"Falling in Love" is a song by South Korean girl group 2NE1. The single was released on July 8, 2013 as a digital-only single. The music video was uploaded to YouTube the day before.[2] The video reached more than one million views in less than a day.[3]
Musically, "Falling in Love" is a K-pop song that incorporates elements of reggae, electronic and hip hop.[2][4][5]
Promotion
A snippet of "Falling in Love" was first heard as the intro for 2NE1's comeback performance of "I Love You" on the Seoul Broadcasting System show Inkigayo on June 8, 2012, with CL rapping a verse in English.[6][2][7] A year later, the title of the song and a promo photo was released by YG Entertainment.[8] The single was first originally slated to debut on SBS Inkigayo on July 7, 2013 but the show was cancelled because of the Asiana Airlines Flight 214 crash which killed 2 people.[9][10][11] The single instead debuted on M Countdown on July 11, 2013.[11]
Chart performance
The song debuted at number 11 on the Billboard Korea K-Pop Hot 100 for the week of July 20, 2013.[12] The song has peaked at number 2, making it the second top five hit for the group on the Korean Billboard chart.[13] The song debuted at the top spot on the Gaon Singles Chart with 376,823 downloads in a week.[citation needed]
Synopsis
The song starts with a gold necklace saying "Make It Happen", then the song goes on to a tropical beach. In the first verse, Minzy is wearing a white dress and is in a room full of gold and drinking out of a gold cup then closes up one of the boys, then CL raps, also in a room full of gold and also wearing white. During the first chorus, Bom is shown wearing blue contacts and Dara having gold hair and wearing a gem on her forehead. The next verse is shown where a gold car is being driven and Dara shown in a gold room. After that, the song goes back to the beach and closes up on some parts where Dara is in a gold car and CL is leaning on the gold car. Then the song continues with a rap by CL, shown in a basketball court. The second chorus is where the girls are watching the game and during the second verse, Dara is shown holding a camera and dancing in the basketball court and the beach. The last chorus is being shown where the girls are dancing in front of the boys, the beach, etc. The song ends with saying "Eh, Eh" from the "touch me over here" scene.
Track listing
| 1. |
"Falling in Love" |
Teddy, Choice37 |
Teddy |
3:46 |
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Total length:
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3:46 |
Charts
Awards
| Year |
Nominated work |
Award |
Result |
| 2013 |
2NE1 |
MTV Iggy's 2013 Song of the Summer |
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Release history
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