Love Scenario
{{short description|2018 single by iKon}}
{{Infobox single
| name = Love Scenario
| cover = IKON Love Scenario (Japanese version) artwork.png
| alt =
| caption = Japanese version digital cover
| border = yes
| type = single
| artist = iKon
| album = Return
| language = {{Hlist|Korean|Mandarin|Japanese}}
| released = {{Start date|2018|1|25}}
| recorded =
| studio = YG (Seoul)
| genre =
| length = 3:29
| label =
| lyricist = *B.I{{cite web|url=http://kpopherald.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=201805202333585579906_2&ACE_SEARCH=1|title=[V Report] iKon's B.I reveals production process of 'Love Scenario'|work=Kpop Herald}}
- Bobby
- Mot Mal
| composer = *B.I
- Millenium
- Seung
| producer = B.I
| prev_title = New Kids: Begin
| prev_year = 2017
| next_title = Rubber Band
| next_year = 2018
| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|vecSVX1QYbQ|"Love Scenario"}}|type=single}}
}}
"Love Scenario" ({{Korean|hangul=사랑을 했다|rr=Sarang-eul haetda}}) is a song recorded by South Korean boy group iKon. It was released as the lead single of their second studio album, Return.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/k-town/8098483/iKON-love-scenario-interview-video|title=iKON Introduces 'Love Scenario' & 'Return' Album: Watch this Billboard Exclusive|magazine=Billboard}} The song won "Song of the Year" at the 2018 Melon Music Awards and 33rd Golden Disc Awards. It is recognized as iKon's signature song.
Background and composition
"Love Scenario" is described as a mellow, yet relatively upbeat, with a circuitous melody that guides the rhythmic dance track.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/k-town/8096297/ikon-love-scenario-return-album|title=iKon 'Return' with New Album & 'Love Scenario' Single|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=January 25, 2018}}
"I wanted to express what I found regrettable, neither sad nor happy, in the warm farewell which inspired me by the last 10 minutes of the film La La Land," group leader and songwriter B.I stated. He continued, "The main protagonist smiles at his past lover in the end, and I felt, 'That's enough.'"{{Citation needed|date=November 2022}}
Chart performance
Upon its release, "Love Scenario" topped China's QQ Music's real-time chart. It also entered the top 10 on QQ Music's weekly chart. In South Korea, the song debuted at 12 on the Gaon Weekly Chart.{{cite web|url=http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/online.gaon?serviceGbn=ALL&termGbn=week&hitYear=2018&targetTime=04&nationGbn=T|title=Gaon 2018년 04주차 Digital Chart|publisher=Gaon|accessdate=February 1, 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://y.qq.com/n/yqq/toplist/26.html#t1=2018&t2=04&t3=song&t4=0&t5=1 |title=QQ Music: Love Scenario}}{{cite web|url=http://news.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2018/01/30/2018013000721.html|title="돌아온 음원강자" 아이콘, '사랑을 했다' 6일째 1위|publisher=Chosun|accessdate=February 1, 2018}} It topped the chart for six weeks straight, becoming the longest-running number-one song in Gaon history. On February 5, it reached number one on numerous digital platforms such as iChart, Melon, Genie, Bugs, Mnet, Naver, and Soribada, and also number one on the weekly overall chart, Instiz's iChart. They are the second boy band to ever have achieved number one on more than seven music charts since iChart began ranking songs in 2010, with Big Bang having previously accomplishing a similar feat. The group managed to achieve 204 hourly Perfect All Kills, where a song is number one on all charts for a certain amount of time. The song spent 913 hours at number one on the Melon Chart and 40 days at number one on the Melon daily chart.{{cite web|url=https://www.soompi.com/2018/02/04/ikons-love-scenario-becomes-first-2018-track-achieve-perfect-kill/|title=iKON's 'Love Scenario' Becomes First 2018 Track To Achieve Perfect All-Kill|work=Soompi|accessdate=February 4, 2018}}
The group was named top artists of the first half of 2018 by Genie Music, as they topped their daily chart for 35 days.{{cite web|url=http://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=382&aid=0000656269|title=[DA:차트] 아이콘·모모랜드, 2018 상반기 최고 남녀그룹|publisher=Naver News|accessdate=June 27, 2018}}
"Love Scenario" became the first song to receive a Gaon platinum certification from the Korea Music Content Industry Association in the streaming category after surpassing 100 million streams.{{cite web|url=http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/certification/list.gaon?serviceGbn=ALBUM|title=가온 인증(Gaon Certification)|work=Gaon Chart}}
