Awe (EP)

Awe is the second extended play (EP) by Japanese girl group XG. It was released on November 8, 2024, through Xgalx, and was the group's follow-up album release to their first, New DNA, in 2023. Similar to their first, the EP is recorded primarily in English. It was promoted with five singles: "Something Ain't Right" and "IYKYK", preceded the EP's release; "Howling", released concurrently with the EP; and "Is This Love" and "In the Rain", after the EP's release.

Awe
EP by XG
Released	November 8, 2024
Length	23:31
Language	English Korean Japanese
Label	Xgalx
XG chronology
New DNA (2023) Awe (2024) XDM Unidentified Waves (2025)
Singles from Awe
"Something Ain't Right" Released: July 26, 2024 "IYKYK" Released: October 11, 2024 "Howling" Released: November 8, 2024 "Is This Love" Released: March 7, 2025 "In the Rain" Released: April 11, 2025

Background and release

In early July 2024, XG teased the single "Something Ain't Right" and announced its release for July 26, intending for it to be a pre-release single for an upcoming mini-album.^[1] On July 23, XG released "Undefeated", a song collaboration with the video game Valorant. The release coincided with the group's announcement of their second mini-album, Awe, which was made the next day.^[2] On September 13, XG announced that the album would be released on November 8.^[3] A second pre-release single, "IYKYK", was announced in October and released on October 11.^[4]

On November 8, XG released Awe alongside a music video for its lead single, "Howling".^[5] The album also included the September remix of the group's earlier June single, "Woke Up".^[6] The remix featured verses in English, Korean, and Japanese by Jay Park, OZworld, AKLO, Paloalto, Verbal, Awich, Tak, and Dok2.^[7]

In an interview with Elle, XG member Chisa noted that the album title is pronounced "ow", mimicking a wolf's howling. The album title, in succession with the wolf themes shown in their previous 2024 releases, uses the motif of a wolf pack to symbolize the group's relationship with their fans. Other visual, conceptual themes in the release include outer space and ghosts.^[8]

Track listing

Awe track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Arrangement	Length
1.	"Howl"		Jakops Tayor	Jakops Tayor	1:18
2.	"Howling"	Chancellor Jakops Knave Jaeyoung Lyricks	Chancellor Jakops Knave Jaeyoung Lyricks	Chancellor Jakops	3:08
3.	"Space Meeting Skit"		Jakops Tayor	Jakops Tayor	0:51
4.	"IYKYK"	Chancellor Jakops Knave Paulina "PAU" Cerrilla Nick Kandler	Chancellor Jakops Knave Cerrilla Nick Kandler Xansei	220 Chancellor Jakops Tayor Xansei	3:00
5.	"Something Ain't Right"	Jakops Chancellor Benjmn Feli Ferraro Akil "worldwidefresh" King	Jakops Chancellor Tayor Benjmn Feli Ferraro King Johnny Goldstein	Jakops Chancellor Tayor Benjmn Goldstein	3:10
6.	"In the Rain"	Chancellor Jakops Cerrilla Knave, Shintaro Yasuda	Jakops Chancellor Yasuda Cerilla Knave Mason Sacks her0ism	Jakops Chancellor Yasuda her0ism Sacks	3:08
7.	"Woke Up Remixx" (featuring Jay Park, OZworld, AKLO, Paloalto, Verbal, Awich, Tak and Dok2)	Jakops Chancellor Jay Park OZworld AKLO Paloalto Verbal Awich Tak Dok2	Jakops Chancellor Yasuda	Jakops Chancellor Yasuda Tayor	6:19
8.	"Is This Love"	Jakops Bianca "Blush" Atterberry Chancellor Knave Mychole "Starr" Anderson	Jakops Bluebird Scootie Atterberry Chancellor Tayor Knave Bastian "B" Testori tild tomorrow Anderson	Jakops Bluebird Scootie Chancellor Tayor Knave Testori tild tomorrow	2:35
Total length:					23:31

Charts

Weekly charts Weekly chart performance for Awe Chart (2024) Peak position Japanese Albums (Oricon)[9] 3 Japanese Combined Albums (Oricon)[10] 3 Japanese Hot Albums (Billboard Japan)[11] 3 South Korean Albums (Circle)[12] 15 US Billboard 200[13] 175 US Independent Albums (Billboard)[14] 25

Monthly charts Monthly chart performance for Awe Chart (2024) Position Japanese Albums (Oricon)[15] 8 South Korean Albums (Circle)[16] 42 Year-end charts Year-end chart performance for Awe Chart (2024) Position Japanese Albums (Oricon)[17] 66 Japanese Hot Albums (Billboard Japan)[18] 69

Certifications

Certifications for Awe

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Japan (RIAJ)[19] Physical	Gold	100,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.