Timeabout

{{Infobox album

| name = Timeabout,

| type = extended play

| artist = Yukika Teramoto

| cover = Yukika Teramoto Timeabout Cover.png

| border = yes

| alt =

| caption = Digital & "Yellow" version cover

| released = {{Start date|2021|4|7}}

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio = Honey Butter Studio · GLAB Studios · DART Studio · BIXIZ XOUND · IGGY Studio

| genre = {{hlist|K-pop|City pop}}

| length = {{Duration|m=18|s=50}}

| language = Korean

| label = {{hlist|Ubuntu Entertainment|YG Plus}}

| producer = {{hlist|Lee Dae-hyun {{small|(exec.)}}}}

| prev_title = Soul Lady

| prev_year = 2020

| next_title = Time-Lapse

| next_year = 2023

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Timeabout,

| type = extended play

| single1 = Lovemonth

| single1date = March 2, 2021

| single2 = Insomnia

| single2date = April 7, 2021

}}

Timeabout (stylized as Timeabout,) is the first extended play by Japanese musician Yukika Teramoto, released on April 7, 2021, by Ubuntu Entertainment and distributed by YG Plus. It is her first release under Ubuntu following her departure from Estimate Entertainment in November 2020. Released eight months after her debut album Soul Lady, the EP is also influenced by Japanese city pop and is characterized by its heavy use of retro synthesizers, bass guitar and disco-inspired percussion. It is intended to be the first entry of a "Time" trilogy.{{Cite web|date=2021-03-31|title=웅킴·박문치·치즈..유키카 'Timeabout,' 화려한 프로듀서진|url=https://star.mt.co.kr/stview.php?no=2021033110371144205|access-date=2021-04-18|website=스타뉴스|language=ko}}{{Cite web|date=2021-04-19|title=YUKIKA Shares Backstories About Her New Album, "Timeabout" {{!}} Exclusive Interview {{!}} Kpopmap|url=https://www.kpopmap.com/yukika-shares-backstories-about-her-new-album-timeabout-exclusive-interview/|access-date=2021-04-23|website=kpopmap.com|language=en-US}}

Release and promotion

On February 21, 2021, Teramoto's label announced that she would be releasing an EP during the first half of the year alongside a teaser photo titled "Past: Illusion One".{{Cite web|date=2021-02-22|title=유키카, 소속사 이적 후 컴백 확정 '비주얼 폭발할 것'|url=https://www.news1.kr/articles/4218888|access-date=2021-04-20|website=뉴스1|language=ko}}{{Cite web|title="Past: Illusion One" Announcement|url=https://twitter.com/ubt_yukika/status/1363503749583560711|access-date=2021-04-18|website=twitter.com|language=en}} The first single "Lovemonth" was subsequently announced on February 24. "Lovemonth" was released on March 2 and peaked at 143 on the Gaon Download Chart.{{Cite web|title=2021년 10주차 Download Chart|url=http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/online.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=S1020&targetTime=10&hitYear=2021&termGbn=week|access-date=2021-04-18|website=gaonchart.co.kr}} A release schedule was posted on March 25, revealing the track listing, release date, as well as teaser photos and videos over the weeks leading up to April 7.{{Cite web|title=Timeabout, schedule announcement|url=https://twitter.com/ubt_yukika/status/1375100162595557379/photo/1|access-date=2021-04-22|website=twitter.com|language=en}}

The EP was released on April 7 in yellow and blue variations. A music video for the track "Insomnia" was released on the same day and depicts Teramoto traveling to the past to motivate her younger self, intercut with shots of a clock filling with water.{{Cite web|title='시간을 넘어서' [timeabout,]로 돌아온 유키카, MV 감독 코멘터리 - 지니|url=https://www.genie.co.kr/magazine/subMain?ctid=1&mgz_seq=10004|access-date=2021-04-21|website=www.genie.co.kr}}{{Cite web|date=2021-04-08|title=Watch Yukika's fantastical video for new single 'Insomnia'|url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/yukika-timeabout-tracklist-release-date-comeback-2911583|access-date=2021-04-20|website=NME|language=en}}

