And & End

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And & End
EP by
T-ara
ReleasedSeptember 11, 2014
Recorded2014
Genre
Length23:38
LanguageKorean
Label
T-ara chronology
Gossip Girls
(2014) 		And & End
(2014) 		So Good
(2015)
Singles from And & End
  1. "Sugar Free (BigRoom version)"
    Released: September 10, 2014

And & End is the sixth extended play[A] by South Korean girl group T-ara, which was released on September 11, 2014, by Core Contents Media.[2]

Release[edit]

On August 6, 2014, it was revealed that the group would be returning with a new album the following month, with their label later confirming a mid-September release date.[3][4] The title track, "Sugar Free", is an electronic dance music (EDM)-inspired song of the big room genre and was produced by Shinsadong Tiger, who had worked with the group on previous releases including "Roly-Poly", "Lovey-Dovey", and "Number 9", and Beom & Nang.[5][6] Core Contents Media released a stand-alone single of "Sugar-Free" on September 24, 2014. The stand-alone single featured the "BigRoom Version" of Sugar-Free as well as various remixes of the single. The "BigRoom Version" was promoted as the primary version of "Sugar Free" and released to media outlets and radio.

EDM Club Sugar Free Edition[edit]

EDM Club Sugar Free Edition is the second remix album by South Korean girl group T-ara, which was released on September 24, 2014.[7] The album consisted of a total of 18 tracks; all remixes of "Sugar Free" in Korean and English. The original version of the song featuring LE of EXID was also included on the album.

On October 9, a representative of T-ara said, "We only released a limited edition of the EDM Edition album of 7,000 copies, but fans in Southeast Asia Ordered nearly 20,000 copies. We are very surprised and grateful for the interest of the fans, as this album was planned to be a limited release only, we decided not to release any more."[8]

Reception[edit]

Critical reception[edit]

"Sugar Free" received generally positive reviews. Scott Interrante of PopMatters praised the song's synths use and the "saccharine and overly processed" vocals "Sugar-Free is as good as one could hope it to be".[9]

Commercial performance[edit]

And & End debuted at number two on the Gaon Album Chart for the week of September 7, 2014.[10] In the United States, the album debuted at number 12 on the Billboard World Albums chart. As of December 2014, the album has sold 20,677 copies.[11] On May 19, 2016, YinYueTai announced Top 15 MVs with the most views on YinYueTai. In this list,[12] T-ara ranked first and second with two music videos " Number Nine " (133 million views) and "Sugar Free" (122.8 million views).[13]

Accolades[edit]

Awards and nominations
Award ceremony Year Category Nominee / work Result Ref.
MTV Best of the Best Awards 2014 Best Dance Video "Sugar Free" Won [14]
Seoul Music Awards 2015 Hallyu Special Award And & End Nominated [15]
Main Prize (Bonsang) Nominated
Popularity Award Nominated
Rankings
Year Publisher List Recipient Ranking Ref.
2014 Kenh14 Top 14 K-Pop Girl Group Girl Crush songs "Sugar Free" 12th [16]
2017 SBS PopAsia 9 of the best T-ara singles 8th [17]

Track listing[edit]

No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Sugar Free"Shinsadong Tiger, LE (EXID)Shinsadong Tiger & LE (EXID)3:55
2."ORGR"4th Hitter, S.Kim4th Hitter, S.Kim2:58
3."I Don't Want You" (남주긴 아까워; Namjugin Akkawo)Duble SidekickDuble Sidekick, Radio Galaxi2:58
4."Last Calendar" (지난 달력; Jinan Dallyeog)Roco (Rocoberry)Rocoberry2:47
5."If I See Her" (그녀를 보면; Geunyeoreul Bomyeon)RocoberryConan3:10
6."Sugar Free" (Instrumental)Shinsadong Tiger, LE (EXID)Shinsadong Tiger3:55
Total length:23:38
Digital version[6][18]
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Sugar Free" (BigRoom Version)Shinsadong Tiger, LE (EXID)Shinsadong Tiger3:55
2."Sugar Free"Shinsadong Tiger, LE (EXID)Shinsadong Tiger, LE (EXID)3:55
3."I Don't Want You" (남주긴 아까워; Namjugin Akkawo)Duble SidekickDuble Sidekick, Radio Galaxi2:58
4."ORGR"4th Hitter, S.Kim4th Hitter, S.Kim2:58
5."Last Calendar" (지난 달력; Jinan Dallyeog)Roco (Rocoberry)Rocoberry2:47
6."If I See Her" (그녀를 보면; Geunyeoreul Bomyeon)Conan, RocoConan3:10
7."Sugar Free" (BigRoom Version Instrumental)Shinsadong Tiger, LE (EXID)Shinsadong Tiger3:55

