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{{Infobox album <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
{{Infobox album
| Name = Xiah
| name = Xiah
| Type = ep
| type = ep
| Cover = XIAHcoverA.jpg
| artist = [[Junsu|Kim Junsu]]
| Caption = ''Xiah'' Jacket A cover
| cover = XIAHcoverA.jpg
| Artist = [[Junsu|Kim Junsu]]
| alt =
| caption = ''Xiah'' Jacket A cover
| Released = {{start date|2010|05|26|df=yes}}
| Recorded = 2010
| released = {{start date|2010|05|26|df=yes}}
| recorded = 2010
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| Genre = [[J-pop]], [[Contemporary R&B|R&B]]
| Length =
| studio =
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| genre = {{hlist|[[J-pop]]| [[Contemporary R&B|R&B]]}}
| Language = [[Japanese language|Japanese]]
| Label = [[Rhythm Zone]]
| length =
| Last album =
| language = Japanese
| label = [[Rhythm Zone]]
| This album = '''''Xiah'''''<br />(2010)
| producer =
| Next album = ''[[Uncommitted]]''<br />(2012)
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = [[Tarantallegra]]
| next_year = 2012
}}
}}


'''''Xiah''''' is the first Japanese EP of [[Junsu|Kim Junsu]] of [[JYJ]]. It was released by [[Rhythm Zone]] on 26 May 2010 in two versions: Jacket A, a CD+DVD version which includes a music video with 4 tracks, and Jacket B, a CD only version which contains 5 tracks.
'''''Xiah''''' is the debut Japanese EP by South Korean singer [[Junsu|Kim Junsu]] of [[JYJ]]. It was released by [[Rhythm Zone]] on 26 May 2010 in two versions: Jacket A, a CD+DVD version which includes a music video with 4 tracks, and Jacket B, a CD only version which contains 5 tracks.


Despite having [[TVXQ]]'s activities on hiatus due to a lawsuit filed by Xiah and two other members of [[TVXQ]] ([[Kim Jaejoong]] and [[Park Yuchun]]) against their South Korean label [[SM Entertainment]], he decided to debut as a solo act in Japan. Prior to its release, 160,000 copies of the album had been pre-ordered. It came in #2 on the [[Oricon]] Daily Charts with first day sales amounted to 118, 510 units.
Despite having [[TVXQ]]'s activities on hiatus due to a lawsuit filed by Xiah and two other members of [[TVXQ]] ([[Kim Jaejoong]] and [[Park Yuchun]]) against their South Korean label [[SM Entertainment]], he decided to debut as a solo act in Japan. Prior to its release, 160,000 copies of the album had been pre-ordered. It came in #2 on the [[Oricon]] Daily Charts with first day sales amounted to 118,510 units.


==Album==
==Album==
The EP consists of title song "Intoxication", an R&B track and two ballad tracks, ''"君がいれば～Beautiful Love～"'' and ''"悲しみのゆくえ"''.<br>
The EP consists of title song "Intoxication", an R&B track and two ballads, "君がいれば～Beautiful Love～" and "悲しみのゆくえ".


''"君がいれば～Beautiful Love～"'' and '"Intoxication" were featured in Bee-Tv's drama「君がいれば～Beautiful Love～」, starring [[JYJ]] member [[Yoochun]] and Japanese actress [[Aya Ōmasa]].<ref name="Bee-Tv ost">[http://pre.beetv.jp/pages/beautiful-love/ "君がいれば～Beautiful Love～" and "Intoxication" featured in Bee-Tv's ''Beautiful Love～君がいれば～'']</ref> The other track in the album, ''"悲しみのゆくえ"'' is featured in drama ''"５年後のラブレター (A Love Letter 5 Years From Now)"'' as its theme song.<ref name="Featured song">[http://pre.beetv.jp/pages/5_loveletter/ "悲しみのゆくえ" featured in Japanese drama Love Letter, after 5 years"]</ref>
"君がいれば～Beautiful Love～" and "Intoxication" were featured in Bee-TV's drama「君がいれば～Beautiful Love～」, starring [[JYJ]] member [[Yoochun]] and Japanese actress [[Aya Ōmasa]].<ref name="Bee-Tv ost">[http://pre.beetv.jp/pages/beautiful-love/ "君がいれば～Beautiful Love～" and "Intoxication" featured in Bee-Tv's ''Beautiful Love～君がいれば～''] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101120235225/http://pre.beetv.jp/pages/beautiful-love/ |date=November 20, 2010 }}</ref> The other track on the album, "悲しみのゆくえ", is featured in the drama ''５年後のラブレター'' (A Love Letter 5 Years From Now) as its theme song.<ref name="Featured song">[http://pre.beetv.jp/pages/5_loveletter/ "悲しみのゆくえ" featured in Japanese drama Love Letter, after 5 years"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101210094835/http://pre.beetv.jp/pages/5_loveletter/ |date=December 10, 2010 }}</ref>


