I Trust
I Trust (stylized in sentence case) is the third Korean extended play (fourth overall) by South Korean girl group (G)I-dle. It was released digitally on April 6, 2020 and physically on April 7, 2020 by Cube Entertainment. I Trust features 5 tracks including the previously released single "Lion" and the lead single "Oh My God", which was produced and written by Jeon Soyeon alongside Big Sancho.[3] The physical version is available in two versions: "True" and "Lie".[4] I Trust is the followup to their second EP I Made, released in 2019.
I Trust
April 6, 2020
2019–2020
Cube Studio
16:33
- Korean
- English
- Soyeon
- Big Sancho
- Lee Woo-min "collapsedone"
- Simon Hong(exec.)[2]
The EP debuted atop the Gaon Album Chart and became (G)I-dle's best selling work since debut, selling 112,075 copies in its first week.[5]
Artwork and packaging[edit]
(G)I-dle released two album versions for I Trust containing different colour themes which conveys a "collision with reality—meeting halfway between their reality and what society expects from them". In a white-colour theme, Lie version represents how the group see themselves as innocence, pure and trust in oneself. The black-colour theme, True is to represent how the society views them "even though we try to stick to our original goals".[15]
Commercial performance[edit]
According to Hanteo, the album sold 91,311 physical copies on the first day of availability, becoming their fastest and best-selling album to date,[45] demonstrating a growth rate of 495%,[46] and the second-highest (behind Iz*One's Bloom*Iz) first day sales by a girl group on Hanteo.[47] In under three days of its release, the album recorded 100,000 physical copies sold,[48] and later, it topped the album charts in 15 retail stores.[49] I Trust debuted at number one on South Korea's Gaon Album Chart, becoming (G)-I-dle's first number one album in their home country. It is also their first album to have all tracks debut on the Gaon Download Chart.[50]
I Trust debuted at number 7 on the KKBOX Hong Kong Korean Album Weekly Chart.[51] Later, it peaked and charted at number 3 for week 16 and 18 of 2020.[52][53]
It was reported that I Trust set the highest record for a South Korean girl group to topped iTunes Top Albums chart in 62 countries worldwide.[54][55][56] The album also ranked first in the United States on iTunes Pop Album Chart, K-Pop Album Chart, and K-Pop Song Chart.[57] The album scored their best one-week sales with 1,000 copies and a total of 2,000 album-equivalent units in the week ending April 9, debuting at number 4 on Billboard's World Albums Chart.[58]
On May 6, (G)I-dle debuted at Rolling Stone's Top 25 Breakthrough chart as the only K-Pop group to chart for the month of April at the top 20 spot with a unit growth of 3.3 million and over 5.5 million total on demand audio streams in the U.S.[59][60]
On July 13, it reported that I Trust rank in the Top 20 albums for Gaon's Mid Year Album Sale Chart, with 151,108 album sales. (G)I-dle remains one of two 2018 rookie female groups and only female artists to come from a "non big three" company in the top 20.[61]
Additional personnel