Stay This Way

"Stay This Way" is a song recorded by South Korean girl group Fromis 9 for their fifth extended play From Our Memento Box. It was released as the EP's lead single by Pledis Entertainment on June 27, 2022.

"Stay This Way"
Single by Fromis 9
from the EP From Our Memento Box
Language	Korean
Released	June 27, 2022 (2022-06-27)
Length	3:15
Label	Pledis YG Plus
Composer(s)	Justin Reinstein Lee Woo-min "collapsedone" Anna Timgren
Lyricist(s)	Seo Ji-eum
Fromis 9 singles chronology
"DM" (2022) "Stay This Way" (2022) "#menow" (2023)
Music video
"Stay This Way" on YouTube

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Perspective

Background and release

On June 6, 2022, Pledis Entertainment announced Fromis 9 would be releasing their fifth extended play titled From Our Memento Box, it was also announced that member Baek Ji-heon would be returning from her hiatus.^[1] On June 9, the track listing was released with "Stay This Way" announced as the lead single.^[2] On June 21, the highlight medley teaser video was released.^[3] Four days later, the music video teaser was released.^[4]

Composition

"Stay This Way" was written by Seo Ji-eum, composed and arranged by Justin Reinstein and Lee Woo-min "collapsedone" alongside Anna Timgren for the composition.^[5] The song was described a funk bass song with lyrics about "going on an impromptu trip at sunset".^[6] "Stay This Way" was composed in the key of B major, with a tempo of 124 beats per minute.^[7]

Commercial performance

"Stay This Way" debuted at number 14 on South Korea's Circle Digital Chart in the chart issue dated June 26 – July 2, 2022;^[8] on its component charts, the song debuted at number one on the Circle Download Chart,^[9] number 143 on the Circle Streaming Chart,^[10] and number 16 on the Circle BGM Chart.^[11]

Promotion

On June 26, 2022, Pledis Entertainment announced the showcase for From Our Memento Box scheduled for June 27 would be cancelled after members Song Ha-young, Park Ji-won, Lee Seo-yeon, Lee Chae-young, and Baek Ji-heon got into a car accident.^[12] During the first week of promotions, the group performed on three music programs: Mnet's M Countdown on June 30,^[13] KBS2's Music Bank on July 1,^[14] and SBS's Inkigayo on July 3.^[15] In the second week, they performed on four music programs: SBS M's The Show on July 5,^[16] MBC M's Show Champion on July 6,^[17] M Countdown on July 7,^[18] and Music Bank on July 8,^[19] where they won first place for all four appearances.

Charts

Weekly charts Weekly chart performance for "Stay This Way" Chart (2022) Peak position South Korea (Billboard)[20] 12 South Korea (Circle)[8] 14

Monthly charts Monthly chart performance for "Stay This Way" Chart (2022) Peak position South Korea (Circle)[21] 85

Accolades

Music program awards for "Stay This Way"

Program	Date	Ref.
M Countdown	July 7, 2022	[18]
Music Bank	July 8, 2022	[19]
Show Champion	July 6, 2022	[17]
Show! Music Core	July 9, 2022	[22]
The Show	July 5, 2022	[16]

Release history

Release history for "Stay This Way"

Region	Date	Format	Label
Various	June 27, 2022	Digital download streaming	Pledis YG Plus

See also

• List of M Countdown Chart winners (2022)
• List of Music Bank Chart winners (2022)
• List of Show Champion Chart winners (2022)
• List of Show! Music Core Chart winners (2022)
• List of The Show Chart winners (2022)

References

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