Rain (Taeyeon song)

"Rain" is a song by South Korean singer Kim Tae-yeon, a member of the South Korean girl group Girls' Generation. It was released digitally by SM Entertainment on February 3, 2016.

"Rain"
Single by Taeyeon
from the album SM Station Season 1
B-side	"Secret"
Released	February 3, 2016 (2016-02-03)
Genre	Jazz R&B[1][2]
Length	3:42
Label	SM Entertainment
Composer(s)	Matthew Tishler Aaron Benward Felicia Barton Olivia Holt
Lyricist(s)	Bong Eun-yeong Mafly Lee Yoo-jin
Taeyeon singles chronology
"I" (2015) "Rain" (2016) "Starlight" (2016)
Music video
"Rain" on YouTube

Background and composition

In January 2016, S.M. Entertainment announced that they were to launch a digital music platform called SM Station, in which SM artists would release a new song every week.^[3] "Rain" and its B-side track "Secret" served as the opening single of the project and were released on February 3, 2016.^[4] "Rain" is described as a midtempo song with jazz and R&B sounds. Lyrically, it uses rain as a metaphor to describe memories of past love.^[5][6]

Music video

The music video for "Rain" was filmed indoors, having the concept of Taeyeon in a "room of memories", missing a past lover. It alternate between black and white scenes of Taeyeon singing alone in front of a microphone, and colored scenes of her in a flooding room.^[6][7] "Rain" was the most viewed music video by a South Korean act on YouTube in February 2016.^[8]

Reception

"Rain" debuted atop South Korea's Gaon Digital Chart. It won the first place on SBS's music program Inkigayo on February 14, 2016.^[9] The song received a Digital Bonsang at the 31st Golden Disk Awards.

Track listing

Credits are adapted from Naver.^[10]

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Arrangement	Length
1.	"Rain"	Bong Eun-yeong Mafly Lee Yoo-jin	Matthew Tishler Aaron Benward Felicia Barton Olivia Holt	Matthew Tishler	3:42
2.	"Secret" (비밀)	Mafly	Im Kwang-wook (Devine Channel) Ryan Kim (Devine Channel) Aurora Pfeiffer Tyler Shamy Thaddeus Dixon Kiana Brown	Thaddeus Dixon	3:37

Charts

Weekly charts Chart Peak position South Korea (Gaon)[11] 1 US World Digital Songs (Billboard)[12] 3

Monthly chart Chart (2016) Position South Korea (Gaon)[13] 2 Year-end chart Chart (2016) Position South Korea (Gaon)[14] 24

Sales

Region	Sales
South Korea (Gaon)[15]	2,500,000

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Result	Ref.
2016	8th Melon Music Awards	Best Ballad Song	Nominated	[16]
		Song of the Year	Nominated
	18th Mnet Asian Music Awards	Best Vocal Performance Female Solo	Nominated	[17]
2017	31st Golden Disc Awards	Digital Bonsang	Won	[18]
	6th Gaon Chart Music Awards	Song of the Year – February	Nominated	[19]

Music program awards

Program	Network	Date	Ref.
Inkigayo	SBS	February 14, 2016	[20]

Release history

Country	Date	Format	Label
Worldwide[21]	February 3, 2016	Digital download	SM Entertainment
South Korea[22]	February 4, 2016	Contemporary hit radio

References

1. "Taeyeon 'Rain' Review, an emotional ballad". The Chosun Ilbo (in Korean). Chosun Ilbo Co. February 3, 2016. Retrieved April 27, 2016.
2. "Taeyeon to release 'Rain' as part of SM Station". Korea JoongAng Daily (in Korean). JoongAng Ilbo Co. January 29, 2016. Retrieved April 27, 2016.
3. Jackson, Julie (January 28, 2016). "SM founder talks new boy band, future localization strategy". The Korea Herald. Herald Media Inc. Retrieved March 27, 2016.
4. Sung So-young (February 2, 2016). "Two new singles out from Taeyeon this week". JoongAng Ilbo. JoongAng Media Network. Retrieved March 27, 2016.
5. Kim Ji-young (February 4, 2016). "Taeyeon's 'Rain' tops major charts". The Korea Herald. Retrieved March 27, 2016.
6. "Pops in Seoul _ Taeyeon(태연) _ Rain(레인) _ MV Shooting Sketch" (Video upload). Arirang. YouTube / Google. February 22, 2016. Retrieved March 18, 2016.
7. Rain (music video). Taeyeon (performer). S.M. Entertainment. 2016.{{cite AV media}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
8. Benjamin, Jeff (March 9, 2016). "Most Viewed K-Pop Videos in America, Around the World: February 2016". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved March 27, 2016.
9. "'인기가요' 태연, 'Rain'으로 방송 출연 없이 1위" (in Korean). Naver. Naver Corporation. Retrieved February 14, 2016.
10. "Rain: Music" (in Korean). Naver. Naver Corporation. Retrieved February 7, 2016.
11. "Gaon Digital Chart" (in Korean). Gaon Music Chart. Archived from the original on March 13, 2016.
12. "World Digital Songs : Feb 20, 2016". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved February 14, 2016.
13. "2016년 02월 Digital Chart" (in Korean). Gaon Music Chart. Archived from the original on March 11, 2016.
14. "Digital Chart of 2016" (in Korean). Gaon Music Chart. Archived from the original on January 13, 2017.
15. C., Daniel (September 19, 2019). "Gaon's 관찰노트" [Gaon's Observation Notes] (in Korean). Gaon Music Chart. Retrieved September 22, 2019.
16. Chung Joo-won (20 November 2016). "BTS, Exo, TWICE top 2016 Melon Music Awards". Yonhap News. Retrieved 2017-01-01.
17. Kaur, Gungeet (October 29, 2016). "Mnet Asian Music Awards 2016: List of nominees for Mama revealed". International Business Times. Retrieved February 11, 2017.
18. Yoon Min-sik (January 15, 2017). "Exo, Twice grab top honors at Golden Disc awards". Korea Herald. Retrieved January 16, 2017.
19. "6th GAONCHART MUSIC AWARDS" (in Korean). kpopawards.co.kr. Archived from the original on January 22, 2017. Retrieved February 22, 2017.
20. "'인기가요' 태연, 'Rain'으로 방송 출연 없이 1위" (in Korean). Naver. Naver Corporation. Retrieved February 14, 2016.
21. "Rain – Single by Taeyeon". iTunes Store. Apple Inc. 3 February 2016. Retrieved May 1, 2016.
22. "Play List/Entertainment/Program: K-Pop Connection". KBS Radio International. Korean Broadcasting System. Retrieved May 1, 2016.

External links

• "Rain" music video on YouTube