Lose Control (EP)

Lose Control
EP by Lay
Released October 28, 2016
Recorded 2016 at Zhang Yixing Studio, China
Genre Mandopop
Language Mandarin Chinese
Label S.M. Entertainment
Producer Zhang Yixing
Singles from Lay
  1. "what U need?"
    Released: October 7, 2016
  2. "Lose Control"
    Released: October 28, 2016
Music video
"what U need?" on YouTube
"Lose Control" on YouTube

Lose Control is the solo debut extended play by Chinese singer, actor and dancer Lay (Zhang Yixing), a member of the South Korean boy group EXO. It was released on October 28, 2016 at 1AM (KST) both in South Korea and China by S.M. Entertainment and distributed by KT Music. The EP features six tracks in total, including the two singles "what U need?" and "Lose Control".

Background and release

On September 21, 2016 it was announced that Lay would release his first solo album in October.[1] The single "what U need?" was released on October 7 as Lay's birthday gift for his fans.[2] The song reached number one on the Alibaba real time music chart in China. The single and the music video appeared at the top of music charts in China, Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia, Thailand, UK, Turkey, Canada and the United States.[3] On October 21 it was revealed that Lay would release his first mini-album Lose Control on October 28 in South Korea and China and that the album consists of 6 Chinese tracks. The single "what U need?" was included in this mini-album. Lay was a producer, and personally in charge of the composition, arrangement and writing the lyrics of all the songs.[4][5] On October 25, 2016 S.M. Entertainment released a teaser for the music video of "Lose Control". "Lose Control" has officially been released on October 28 through online and regular stores.

Singles

The song "Lose Control" stayed as #1 on Billboard's China V Chart for 6 weeks in a row. "what U need?" hit the #4 spot on the China V Chart as well as in Billboard's World Digital Songs.

Promotions

Press conference

Lay held a press conference for the mini-album at Shanghai Town & Country Community in China at 4PM on October 27.[6]

Live performance

Lay performed "what U need?" for the first time on October 9 at the 2016 Asia Song Festival in Busan, South Korea.[7][8]

Lay made his debut performance on the music program The Show on November 15.[9]

Commercial performance

Lose Control broke the record in South Korea for the most sales by a solo artist, with pre-orders surpassing 200,000 copies before a physical album has even been released. This has caused a lack of supplies and the fact that not all preorders will be able to be fulfilled on the first day. The physical album sales exceeding 50,000 copies a day after its release which has broken records for solo artists in Korea .[10] He also broke the record for highest number of physical album sales for a solo artist, on the first weekend have exceeded 97,000, and had sold more than 125,000 in 7 days, the highest first-week sales by a solo artist.[11] Over 1,000,000 copies of the digital album has been sold on Xiami.[12]The album broke seven out of eight Guinness World Records on the YinYueTai China Weekly Charts. Lose Control Music video was #1 on real-time (98.54) and weekly (100.00).

Track listing

No. TitleLyricsMusic Length
1. "Lose Control (失控)"  Lay (张艺兴)/CCLay (张艺兴)/ DEVINE-CHANNEL 3:31
2. "what U need?"  Lay (张艺兴)/ CCLay (张艺兴)/ Devine-Channel 4:00
3. "Tonight"  Lay (张艺兴)/ CC/ 王雅君Lay (张艺兴)/ Devine-Channel 3:33
4. "MYM"  Lay (张艺兴)Lay (张艺兴)/ Command Freaks/ Maeng Yonze 4:03
5. "MYM" (acoustic version)Lay (张艺兴)Lay (张艺兴) 4:47
6. "Relax (守望)"  Lay (张艺兴)Lay (张艺兴)/ Devine-Channel 4:21
Total length:
 24:05

Chart performance

Album

Chart (2016) Peak
position
Chinese Albums (YinYueTai Vchart)[13] 1
Japan Albums (Oricon)[14] 34
Korean Albums (Gaon)[15] 1
US Top Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[16] 23
US World Albums (Billboard)[17] 4

Songs

Title Peak chart positions
CHN
V Chart
[18]		 KOR
Gaon
[19]		 US
World
[20]
"Lose Control" 1 52 18
"what U need?" 4 41 4
"MYM" — 94 —
"Tonight" — 96 —
"Relax" — 100 —