Critical reception
Billboard praised the song, saying it "is guided by a gentle cowbell-style beat and swaying vocals. The song relays a mellow, yet relatively upbeat, reaction to breaking up, with a circuitous melody that guides the rhythmic dance track. It's more emotional than their boisterous most-recent singles, and serves as a subtle directional change and maturing for iKON."{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/k-town/8096297/ikon-love-scenario-return-album|title=iKon 'Return' with New Album & 'Love Scenario' Single|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=February 1, 2018}} "Love Scenario" was also chosen as Apple Music's Best of the Week.{{cite web|url=http://www.yg-life.com/archives/96807?lang=en|title=iKON's 'LOVE SCENARIO' at No. 1 For 2 Days... First Performance Today (27th) At 'Music Core'|publisher=YG Life|accessdate=February 1, 2018}}
Impact
The song achieved substantial popularity, especially from kindergarteners and elementary schoolers due to its easy-to-follow melodies and lyrics.{{cite web|url=http://kpopherald.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=201808011429309607817_2&ACE_SEARCH=1|title=Sing 'Love Scenario' with iKON at family festival|work=Kpop Herald}} Some elementary schools banned students from singing "Love Scenario" in classrooms because of its inappropriate content and students showing signs of addiction to catchy tunes.{{cite web|url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2018/07/398_252149.html|title=iKON's 'Love Scenario' banned in some elementary schools|work=Korea Times}} It was featured in several popular Korean TV shows, including Running Man and Infinite Challenge.{{cite web|url=https://www.sbs.com.au/popasia/blog/2018/05/29/ikons-love-scenario-everywhere-korean-tv|title=iKON's "Love Scenario" is EVERYWHERE on Korean TV|work=SBS.com.au}}
In March 2019, the song was made into an exclusive in-game emote in Fortnite, which players could get by purchasing any Galaxy S10 series smartphone through a partnership between Epic Games and Samsung Mobile.{{Cite web |last=Herman |first=Tamar |date=2019-03-05 |title=iKON’s Chanwoo Teams Up With ‘Fortnite’ & Samsung to Create New Skin |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/ikon-chanwoo-fortnite-samsung-skin-emote-8501021/ |access-date=2024-12-22 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Benjamin |first=Jeff |date=2019-03-22 |title=iKON Hits America: The K-Pop Band Talks SXSW, Samsung Partnership & Their iKONIK ‘Fortnite’ Collaboration |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/ikon-interview-sxsw-samsung-8503744/ |access-date=2024-12-22 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}} The emote was available until the end of that year.{{Cite web |last=Little |first=Riley |date=2019-03-19 |title=Fortnite's New Samsung Exclusive Skin Will Make K-Pop Fans Happy |url=https://screenrant.com/fortnite-ikon-skin-samsung/ |access-date=2024-12-22 |website=ScreenRant |language=en}}
Music video
The "Love Scenario" music video was shot with a motion control camera. The background displays nostalgic scenery and props; each scene consists of naturally connected shots, and the Korean media said that this production method adds "fun" to the film.{{cite web |url=http://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=382&aid=0000621207 |title=아이콘, '취향저격' 느낌물씬...'사랑을 했다' 티저 첫선 |language=ko |publisher=naver |date=2018-01-22 |accessdate=2018-01-27}} The music video also shows the synchronized dance of seven members, with love stories shown in the background to reflect the lyrics. Among them, the film presents a period from top to bottom, showing iKon's star-shaped dance, which was called the highlight of the music video by Billboard.
On May 24, 2021, the music video reached 500 million views on YouTube.{{Cite web |date=2021-05-24 |title=iKON's "Love Scenario" Becomes Their 1st MV To Reach 500 Million Views |url=https://www.soompi.com/article/1470825wpp/ikons-love-scenario-becomes-their-1st-mv-to-reach-500-million-views |access-date=2022-08-28 |website=Soompi |language=en}}
Chinese and Japanese version
On 12 July, the Chinese version of the hit song was released, with the lyrics being written by Tiger Hu.{{Citation needed|date=October 2020}} While in 2019, the Japanese version was released on 27 February.
