Rollin' (Brave Girls song)

"Rollin"
"Rollin"
	New version cover art
Single by Brave Girls
from the album Rollin'
Released	March 7, 2017; August 11, 2018 (New version);
Genre	Dance-pop; tropical house;
Length	3:18
Label	Brave
Songwriter(s)	Brave Brothers; Two Champ; Chakun;
Producer(s)	Two Champ
Brave Girls singles chronology
Music video
	"Rollin'" on YouTube

"Rollin'" (Korean: 롤린) is a song by South Korean girl group Brave Girls. It was released on March 7, 2017 as the lead single from the EP of the same name. A rearranged version of the song titled "Rollin' (New Version)" was released on August 11, 2018 as a quartet due to member Hayun's departure from the group. In February 2021, "Rollin" gained a sudden surge in popularity after a compilation video of Brave Girls performing the song unexpectedly became viral.

Release and promotion

"Rollin'" was originally released on March 7, 2017 as the title track and lead single from Brave Girls' fourth mini album Rollin'.^[1] Brave Girls performed the song on SBS's The Show later that day, MBC Music's Show Champion on March 8, Mnet's M Countdown on March 9 and SBS's Inkigayo on March 12.^[2]^[3] On August 11, 2018, the group released "Rollin' (New Version)", a rearranged version of the song, as a gift to fans for their passionate support for the song in the prior year and a half. In March 2021, in response to the song's sudden surge of popularity, Brave Girls resumed promotional activities for the song.^[4]

Music video

On March 3, 2017, the first teaser for the music video for "Rollin'" was released through Brave Entertainment's website and on Brave Girls' official YouTube channel. The teaser shows the girls in a dark room sitting in chairs with a storm as a background. It was rated 19+ in South Korea.^[5] On March 3, the second and final teaser was released, showing the group dance for the song and scenes with members sitting on a sofa.^[6]

The music video was released on March 7, 2017 in conjunction with the EP. The video shows the girls dancing in a room with a dark background, showing the moon and thunder. Chairs were incorported into key parts of the song's choreography.^[7] The video was restricted on YouTube for viewers under eighteen. A day after, a dance version was released without any age restriction.^[8] On March 9, Brave Entertainment released a clean version of the original music video, in which scenes of the girls lying on each other had been removed.^[9]

Reception

Prior to the song's release, KBS deemed "Rollin'" unfit for broadcast, stating that certain parts of the lyrics contained a slang word which was too vulgar. A representative from Brave Entertainment responded that they would revise the lyrics in order for the song to be re-evaluated.^[10] On March 8, 2017, it was reported that the ban had been lifted.

In late February 2021, four years after the song was released, a compilation video of Brave Girls performing the song became viral on YouTube. As a result, the song gained a surge in popularity and rose to the top of real-time music charts.^[11] It soon achieved a "perfect all-kill", simultaneously topping all real-time charts in South Korea, and became the first song by a group to do so in 2021.^[12]. On March 22, 2021, "Rollin'" topped the charts for 198 hours, leading Brave Girls to became the girl group with the most "perfect all-kills"^[13] record, a record formerly held by girl group Twice who had 197 PAK's through multiple title tracks.

Commercial performance

At the time of its original release, "Rollin'" failed to enter the Gaon Digital Chart. For the week ending on February 27, 2021, the song entered at number 60 on the Gaon Download Chart, one of the Digital Chart's components.^[14] It subsequently entered the Gaon Digital Chart for the first time at number 2 in the week ending on March 6, 2021.^[15] Similarly, "Rollin' (New Version)" peaked at number 130 on the Download Chart on the same week without entering the Digital Chart.^[16]

For week ending March 21, 2021, the song topped the Gaon Digital Chart and stayed at the summit for two consecutive weeks, becoming the group's first number one hit. The group also topped the Gaon Streaming Chart for three consecutive weeks. For the week ending March 25, 2021, the song also topped the Billboard K-pop Hot 100 chart, the group's first number one hit on the aforementioned chart.

