Be Aware

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Be Aware
Digital cover
EP by
ReleasedAugust 16, 2022 (2022-08-16)
Recorded2022
Length19:20
LanguageKorean
Label
The Boyz chronology
She's the Boss
(2022)
Be Aware
(2022)
Be Awake
(2023)
Singles from Be Aware
  1. "Timeless"
    Released: August 8, 2022
  2. "Whisper"
    Released: August 16, 2022

Be Aware is the seventh extended play by South Korean boy group The Boyz.[1] It was released on August 16, 2022 through IST Entertainment.[1] The EP consists of six tracks, including the lead single "Whisper", and its physical release was made available in three versions. The EP's physical and Meta versions collectively sold over 569,000 copies in their first week of release in South Korea and debuted at numbers one and two on the Circle Album Chart.[2]

Background[edit]

On August 16, The Boyz released their seventh extended play Be Aware.[3]

A teaser for the music video was released on August 13,[4] with the full music video released on August 16.[5]

Track listing[edit]

Be Aware track listing
No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."Whisper"
  • Willie Weeks
  • Kyler Niko
Willie Weeks3:11
2."Bump & Love"
  • Gingerbread
  • Wyatt Sanders
  • Ryan S. Jhun
  • MZMC
3:44
3."C.O.D.E"
  • Yoon (Artiffect)
  • Sunwoo (The Boyz)
  • Avenue 52 (Artiffect)
  • Sqvare (Artiffect)
  • Toyo
  • Toyo
  • Avenue 52 (Artiffect)
2:52
4."Levitating" (무중력; Mujunglyeog)
  • KZ
  • Kim Tae-Young
  • Honeysweat
  • Chris Wahle
  • Andreas Öhrn
  • KZ
  • Kim Tae-Young
  • Honeysweat
3:00
5."Survive the Night"Sunwoo (The Boyz)
  • Rio
  • Avenue 52 (Artiffect)
  • Sqvare (Artiffect)
Rio3:24
6."Timeless"
  • Sangyeon (The Boyz)
  • Hyunjae (The Boyz)
  • New (The Boyz)
  • Q (The Boyz)
  • Sunwoo (The Boyz)
  • William Segerdahl
  • Martin Tjärnberg
3:09
Total length:19:20

Charts[edit]

Accolades[edit]

Music program awards
Song Program Date Ref.
"Whisper" Music Bank August 26, 2022 [10]
Show! Music Core August 27, 2022 [11]

Certifications[edit]

Certifications for Be Aware
Region Certification Certified units/sales
South Korea (KMCA)[12] Platinum 250,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history[edit]

Release history and formats for Be Aware
Region Date Format Label
Various August 16, 2022
CD

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b (in Korean) 더보이즈 컴백, 8월 9일 신보 '스릴링' 발표…타이틀곡은 '스릴라이드'(공식)
  2. ^ a b "Circle Album Chart – Week 34, 2022". Circle Chart (in Korean). Retrieved August 25, 2022.
  3. ^ Han, Hae-sun (July 22, 2022). "더보이즈, 8월 16일 미니 7집 컴백 확정[공식]". Naver (in Korean). Naver. Star News. Retrieved July 22, 2022.
  4. ^ (in Korean) 더보이즈, 신곡 '더 스틸러' 뮤비 티저 공개..강렬한 임팩트 선사
  5. ^ (in Korean) ‘컴백’ 더보이즈, 신곡 ‘The Stealer’ 음원-MV 공개
  6. ^ "Oricon Top 50 Albums: 2022-08-29/p/3" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved August 26, 2022.
  7. ^ "Oricon Top 50 Combined Albums: 2022-08-29" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved August 26, 2022.
  8. ^ "Circle Album Chart 2022.08". Circle Chart (in Korean). Retrieved September 8, 2022.
  9. ^ a b "Album Chart 2022". Circle Chart. Archived from the original on January 13, 2023. Retrieved January 14, 2023.
  10. ^ Kim, Hye-mi (August 26, 2022). 더보이즈 ‘WHISPER’, 뉴진스 꺾고 ‘뮤직뱅크’ 1위...음반‧방송 횟수 점수 압도 [The Boyz ‘WHISPER’, beats New Jeans to take first place on ‘Music Bank’... Overwhelming score for number of album‧broadcasts]. News Inside (in Korean). Retrieved August 26, 2022.
  11. ^ "더보이즈, '음악중심' 1위…"위스퍼 듣고, 도파민 피어났다"" [The Boyz, 'Music Core' 1st place... "Listen to Whisper, dopamine blooms"]. Korea Dispatch (in Korean). Naver. 27 August 2022. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  12. ^ "South Korean album certifications – The Boyz – 7th Mini Album [Be Aware]" (in Korean). Korea Music Content Association (KMCA). Retrieved October 6, 2022.