Runway (album)

Runway
Runway
	Regular and digital edition cover
Studio album by AOA
Released	November 30, 2016
Recorded	2015–2016
Genre	Electropop; dance-pop;
Length	40:04
Language	Japanese
Label	Virgin Music; Universal Music;
Producer	Han Sung Ho
AOA chronology
Singles from Runway
	"Give Me the Love"; Released: April 20, 2016; "Good Luck"; Released: August 03, 2016; "Wow War Tonight 〜Get On Up Join Our Movement (Girls Version)"; Released: October 28, 2016;

Runway is the second studio album and major Japanese release by South Korean girl group AOA. It was released on November 30, 2016 through Virgin Music. Continuing the electro-influenced sound from their first Japanese album, Runway features a wide range of contribution from multiple new producers such as Han Seung Hoon, Lee Sang Ho, Matthew Tishler, Aaron Benward, and Felicia Barton.

Two singles were released prior to the release of the album, "Give Me the Love" and "Good Luck", which both peaked at number-three on the Oricon Singles chart. The group promoted the album and its singles through various Japanese music and variety shows, as well as promoting through their second Japan concert tour titled AOA Summer Concert in Japan ~Angels World 2016~ from July 1–3, 2016.

Background and release

On October 3, 2016, AOA announced that they will release their second Japanese studio album on November 30, 2016.^[1]

Runway includes previously released tracks from AOA's fourth and fifth Japanese singles: "Give Me the Love" featuring Takanori Nishikawa; the Japanese versions of "Good Luck," "Still Falls the Rain," and "10 Seconds"; a new Japanese cover song titled "Wow War Tonight 〜Get On Up Join Our Movement (Girls Version)," and other six brand-new tracks.^[2]

Two music videos (official and dance version) for the track "Wow War Tonight 〜Get On Up Join Our Movement (Girls Version)" were released through AOA's official Vevo account along with the formal release of the album on November 30, 2016. The first teaser for the music video was released on October 18, 2016 through Universal Music's YouTube account.^[3] The short version of the music video was unveiled on October 28, 2016 through Japan music platform GyaO.

On October 24, 2016, the official track list for the album was revealed on AOA's official Japan website.^[4] Runway features an additional four original tracks: the title track "Runway," "OK!," "Muah!," and "Love Gave Me You"; plus the Japanese version of "Cherry Pop," which was included in AOA's fourth mini-album Good Luck; and "Perfect Strangers", a Japanese version of the hit song by British musician Jonas Blue.

Promotion

In AOA's second Japan concert tour titled, AOA Summer Concert in Japan ~Angels World 2016~, from July 1–3, 2016, they performed their biggest hits and the Japanese version of "Good Luck" for the first time.

During over the course of two days, from December 10–11, 2016, AOA participated in FNC Entertainment's annual Japan concert entitled, 2016 FNC Kingdom in Japan: Creepy Nights.^[5]

Singles

"Give Me the Love" was released on April 8, 2016 as AOA's fourth and first original Japanese single. The physical single comes with 11 editions.

The second single from the album, "Good Luck," was released on August 3, 2016 as their fifth Japanese single. The single also comes with 11 physical editions.

The third track, "Wow War Tonight 〜Get On Up Join Our Movement (Girls Version)," was released digitally as the first promotional single for the album on October 28, 2016.^[6]^[7]

Formats

On October 18, 2016, it was revealed that Runway would be released in eleven different physical versions: A limited CD+Blu-ray edition (type A), two limited CD+DVD editions (type B and type C), seven limited Picture Label Member CD editions, and a limited first press CD edition that will revert to a regular CD edition. Cover artworks for album editions were also revealed on the same day.^[8]

Limited CD+Blu-ray edition comes with extra Blu-ray content.
Limited CD+DVD editions come with extra DVD content.
Limited Picture Label Member CD editions come in a standard jewel case without album cover and lyrics booklet. There are a total of seven editions in matching with seven members.
Regular CD edition comes in a standard jewel case with a lyrics-only booklet.

Commercial performance

Runway debuted at number 3 on the Oricon Daily Albums Chart for the date November 29, 2016.^[9] The album stayed in the Top 10 for the rest of its first week.