To promote Timeabout, Teramoto appeared on various music programs throughout April, performing "Insomnia" on Show Champion and The Show.{{Cite web|date=|title=IU Snags 3rd Win For "LILAC" On "Show Champion"; Performances By WJSN, Kim Sejeong, And More|url=https://www.soompi.com/article/1463028wpp/iu-snags-3rd-win-for-lilac-on-show-champion-performances-by-wjsn-kim-sejeong-and-more|access-date=2021-04-21|website=Soompi|language=en}}{{Cite web|date=|title=Watch: Kang Daniel Takes 1st Win For "Antidote" On "The Show"; Performances By ASTRO, STAYC, And More|url=https://www.soompi.com/article/1465102wpp/kang-daniel-takes-1st-win-for-antidote-on-the-show-performances-by-astro-stayc-and-more|access-date=2021-04-21|website=Soompi|language=en}}

Track listing

Timeabout track listing{{Track listing

| extra_column = Arrangement

| extra5 = {{hlist|Dr.JO}}

| extra4 = {{hlist|Bull$EyE|Boran|Aaron.H}}

| title5 = Secret

| note5 = 비밀리에; bimillie [{{abbreviation|lit.|literally}} "Secretly"]

| length5 = 3:32

| lyrics5 = {{hlist|Dr.JO}}

| music5 = {{hlist|Dr.JO}}

| title6 = Pung!

| lyrics4 = {{hlist|Bull$EyE|Boran|Aaron.H}}

| length6 = 3:52

| lyrics6 = {{hlist|Park Moon-chi|Dalchong|Ahn Shin-ae}}

| music6 = {{hlist|Park Moon-chi|Dalchong|Ahn Shin-ae}}

| extra6 = {{hlist|Park Moon-chi}}

| total_length = {{Duration|m=18|s=50}}

| all_writing =

| music4 = {{hlist|Bull$EyE|Boran|Aaron.H}}

| length4 = 3:19

| title1 = Leap Forward (Intro)

| music2 = {{hlist|Lim Soo-ho||Kim Woong}}

| length1 = 1:06

| music1 = {{hlist|Memme}}

| extra1 = {{hlist|Memme}}

| title2 = Insomnia

| length2 = 3:27

| lyrics2 = {{hlist|Lim Soo-ho||Kim Woong|N!ko}}

| extra2 = {{hlist|Lim Soo-ho||Kim Woong}}

| title4 = Time Travel

| title3 = Lovemonth

| note3 = 애월 (愛月); aewol

| length3 = 3:34

| lyrics3 = {{hlist|Muzie|X.Q}}

| music3 = {{hlist|Muzie|Spacecowboy|X.Q|Jade}}

| extra3 = {{hlist|Spacecowboy|Jade}}

| note6 = 별방울; byeolbang-ul [{{abbreviation|lit.|literally}} "Star Drop"]

}}Notes:

"Time Travel" and "Pung!" are stylized in all caps.

Personnel

Credits adapted from Melon.{{Cite web|title=timeabout|url=http://www.melon.com/album/detail.htm?albumId=10588541|access-date=2021-04-18|website=www.melon.com|language=ko}}