On May 22, Xiah performed '"Intoxication" for the first time at the ''Girls Awards 2010'', a fashion and music event held at [[Yoyogi Park|Yoyogi First Gymnasium]] in Japan.<ref name="Xiah at Girls Award 2010">[http://www.dkpopnews.net/2010/05/news-amazingly-popular-tvxq-xiah-junsu.html Xiah Junsu performs at Girls Award 2010]</ref> The other songs in the EP were also performed at [[JYJ]]'s four days ''Thanksgiving Live in Dome Tour'' concert held at Osaka Dome and Tokyo Dome in June.<ref name="Thanksgiving Live in Dome">[http://rhythmzone.net/jyj/release/ JYJ's Thanksgiving Live in Dome in June 2010]</ref> Xiah also performed "Intoxication" at [[Avex Trax|Avex]]'s nation wide ''a-nation'' tour throughout August. In October 2010, Xiah sang the Korean version of "Intoxication" at ''Kim Junsu Musical Concert, Levay with Friends''.
On May 22, Xiah performed "Intoxication" for the first time at the Girls Awards 2010, a fashion and music event held at [[Yoyogi Park|Yoyogi First Gymnasium]] in Japan.<ref name="Xiah at Girls Award 2010">[http://www.dkpopnews.net/2010/05/news-amazingly-popular-tvxq-xiah-junsu.html Xiah Junsu performs at Girls Award 2010]</ref> The other songs on the EP were also performed at [[JYJ]]'s four-day Thanksgiving Live in Dome Tour concert held at Osaka Dome and Tokyo Dome in June.<ref name="Thanksgiving Live in Dome">[http://rhythmzone.net/jyj/release/ JYJ's Thanksgiving Live in Dome in June 2010] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101206095038/http://rhythmzone.net/jyj/release/ |date=December 6, 2010 }}</ref> Xiah also performed "Intoxication" at [[Avex Trax|Avex]]'s nationwide a-nation tour throughout August. In October 2010, Xiah sang the Korean version of "Intoxication" at the Kim Junsu Musical Concert, Levay with Friends.


==Musical Style==
==Musical style==
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"Intoxication", the lead track of the album, features a sexual theme based on the lyrics itself. The style is influenced by African-American R&B music and the lyrics are influenced by the world's point of view. The song is meant to give a masculine feel.<ref name="dkpopnews 1">[http://www.dkpopnews.net/2010/05/news-xiah-junsu-pati-pati-magazine.html Xiah Junsu's single "Intoxication" interview]</ref>


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"君がいれば～Beautiful Love～" is specially written for the drama「Beautiful Love～君がいれば～」itself. The song's lyrics are based on the drama's plot development, about how Yoonsu (Yoochun), a lonely stuck-up rich tycoon falls in love with a Japanese girl Hinata (Aya Ōmasa).<ref name="君がいれば～Beautiful Love～">[http://everydaydbsk.wordpress.com/2010/05/02/yoochun-and-junsu-beautiful-love-interview-100502/ JYJ's Junsu and Yoochun's Interview on Bee-Tv's ''Beautiful Love～君がいれば～'']</ref>
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''"Intoxication"'', the lead track of the album, features a sexual theme based on the lyrics itself. The style is influenced by African-American R&B music and the lyrics are influenced by the world's point of view. The song is meant to give a masculine feel.<ref name="Intoxication">[http://www.dkpopnews.net/2010/05/news-xiah-junsu-pati-pati-magazine.html Xiah Junsu's single "Intoxication" interview] </ref>


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"悲しみのゆくえ" is a sorrowful song, meant to express the feeling of silent grief and intended as the opposite of "Intoxication". It depicts a feeling of helplessness.<ref name="dkpopnews 2">[http://www.dkpopnews.net/2010/05/news-xiah-junsu-pati-pati-magazine.html Xiah Junsu's "悲しみのゆくえ" interview]</ref>
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''"君がいれば～Beautiful Love～"'' is specially written for the drama「Beautiful Love～君がいれば～」itself. The song's lyrics are based on the drama's plot development, about how Yoonsu (Yoochun), a lonely stuck-up rich tycoon falls in love with a Japanese girl Hinata (Aya Ōmasa).<ref name="君がいれば～Beautiful Love～">[http://everydaydbsk.wordpress.com/2010/05/02/yoochun-and-junsu-beautiful-love-interview-100502/ JYJ's Junsu and Yoochun's Interview on Bee-Tv's ''Beautiful Love～君がいれば～'']</ref>

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''"悲しみのゆくえ"'' is a sorrowful song, meant to express the feelings of silent grief. This song is to be the opposite of ''Intoxication''. It depicts a feeling of helplessness.<ref name="Intoxication">[http://www.dkpopnews.net/2010/05/news-xiah-junsu-pati-pati-magazine.html Xiah Junsu's "悲しみのゆくえ" interview] </ref>


