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[PHOTOGALLERY] NU’EST W Single Album If You - Baekho and Ren Official Profile

[PHOTOGALLERY] NU’EST W Single Album If You - JR and Aron Official Profile

[PHOTOGALLERY] Dispatch Exclusive - NU’EST W, Kim Jonghyun (JR) “Now, 2 hours W:aiting"…NU’EST W, Flower Road, Let’s Go’, 7 pic & gif ➥ HQs & gif album here ( group version here )

With less than 3 days to go, NU'EST W drops official profile photos of members JR and Aron ahead of If You's release! The signature calligraphic 'W' could be seen in the teasers as well.

Decked in shades of purple and green, the two members exude a mature and mellow chic vibes for the upcoming special single. Anticipation is high as the profile shots of Baekho and Ren are expected to drop tomorrow at the same timing (midnight KST).

What do you think of these teasers? Are you ready for the song to drop?

[PHOTOGALLERY] Dispatch Exclusive - NU’EST W, Kang Dongho (Baekho) “Now, 2 hours W:aiting"…NU’EST W, Flower Road, Let’s Go’, 5 pic & gif ➥ HQs & gif album here ( group version here )

[PHOTOGALLERY] NU’EST W Single Album If You - Group Official Profile

With less than just 2 days, NU'EST W will release the long-await special single If You. Ahead of that, enjoy the official profile photos of members Baekho and Ren, decked in matching shirts and blazers with the other members. 

This time, the two members wore shades of yellows and blues, showing their simple but mature and chic sides. With the current aesthetics, fans are buzzing that the single might be ballad - or at least, something slow to mid-tempo that will tug at your heartstrings.

What do you think of these teasers? What kind of song do you think it would be?

When NU’EST announced the formation of NU’EST W unit with a special release to drop, the L.O.V.E fandom was buzzing with excitement. And anxiousness. Worry started to cloud the fandom as fans wondered about the final results of the song; some were concerned about the genre of the release - ‘would it be well-received?’ ‘Would it chart?’ ‘Would this be a make or break moment?’ - and doubts were peek from every other joyous news received through the week.

As the week progressed, L.O.V.Es prepared themselves, looking to the best things in regards to added information dropped. There would be no promotions (’perhaps it’s for the best, so they can focus on the real album’), the song would be produced by Kiggen (’in Kiggen we trust!’), and the members would have appearances on TV as they work on their physical album to be released later this year (’even if we don’t have promotions, we can still see them!’). 

New song versions of Hello and Look were released, teasers popped up, and Pledis even changed their social network accounts into the latest update. Fans jumped in joy, as accounts started looking through ways to chart. Tutorials were made and spread around, as L.O.V.Es get hard at work in last minute preparations. For some, it’s something they’ve done before; for a lot more, it’s abrand new experience figuring out the hooks of the program.

And then the 25th came. An hour before the official release of this digital single, fans roared to life. Within half-an-hour, ‘#NUEST_If_You’ started appearing on Korea Twitter trends. Related terms like ‘NU’EST’, ‘Hello’ started trending on Melon as fans waited for 6PM to arrive.

In the next hour, NU’EST-related terms dominated MelOn search trending keywords, at one point in which nine out of ten trending terms were taken. ‘NU’EST’ peaked at 1st place Naver search, lasting in the top 10 for the hour. Fans streamed, fans cried, fans streamed some more. 5-minutes chart were spreading around Twitter as everyone was trying to predict the song’s debut rank. As the clock ticked down to the last of the hour, the results were revealed.

NU’EST W debuts in 4th place on MelOn Real-Time Charts.

But that’s just the start. ‘If You’ went on to receive 1st spot on Genie, Bugs and Naver, peeking on Mnet and Soribada charts, and made its entry on 11th spot on instiz’s iChart. Other songs started making an appearance into the real-time charts as well, and it was a huge step forwards from what they’ve achieved in 2016 with ‘Love Paint’, sitting at no.225. 

In essence, NU’EST rose 221 spots.

Looking at this track, NU'EST truly reflected their sincere longing, both to their waiting fans and member, Minhyun who is currently active as a member of Wanna One. JR's direct participation in his rap lines brought forth a personal touch, including references to their last album, ‘Canvas’ (’The canvas we were painted on together, does not have your color filled in the painting'); the members’ beautiful vocals and harmony added a soulful yearning to this ballad track, while melancholic, does not forget a lingering sense of hope and waiting.

The song was well-received, with good number of upvotes seen on articles released. Celebrities (Bumzu, Hong Sukchun, Jane, B.A.P’s Daehyun, Han Donggeun, After School’s Nana, Lizzy, Kaeun as well as Rhymer and Kiggen, both who took part in the creation of If You) and trainee friends (Kim Yongjin, Kim Sangbin, Lee Kiwon) send their congratulations to the boys on social media over the last two days, making further testaments of the boys’ friendly characters. Even muggles* found it easy to listen, as seen in a funny (yet bittersweet) post on pann yesterday. *머글인 is a term coined to signify a non-fan of a group, a casual listener / general public

And the news reach the boys too. In the mini concert later that night, the boys spoke up briefly about their joy from seeing the good results. And towards the end, leader JR spoke up again in a ment that draws tears not just from the members, but L.O.V.Es who had been walking on the same path (subbed clip here). Mentioning his thanks to his members for not giving up, and the love received that allowed them to continue making music, they had hoped to show their sincere sides and repay with good music.

After the show ended, Ren took to the L.O.V.E Letter room to write his words of thanks, stating that he earned courage from seeing the pride of the fandom.Words filled with sincerity, Ren's words rang true: now it's a beginning, not the end. For NU’EST, for L.O.V.Es, this is merely the start of a new chapter.

It took six long years for them to reach this spot, and whether they hang onto the charts or not is not as important as the fact that now, they - us - have truly been given the second chance to start over again. And this time, may their wings finally take flight.