Love Light

"Love Light"
Single by CNBLUE
from the album Bluelove
LanguageKorean
ReleasedMay 10, 2010 (2010-05-10)
Recorded2010
Length3:12
LabelFNC
Songwriter(s)Jung Yong-hwa
CNBLUE singles chronology
"I'm a Loner"
(2010) 		"Love Light"
(2010) 		"Love"
(2010)

"Love Light" (Korean: 사랑 빛; RR: Sarang Bit) is a song recorded by South Korean rock band CNBLUE. It is a single from the band's second mini-album Bluelove. An acoustic ballad written by main vocalist Jung Yong-hwa, the track was released by FNC Entertainment and distributed by Kakao M on May 10, 2010. The song peaked at number ten on South Korea's national Gaon Digital Chart; since its release, it has sold over 1.9 million downloads domestically.

Background and composition

Lyrics for "Love Light" were written after frontman Jung Yong-hwa met Seohyun

Shortly after CNBLUE debuted, main vocalist Jung Yong-hwa was cast for the second season of MBC TV's reality show We Got Married and partnered with Seohyun of Girls' Generation.[1] He began developing the lyrics for "Love Light" after their initial meeting.[2] While penning the track, Jung thought about his first love and compared it to "Love Revolution" from the band's first mini-album Bluetory (2010).[3] The rap section was written with Seohyun in mind.[4]

"Love Light" is a "light-hearted romantic" song.[5] The ballad comprises Jung's and bandmate Lee Jong-hyun's vocals over an acoustic guitar melody.[6][7] In order for the listener to find the song more endearing, the former intentionally altered the pronunciation of his words to emphasize the feeling.[8] In addition to the lyrics, Jung also composed the track;[9] it is written in the key of D Major and has a tempo of 138 beats per minute.[10]

Release and promotion

Ahead of the release of CNBLUE's second mini-album Bluelove, "Love Light" was made available on online music stores on May 10, 2010.[11] The band performed the single on SBS MTV's music program Inkigayo along with lead single "Love".[12] "Love Light" was performed as a duet with Seohyun at that year's Incheon Hallyu Concert.[13] During a concert stop in midst of the 2014 CNBLUE Live: Can't Stop tour in Singapore, Jung devoted the song to the victims of the sinking of motor vessel Sewol.[14]

Critical reception and commercial performance

Writing for online magazine IZM, So Seung-keun rated "Love Light" half a star out of five, panning the song for the "embarrassing melody aimed at women", its "middle school" lyrics, and "lame" rap.[15] In a separate review for the publication, Lim Yun-hye was disappointed with the track's "simple" and "uninspired" progression.[6]

On the chart dated May 9–15, 2010, "Love Light" debuted and peaked at number ten on South Korea's national Gaon Digital Chart.[16] The single ranked within the top 100 for seventeen consecutive weeks.[17] On Gaon Music Chart's year-end report for 2010, "Love" ranked at number 20 on its list of best-performing singles. It was the fortieth best-selling song in South Korea with 1,955,920 downloads and was ranked at number 54 on the Streaming Chart for accumulating 17,046,303 streams.[18]

Charts

Weekly

Chart (2010) Peak
position
Gaon Digital Chart[16] 10
Gaon Bell Chart[19] 11
Gaon Ring Chart[20] 3
Chart (2011) Peak
position
Gaon Singing Room Chart[21] 30

Year-end

Chart (2010) Peak
position
Gaon Digital Chart[18] 37

References

  1. ^ Kwon, Tae-myeong (February 16, 2010). 정용화-서현 부부의 연 맺는다…‘우결’ 최연소 커플 탄생. Kangwon Ilbo (in Korean). Retrieved November 11, 2020.
  2. ^ Kim, Ji-hyeon (October 10, 2010). 정용화-서현, 팔장끼고 손도 잡고 '어색함 사라졌다'. TV Daily (in Korean). Archived from the original on December 6, 2020. Retrieved November 11, 2020.
  3. ^ Lee, Un-hyeok (May 20, 2010). 씨엔블루 정용화 "자작곡 '사랑빛' 내 첫사랑 얘기"(인터뷰). Newsen (in Korean). Retrieved November 11, 2020.
  4. ^ Gil, Hye-seong (October 9, 2010). 정용화-서현 진짜 로맨스?. Starnews (in Korean). Retrieved November 11, 2020.
  5. ^ Ng, Gwendolyn (May 31, 2015). "Concert Review: Powerhouse vocalist Jung Yong Hwa delivers at first solo concert". TuneBat. Retrieved November 11, 2020.
  6. ^ a b Lim, Yun-hye (June 2010). "Blue Love". IZM (in Korean). Retrieved November 11, 2020.
  7. ^ Kang, Seo-jeong (May 10, 2010). 정용화, 자작곡 '사랑 빛' 공개..씨엔블루 '컴백'. Now News (in Korean). Seoul Newspaper Company. Retrieved November 11, 2020.
  8. ^ Lee, Jeong-a (June 9, 2010). 씨엔블루, "여심 흔드는 우리의 매력은..."[인터뷰]. Osen (in Korean). Retrieved November 11, 2020.
  9. ^ Bluelove (liner notes). CNBLUE. FNC Entertainment. 2010. 1022650710.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  10. ^ "Key & BPM for Love Light by CNBLUE". TuneBat. Retrieved November 11, 2020.
  11. ^ 정용화 자작곡 '사랑빛' 온라인 공개. Korea Economic Daily (in Korean). May 10, 2010. Retrieved November 11, 2020.
  12. ^ Bae, Seon-yeong (May 23, 2010). 다비치, 반전곡 ‘시간아 멈춰라’ 폭발 가창력 '눈길'. Newsen (in Korean). Retrieved November 11, 2020.
  13. ^ Park, Yeong-woong (August 29, 2010). '용서커플', 한류콘서트서 밴드결성..깜짝 듀엣. Starnews (in Korean). Retrieved November 11, 2020.
  14. ^ Looi, Chermaine (May 18, 2014). "CNBLUE: Can't Stop Loving Them". The UrbanWire. Archived from the original on December 5, 2020. Retrieved November 11, 2020.
  15. ^ "Neo Music Communication IZM" 사랑 빛. IZM (in Korean). May 2010. Retrieved November 11, 2020.
  16. ^ a b 2010년 21주차 Digital Chart (in Korean). Gaon Music Chart. Retrieved November 11, 2020.
  17. ^ "Digital Chart" (in Korean). Gaon Music Chart. Retrieved November 11, 2020.
  18. ^ a b 2010년 가온차트 부문별 Top 100위 (in Korean). Gaon Music Chart. February 8, 2011. Archived from the original on February 13, 2011. Retrieved November 11, 2020.
  19. ^ 2010년 22주차 Mobile Chart – 벨소리 (in Korean). Gaon Music Chart. Retrieved November 11, 2020.
  20. ^ 2010년 27주차 Mobile Chart – 통화연결음 (in Korean). Gaon Music Chart. Retrieved November 11, 2020.
  21. ^ 2011년 01주차 노래방 Chart (in Korean). Gaon Music Chart. Retrieved November 11, 2020.
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