== Track listing ==
== Track listing ==
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| headline = <big>Jacket A:CD+DVD</big>
| headline = <big>Jacket A:CD+DVD</big>
| extra_column = Arranger
| extra_column = Arranger
| writing_credits = yes
| total_length = 18:01
| total_length = 18:01


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| title1 = Intoxication PV
| title1 = Intoxication PV
| length1 = 04:40
| length1 = 04:40
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| total_length = 22:44
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| title4 = Intoxication (Instrumental
| title4 = Intoxication (Instrumental)
| writer4 = Xiah
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Latest revision as of 14:32, 7 March 2024

Xiah
Xiah Jacket A cover
EP by
Kim Junsu
Released26 May 2010 (2010-05-26)
Recorded2010
Genre
LanguageJapanese
LabelRhythm Zone
Kim Junsu chronology
Xiah
(2010) 		Tarantallegra
(2012)

Xiah is the debut Japanese EP by South Korean singer Kim Junsu of JYJ. It was released by Rhythm Zone on 26 May 2010 in two versions: Jacket A, a CD+DVD version which includes a music video with 4 tracks, and Jacket B, a CD only version which contains 5 tracks.

Despite having TVXQ's activities on hiatus due to a lawsuit filed by Xiah and two other members of TVXQ (Kim Jaejoong and Park Yuchun) against their South Korean label SM Entertainment, he decided to debut as a solo act in Japan. Prior to its release, 160,000 copies of the album had been pre-ordered. It came in #2 on the Oricon Daily Charts with first day sales amounted to 118,510 units.

Album

[edit]

The EP consists of title song "Intoxication", an R&B track and two ballads, "君がいれば～Beautiful Love～" and "悲しみのゆくえ".

"君がいれば～Beautiful Love～" and "Intoxication" were featured in Bee-TV's drama「君がいれば～Beautiful Love～」, starring JYJ member Yoochun and Japanese actress Aya Ōmasa.[1] The other track on the album, "悲しみのゆくえ", is featured in the drama ５年後のラブレター (A Love Letter 5 Years From Now) as its theme song.[2]

On May 22, Xiah performed "Intoxication" for the first time at the Girls Awards 2010, a fashion and music event held at Yoyogi First Gymnasium in Japan.[3] The other songs on the EP were also performed at JYJ's four-day Thanksgiving Live in Dome Tour concert held at Osaka Dome and Tokyo Dome in June.[4] Xiah also performed "Intoxication" at Avex's nationwide a-nation tour throughout August. In October 2010, Xiah sang the Korean version of "Intoxication" at the Kim Junsu Musical Concert, Levay with Friends.

Musical style

[edit]

"Intoxication", the lead track of the album, features a sexual theme based on the lyrics itself. The style is influenced by African-American R&B music and the lyrics are influenced by the world's point of view. The song is meant to give a masculine feel.[5]

"君がいれば～Beautiful Love～" is specially written for the drama「Beautiful Love～君がいれば～」itself. The song's lyrics are based on the drama's plot development, about how Yoonsu (Yoochun), a lonely stuck-up rich tycoon falls in love with a Japanese girl Hinata (Aya Ōmasa).[6]

"悲しみのゆくえ" is a sorrowful song, meant to express the feeling of silent grief and intended as the opposite of "Intoxication". It depicts a feeling of helplessness.[7]

Track listing

[edit]
Jacket A:CD+DVD
No.TitleWriter(s)ArrangerLength
1."Intoxication"XiahXiah4:00
2."君がいれば～Beautiful Love～"Shinjiroh InoueShinjiroh Inoue5:02
3."Intoxication (Instrumental)"XiahXiah4:00
4."君がいれば～Beautiful Love～ (Instrumental)"Shinjiroh InoueShinjiroh Inoue4:59
Total length:18:01
DVD
No.TitleLength
1."Intoxication PV"04:40
Jacket B:CD only
No.TitleWriter(s)ArrangerLength
1."Intoxication"XiahXiah4:00
2."悲しみのゆくえ"Shinjiroh InoueShinjiroh Inoue5:30
3."君がいれば～Beautiful Love～ (Short Version)"Shinjiroh InoueShinjiroh Inoue3:44
4."Intoxication (Instrumental)"XiahXiah4:00
5."悲しみのゆくえ (Instrumental"Shinjiroh InoueShinjiroh Inoue5:30
Total length:22:44

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "君がいれば～Beautiful Love～" and "Intoxication" featured in Bee-Tv's Beautiful Love～君がいれば～ Archived November 20, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Xiah Junsu performs at Girls Award 2010
  3. ^ JYJ's Thanksgiving Live in Dome in June 2010 Archived December 6, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Xiah Junsu's single "Intoxication" interview
  5. ^ JYJ's Junsu and Yoochun's Interview on Bee-Tv's Beautiful Love～君がいれば～
  6. ^ Xiah Junsu's "悲しみのゆくえ" interview
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