Sales

Region Sales
South Korea (Gaon)[21] 97,533
Japan (Oricon)[22] 2,689
China (DL)[23] 1,001,000+

Release history

Region Date Format Label Producer
South Korea October 28, 2016 CD, digital download S.M. Entertainment Zhang Yixing
China digital download
Worldwide

Awards and nominations

Award Nominated work Category Result
CCTV Global Chinese Music Awards Lose Control Best Song Pending
TVBS Global Chinese Music Awards Pending

References

  1. ↑ "[단독] 엑소 첫 솔로 출격…레이, 中 솔로데뷔". September 21, 2016. Retrieved October 27, 2016.
  2. ↑ "레이, 중국 솔로 앨범 수록 곡 생일에 맞춰 선공개". Retrieved October 27, 2016.
  3. ↑ "엑소 레이, 中 가수 중 최고 성적 '해외차트 올킬'". October 10, 2016. Retrieved October 10, 2016.
  4. ↑ Kang, E. (October 20, 2016). "Release Date And Details Of EXO Member Lay's First Mini Album Revealed". Soompi. Retrieved October 21, 2016.
  5. ↑ EXO. "[Vyrl] EXO : #엑소 #레이, 첫 미니앨범 'LOSE CONTROL' 10월 28일 오전 1시 한중 동시 공개 중국어 곡 6트랙으로 구성". Retrieved October 21, 2016.
  6. ↑ EXO_EN. "[Vyrl] EXO_EN : #LAY to drop his 1st solo album '#LOSECONTROL' and #MV Oct 28, 1AM (KS". Retrieved October 27, 2016.
  7. ↑ Han Hyuk-seung (October 9, 2016). "EXO 레이 '솔로로 멋지게'". My Daily (in Korean). Retrieved October 9, 2016.
  8. ↑ "KPOP NEWS - [Video] EXO′s Lay Surprises Fans with ′what U need?′ on Birthday | Mwave". mwave.interest.me. Retrieved October 10, 2016.
  9. ↑ "[단독] 엑소 레이, 솔로로 韓음악방송 활동…'루즈컨트롤' 첫선". Retrieved November 8, 2016.
  10. ↑ "[브레이크뉴스] 엑소 레이, 'LOSE CONTROL'로 국내 선주문량 20만장 이어 中 차트까지 접수". 브레이크뉴스. Retrieved 2016-11-11.
  11. ↑ "Lay's new album "Lose Control" sets impressive records - cpoplove". cpoplove. 2016-11-05. Retrieved 2016-11-11.
  12. ↑ "Lose Control on Xiami". h.xiami.com.
  13. ↑ "Vchart Album Sales Chart" (in Chinese). YinYueTai. Retrieved November 4, 2016.
  14. ↑ "Oricon Album Chart - October Week 5" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved November 23, 2016.
  15. ↑ "Gaon Album Chart - Week 46" (in Korean). Gaon. Retrieved November 17, 2016.
  16. ↑ "Lay – Chart history" Billboard Top Heatseekers Albums for Lay. Retrieved November 11, 2016.
  17. ↑ "Lay – Chart history" Billboard World Albums for Lay. Retrieved November 11, 2016.
  18. ↑ "China V Chart". Billboard.
  19. ↑ "Gaon Chart". Gaon Chart (in Korean).
    • "Lose Control". November 5, 2016. p. overseas/국외.
    • "what U need?". October 8, 2016. p. overseas/국외.
    • "MYM". November 29, 2016. p. overseas/국외.
    • "Tonight". November 29, 2016. p. overseas/국외.
    • "Relax". November 29, 2016. p. overseas/국외.
  20. ↑ "World Digital Songs : Page 1". Billboard. Retrieved 2016-07-16.
  21. ↑ "Gaon Album Chart - October, 2016". Gaon Music Chart (in Korean). Retrieved November 10, 2016.
  22. ↑ "Oricon Album Chart - November Week 1". Oricon. Retrieved November 23, 2016.
  23. ↑ "Lose Control on Xiami". h.xiami.com.
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