"Vanilla" is a debut single recorded by South Korean girl group Lightsum. It was released by Cube Entertainment on June 10, 2021.
Background and release On April 15, 2021, Cube Entertainment announced that it would be debuting a new girl group, the first since (G)I-dle in 2018. On May 27, it was announced they would be releasing their debut single "Vanilla" on June 10. Four days later, the promotional schedule was released. On June 4, the audio snippet was released. The music video teaser was released on June 8 and 9.
Composition "Vanilla" was written by Jo Yoon-kyung, composed and arranged by Steven Lee, and J. Littlewood alongside Caroline Gustavsson for the composition. It was described as teen pop and dance-pop song with lyrics about "expressing the thrill of tension when starting something new with the sweetness of the moment you fall in love". "Vanilla" was composed in the key of A major with a tempo of 120 beats per minute.
Commercial performance "Vanilla" debuted at number 12 on South Korea's Gaon Album Chart in the chart issue dated June 6–12, 2021; on the monthly chart, the song debuted at number 28 in the chart issue for June 2021 with 27,897 copies sold. On the Gaon Download Chart, the song debuted at number 59 in the chart issue dated June 6–12, 2021. In United States, the song debuted at number eight on the Billboard World Digital Song Sales in the chart issue dated June 26, 2021.
Promotion Prior to the release of "Vanilla", Lightsum held an online showcase on the same day to introduce the song and to communicate with their fans. The group subsequently performed on three music programs in the first week: KBS's Music Bank on June 11, MBC's Show! Music Core on June 12, and SBS's Inkigayo on June 13.
Credits and personnel Credits adapted from Melon.
Studio Cube Studio – recording Klang Studio – mixing 821 Sound Mastering – mastering
Personnel Lightsum – vocals Lightsum (Juhyeon) – background vocals Jo Yoon-kyung – lyrics Steven Lee – composition, arrangement Caroline Gustavsson – composition, background vocals J. Littlewood – composition, arrangement Choi Ye-ji – recording Koo Jong-pil – mixing Jung Yu-ra – mixing (assistant) Kwon Nam-woo – mastering Jang Seung-ho – mastering (assistant)
Charts
Weekly charts + Weekly chart performance for "Vanilla" Chart (2022) Peakposition South Korea (Gaon Download) 59 South Korean Albums (Gaon) 12 US World Digital Song Sales (Billboard) 8
Monthly charts + Monthly chart performance for "Vanilla" Chart (2022) Peakposition South Korean Albums (Gaon) 28
Sales + Overall sales for "Vanilla" Region Sales South Korea 41,143
Release history + Release history for "Vanilla" Region Date Format Label South Korea June 10, 2021 CD Various
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