It was reported that Runway sold more than 14,500 copies in its first week, debuting and peaking at number 5 on the Oricon Weekly Albums Chart.^[10] To date, Runway has sold a total of 16,628 physical copies in Japan.

Track listing

All editions CD and digital download – standard edition
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producers	Length
1.	"Runway"	Lee Sang Ho Seo Yong Bae Andreas Ohrn Chris Wahle Hasegawa	Lee Sang Ho Bae Ohrn Wahle	3:27
2.	"Ok!"	Friday.Galactika Chang.Galactika PRAY LITTLE	Friday.Galactika Chang.Galactika PRAY	3:02
3.	"Wow War Tonight〜Get On Up Join Our Movement (Girls Version)" (Wow War Tonight〜時には起こせよムーヴメント; Wow War Tonight〜Toki ni wa Okose yo Movement) (H Jungle with t cover)	Tetsuya Komuro	Tetsuya Komuro	5:15
4.	"Muah!"	Choi In Sun Darly CHIEMI	BreadBeat Wonderkid Jun Hong Sung	3:19
5.	"Cherry Pop" (Japanese Version)	Han Sung Ho Misfit InnoVator Kota Morita	Hyuk Shin DK Mher Filian Naz Tokio Melanie Fontana	3:17
6.	"Give Me the Love" (愛をちょうだい; Ai wo Choudai) (Feat. Takanori Nishikawa)	Han Seung Hoon Lee Sang Ho Andreas Ohrn Chris Wahle Hasegawa Anan	Hoon Lee Sang Ho Ohrn Wahle	3:48
7.	"Good Luck" (Japanese Version)	Han Sung Ho Jang Yeon Jung InnoVator Hasegawa	Matthew Tishler Aaron Benward Felicia Barton	3:09
8.	"Love Gave Me You"	MEG.ME	Kevin Charge Caroline Gustavsson Chris Meyer	4:04
9.	"10 Seconds" (Japanese Version)	Shin Jimin Kim Jae Yang Park Yi Su Ume Hasegawa	Linnea Mary Han Deb Joy Neil Mitro Deb Anton Malmberg Hard Af Segerstad Jennifer Decliveo	4:01
10.	"Still Falls the Rain (Japanese Version)"	Jimin Seo Yong Bae LITTLE	Han Seung Hun Bae	3:21
11.	"Perfect Strangers" (Jonas Blue Feat. AOA)	Guy James Robin John Paul Cooper Alex Smith Kanata Okajima	Robin Cooper Smith	3:15
Total length:				40:04

Limited edition type A Blu-ray track list
No.	Title	Length
1.	"AOA Summer Concert in Japan 〜Angels World 2016〜 at Tokyo Dome City Hall" (on July 1, 2016)
2.	"Behind the scenes at Tokyo Dome City Hall" (on July 1, 2016)

Limited edition type B DVD track list
No.	Title	Length
1.	"AOA Summer Concert in Japan 〜Angels World 2016〜 at Tokyo Dome City Hall" (on July 1, 2016)
2.	"Behind the scenes at Nagoya Forest Hall" (on July 3, 2016)

Limited edition type C DVD track list
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Wow War Tonight 〜Get On Up Join Our Movement (Girls Version)" (music video)	5:20
2.	"Wow War Tonight 〜Get On Up Join Our Movement (Girls Version)" (music video – dance version)	5:15
3.	"Give Me the Love" (music video) (featuring Takanori Nishikawa)	5:44
4.	"Good Luck" (Japanese version) (music video)	4:03
5.	"Wow War Tonight 〜Get On Up Join Our Movement (Girls Version)" (making of music video)
6.	"Wow War Tonight 〜Get On Up Join Our Movement (Girls Version)" (making of jacket photos)

Charts

Chart (2016)	Peak position
Japanese Weekly Albums (Oricon)^[11]	5
Japanese Weekly Top Albums (Billboard)^[12]	4

Release history

Region	Date	Format	Label	Edition(s)
Japan	November 30, 2016	CD+Blu-ray	Virgin Music, Universal Music	Limited edition (type A)
		CD+DVD		Limited editions (type B, type C)
		CD		Limited Picture Label Member editions, limited first press edition, regular edition
		Digital download		Regular Edition

