Loving U

This article is about the Sistar EP. For similar uses, see Loving You.

Loving U is the first summer special album by South Korean girl group Sistar. It was released on 28 June 2012 by Starship Entertainment and distributed by LOEN Entertainment, with the song of the same title used as the promotional song. It is listed as a summer special album and contains two new songs, "Loving U" and "Holiday", and five remixes of the group's past hit-singles.^[1]

Loving U
EP by Sistar
Released	28 June 2012
Recorded	2010–2012
Genre	K-pop R&B dance-pop
Length	25:21
Language	Korean
Label	Starship LOEN
Sistar chronology
Alone (2012) Loving U (2012) Give It to Me (2013)
Singles from Loving U
"Loving U" Released: 28 June 2012

Background

On 11 June, Starship Entertainment announced that the group will be releasing a summer special album by the end of June.^[2] On 16 June, it was stated that the group was spotted in Hawaii recording a music video. On 28 June, the extended play and music video were released simultaneously.

Composition

The extended play is composed of seven tracks: two new songs and five remixes of the group's previously title tracks. "Loving U" and "Holiday" were both written and produced by Duble Sidekick. "Loving U" is the lead song, which makes attractions by the strong beats and fresh lyrics. "Holiday" is the second single of the album. It is close to electronic synthpop. The songs "Push Push" and "So Cool" were remixed by DJ Robato. "Alone" and "Ma Boy" were remixed by Smells. "How Dare You" was remixed by Demicat.

Music video

A teaser of the music video for "Loving U" was released on 25 June, on Starship Entertainment's YouTube account.^[3] The full music video was released on 28 June, along with the EP, simultaneously. It was also revealed that the music video costed about 200 million won ($169,000 USD) and was recorded in Hawaii.^[4]

Promotions

The first performance of the song "Loving U" was on the 2012 Mnet 20's Choice Awards, realized on 28 June 2012.^[5] The TV promotions started on 29 June, on KBS' Music Bank.^[6] The group received their seventh and eight music show award on the same music program respectively. The song will be also promoted on the shows Music Core, Inkigayo and M! Countdown with some performances having an intro mash-up of the albums remixes for "Alone", "How Dare You" and "So Cool". The group released on 24 July the second single "Holiday".

Track listing

Official track list^[1]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s) / Remix by	Length
1.	"Loving U" (러빙유; Reobing Yu)	Duble Sidekick	Duble Sidekick	3:39
2.	"Holiday" (홀리데이; Hollidei)	Duble Sidekick	Duble Sidekick Ichiro Suezawa	3:37
3.	"Push Push" (DJ Rubato Remix)	Brave Brothers	Brave Brothers / DJ Rubato	3:33
4.	"Alone" (Smells Remix) (나혼자; Nahonja)	Brave Brothers	Brave Brothers / Smells	3:09
5.	"Ma Boy" (Smells Remix)	Brave Brothers War of the Stars	Brave Brothers / Smells	3:36
6.	"How Dare You" (Demicat Remix) (니까짓게; Nikkajitge)	Brave Brothers	Brave Brothers / Demicat	4:25
7.	"So Cool" (DJ Rubato Remix)	Brave Brothers	Brave Brothers / DJ Rubato	3:25
Total length:				25:21

Charts

Album charts

Weekly chart performance

Chart	Peak position
South Korean Albums (Gaon)[7]	11

Monthly chart performance

Chart	Peak position
South Korean Albums (Gaon)[7]	13

Song charts

Song	Peak chart position
	KOR [7]	KOR Hot [8]
"Loving U"	1	1
"Holiday"	19	26

Sales

Chart	Sales amount
South Korea[9]	24,000

Release history

Country	Date	Format	Label
South Korea[1]	28 June 2012	Digital download	Starship Entertainment LOEN Entertainment
	3 July 2012	CD