Insane Love

Insane Love (Korean: 몰아애; Hanja: 沒我愛; RR: Mora-ae) is the fourth and final extended play by South Korean girl group Sistar. It was released on June 21, 2016, by Starship Entertainment and distributed by LOEN Entertainment. The EP features six tracks, including the lead single "I Like That". It is a dance-pop song about themes of temptation, and the album includes genres like pop, R&B, and ballads.^[1]

Insane Love
EP by Sistar
Released	June 21, 2016 (2016-06-21)
Recorded	2016
Genre	K-pop R&B ballad
Length	24:02
Language	Korean
Label	Starship LOEN
Sistar chronology
Shake It (2015) Insane Love (2016) Lonely (2017)
Singles from Insane Love
"I Like That" Released: June 21, 2016

Background and release

On June 2, Sistar announced on their Facebook page that they would be making a comeback.^[2] The name and date of the album was announced a week later, under the name Mol Ah Ae, and scheduled for release on June 20.^[3] To promote the comeback, they released a series of riddle images and individual shots of the members.^[4][5] On June 16, the video teaser of the lead single was released.^[6] The full music video along with the EP were released on June 21, 2016.

Promotion

Sistar held a live-streaming comeback showcase on June 20 at the Yes24 Live Hall at 11:00 p.m. KST, followed by the official release of the album at 12:00 a.m. KST.^[7]

In order to promote the EP, the group appeared on several South Korean music programs, the first being Mnet's M Countdown, where they performed "I Like That" and "String" on June 23, 2016.^[8][9] The group also appeared on KBS's Music Bank, MBC's Show! Music Core and SBS's Inkigayo on June 24,^[10] 25 and 26, 2016, respectively. The group performed "I Like That" and "String" on M Countdown and Music Bank, while on Show! Music Core and Inkigayo, they performed the title track and "Say I Love You".

On June 29, 2016, the group held their comeback stage on MBC Music's Show Champion, where they won first place on the show for "I Like That", being the first award for this EP.^[11] On July 3, they won their second award show on Inkigayo for their title track. On July 6, they won their third award on Show Champion for 'I Like That'. Subsequently, they won their 4th award on July 7 on M Countdown.

Commercial performance

Insane Love debuted at number three on the South Korean Gaon Album Chart on the chart issue dated June 19–25, 2016.^[12] The title track, "I Like That", debuted at number one on the South Korean Gaon Digital Chart on the chart issue dated June 19–25, 2016,^[13] with 222,392 downloads sold^[14] and 4,247,092 streams in its first four days,^[15] being their eighth straight number one song on the chart. A total of five songs from the EP debuted on the chart, "Come and Get Me (String)" at number 42, "Yeah Yeah" at number 60, "Say I Love You" at number 65 and "Say! Yes (Wanna Do It)" at number 90.

The EP entered at number 13 on the South Korean Gaon Album Chart for the month of June with 9,318 physical copies sold.^[16] The title track entered at number 9 on the South Korean Gaon Digital Chart for the month of June.^[17]

Accolades

Music program awards for "I Like That"

Program	Date
Show Champion	June 29, 2016
	July 6, 2016
Inkigayo	July 3, 2016
M Countdown	July 7, 2016

Track listing

Insane Love

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"I Like That"	Black Eyed Pilseung	Black Eyed Pilseung	3:41
2.	"Come and Get Me" (끈; Kkeun)	Rovin Min Yeon-jae	LDN Noise Rovin	3:06
3.	"Say! Yes" (해볼래; Haebollae)	Park Su-seok Park Eun-ooh	Park Su-seok Park Eun-ooh	3:08
4.	"Yeah Yeah"	9999 Esbee HWA.B	9999 Esbee	3:49
5.	"Say I Love You"	Hyolyn	Hyolyn	3:09
6.	"My Sad Lullaby" (이불 덮고 들어; Ibul Deopgo Deureo)	Duble Sidekick Long Candy	Duble Sidekick Long Candy Eastwest	3:25
7.	"I Like That" (Instrumental)		Black Eyed Pilseung	3:41
Total length:				24:02

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2016)	Peak position
South Korean Albums (Gaon)	3

Monthly charts

Chart (2016)	Peak position
South Korean Albums (Gaon)	13

Release history

Country	Date	Format	Label
South Korea	June 21, 2016	CD, digital download, streaming	Starship Entertainment, LOEN Entertainment

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