I. Introduction
Weekend is a digital single recorded by Taeyeon.
It was released digitally on July 6, 2021, by SM Entertainment.
The song is written by Hwang Yu-bin and composed by RoseInPeace, Saimon, Willemijn van der Neut, Marcia "Misha" Sondeijker.
Musically, the song is described as a dance and city pop song characterized by guitar and retro synth sounds with lyrics about "wanting to freely go on a trip during the weekend".
II. Background and Release
On June 29, 2021, it was announced that Taeyeon will be releasing a digital single titled "Weekend".
On July 3, a portion of the music video was leaked on KBS's Mr House Husband 2 before the release of the music video teaser.
On July 4, the music video teaser was released and then on July 6 the music video.
Prior to the song's release, on July 6, 2021, Taeyeon held a live event called "Weekend: Taeyeon Entertainment's 1st Half of the Year Meeting'" on V Live to introduce the song and communicate with her fans.
III. Tracklist
| 1. Weekend |
RoseInPeace, Saimon, Willemijn van der Neut, Marcia "Misha" Sondeijker | 3:53 |
IV. Spotify Playlist
V. Videos
VI. Concept Pictures
VI. Commercial Performance
"Weekend" debuted at position 10 on South Korea's Gaon Digital Chart.
The song also debuted at position 2 and position 21 on Gaon Download Chart and Gaon Streaming Chart, respectively, on the chart issue dated July 4–10, 2021.
The song debuted at position 7 and position 58 on Billboard World Digital Songs and K-Pop Hot 100, respectively, on the chart issue dated July 17, 2021.
