Lose Control (EP)

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Lose Control (EP)

Lose Control is the debut extended play by Chinese singer Lay (Zhang Yixing). It was released on October 28, 2016 in South Korea and China by SM Entertainment and distributed by KT Music. The EP features six tracks in total, including the two singles "what U need?" and "Lose Control".

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Lose Control
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ReleasedOctober 28, 2016
Recorded2016
Studio
  • Doobdoob (Seoul)
  • In Grid (Seoul)
  • Zhang Yixing Studio, China
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Length24:05
LanguageMandarin Chinese
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ProducerZhang Yixing
Lay chronology
Lose Control
(2016)
Lay 02 Sheep
(2017)
Singles from Lose Control
  1. "what U need?"
    Released: October 7, 2016
  2. "Lose Control"
    Released: October 28, 2016
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The EP was a commercial success, peaking at number one on the Gaon Album Chart. It was the seventh best-selling album of 2016 in South Korea according to Gaon, and was the number one performing album of the year on the YinYueTai chart in China.

Background and release

On September 21, 2016 it was announced that Lay would release his first solo album in October.[1] "what U need?" was released on October 7 as Lay's birthday gift for his fans.[2] 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.[3][4] On October 25, 2016, S.M. Entertainment released a teaser for the music video of "Lose Control". Lose Control was officially released on October 28 through online and regular stores.[5]

Singles

The song "Lose Control" stayed as #1 on Billboard's China V Chart for 6 weeks in a row. It also topped "Alibaba Top 100 Weekly Songs" for 14 weeks in a row and ranked #1 on YinYueTai's TOP 100 Songs of 2016. "what U need?" hit the #4 spot on the China V Chart as well as in Billboard's World Digital Songs. The song reached number one on the Alibaba real time music chart in China.[6]

Promotion

On October 27, Lay held a press conference for the mini-album at Shanghai Town & Country Community in China.[7] Lay performed "what U need?" for the first time on October 9 at the 2016 Asia Song Festival in Busan, South Korea.[8][9] On November 15, Lay made his debut performance on the music program The Show.[10]

Commercial performance

The physical album sales exceeded 50,000 copies a day after its release.[11] On the first weekend have exceeded 97,000, and had sold more than 125,000 in 7 days.[12] Over 1,000,000 copies of the digital album has been sold on Xiami.[13] The album ranked at #1 for consecutively 6 weeks on the YinYueTai China Weekly Song Charts. The album sold 260,000 physical copies in 2016.[14]

Track listing

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No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."Lose Control (失控)"Lay, CCDevine Channel, LayDevine Channel, Lay3:31
2."what U need? (你要什么)"Lay, CCDevine-Channel, LayDevine-Channel, Lay4:00
3."Tonight"Wang Ya Jun, Lay, CCDevine-Channel, LayDevine-Channel, Lay3:33
4."MYM"LayCommand Freaks, LayCommand Freaks, Lay, Maeng Yonze4:03
5."MYM" (acoustic version)LayLayLay, Maeng Yonze4:47
6."Relax (守望)"LayDevine-Channel, LayDevine-Channel, Lay4:21
Total length:24:05
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Charts

More information Chart (2016), Peak position ...
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Awards

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Year Award Category Result
2017 5th YinYueTai V Chart Awards Album of the Year Won
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Sales

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Region Sales amount
China (digital)[22] 1,169,584
Japan[23] 2,689
South Korea[24] 277,439
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Release history

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Region Date Format Label Producer
South Korea October 28, 2016 CD, digital download SM Entertainment Zhang Yixing
China Digital download
Various
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