Charts
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=Weekly charts=
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! Chart (2018) ! Peak |
| scope="row"| China (QQ Music Single Chart)
| 10 |
|---|
| scope="row"| South Korea (Gaon)
| 1 |
| scope="row"| US World Digital Songs (Billboard)
| 4 |
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=Year-end charts=
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| scope="col"| Chart (2018)
! scope="col"| Position |
|---|
| scope="row"| South Korea (Gaon){{cite web|url=http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/online.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=ALL&targetTime=2018&hitYear=2018&termGbn=year|title=2018년 Digital Chart|website=Gaon|accessdate=January 17, 2019}}
| 1 |
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Accolades
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+Awards and nominations for "Love Scenario" !Year !Organization !Category !Result !Ref. |
| rowspan=6|2018
|rowspan=2|Melon Music Awards |Best Rap/Hip-hop |{{nom}} |
| Song of The Year (Daesang)
|{{Won}} |
| rowspan="2"|MBC Plus X Genie Music Awards
|Rap/Hip Hop Music Award |{{won}} |
| Best Song of The Year
|{{nom}} |
| rowspan="2"|Mnet Asian Music Awards
|Song of The Year (Daesang) |{{nom}} |
| Best Vocal Performance Group
|{{won}} |
| rowspan=6|2019
|rowspan=2|Golden Disc Awards |Digital Song Division (Bonsang) |{{Won}} |website=Soompi|language=en-US|access-date=2019-01-05}} |
| Digital Song of The Year (Daesang)
|{{won}} |
| Seoul Music Awards
|Record of the Year in Digital Release |{{Won}} |
| rowspan="2"| Gaon Chart Music Awards
| Song of the Year – January | {{won}} |
| Long-Run Song of the Year
| {{won}} |
| The Fact Music Awards
| Best Song | {{Won}} |
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|+Music program awards ! width="200"|Program ! width="140"|Date (11 total) ! {{abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |
| rowspan="3"| M Countdown (Mnet)
| February 1, 2018 |
| March 1, 2018 |
| March 8, 2018 |
| rowspan="3"| Inkigayo (SBS)
| February 18, 2018 |
| February 25, 2018 |
| March 4, 2018 |
| rowspan="3"| Show! Music Core (MBC)
| February 24, 2018 |
| March 3, 2018 |
| March 10, 2018 |
| Music Bank (KBS)
| March 2, 2018 |
| Show Champion (MBC Music)
| March 7, 2018 |
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| class="wikitable" style="table-layout: fixed; margin-right:0; text-align:center"
|+Melon Popularity Award ! width="200"| Award ! width="140"| Date ! {{abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |
| rowspan="5" align="center" |Weekly Popularity Award
| align="center" | February 5, 2018 | rowspan="5" align="center" |{{Cite web|url=http://www.melon.com/melonaward/weekAward.htm|title=Melon Weekly Award|website=www.melon.com|language=ko|accessdate=June 11, 2018}} |
| align="center"| February 12, 2018 |
| align="center"| February 19, 2018 |
| align="center"| February 26, 2018 |
| align="center"| March 5, 2018 |
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Certifications
{{Certification Table Top|caption=Certifications for "Love Scenario"}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=South Korea|type=single|title=Love Scenario|artist=iKON|award=Platinum|relyear=2018|certyear=2018|certmonth=5|access-date=November 8, 2018}}
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=South Korea|type=single|title=Love Scenario|artist=iKON|award=Platinum|number=2|streamsonly=true|relyear=2018|certyear=2023|certmonth=5|access-date=May 10, 2023|refname="SKstream"}}
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See also
References
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{{Ikon}}
{{Gaon Digital Chart's number-one song of the year}}
{{Golden Disc Award for Song of the Year}}
{{MAMA Award for Best Vocal Performance}}
{{Melon Music Award for Song of the Year}}
{{Seoul Music Awards for Best Song}}
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Category:Gaon Digital Chart number-one singles
Category:Billboard Korea K-Pop number-one singles
Category:South Korean hip-hop songs