Accolades

Music program awards for "Rollin'"
Program	Network	Date	Ref.
Inkigayo	SBS	March 14, 2021	^[17]
Inkigayo	SBS	March 21, 2021	^[18]
The Show	SBS MTV	March 16, 2021	^[19]
Show Champion	MBC M	March 17, 2021	^[20]
M Countdown	Mnet	March 18, 2021	^[21]
Music Bank	KBS	March 19, 2021	^[22]

Melon Popularity Award
Award	Date (2021)	Ref.
Weekly Popularity Award	March 15	^[23]
	March 22
	March 29
	April 5

Charts

Weekly charts


Chart (2021)	Peak position
Billboard Global Excl. U.S.^[24]	189
South Korea (Gaon)^[15]	1
South Korea (K-pop Hot 100)^[25]	1
US World Digital Songs (Billboard)^[26]	13

Monthly charts


Chart (March 2021)	Peak position
South Korea (Gaon)^[27]	1

References

^ "브레이브걸스, 논란도 좋다…모든 것을 내건 앨범 '롤린'(종합)".
^ ALL THE K-POP (March 8, 2017), Show Champion EP.219 BRAVE GIRLS - Rollin', retrieved March 9, 2017
^ Mnet K-POP (March 9, 2017), [Brave Girls - Rollin'] Comeback Stage | M COUNTDOWN 170309 EP.514, retrieved March 9, 2017
^ Kim, Se-young (March 5, 2021). "Brave Girls will return to music shows". Naver. Retrieved March 5, 2021.
^ "브레이브걸스 (Brave Girls) - 롤린 (Rollin') (Teaser 1)". YouTube. Retrieved March 2, 2017.
^ CJENMMUSIC Official (March 5, 2017), 브레이브걸스 (Brave Girls) - 롤린 (Rollin') (Teaser 2), retrieved March 7, 2017
^ "브레이브걸스 (Brave Girls) - 롤린 (Rollin') MV". YouTube. Retrieved March 7, 2017.
^ CJENMMUSIC Official (March 7, 2017), 브레이브걸스 (Brave Girls) - 롤린 (Rollin') (Dance Ver.) MV, retrieved March 8, 2017
^ CJENMMUSIC Official (March 9, 2017), 브레이브걸스 (Brave Girls) - 롤린 (Rollin') (Clean Ver.) MV, retrieved March 9, 2017
^ "브레이브걸스 측 "KBS 심의 부적격..비속어 가사 수정할 것"(공식)" (in Korean). Retrieved March 1, 2017.
^ Dong, Sun-hwa (March 2, 2021). "Brave Girls enjoy belated success on music charts with 'Rollin'". The Korea Times. Retrieved March 5, 2021.
^ "Brave Girls' "Rollin'" achieves perfect all-kill". Asia news agency. March 13, 2021.
^ https://www.allkpop.com/article/2021/03/brave-girls-surpass-twice-and-set-a-new-record-as-the-girl-group-with-the-most-perfect-all-kills
^ 2021년 09주차 Download Chart [Week 9 of 2021 Download Chart]. Gaon Music Chart (in Korean). Retrieved March 8, 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Gaon Digital Chart – Week 12 of 2021" (in Korean). Gaon Chart. Retrieved March 25, 2021.
^ 2021년 10주차 Download Chart [Week 10 of 2021 Download Chart]. Gaon Music Chart (in Korean). Retrieved March 10, 2021.
^ Jeong, Han-byul (March 14, 2021). '인기가요' 브레이브걸스, '롤린'으로 1위 "버텨준 멤버들에게 고마워" ['Inkigayo' Brave Girls, ranked 1st with 'Rollin']. Hankook Ilbo (in Korean). Archived from the original on March 14, 2021. Retrieved March 14, 2021 – via Naver.
^ Kim, Hye-rim (March 21, 2021). '6관왕' 브레이브걸스 "꿈만 꿨던 1위..아직도 믿기지 않아" ['6 Crowns' Brave Girls "I only dreamed of being number one..I still can't believe it"]. Star News (in Korean). Archived from the original on March 21, 2021. Retrieved March 21, 2021.
^ Yoon, Sang-geun (March 16, 2021). "'더쇼' 브레이브걸스 '롤린' 1위 "모두 감사"". Star News (in Korean). Retrieved March 17, 2021.
^ "'쇼챔' 브레이브걸스, '롤린' 3관왕.."포기하지 않아서 고마워" 울컥[종합]". Naver (in Korean). Herald Pop. Retrieved March 18, 2021.
^ "'엠카' 임영웅 컴백..브레이브걸스 1위[★밤TView]". Naver (in Korean). Star News. Retrieved March 18, 2021.
^ Park, Se-yeon (March 19, 2021). 브레이브걸스, '뮤뱅'도 접수…아이유 꺾고 1위 [Brave Girls, taking over 'Music Bank' too... Beat IU to No. 1]. Star Today (in Korean). Archived from the original on March 19, 2021. Retrieved March 19, 2021.
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[1] "브레이브걸스, 논란도 좋다…모든 것을 내건 앨범 '롤린'(종합)".

