Sweet Rendezvous

Sweet Rendezvous is the first EP by the South Korean girl group Nine Muses. It was released on March 8, 2012 with the song "Ticket" as the promotional song.^[1]

Sweet Rendezvous
EP by Nine Muses
Released	March 8, 2012 (2012-03-08)
Recorded	Seoul, South Korea 2011–2012
Genre	K-pop, dance-pop
Length	19:37
Label	Star Empire Entertainment LOEN Entertainment
Nine Muses chronology
Let’s Have A Party (2010) Sweet Rendezvous (2012) Dolls (2013)
Singles from Sweet Rendezvous
"Figaro" Released: August 18, 2011 "News" Released: January 11, 2012 "Ticket" Released: March 8, 2012 (Promotional single)

Background

Rumors of the comeback of the group started on February 21, 2012, speculating that the group was going to come back with a new digital single.^[2] On March 2, a teaser photo of the member Erin was revealed. In the photo, Erin seems to be unclothed underneath the giant ticket that covers her up, stamped with the words "Ticket", the name of the group "Nine Muses" and a date "20120308", which could be a possibility to be the concept and day of release, on March 8.^[3] On March 5, it was confirmed the new release is their debut mini-album by revealing the physical EP cover.^[4] On the same day, it was revealed the track list of the EP, which features two already released digital singles "Figaro", released on August 11, 2011,^[5] and "News", released on January 11, 2012,^[6] two new songs "Ticket", "Who R U" and their instrumentals.^[7] On March 6, more photos of the concept were revealed.^[8]

Composition

All songs from the mini-album were written by Song Soo Yun and composed by Han Jae-Ho and Kim Seung-Soo (also known as Sweetune). They are also known for producing songs for the groups Infinite (Be Mine, Paradise, Cover Girl), KARA (Mister, Lupin, Jumping, Step and more), Rainbow (A, Mach), f(x) (Love) and more.^[1]

Music video

A teaser of the music video for "Ticket" was released on March 6, 2012.^[9] The full music video was released on March 8, 2012, along with the EP release. A special "V Line" dance version was released on YouTube by their company, Star Empire Entertainment, on March 22.^[10]

Promotions

Promotions of the song "Ticket" started on March 8, on Mnet's show M! Countdown.^[11] The song was also promoted on the shows Music Bank,^[12] Music Core^[13] and Inkigayo.^[14] The promotions ended one month later, on April 8, on SBS's Inkigayo.^[15]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Song Soo Yun; all music is composed by Han Jae-Ho and Kim Seung-Soo

Official track list^[1]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Who R U" (넌 뭐니; Neon Mwoni)	3:20
2.	"Ticket" (티켓; Tiket)	3:12
3.	"News" (뉴스; Nyuseu)	3:02
4.	"Figaro" (휘가로; Hwigalo)	3:19
5.	"Who R U" (instrumental)	3:19
6.	"Ticket" (instrumental)	3:12
Total length:		19:37

Charts

Album chart

Chart (2012)	Peak position
Gaon Weekly albums chart^[16]	6
Gaon Monthly albums chart^[16]	21

Single chart

Song	Peak chart position
	KOR	KOR
	Gaon Chart^[16]	K-Pop Billboard^[17]
"Ticket"	33	41
"News"	36	46
"Figaro"	66	82

Sales

Chart	Sales
Gaon physical sales^[18]	4,100+ (South Korea)

Release history

Country	Date	Distributing label	Format
South Korea^[1]	March 8, 2012	LOEN Entertainment Star Empire Entertainment	CD, Digital download

References

1. "(EP) Sweet Rendezvous / Daum 뮤직 :: 언제 어디서나 Music on Daum" (in Korean). Daum Communications. 2012-03-08. Retrieved 2012-05-09.
2. 나인뮤지스, 휴식없는 전진! (in Korean). Nate. 2012-02-21. Retrieved 2012-05-09.
3. 나인뮤지스 이유애린, 보일 듯 말 듯 '티켓걸' 변신 (in Korean). Nate. 2012-03-02. Retrieved 2012-05-09.
4. 나인뮤지스, 가늠할 수 없는 아찔 매력 방출 (in Korean). Nate. 2012-03-06. Retrieved 2012-05-09.
5. "Figaro-나인뮤지스 상세정보 --www.melon.com" (in Korean). MelOn. 2011-08-18. Retrieved 2012-05-09.
6. "NEWS-나인뮤지스 상세정보 --www.melon.com" (in Korean). MelOn. 2012-01-11. Retrieved 2012-05-09.
7. "YESASIA: Nine Muses Mini Album Vol. 1 - Sweet Rendezvous CD - Nine Muses, Loen Entertainment - Korean Music - Free Shipping" (in Korean). Yesasia. 2012-03-06. Retrieved 2012-05-09.
8. 나인뮤지스, 1940년대 '핀업걸'로 변신한 2차 재킷 공개 (in Korean). Nate. 2012-03-07. Retrieved 2012-05-09.
9. "나인뮤지스 (9MUSES)-1ST Mini Album 티켓(Ticket) Official MV Teaser. - YouTube". Star Empire's YouTube account. 2012-03-05. Retrieved 2012-05-09.
10. "나인뮤지스 (9MUSES)-1ST Mini Album 티켓(Ticket) V Line Dance Ver. - YouTube". Star Empire's YouTube account. 2012-03-21. Retrieved 2012-05-09.
11. 나인뮤지스 '모델돌 다운 완벽한 몸매' (in Korean). Nate. 2012-03-08. Retrieved 2012-05-09.
12. 나인뮤지스, 신곡 '티켓'으로 화려한 컴백 '역시 모델돌' (in Korean). Nate. 2012-03-09. Retrieved 2012-05-09.
13. 나인뮤지스, 강렬 래핑+섹시미 발산 ‘시선 집중’ (in Korean). Nate. 2012-03-10. Retrieved 2012-05-09.
14. '인기가요' 나인뮤지스, 섹시파워 티켓춤 '군무종결' (in Korean). Nate. 2012-03-12. Retrieved 2012-05-09.
15. 나인뮤지스, 치어리더 변신? 완벽한 군무 + 늘씬한 다리 '파워풀해' (in Korean). Nate. 2012-04-08. Retrieved 2012-05-09.
16. "Gaon Search - Nine Muses" (in Korean). Gaon. Retrieved 2012-05-09.
17. "Korea K-Pop Hot 100 Music Chart". Billboard. 2011-08-25. Retrieved 2012-04-14.
18. . Gaon Chart. Archived from the original on 2012-01-19. Retrieved 2012-05-09.

External links

• "Figaro" Music video on YouTube
• "News" Music video on YouTube
• "Ticket" Music video on YouTube