2014-15

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by rappernini

by rappernini

Debut with PLAY and first concert

Akdong Musician's debut album Play was released digitally on 7 April and physically on 9 April, twelve months after winning K-pop Star 2. The album has eleven songs, all of which were written and produced by Lee Chanhyuk. It has a total of three title tracks accompanied by three different music videos.

The first song, "200%", was chosen by Yang Hyun-suk, and the second song, "Melted", was chosen by Akdong Musician. The third title song, "Give Love", was determined by the fans. The album reached the number one spot on the Gaon Charts and debuted at number two on Billboard's US World Albums Charts. Akdong Musician's debut stage was on K-pop Star 3 on 6 April.

The music video for "200%" was released on 7 April along with the digital album. Shortly after its release, "200%", topped the music charts, with the rest of the songs on the album also charting high.

The music video for "Melted" was released on 14 April. The last and third title song was "Give Love", which was the third high-charting song, after "200%" and "Melted". The music video for "Give Love" was released on 2 May.

On 16 June, Akdong Musician participated in YG Family's cover project, releasing a cover of Taeyang's "Eyes, Nose, Lips".

Akdong Musician's first live concert tour, called "AKMU Camp", took place on 21–23 November at Blue Square Samsung Card Hall, Hannam-dong, Seoul.

On 10 October, Akdong Musician released a digital single, "Time and Fallen Leaves" (Hangul: 시간과 낙엽; RR: Sigan-gwa Nagyeop), written and composed by Lee Chanhyuk. It was originally going to be the title track of Play, but was held back for an October release because it suited the autumn season better.

The song made an "all kill" two consecutive days after release by ranking number 1 on nine major real-time music charts. It also ranked number 1 on the weekly Gaon Digital Charts the second week of release. The song was not given a music video so the listeners would imagine their own stories.

On 5 November, it was revealed that Suhyun would be a part of the YG Family sub-unit "Hi Suhyun" with Lee Hi. Their debut single, "I'm Different" (Korean: 나는 달라), was released digitally on 11 November.

On 9 October 2015 Akdong Musician released the song "Like Ga, Na, Da" "(가나다같이)" along with a special video in celebration of Korea's "Hangul Day". The song is a joint production from YG Entertainment and Woori Card as part of an official Hangul Day campaign.