun, Jeon Da-woon (RBW), CyA
| extra3 = Jeon Da-woon (RBW), Kanghyun, Harin
| length3 = 4:00
| title4 = Regulus
| note4 = English ver.
| lyrics4 = Kanghyun, CyA, Heun-geul, Lee Joo Hee (MUMW), Im Hye Rin (MUMW)
| music4 = Kanghyun, CyA, Jeon Da-woon (RBW)
| extra4 = Jeon Da-woon (RBW), Kanghyun
| length4 = 3:45
| title5 = Montage_
| note5 = English ver.
| lyrics5 = CyA, Yonghoon, Lee Joo Hee (MUMW), Kim Eung Ju (MUMW)
| music5 = CyA, Yonghoon, Jeon Da-woon (RBW), CocoDubuPapa (RBW)
| extra5 = CocoDubuPapa (RBW), CyA, Harin, Kanghyun
| title6 = Rain to Be
| note6 = English ver.
| length6 = 3:16
| lyrics6 = Kanghyun, CyA, Lee Joo Hee (MUMW), Seo Ha Mi (MUMW)
| music6 = Kanghyun, Jeon Da-woon (RBW), CyA
| extra6 = Jeon Da-woon (RBW), Kanghyun
| title7 = Ring On My Ears
| note7 = English ver.
| length7 = 3:44
| lyrics7 = CyA, Lee Joo Hee (MUMW), ReMi (MUMW)
| music7 = CyA, Jeon Da-woon (RBW)
| extra7 = Jeon Da-woon (RBW), CyA, Kanghyun
| title8 = Trauma
| note8 = English ver.
| length8 = 3:58
| lyrics8 = CyA, Yonghoon, Lee Joo Hee (MUMW), LEESIDAE (MUMW)
| music8 = CyA, Yonghoon, CocoDubuPapa (RBW)
| extra8 = CocoDubuPapa (RBW), Kanghyun, Harin, Cya
| title9 = Logo
| note9 = English ver.
| length9 = 3:13
| lyrics9 = Yonghoon, Harin, Dongmyeong, CyA, Lee Joo Hee (MUMW), Bisom (MUMW)
| music9 = Yonghoon, Kanghyun, CyA, CocoDubuPapa (RBW)
| extra9 = CocoDubuPapa (RBW), Yonghoon, Kanghyun, CyA
| title10 = End of Spring
| note10 = English ver.
| length10 = 3:29
| lyrics10 = Kim Do-hoon (RBW), Seo Young-bae (RBW), CyA, Essie
| music10 = Kim Do-hoon (RBW), Seo Young-bae (RBW), CyA
| extra10 = Kim Do-hoon (RBW), Jeon Da-woon (RBW)
| title11 = Crazy good
| note11 = English ver.
| length11 = 3:17
| lyrics11 = CyA, Yonghoon, Lee Joo Hee (MUMW), roze (MUMW)
| music11 = CyA, Jeon Da-woon (RBW), Yonghoon
| extra11 = Jeon Da-woon (RBW), CyA
| length5 = 3:44
}}
Charts
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
! scope="col" |Chart (2023) ! scope="col" |Peak position |
| scope="row" |South Korean Albums (Circle){{cite web|url=https://circlechart.kr/page_chart/album.circle?nationGbn=T&targetTime=05&hitYear=2023&termGbn=week&yearTime=3|title=Circle Album Chart – Week 5, 2023|website=Circle Album Chart|language=ko|access-date=February 9, 2023|archive-date=February 9, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230209130213/https://circlechart.kr/page_chart/album.circle?serviceGbn=&termGbn=week|url-status=live}}
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Release history
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" text-align:center" |
| Country
! Date ! Format ! Label ! Ref |
|---|
| scope="row" |South Korea
|rowspan="2"|January 28, 2023 | rowspan="2" |CD, digital download, streaming | rowspan="2" |{{hlist|RBW|Kakao Entertainment}} |
| scope="row" |Various |
References
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