{{Div col|colwidth=30em|content=

Yukika Teramoto – lead vocals (tracks 2-6)
Memme – composition, arrangement (track 1)
Park Jeong-Eon – mastering (all tracks)
Lim Soo-ho – lyrics, composition, arrangement, guitar, drum arrangement, recording (track 2)
Kim Woong – lyrics, composition, arrangement, bass arrangement, electric piano (track 2)
N!ko – lyrics, composition, arrangement, electric piano, synthesizer arrangement (track 2)
Limgo – lyrics (track 2)
Kim So-hyun – background vocals (track 2)
Choi Jae-young – mixing (track 2)
Muzie – lyrics, composition, vocal direction (track 3)
X.Q – lyrics, composition (track 3)
Spacecowboy – composition, arrangement, programming, vocal direction, rhythm programming, electric piano, bass arrangement, brass arrangement, synthesizer arrangement (track 3)
Jade – composition, arrangement, programming, rhythm programming, electric piano, bass arrangement, synthesizer arrangement (track 3)
Kim Areum – vocal direction, background vocals (track 3)
Lee Tae-wook – guitar (track 3)
Lee Sung-sil – recording (tracks 3-6), mixing (track 6)
mOnSteR nO.9 – mixing (track 3)
Bull$EyE – lyrics, composition, arrangement (track 4)
Boran – lyrics, composition, arrangement (track 4)
Aaron.H – lyrics, composition, arrangement, drum arrangement, drum programming (track 4)
Kim Kwang-hoon – guitar (track 4)
Heo Jin-woo – electric piano (track 4)
Yang Hye-jin –background vocals (track 4)
Kim Soo-bin – vocal editing (track 4)
Team AMG – mixing (track 4)
Dr.JO – lyrics, composition, arrangement, programming, synthesizer arrangement (track 5)
JYP Publishing – publishing (track 5)
Lee Moon-Ki – guitar (track 5)
Kim Sung-soo – bass (track 5)
PERRIE – background vocals (track 5)
Shin Bong-won – mixing (track 5)
Park Moon-chi – lyrics, composition, arrangement, guitar, drum arrangement, bass arrangement, electric piano, synthesizer arrangement, background vocals (track 6)
Dalchong – lyrics, composition, background vocals (track 6)
Ahn Shin-ae – lyrics, composition (track 6)
Lee Dae-hyun – executive producer
Kwak Seung-gyu – artist management
Lee Jeong-eun – A&R
SoOom – A&R
Song Seon-ah – styling
Kim Dae-un – styling
Park Eun-jung – hair
Kim Yoon-young – make-up
Rose – choreography
Choi Bo-yoon – photography
Studio Greenhouse – design

}}

Charts

Weekly

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
Chart (2021) ! Peak position
scope="row"\| South Korean Albums (Gaon Chart){{Cite web\|title=2021년 15주차 Album Chart\|url=http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/album.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=&targetTime=15&hitYear=2021&termGbn=week\|access-date=2021-04-19\|website=gaonchart.co.kr}} \| 35

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Chart (2021)

! Peak
position

scope="row"| South Korean Albums (Gaon Chart){{Cite web|title=2021년 15주차 Album Chart|url=http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/album.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=&targetTime=15&hitYear=2021&termGbn=week|access-date=2021-04-19|website=gaonchart.co.kr}}

| 35

Monthly

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
Chart (2021) ! Peak position
scope="row" \| South Korean Albums (Gaon Chart){{Cite web\|title=2021년 04월 Album Chart\|url=http://gaonchart.co.kr/\|access-date=2021-05-06\|website=gaonchart.co.kr}} \| 88

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Chart (2021)

! Peak
position

scope="row" | South Korean Albums (Gaon Chart){{Cite web|title=2021년 04월 Album Chart|url=http://gaonchart.co.kr/|access-date=2021-05-06|website=gaonchart.co.kr}}

| 88

Sales

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1" !Region !Sales
scope="row" \|South Korea (Gaon){{cite web\|title=2021년 04월 Album Chart\|url=http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/album.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=&termGbn=month\|access-date=May 6, 2021\|work=gaonchart.co.kr\|publisher=\|language=}} \|8,446

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!Region

!Sales

scope="row" |South Korea (Gaon){{cite web|title=2021년 04월 Album Chart|url=http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/album.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=&termGbn=month|access-date=May 6, 2021|work=gaonchart.co.kr|publisher=|language=}}

|8,446

Release history

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" ! scope="col" \|Region !Date !Format !Label
scope="row" \|South Korea \| rowspan="2" \|April 7, 2021 \| rowspan="2" \|{{hlist\|CD\|digital download\|streaming}} \| rowspan="2" \|Ubuntu Entertainment, YG Plus
scope="row" \|Various

class="wikitable plainrowheaders"

! scope="col" |Region

!Date

!Format

!Label

scope="row" |South Korea

| rowspan="2" |April 7, 2021

| rowspan="2" |{{hlist|CD|digital download|streaming}}

| rowspan="2" |Ubuntu Entertainment, YG Plus

scope="row" |Various

References

Category:2021 EPs

Category:K-pop EPs

Category:EPs by South Korean artists

Category:Yukika Teramoto albums