Orange caramel

Orange Caramel (Hangul: 오렌지 캬라멜) is the first sub-unit of the South Korean girl group After School , consisting of the band members Nana, Raina and Lizzy. The concept of Orange Caramel is colorful and playful and is therefore referred to as "Candy Culture".

history

2010: Debut with The First Mini Album and The Second Mini Album

Orange Caramel in 2010

Orange Caramel made their debut on June 16, 2010 with the single "Magic Girl". Her debut album "The First Mini Album" was released on June 21, 2010. The record was a commercial success and reached number 2 on the Gaon Chart , with "Magic Girl" only making it to number 18. The mini-album was also released in Taiwan and included a Mandarin version of the cover song "The Day You Went Away" for the Taiwanese music market. Both versions of the album also included Raina's R&B solo "Love Does Not Wait".

On November 18, 2010 Orange Caramel released their second album, "The Second Mini Album", from which the track "Aing ♡" was released as a single and received a highly regarded music video based on a fairy tale concept. The album made it to number 10 in the Gaon Charts, "Aing ♡" even to number 5 and the second single, a solo by Raina called "Not Yet ...", to number 42. The album also includes the song "One Love "and a Korean version of" The Day You Went Away ".

2011: Bangkok City and Shanghai Romance

On March 30, 2011, "Bangkok City" was released as part of the group's "One Asia" project. The single entered the Gaon Charts at number 3, making "Bangkok City" the band's most successful single to date. On October 13th of that year Orange Caramel continued the "One Asia" project with the single "Shanghai Romance" and reached number 8 in the charts. The lyrics to "Shanghai Romance" were written by Kim Hee-chul of Super Junior . A Japanese version of the track was later released on "Playgirlz", After School's Japanese debut album.

2012–13: Debut in Japan and Lipstick

Orange Caramel in 2013

On September 5, 2012, Orange Caramel debuted in Japan with a cover of "My Sweet Devil", a Japanese pop group of the 1970s. A week later Orange Caramel released their first studio album, "Lipstick", in Korea . On October 23 of that year the single "Lipstick DJ Remix" was released, which contained two remixes by the DJs Vodge Diper and Hanmin, the remix by Vodge Diper's being used mainly in live TV performances.

The band's first Japanese studio album, Orange Caramel, was released on March 13, 2013. It included the previous Japanese singles, Japanese-language versions of the Korean songs, and some new songs.

On May 9, 2013 Orange Caramel released a single with the indie band "10 cm". The single is a remake of the title "Hug Me" and is part of the "ReCode" project from LOEN Entertainment. In July 2013 Orange Caramel published the book "Youth Travel", which contains short essays and photo series that show the group visiting Seoul and Jeonju .

2014: Catallena , Abing Abing and My Copycat

The band's third single, "Catallena", was released on March 12, 2014 and shows the group in an unusual video concept, which shows them as mermaids on sushi plates. The single made it to number 5 on the Gano charts, number 6 on the download charts and number 4 on the Billboard K-Pop Hot 100. The next single, "Abing Abing", was released on May 20, 2014. The song was used as a promotional single for Baskin Robbins to promote a new line of products from the ice cream maker. In the 2014 Billboard annual charts, "Abing Abing" made it to number 12 of the 20 best K-pop songs of the year.

On August 18, 2014, Orange Caramel's fourth single, "My Copycat", was released. The theme of the music video is based on the hidden object series " Where's Walter? " (Or Where's Waldo?) And is intended to motivate the audience to locate the group members in large-scale views or to guess the differences in picture puzzles. This single also made it into the Top 10 of the Gaon Charts and Top 20 of the Digital Charts.

2015–17: New ways

After "My Copycat" the band has not released another single, although an official split has not yet been announced. Joint appearances have also become rarer; instead, the band members are now devoting themselves to solo projects. The latest example is "Loop", a single by Raina (feat. Aron), which was released in July 2017.

Discography

Studio albums

title	Album details	Chart positions		Sales
		COR	JPN
Korean
Lipstick	Published: 09/12/2012 Label: Pledis Entertainment Format: CD , download	3	92	COR: 15,324+ JPN: 2,187+
Japanese
Orange caramel	Published: 03/13/2013 Label: Avex Trax Format: CD, digital download	-	21st	JPN: 7.732+

Mini albums

title	Album details	Chart positions		Sales
		COR	JPN
Korean
The First Mini Album	Released: June 17, 2010 Label: Pledis Entertainment, KT Music Format: CD, digital download	2	-	COR: 3.257+
Japanese
The Second Mini Album	Released: 11/18/2010 Label: Pledis Entertainment, LOEN Entertainment Format: CD, digital download	10	-	COR: 4.986+