Charts[edit]

Sales[edit]

Sales for And & End
Country Sales amount
South Korea 20,677[20]

Release history[edit]

Region Album Date Format Label
South Korea And & End September 11, 2014 CD, digital download Core Contents Media / KT Music
Various Digital download
South Korea EDM Club Sugar Free Edition September 24, 2014 CD, digital download
Various Digital download

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Titled the tenth mini album by the group's record label.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "[ALBUM] T-ARA "And&End" 2014.09.11". Cores Content Media. Archived from the original on February 11, 2015. Retrieved February 11, 2015.
  2. ^ Lee, Sung-eun (September 11, 2014). "T-ara unveils 'Sugar Free' vid". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved September 11, 2014.
  3. ^ Jung, Ji-won (August 6, 2014). "T-ara to Make Comeback as Six Members in September". Newsen. Translated by Yeawon Jung. Mwave. Archived from the original on January 23, 2015. Retrieved March 7, 2015.
  4. ^ Kim, Min-jin (August 20, 2014). "T-ara to make comeback with 'club music'". The Korea Herald. Retrieved March 7, 2015.
  5. ^ Danbi Hong, Grace (August 20, 2014). "T-ara Confirms 9/11 as Comeback Date". Mwave. Archived from the original on January 23, 2015. Retrieved March 7, 2015.
  6. ^ a b "And & End". music.naver.com (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved September 11, 2014.
  7. ^ "Circle Chart". Gaon Chart.
  8. ^ "T-ara get flooded with 20,000 orders from Queen's in Southeast Asia for the limited EDM edition of 'Sugar Free'". Allkpop. Retrieved May 31, 2023.
  9. ^ "K-Pop Roundup – September 2014, PopMatters". PopMatters. October 8, 2014. Retrieved October 30, 2022.
  10. ^ a b 2014년 38주차 Album Chart [Week 38 of 2014 Album Chart]. Gaon Chart (in Korean). Korea Music Content Industry Association. Archived from the original on November 13, 2014. Retrieved September 17, 2014.
  11. ^ a b 2014년 Album Chart [2014 Album Chart]. Gaon Chart (in Korean). Korea Music Content Industry Association. Archived from the original on January 14, 2015. Retrieved February 11, 2015.
  12. ^ "全部MV -- 音悦台 -- 看好音乐". May 1, 2016. Archived from the original on May 1, 2016. Retrieved August 17, 2022.
  13. ^ Official YinTueTai Archived November 3, 2016, at the Wayback Machine (bằng tiếng Hàn). YinYueTai. Truy cập ngày 30 tháng 5 năm 2016.
  14. ^ "2014 SBS MTV Best of the Best". MTV Korea. Retrieved June 29, 2017.
  15. ^ "제24회 서울가요대상". December 30, 2014. Archived from the original on December 30, 2014. Retrieved June 26, 2022.
  16. ^ "14 hit Kpop chứng minh girlgroup mà theo đuổi hình tượng hầm hố thì boygroup có khi phải "chạy dài"" [Top 14 K-Pop Girl Group Girl Crush songs]. Kenh14.vn (in Vietnamese). July 30, 2019. Retrieved April 22, 2023.
  17. ^ "9 of the best T-ara singles". SBS PopAsia. June 13, 2017. Retrieved November 3, 2022.
  18. ^ "iTunes – Music – And&End by T-ara". itunes.apple.com. Apple Inc. Retrieved September 11, 2014.
  19. ^ "Listen to T-ara's English Version of David Guetta-Esque Single 'Sugar Free'". Billboard. September 24, 2014. Retrieved September 30, 2014.
  20. ^ "Circle Chart". Gaon Chart.
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