Rain 2

Rain 2 (Korean: 태양을 피하는 방법) is also referred to as How to Avoid the Sun or How to Run From the Sun. The single "How to Avoid the Sun" is about a person who still harbors feelings for a previous lover, using the sun as a metaphor to convey how the person is unable to stop thinking about them. The lyrics and music video express how the sun is omnipresent and cannot be avoided even if you hide underground or cover it with the palm of your hand.{{Cite web |last=Shin |first=Hyeon-gyu |date=2003-12-14 |title=태양을 피하는 방법 |trans-title=How to avoid the sun |url=https://n.news.naver.com/mnews/article/009/0000333768?sid=102 |access-date=2024-01-23 |website=Maeil Business Newspaper |publisher=Naver |language=ko}}

"How to Avoid the Sun" was released as the first single. The single put Rain on the map in Korea, going to number one on the charts. At the time of the album's release, there were two versions of the song: the radio mix, credited as the guitar remix, and the original version. The song lyrics describe feeling a love so strong that it is impossible to run from. The music video was shot in Seoul. In it, you see Rain running from the sun throughout the city, trying his best to avoid it, but always failing.

On the May 10, 2007, episode of the Colbert Report, Stephen Colbert presented his audience with a parody of the "Ways to Avoid the Sun" music video. The parody featured Colbert singing in Korean and mimicking elements from the Rain video including running from the sun and dancing in a parking garage. The video was created in response to Rain topping Colbert in Time{{'}}s open online poll.{{cite magazine |last1=Brooks |first1=Caryn |title=Colbert, Rain Not Most Influential |url=http://content.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1736202,00.html |magazine=Time |access-date=October 30, 2021 |date=April 30, 2008}} "You Already Knew" was released as a promotional single as a follow-up to "How to Avoid the Sun".

From October 2003 to February 2004, the album sold 166,731 copies in South Korea.{{cite web | title=MIAK: Album Sales in 2003 | publisher=Music Industry Association of Korea | url=http://www.miak.or.kr/stat/kpop_2003_2h.htm | accessdate=May 22, 2007 | language=Korean |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070516070839/http://www.miak.or.kr/stat/kpop_2003_2h.htm |archivedate = May 16, 2007}}{{cite web | title=MIAK: Album Sales in 2004 | publisher=Music Industry Association of Korea | url=http://www.miak.or.kr/stat/kpop_2004.htm | accessdate=May 22, 2007 | language=Korean |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070616165726/http://www.miak.or.kr/stat/kpop_2004.htm |archivedate = June 16, 2007}} In 2021, "How to Avoid the Sun" was ranked at number 62 in Melon and newspaper Seoul Shinmun{{'}}s list of top 100 K-pop songs of all time,{{cite web |title=Top 100 K-pop songs of all time revealed |url=https://mb.com.ph/2021/08/29/top-100-k-pop-songs-of-all-time-revealed/ |website=Manila Bulletin |access-date=31 October 2021 |date=29 August 2021}} with critic Jung Min-jae praising "Rain's rich emotional performance" and wrote that it was through this work that solidified his career as a singer.{{cite web |last1=Jung |first1=Min-jae |title=Top 100 K-pop Masterpieces: Rain - How to Avoid the Sun |url=https://www.melon.com/kpop100/detail.htm?detailSong=490063 |publisher=Melon |access-date=13 December 2022 |language=ko |date=August 2021}}

Rain promoted "How to Avoid the Sun" on South Korean music programs such as Music Camp (former version of Show! Music Core) and Music Bank from October 2003 to January 2004.{{Cite web |date=2004-01-08 |title=가수 비, '마지막 무대 갖는다' |trans-title=Singer Rain, 'will perform his final stage' |url=https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=003&aid=0000018681 |access-date=2024-01-23 |website=Newsis |publisher=Naver |language=ko}} He additionally performed it on Yoon Do-hyun's Love Letter on November 21,{{Cite web |date=2003-11-20 |title=[TV하이라이트/21]'윤도현의 러브레터' 외 |trans-title=[TV Highlights/21] ‘Yoon Do-hyun’s Love Letter’ and others |url=https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=020&aid=0000215266 |access-date=2024-01-23 |website=Sports Dong-a |publisher=Naver |language=ko}} at the 2003 Mnet Music Video Festival on November 27, and the 24th Blue Dragon Film Awards on December 11.{{cite web |title=[청룡영화상] 시상식 이모저모 |trans-title=[Blue Dragon Film Awards] Awards ceremony details |url=https://www.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2003/12/12/2003121270004.html |website=The Chosun Ilbo |access-date=23 January 2024 |language=ko |date=2003-12-12}}

