2
Digital cover art showing the group name and album logo
Digital cover
Studio album by
(G)I-dle
ReleasedJanuary 29, 2024 (2024-01-29)
Length20:57
Language
  • Korean
  • English
Label
(G)I-dle chronology
Heat
(2023) 		2
(2024)
Singles from 2
  1. "Wife"
    Released: January 22, 2024
  2. "Super Lady"
    Released: January 29, 2024

2 is the second studio album by South Korean girl group (G)I-dle. It was released by Cube Entertainment on January 29, 2024, and contains eight tracks, including the pre-release single "Wife", and the lead single "Super Lady".

Background and release

On January 8, 2024, Cube Entertainment announced (G)I-dle would be releasing their second studio album titled 2 on January 29.[1] Four days later, a comeback trailer was released.[2] On January 13, the promotional schedule was released.[3] Five days later, the track listing was released with "Super Lady" announced as the lead single.[4] On January 19, the audio snippet teaser was released.[5] On January 21, the music video teaser for "Wife" was released.[6] A day later, "Wife" was released alongside its music video.[7] On January 24, a story film for "Super Lady" was released,[8] followed by the music video teasers on January 25 and 26.[9][10] The music video was released on January 29. A music video for the b-side track "Revenge" was released on February 16.[11]

Composition

2 contains eight tracks. The third track "Doll" was described as a song with "dark atmosphere" with lyrics "providing a fresh shock [in contrast] to the title reminiscent of a cute doll". The fourth track "Vision" was described as having "dreamy chords". The fifth track "7 Days" contains "emotional guitar riff". The sixth track "Fate" (나는 아폰 건 딱 질색이니까) was described as a song with "colorful band rhythm and melody". The seventh track "Rollie" was described as a hip-hop song with "dynamic and vintage" rhythm.[12] The last track "Wife" was described as bubblegum bass-based pop song with "bold" lyrics that "attracts attention with metaphorical but explicit".[13]

Commercial performance

2 has surpassed the previous record set by I Feel; selling over 1,163,395 copies. Remarkably, the album achieved million-seller status within two days of its release, a notable feat given the recent downward trend in K-pop idol group sales. Positioning (G)I-DLE as the 5th highest-ranking K-pop girl group for all-time initial release sales, trailing behind Aespa, New Jeans, Ive, and Blackpink.[14]

Track listing

Track listing for 2
No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."Super Lady"Soyeon
  • Soyeon
  • Pop Time
  • Daily
  • Likey
  • Soyeon
  • Pop Time
  • Daily
  • Likey
2:32
2."Revenge"Soyeon
  • Soyeon
  • Pop Time
  • Kako
  • Soyeon
  • Pop Time
  • Kako
2:24
3."Doll"
  • Yuqi
  • Boytoy
  • Jayins
  • Mojo
  • Yuqi
  • Boytoy
  • Mojo
  • Jayins
  • Lee Seung-hoon (Plz)
Lee Seung-hoon (Plz)2:34
4."Vision"
  • Minnie
  • BreadBeat
  • Shin Kung
  • BreadBeat
  • Shin Kung
2:41
5."7 Days"
  • Minnie
  • Tim Tan
  • Minnie
  • BreadBeat
BreadBeat3:19
6."Fate" (Korean: 나는 아픈 건 딱 질색이니까; RR: Naneun apeun geon ttak jilsaeginikka; lit. I hate being sick)Soyeon
  • Soyeon
  • Pop Time
  • Daily
  • Likey
  • Soyeon
  • Pop Time
  • Daily
  • Likey
2:42
7."Rollie"
  • Yuqi
  • Boytoy
  • Melli (Plz)
  • 213 (Plz)
  • Mojo
  • Yuqi
  • Boytoy
  • Melli (Plz)
  • 213 (Plz)
  • Mojo
  • Milli Oshyun
  • 213 (Plz)
  • Mojo
  • Milli Oshyun
  • Boytoy
2:44
8."Wife"Soyeon
  • Soyeon
  • Daily
  • Likey
  • Pop Time
  • Soyeon
  • Daily
  • Likey
  • Pop Time
2:01
Total length:20:57

Charts

Release history

Release history for 2
Region Date Format Label
Various January 29, 2024
South Korea January 30, 2024 CD

References

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