J (Jaehyun album)

J is the debut studio album by South Korean singer Jaehyun. It was released on August 26, 2024, by SM Entertainment through Kakao Entertainment, and contained eight tracks. The album marked Jaehyun as the fourth NCT member to make an official solo debut.

J
Digital cover
Studio album by Jaehyun
Released	August 26, 2024 (2024-08-26)
Studio	Doobdoob (Seoul) SM Aube (Seoul) SM Dorii (Seoul) SM Yellow Tail (Seoul) Sound Pool (Seoul)
Genre	R&B[1]
Length	24:46
Language	Korean English
Label	SM Kakao
Singles from J
"Roses" Released: August 12, 2024 "Dandelion" Released: August 12, 2024 "Smoke" Released: August 26, 2024

Background

On August 8, 2024, SM Entertainment announced the solo debut of Jaehyun through a video trailer titled "The Smoky Night", where it would have consists of eight tracks along with the Korean and English versions of the title track "Smoke".^[2] On the same day, the album was available for pre-order at various online and offline music stores and also announced that two singles "Roses" and "Dandelion" would be pre-released on August 12, ahead of his debut.^[3][4] The next day, SM posted the scheduler of the album and revealed various teasing contents such as the music videos of the tracks, teaser images, and concept films.^[5]

Release and promotion

J was released worldwide on August 26, 2024, by SM and Kakao.^[6]

Ahead of Jaehyun's debut, he sang the pre-release single "Dandelion" at the 2024 Seoul Jazz Festival with Lauv.^[4] On August 19, 2024, Jaehyun announced that he would be holding a listening party titled "Jaehyun Vol.1" to commemorate the release of his first solo album on the day of his solo debut and it would be divided into five parts starting from 12:00 to 18:00 (KST). In addition, it featured three flavors of drinks that Jaehyun created to match the album concept and the contents of the preparation for the listening party would be released on August 22, through NCT's YouTube channel.^[7]

Track listing

J track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Arrangement	Length
1.	"Smoke"	Jaehyun Wutan	Marcus Lomax Tatu Jorgen Odegard	Odegard Xela	2:49
2.	"Roses"	Jaehyun Taneisha Jackson Morgan Connie Smith Shakka Philip Charlotte Wilson Hyun	Jaehyun Bhavik Pattani Jackson Smith Philip Wilson Hyun	808Hav808	2:48
3.	"Flamin' Hot Lemon"	Jaehyun Azad Naficy Yonatan "xsdtrk" Ayal	Jaehyun Naficy Ayal	Naficy Ayal	2:48
4.	"Dandelion"	Jaehyun	Gabe Reali Jackson Hirsh Ryan Raines	Raines Rence	2:30
5.	"Completely"	Nick Bradley	Bradley Jez Ashurst	Bradley	3:37
6.	"Easy"	Jaehyun Kang Eun-jeong Anthony Watts Tone Stith Delilah Contreras Tyler Holmes Brandon "B Ham" Hamlin	Watts Stith Contreras Holmes Hamlin	B Ham	3:14
7.	"Can't Get You"	Jaehyun	Antonio Dixon Patrick "J.Que" Smith Kenny 'Babyface' Edmonds	Dixon Smith	4:11
8.	"Smoke" (English version)	Lomax Tatu Odegard	Lomax Tatu Odegard	Odegard Xela	2:49
Total length:					24:46

Charts

Weekly charts Weekly chart performance for J Chart (2024) Peak position Hungarian Physical Albums (MAHASZ)[8] 38 Japanese Albums (Oricon)[9] 7 Japanese Combined Albums (Oricon)[10] 8 Japanese Hot Albums (Billboard Japan)[11] 7 South Korean Albums (Circle)[12] 3 US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[13] 11 US Top Albums Sales (Billboard)[14] 18

Monthly charts Monthly chart performance for J Chart (2024) Position Japanese Albums (Oricon)[15] 25 South Korean Albums (Circle)[16] 4 Year-end charts Year-end chart performance for J Chart (2024) Position South Korean Albums (Circle)[17] 68

Certifications

Certifications for J

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
South Korea (KMCA)[18]	Platinum	250,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Release history for J

Region	Date	Format	Label
South Korea	August 26, 2024	CD	SM Kakao
Various		Digital download streaming

References

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