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| headline = How to Avoid the Sun track listing

| total_length = 42:37

| extra_column = Arrangement

| title1 = 2003.10.16

| length1 = 1:20

| lyrics1 = Park Jin-young

| music1 = {{hlist|Lunchsong Project|Park Jin-young}}

| title2 = You Already Knew

| note2 = 알면서

| lyrics2 = Park Jin-young

| music2 = Park Jin-young

| extra2 = Bang Si-hyuk

| length2 = 3:46

| title3 = Why Do I Love You Again

| note3 = 난 또 니가 좋은거야

| lyrics3 = Park Jin-young

| music3 = Park Jin-young

| extra3 = Bang Si-hyuk

| length3 = 3:30

| title4 = How Come

| note4 = 왜 하필

| lyrics4 = Woo Eun-jeung

| music4 = Woo Eun-jeung

| length4 = 3:30

| title5 = To Me You Are

| note5 = 나에게 너는

| lyrics5 = Bang Si-hyuk

| music5 = {{hlist|JR Groove|Bang Si-hyuk}}

| length5 = 3:43

| title6 = Even You

| note6 = 너마저

| lyrics6 = Bang Si-hyuk

| music6 = Kim Do-hoon

| extra6 = Kim Do-hoon

| length6 = 3:43

| title7 = Do You Love Me Or My Fame

| note7 = 내가 유명해지니 좋니

| lyrics7 = Park Jin-young

| music7 = {{hlist|Park Jin-young|Bang Si-hyuk}}

| extra7 = Bang Si-hyuk

| length7 = 3:32

| title8 = How to Avoid the Sun (Gtr. Remix)

| note8 = 태양을 피하는 방법

| lyrics8 = Park Jin-young

| music8 = Park Jin-young

| extra8 = {{hlist|Park Jin-young|Lunchsong Project}}

| length8 = 3:51

| title9 = Men are from Mars, Woman are from Venus

| note9 = 화성에서 온 남자 금성에서 온 여자

| music9 = Kim Mi-sun

| extra9 = Kim Mi-sun

| length9 = 3:41

| title10 = 아쉬운 빈 공간

| note10 = The Empty Space

| lyrics10 = Park Jin-young

| music10 = Dick

| extra10 = Dick

| length10 = 3:36

| title11 = Instead of Saying Goodbye

| note11 = 안녕이란 말대신 (Remix)

| lyrics11 = Park Jin-young

| music11 = Park Jin-young

| extra11 = Yoo Gun-hyung

| length11 = 3:28

| title12 = How to Avoid the Sun

| note12 = 태양을 피하는 방법

| length12 = 3:40

| title13 = Even When The Sun Rises

| note13 = 태양이 떠도

| length13 = 1:14

| all_writing =

| lyrics9 = Bang Si-hyuk

| lyrics12 = Park Jin-young

| lyrics13 = Park Jin-young

| music12 = Park Jin-young

| music13 = Park Jin-young

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{{Certification Table Entry|region=South Korea|nocert=yes|salesamount=166,731|salesref=Cumulative sales for Rain 2:

• {{cite web|url=http://riak.or.kr/chart/riakpdf.asp?hit_year=2003|script-title=ko:2003년 가요음반판매량|trans-title=2003 Album Sales Figures|publisher=Recording Industry Association of Korea|language=ko|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171014133157/http://riak.or.kr/chart/riakpdf.asp?hit_year=2003|archive-date=October 14, 2017|url-status=dead|access-date=November 28, 2014}}
• {{cite web|url=http://www.riak.or.kr/chart/riakpdf.asp?hit_year=2004|script-title=ko:2004년 가요음반판매량|trans-title=2004 Album Sales Figures|publisher=Recording Industry Association of Korea|language=ko|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180718055251/http://www.riak.or.kr/chart/riakpdf.asp?hit_year=2004|archive-date=July 18, 2018|url-status=dead|access-date=November 28, 2014}}

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