Spark (Taeyeon song)

"Spark" (Korean: 불티, romanized: Bulti) is a song recorded by South Korean singer Taeyeon for her second studio album Purpose. It was released on October 28, 2019, as the album's lead single by SM Entertainment on October 28, 2019. The song was written by Kenzie, and composed by Kenzie, Anne Judith Wik and Ronny Svendsen. It was described as an alternative soul pop song incorporating intense melody with emotions and Taeyeon's overwhelming vocals and the lyrics contains various metaphors that expresses her identity.^[2]

"Spark"
Single by Taeyeon
from the album Purpose
Released	October 28, 2019
Genre	Alternative pop soul[1]
Length	3:37
Label	SM
Composer(s)	Kenzie Anne Judith Wik Ronny Svendsen
Lyricist(s)	Kenzie
Taeyeon singles chronology
"All About You" (2019) "Spark" (2019) "Into The Unknown" (2019)
Music video
"Spark" on YouTube

The song debuted at number two on the Gaon Digital Chart. The song additionally charted at number 25 on the Billboard World Digital Songs and debuted at number two on Billboard K-pop Hot 100.

Background

On October 10, 2019, Taeyeon's agency SM Entertainment announced that her second full-length studio album would be released in the end of October.^[3] The album's title is Purpose, while the lead single was announced to be "Spark", which was released simultaneously with the release of the album.^[4]

Reception

Lim Dong-yeob and Hwang Seon-up from IZM praised Taeyeon's vocals on the song and compared its musical styles to those of English singer Adele in "Rolling in the Deep", American band OneRepublic in "Counting Stars" and Scottish singer Emeli Sandé in "Hurts".^[5][6]

"Spark" debuted at number two on the Gaon Digital Chart for the week ending November 7, 2019.^[7] Within its first week of release, the single sold 47,032,838 digital index points through South Korean digital music services.^[7] It peaked at number one on the Gaon Download Chart.^[8] The song additionally debuted at number 25 on the Billboard World Digital Songs and debuted at number two on Billboard K-pop Hot 100.^[9]

Charts

Weekly charts Chart Peak position South Korea (Gaon)[7] 2 South Korea (K-pop Hot 100) 2 US World Digital Songs (Billboard) 25 Monthly charts Chart (2019) Position South Korea (Gaon)[10] 6

Year-end charts Chart (2019) Position South Korea (Gaon)[11] 134 Chart (2020) Position South Korea (Gaon)[12] 140

Sales

Region	Sales
China[13]	111,745

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Result
2020	9th Gaon Chart Music Awards	Song of the Year – October[14]	Nominated
	22nd Mnet Asian Music Awards	Best Vocal Performance — Solo	Nominated
		Song of the Year	Nominated

Music program awards

Program	Date
Music Bank (KBS)[15]	November 8, 2019
Show! Music Core (MBC)[16]	November 9, 2019
Inkigayo (SBS)[17]	November 10, 2019

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the CD booklet of Purpose.^[18]

• Original title: H(EX)
• Korean lyrics by Kenzie
• Composed by Kenzie, Anne Judith Wik, Ronny Svendsen
• Arranged by Kenzie, Anne Judith Wik, Ronny Svendsen
• Background vocals by Taeyeon, Kenzie
• Digital Editing by Lee Min-gyu at SM Big Shot Studio
• Engineered for Mix by Lee Min-gyu at SM Big Shot Studio
• Recorded by Jeong Eui-seok at SM Blue Cup Studio
• Mixed by Nam Gung-jin at SM Concert Hall Studio
• Mastered by Dave Kutch at The Mastering Palace

See also

• List of Inkigayo Chart winners (2019)
• List of Music Bank Chart winners (2019)
• List of Show! Music Core Chart winners (2019)