"Spark" () is a song recorded by South Korean singer Taeyeon for her second studio album Purpose. It was released on October 28, 2019, as the album's lead single by SM Entertainment on October 28, 2019. The song was written by Kenzie, and composed by Kenzie, Anne Judith Wik and Ronny Svendsen. It was described as an alternative soul pop song incorporating intense melody with emotions and Taeyeon's overwhelming vocals and the lyrics contains various metaphors that expresses her identity.
The song debuted at number two on the Gaon Digital Chart. The song additionally charted at number 25 on the Billboard World Digital Songs and debuted at number two on Billboard K-pop Hot 100.
Background On October 10, 2019, Taeyeon's agency SM Entertainment announced that her second full-length studio album would be released in the end of October. The album's title is Purpose, while the lead single was announced to be "Spark", which was released simultaneously with the release of the album.
Reception
Lim Dong-yeob and Hwang Seon-up from IZM praised Taeyeon's vocals on the song and compared its musical styles to those of English singer Adele in "Rolling in the Deep", American band OneRepublic in "Counting Stars" and Scottish singer Emeli Sandé in "Hurts".
"Spark" debuted at number two on the Gaon Digital Chart for the week ending November 7, 2019. Within its first week of release, the single sold 47,032,838 digital index points through South Korean digital music services. It peaked at number one on the Gaon Download Chart. The song additionally debuted at number 25 on the Billboard World Digital Songs and debuted at number two on Billboard K-pop Hot 100.
Charts
Weekly charts Chart Peakposition South Korea (Gaon) 2 South Korea (K-pop Hot 100) 2 US World Digital Songs (Billboard) 25
Monthly charts Chart (2019) Position South Korea (Gaon) 6
Year-end charts Chart (2019) Position South Korea (Gaon) 134 Chart (2020) Position South Korea (Gaon) 140
Sales RegionSalesChina 111,745
Awards and nominations YearAwardCategoryResult 2020 9th Gaon Chart Music Awards Song of the Year – October 22nd Mnet Asian Music AwardsBest Vocal Performance — Solo Song of the Year
Music program awards Program Date Music Bank (KBS) November 8, 2019 Show! Music Core (MBC) November 9, 2019 Inkigayo (SBS) November 10, 2019
Credits and personnel Credits are adapted from the CD booklet of Purpose and Purpose (Repackage).
Studio SM Blue Cup Studio – recording Prelude Studio – recording SM Big Shot Studio – digital editing, engineered for mix SM Concert Hall Studio – mixing The Mastering Palace – mastering
Personnel SM Entertainment – executive producer Lee Soo-man – producer Yoo Young-jin – music and sound supervisor Taeyeon – vocals, background vocals Kenzie – lyrics, composition, arrangement, vocal directing, background vocals Anne Judith Wik – composition, arrangement, background vocals Ronny Svendsen – composition, arrangement Hong Jun-ho – guitar Jung Eui-seok – recording Lee Chang-sun – recording Lee Min-kyu – digital editing, engineered for mix Nam Koong-jin – mixing Dave Kutch – mastering
See also List of Inkigayo Chart winners (2019) List of Music Bank Chart winners (2019) List of Show! Music Core Chart winners (2019)
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