Singles

title	year	Chart positions					Sales
		KOR Gaon Digital	KOR Gaon album	KOR billboard	JPN Oricon	JPN Billboard
Korean
Magic girl	2010	18th	-	-	-	-	COR: 1,488,907 (DL)
A-ing		5	-	-	-	-	KOR: 958.319 (DL)
Bangkok City	2011	3	3	-	-	-	KOR: 7,966+ (CD) COR: 1,789,391 (DL)
Shanghai Romance		8th	6th	7th	-	-	KOR: 8,084+ (CD) COR: 1,688,047 (DL)
Lipstick	2012	5	-	2	-	-	KOR: 1,797,110 (DL)
Dashing Through the Snow in High Heels (feat.NU'EST)		25th	-	16	-	-	COR: 212.196 (DL)
Catallena	2014	6th	5	4th	-	-	KOR: 7,907+ (CD) COR: 1,011,000 (DL)
My copycat		19th	8th	-	-	-	KOR: 6,212+ (CD) COR: 243.813 (DL)
Japanese
Yasashii Akuma	2012	-	-	-	10	23	JPN: 13,739+ (CD)
Lipstick / Lamu no Love Song		-	-	-	12	96	JPN: 12,235+ (CD)

Web links

Commons : Orange Caramel  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Orange Caramel at Pledis Entertainment

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 'The First Mini Album press release . Retrieved November 2, 2014.
2. ↑ Orange Caramel Busts Out the Big Bows for 'Lipstick' Comeback . In: enewsWorld , September 6, 2012. Accessed February 18, 2015. 
3. ^ Shanghai Romance . LOEN entertainment. Retrieved November 4, 2014.
4. ↑ Lee Sun-min: 10 cm sticks with orange caramel . In: Korea JoongAng Daily , May 11, 2013. Retrieved February 23, 2015. 
5. ↑ Bae Ji-sook: Orange Caramel, Lee Hong-ki to release books . In: The Korea Herald . June 25, 2013. Retrieved May 27, 2015.
6. ↑ Kim Bo-ra: 오렌지 캬라멜, 여행서 '청춘 여행' 발간 ( ko ) In: TV Report . July 13, 2013. Retrieved May 27, 2015.
7. ↑ Orange Caramel Members Express Their Love for Ice Cream Shaved Ice in 'Abing Abing' MV . In: CJ E&M enewsWorld , May 20, 2014. Accessed December 23, 2014. 
8. ↑ Orange Caramel surprise fans by dropping new digital single 'Abing Abing' . In: StarN News , Yahoo !, May 21, 2014. Archived from the original on February 27, 2015. Retrieved on February 27, 2015. 
9. ↑ The 20 Best K-Pop Songs of 2014 . In: Billboard , December 11, 2014. Retrieved February 21, 2015. 
10. ↑ Play 'Where's Waldo?' With Orange Caramel in 'My Copycat' video . In: Billboard K-Town , August 19, 2014. Retrieved December 23, 2014. 
11. ↑ 2014 년 35 주차 Album Chart ( Korean ) In: Gaon Chart . Korea Music Content Industry Association. Archived from the original on September 3, 2014. Retrieved September 13, 2014.
12. ↑ Raina releases the full MV for 'Loop' featuring NU'EST's Aron | allkpop.com . In: allkpop . ( allkpop.com [accessed August 2, 2017]).
13. ↑ ^{a b c} Gaon Weekly Album Chart ( Korean ) In: Gaon Chart . Korea Music Content Industry Association. Archived from the original on January 6, 2015. Retrieved on August 24, 2014.
14. ↑ ^{a b c} Orange Caramel on Oricon . Oricon Inc ..
15. ↑ Cumulative sales for lipstick :
    • 2012 년 12 월 Album Chart ( Korean ) Korea Music Content Industry Association. Archived from the original on January 4, 2015. Retrieved February 17, 2015.
    • 2013 년 01 월 Album Chart ( Korean ) Korea Music Content Industry Association. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved February 17, 2015.
16. ^ Gaon Digital Chart ( Korean ) In: Gaon Chart . Korea Music Content Industry Association. Archived from the original on January 12, 2015. Retrieved on August 24, 2014.
17. ^ Billboard K-Pop Hot 100 . Billboard Korea. Retrieved April 9, 2014.
18. ^ Billboard Japan Hot 100 . Billboard. Retrieved November 23, 2014.
19. ↑ 2010 년 가온 차트 부문 별 Top 100 위 ( Korean ) Korea Music Content Industry Association. Archived from the original on February 13, 2011. Retrieved February 17, 2015.
20. ↑ Gaon Download Chart - 2014 Year End ( Korean ) In: Gaon Chart . Korea Music Content Industry Association. Archived from the original on January 9, 2015. Retrieved January 9, 2015.
21. ↑ Cumulative sales for "My Copycat":
    • 2014 년 35 주차 Download Chart ( Korean ) In: Gaon Chart . Korea Music Content Industry Association. Archived from the original on September 15, 2014. Retrieved September 14, 2014.
    • 2014 년 36 주차 Download Chart ( Korean ) In: Gaon Chart . Korea Music Content Industry Association. Archived from the original on September 15, 2014. Retrieved September 14, 2014.
    • 2014 년 37 주차 Download Chart ( Korean ) In: Gaon Chart . Korea Music Content Industry Association. Archived from the original on September 15, 2014. Retrieved September 14, 2014.
    • 2014 년 38 주차 Download Chart ( Korean ) In: Gaon Chart . Korea Music Content Industry Association. Archived from the original on November 29, 2014. Retrieved September 22, 2014.
    • 2014 년 39 주차 Download Chart ( Korean ) In: Gaon Chart . Korea Music Content Industry Association. Archived from the original on November 29, 2014. Retrieved September 26, 2014.