Flight Log : Departure is the fifth extended play by South Korean boy band Got7. It was released on March 21, 2016 by JYP Entertainment with it being the first entry in their Flight Log series. The songs "Fly" and "Home Run" were used to promote the album.
Flight Log : Departure
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Released: March 21, 2016 Recorded: JYP Studio, Seoul, 2016 Genre: K-Pop Hip Hop R&B Dance Trap Length: 26:20 Label: JYP Entertainment KT Music Producer: J.Y. Park "The Asian Soul"
Released on March 21st, GOT7's mini album 'FLIGHT LOG : DEPARTURE' was created by the new lineups including 'earattack' and 'BB Kicksound' who have recently worked on KBS 2TV Wed-Thu Drama 'Descendants of The Sun (태양의 후예)' OST 'Everytime,' making the album to present GOT7's new aspects. As previously announced, GOT7 members display their competence by participating in lyrics-composition in this mini album. Newly joining as the co-producers, the members make GOT7's new genre music fresher. Also, Young K from JYP new band DAY6 has participated in the lyrics, making the album more solid.
'FLIGHT LOG : DEPARTURE' contains the pure emotion and high passion of the 7 members who are now in their twenties. With a theme of love and friendship, this album is full of lyrics that describe a youth running towards his love. Based on the Trap music sound of EDM(Electronic Dance Music), the title song 'Fly(Lyrics and composed by: earattack, BB Kicksound)' exquisitely crosses over Funky and Hip-hop genres. The exciting melody with an up tempo beat, GOT7's intense rap and refreshing vocal together makes the music more powerful and charismatic. Especially, the title song fully contains a man's pure confession as his heart pounds unbearably just by looking at his love: 'I will go higher, wanna soar straight up' 'I will light up my heart' 'our time is like sunshine after the rain.' The straightforward lyrics describing a man running inexorably towards his love and a memorable melody lines of the song make the listening experience pleasant.
In addition, this mini album contains a total of 8 songs: 'Can't', a song with the member Junior, Distract, Secret Weapon's emotion of young love, 'See The Light, in which Yugyeom and Mark participated in composition and BamBam participated in rap making, 'REWIND', the first song presented by Youngjae after his debut, 'FISH', 'Something Good', 'HOME RUN', the 3 songs in which the leader JB participated in lyrics-composition.
Charts
Song Mnet M! Countdown Fly: 1 Homerun: 6
KBS2 Music Bank Fly: 1 Homerun: 12
SBS Inkigayo Fly: 1 Homerun: 8
MBC Show Champion Fly: 1 Homerun: 11
SBS MTV The Show Fly: 1 Homerun: 9
Album South Korea Gaon Weekly Albums Chart: 1 South Korea Gaon Monthly Albums Chart: 1 Billboard Heatseekers Albums Chart: 2
Fly Gaon Digital Chart: 9
Sales
2016: 166,503+
Awards and Nominations
Fly The Show (SBS MTV): March 29, 2016 April 5, 2016 M Countdown (Mnet): March 31, 2016 Music Bank (KBS): April 1, 2016 Inkigayo (SBS): April 3, 2016
Gaon Chart K-Pop Awards Year: 2017 Nominee / work: Flight Log : Departure Award: Album of the Year (1st Quarter) Result: Won
