Remain (KNK EP)

Remain
EP by KNK
Released	November 17, 2016 (2016-11-17)
Genre	K-pop Dance Ballad
Length	18:16
Language	Korean
Label	YNB Entertainment CJ E&M Music (Distribution)
Producer	Kim Tae-joo Kim You-jin Oh Hee-jun
KNK chronology
Awake (2016) Remain (2016)
Singles from Awake
"U" Released: November 17, 2016 (2016-11-17)

Remain (stylized as REMAIN) is the second extended play (EP) by South Korean boy group KNK. It contains six tracks, including the lead single, "U".

Background and release

On November 7, 2016, YNB Entertainment announced KNK's comeback by sharing the cover image of their second EP entitled Remain through their official SNS channels. A group and "White version" individual image teasers were unveiled on the next two days. The track list was also released on the 10th, revealing that Kim Tae-joo once again worked with KNK as the executive producer of the EP, while tracks "Goodbye" and "Tonight" were composed and written by members Youjin and Heejun respectively.^[1][2][3][4]

On November 13th, KNK released an album preview which gave sneak peeks of each song. A new set of individual image teasers called "Black version" was released the next day. On the 15th, the music video teaser for the title track entitled "U" was released, however it was announced the following day that the agency and the members decided to dispose the music video due to quality issues. A representative stated that there were no plans to film it again.^[5][6][7] The album was officially released on November 17, 2016. It was also released as a digital download on various music portals.

Promotion

On November 17, 2016, KNK held their live comeback show through Naver V Live, where they performed TVXQ's "Love in the Ice", as well as their new songs "I Know" and "U". The group then made their music program comeback stages on the 18th episode of Music Bank, Show! Music Core on the 19th and Inkigayo on the 20th.^{[8][9][10][11]}

Track listing

Release history

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