References

^ "10/29-30、大阪と東京にて11/30発売2nd Album「RUNWAY」予約イベント開催決定！". 2016-10-03. Retrieved 2016-10-03.
^ "11/30（水）2nd Album「RUNWAY」発売決定！新曲には小室哲哉さんの名曲「WOW WAR TONIGHT 〜時には起こせよムーヴメント」のカヴァーを収録！". 2016-10-03. Retrieved 2016-10-03.
^ "11/30発売2ndAlbum『RUNWAY』のティザー公開！". 2016-10-18. Retrieved 2016-10-18.
^ "11月30日発売2ndアルバム「RUNWAY」超豪華収録内容決定！". 2016-10-24. Retrieved 2016-10-24.
^ "2016 FNC KINGDOM IN JAPAN -CREEPY NIGHTS- オフィシャルツアー一般受付開始". 2016-10-22. Retrieved 2016-10-22.
^ "10/28より2nd Album「RUNWAY」収録、小室哲哉氏の名曲カバー「WOW WAR TONIGHT〜時には起こせよムーヴメント girls ver.」先行配信決定！". 2016-10-14. Retrieved 2016-10-14.
^ "新曲「WOW WAR TONIGHT 〜時には起こせよムーヴメント girls ver.」の歌詞公開企画実施！". 2016-10-28. Retrieved 2016-10-28.
^ "11/30発売2ndAlbum『RUNWAY』アーティスト写真、ジャケット写真公開！". 2016-10-18. Retrieved 2016-10-18.
^ "オリコンデイリー CDアルバムランキング 2016年11月29日付". ORICON STYLE (in Japanese). 2016-11-30. Retrieved 2016-11-30.
^ "재팬 – 오리콘 위클리 싱글/앨범/DVD/블루레이 차트 1~100위 (갱신완료)". theqoo.net. 2016-12-06. Retrieved 2016-12-06.
^ "Oricon Weekly Chart 12-12-2016". oricon.co.jp. 2016-12-12. Retrieved 2018-09-21.
^ "Billboard Japan Top Albums Sales | Charts". Billboard JAPAN. 2016-12-12. Retrieved 2018-09-21.

[1] "10/29-30、大阪と東京にて11/30発売2nd Album「RUNWAY」予約イベント開催決定！". 2016-10-03. Retrieved 2016-10-03.

[2] "11/30（水）2nd Album「RUNWAY」発売決定！新曲には小室哲哉さんの名曲「WOW WAR TONIGHT 〜時には起こせよムーヴメント」のカヴァーを収録！". 2016-10-03. Retrieved 2016-10-03.

[3] "11/30発売2ndAlbum『RUNWAY』のティザー公開！". 2016-10-18. Retrieved 2016-10-18.

[4] "11月30日発売2ndアルバム「RUNWAY」超豪華収録内容決定！". 2016-10-24. Retrieved 2016-10-24.

[5] "2016 FNC KINGDOM IN JAPAN -CREEPY NIGHTS- オフィシャルツアー一般受付開始". 2016-10-22. Retrieved 2016-10-22.

[6] "10/28より2nd Album「RUNWAY」収録、小室哲哉氏の名曲カバー「WOW WAR TONIGHT〜時には起こせよムーヴメント girls ver.」先行配信決定！". 2016-10-14. Retrieved 2016-10-14.

[7] "新曲「WOW WAR TONIGHT 〜時には起こせよムーヴメント girls ver.」の歌詞公開企画実施！". 2016-10-28. Retrieved 2016-10-28.

[8] "11/30発売2ndAlbum『RUNWAY』アーティスト写真、ジャケット写真公開！". 2016-10-18. Retrieved 2016-10-18.

[9] "オリコンデイリー CDアルバムランキング 2016年11月29日付". ORICON STYLE (in Japanese). 2016-11-30. Retrieved 2016-11-30.

[10] "재팬 – 오리콘 위클리 싱글/앨범/DVD/블루레이 차트 1~100위 (갱신완료)". theqoo.net. 2016-12-06. Retrieved 2016-12-06.

[oricon-11] "Oricon Weekly Chart 12-12-2016". oricon.co.jp. 2016-12-12. Retrieved 2018-09-21.

[billboard-japan-12] "Billboard Japan Top Albums Sales | Charts". Billboard JAPAN. 2016-12-12. Retrieved 2018-09-21.

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