[2] ALL THE K-POP (March 8, 2017), Show Champion EP.219 BRAVE GIRLS - Rollin', retrieved March 9, 2017

[3] Mnet K-POP (March 9, 2017), [Brave Girls - Rollin'] Comeback Stage | M COUNTDOWN 170309 EP.514, retrieved March 9, 2017

[4] Kim, Se-young (March 5, 2021). "Brave Girls will return to music shows". Naver. Retrieved March 5, 2021.

[5] "브레이브걸스 (Brave Girls) - 롤린 (Rollin') (Teaser 1)". YouTube. Retrieved March 2, 2017.

[6] CJENMMUSIC Official (March 5, 2017), 브레이브걸스 (Brave Girls) - 롤린 (Rollin') (Teaser 2), retrieved March 7, 2017

[7] "브레이브걸스 (Brave Girls) - 롤린 (Rollin') MV". YouTube. Retrieved March 7, 2017.

[8] CJENMMUSIC Official (March 7, 2017), 브레이브걸스 (Brave Girls) - 롤린 (Rollin') (Dance Ver.) MV, retrieved March 8, 2017

[9] CJENMMUSIC Official (March 9, 2017), 브레이브걸스 (Brave Girls) - 롤린 (Rollin') (Clean Ver.) MV, retrieved March 9, 2017

[10] "브레이브걸스 측 "KBS 심의 부적격..비속어 가사 수정할 것"(공식)" (in Korean). Retrieved March 1, 2017.

[11] Dong, Sun-hwa (March 2, 2021). "Brave Girls enjoy belated success on music charts with 'Rollin'". The Korea Times. Retrieved March 5, 2021.

[12] "Brave Girls' "Rollin'" achieves perfect all-kill". Asia news agency. March 13, 2021.

[13] ttps://www.allkpop.com/article/2021/03/brave-girls-surpass-twice-and-set-a-new-record-as-the-girl-group-with-the-most-perfect-all-kills

[14] 2021년 09주차 Download Chart [Week 9 of 2021 Download Chart]. Gaon Music Chart (in Korean). Retrieved March 8, 2021.

[gaon-15] "Gaon Digital Chart – Week 12 of 2021" (in Korean). Gaon Chart. Retrieved March 25, 2021.

[week102021-16] 2021년 10주차 Download Chart [Week 10 of 2021 Download Chart]. Gaon Music Chart (in Korean). Retrieved March 10, 2021.

[17] Jeong, Han-byul (March 14, 2021). '인기가요' 브레이브걸스, '롤린'으로 1위 "버텨준 멤버들에게 고마워" ['Inkigayo' Brave Girls, ranked 1st with 'Rollin']. Hankook Ilbo (in Korean). Archived from the original on March 14, 2021. Retrieved March 14, 2021 – via Naver.

[18] Kim, Hye-rim (March 21, 2021). '6관왕' 브레이브걸스 "꿈만 꿨던 1위..아직도 믿기지 않아" ['6 Crowns' Brave Girls "I only dreamed of being number one..I still can't believe it"]. Star News (in Korean). Archived from the original on March 21, 2021. Retrieved March 21, 2021.

[19] Yoon, Sang-geun (March 16, 2021). "'더쇼' 브레이브걸스 '롤린' 1위 "모두 감사"". Star News (in Korean). Retrieved March 17, 2021.

[20] "'쇼챔' 브레이브걸스, '롤린' 3관왕.."포기하지 않아서 고마워" 울컥[종합]". Naver (in Korean). Herald Pop. Retrieved March 18, 2021.

[21] "'엠카' 임영웅 컴백..브레이브걸스 1위[★밤TView]". Naver (in Korean). Star News. Retrieved March 18, 2021.

[22] Park, Se-yeon (March 19, 2021). 브레이브걸스, '뮤뱅'도 접수…아이유 꺾고 1위 [Brave Girls, taking over 'Music Bank' too... Beat IU to No. 1]. Star Today (in Korean). Archived from the original on March 19, 2021. Retrieved March 19, 2021.

[23] 멜론 주간 인기상 투표시작. Melon (in Korean). Retrieved April 10, 2021.

[24] "Global 200 Excl. US". Billboard. Retrieved April 3, 2021.

[25] "Billboard Kpop Hot 100 – The Week of March 27, 2021". Billboard. Retrieved March 25, 2021.

[26] "Brave Girls". Billboard. Retrieved March 27, 2021.

[27] "2021년 03월 Digital Chart". Gaon Chart. Retrieved April 10, 2021.

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