Blooming Day

"Blooming Day" (Korean: 花요일; RR: Hwayoil) is a single by Exo-CBX. It was released on April 10, 2018 by SM Entertainment and distributed by IRIVER as the title track of their second Korean mini album Blooming Days.^[1]

"Blooming Day"
Single by Exo-CBX
from the EP Blooming Days
Language	Korean
Released	April 10, 2018
Recorded	2018
Studio	SM Booming System (Seoul) SM Big Shot Studio (Seoul) SM LVYIN Studio (Seoul) doobdoob Studio (Seoul) In Grid Studio (Seoul)
Genre	K-pop
Length	3:19
Label	SM IRIVER
Composer(s)	Caroline Ailin Jordan Croucher Jenson Vaughan Steve Manovski Yoo Young-jin
Lyricist(s)	Hwang Yoo-bin
Exo-CBX Korean singles chronology
"Ka-Ching!" (2017) "Blooming Day" (2018) "Horololo" (2018)
Music video
"Blooming Day" on YouTube

Background and release

"Blooming Day" is described as "a light and chic dance-pop track where the members' sweet vocal colors will be showcased. The lyrics talk about a sweet confession to a woman with heart fluttering emotions like spring".^[2]

"Blooming Day" was choreographed by Alexander Chung and Kasper, who previously choreographed Exo's "Ko Ko Bop" and other songs for the group.

On April 3, the title of the single "Blooming Day" was revealed along with the mini album's title Blooming Days and the date of its release.^[3] On April 8, the music video teaser of "Blooming Day" was released.^[4] On April 10, the song was officially released along with the mini album.

Music video

"Blooming Day" official music video was released on April 10.^[5] The music video was directed by VM Project Architecture and features the members in a flower-decorated world along with scenes of the group and backup dancers dancing to the song's choreography. Choreography was done by LA-based Canadian choreographer Alexander Chung.^[6]

Promotion

Exo-CBX first performed "Blooming Day" on April 10 on their broadcast "Exo-CBX's Blooming Day!" at the Yes24 Live Hall.^[7]

The group began performing "Blooming Day" on South Korean music shows from April 12 on Mnet's M Countdown.^[8][9]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2018)	Peak position
South Korea (Gaon)[10]	20
South Korea (Kpop Hot 100)[11]	2
US World Digital Song Sales (Billboard)[12]	8

Monthly charts

Chart (2018)	Peak position
South Korea (Gaon)[13]	35

Accolades

Main article: List of awards and nominations received by Exo

Awards and Nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result
2018	Mnet Asian Music Awards	Mwave Global Fan Choice	Nominated	[14]
		Song of the Year	Nominated
2019	Gaon Chart Music Awards	Song of the Year – April	Nominated	[15][16][17]

Year-end lists

Critic/Publication	List	Rank	Ref.
Nación Rex	Top 10: The Major Music Videos of 2018	7	[18]

Release history

Region	Date	Format	Label
South Korea	April 10, 2018	CD, digital download, streaming	S.M. Entertainment, IRIVER
Worldwide		Digital download, streaming	S.M. Entertainment

Credits

Credits adapted from the EP's liner notes.^[19]

Studio

• SM Booming System – recording, digital editing, engineered for mix
• SM Big Shot Studio – recording, digital editing
• SM LVYIN Studio – recording
• doobdoob Studio – recording, digital editing
• In Grid Studio – recording
• SM Blue Cup Studio – mixing
• 821 Sound – mastering

Personnel

• SM Entertainment – executive producer
• Lee Soo-man – producer
• Exo-CBX – vocals
• Hwang Yoo-bin – lyrics
• Caroline Ailin – composition
• Jordan Croucher – composition, background vocals
• Jenson Vaughan – composition, background vocals
• Steve Manovski – composition, arrangement
• Yoo Young-jin – composition, recording, digital editing, engineered for mix, music and sound supervisor
• Onestar – vocal directing, background vocals
• Lee Min-kyu – recording, digital editing
• Lee Ji-hong – recording
• Ahn Chang-kyu – recording
• Jeong Eun-kyung – recording
• Jang Woo-young – digital editing
• Jung Eui-seok – mixing
• Kwon Nam-woo – mastering