Love Me Like This
"Love Me Like This" is a song recorded by South Korean girl group Nmixx for their first extended play Expérgo. It was released as the EP's lead single by JYP Entertainment on March 20, 2023.
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| Single by Nmixx | ||||
| from the album Expérgo | ||||
| Language | Korean | |||
| Released | March 20, 2023 | |||
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| Length | 3:08 | |||
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| "Love Me Like This" on YouTube | ||||
Background and release
On February 10, 2023, JYP Entertainment announced Nmixx would be releasing their first extended play titled Expérgo on March 20.[1] On March 2, the track listing was released with "Love Me Like This" announced as the title track.[2] The first highlight medley video was released on March 3,[3] followed by the second highlight medley video on March 16.[4] On March 18, the music video teaser was released.[5] The song was released alongside its music video and the extended play on March 20.[6]
Composition
"Love Me Like This" was written by Lee Hye-joon (Onclassa), Jennifer Eunsoo Kim, Jang Eun-ji (153/Joombas), Shin Hye-mi (PNP), Oh Hyun-seon (Lalala Studio), and Wkly, composed by Greg Bonnick and Hayden Chapman, and arranged by the duo as LDN Noise, with Taet Chesterton and Gavin Jones participating in the composition.[7] It was described as a hip hop, R&B, and dance-pop song with lyrics that "express the relation of people, who are able to love themselves and each other".[8][9] "Love Me Like This" was composed in the key of A-flat major, with a tempo of 97 beats per minute.[10]
Commercial performance
"Love Me Like This" debuted at number 74 on South Korea's Circle Digital Chart in the chart issue dated March 19–25, 2023;[11] on its component charts, it debuted at number 14 on the Circle Download Chart,[12] number 98 on the Circle Streaming Chart,[13] and number 120 on the Circle BGM Chart.[14] It ascended to number 12 on the Circle Download Chart in the following week.[15] The song ascended to number 18 on the Circle Digital Chart,[16] and number 16 on the Circle Streaming Chart in the chart issue dated April 2–8, 2023.[17]
In Singapore, the song debuted at number 30 on the RIAS Top Streaming Chart in the chart issue dated March 24–30, 2023,[18] and number 27 on Singapore's RIAS Top Regional Chart in the chart issue dated March 17–23, 2023,[19] ascending to number 14 in the following week.[18]
Promotion
Following the release of Expérgo, on March 20, 2023, Nmixx held a live event called "Docking Station: Expérgo" on YouTube to introduce the extended play and its songs, including "Love Me Like This", and to communicate with their fans.[20] The group subsequently performed four music programs in the first week: Mnet's M Countdown on March 23,[21] KBS' Music Bank on March 24,[22] MBC's Show! Music Core on March 25,[23] and SBS' Inkigayo on March 26.[24] On the second week, the group performed on MBC M's Show Champion on March 29, where they won first place.[25]
Credits and personnel
Credits adapted from liner notes of Expérgo.[7]
Studio
Personnel
- Nmixx – vocals
- Haewon – background vocals
- Kyujin – background vocals
- Kriz – background vocals, vocal directing
- Lee Hye-joon (Onclassa) – lyrics
- Jennifer Eunsoo Kim – lyrics
- Jang Eun-ji (153/Joombas) – lyrics
- Shin Hye-mi (PNP) – lyrics
- Oh Hyun-seon (Lalala Studio) – lyrics
- Wkly – lyrics
- Greg Bonnick – composition
- Hayden Chapman – composition
- Taet Chesterton – composition
- Gavin Jones – composition
- LDN Noise – arrangement, instruments
- Im Chan-mi – recording
- Goo Hye-jin – recording
- Lee Sang-yeop – recording
- Tony Maserati – mixing
- David K. Younghyun – mixing
- Chris Gehringer – mastering
- Noday – vocal directing
- Shin Ji-young NYC – vocal editing
Charts
Accolades
| Program | Date | Ref. |
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| Show Champion | March 29, 2023 | [25] |
Release history
| Region | Date | Format | Label |
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| Various | March 20, 2023 |
References
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- Kim, Na-yul (March 2, 2023). "엔믹스, 20일 'Love Me Like This' 컴백..트랙리스트 공개" [Nmixx, 'Love Me Like This' comeback on the 20th..Track list released] (in Korean). Herald Pop. Archived from the original on March 29, 2023. Retrieved March 29, 2023 – via Naver.
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- "RIAS Top Charts – Week 13 (March 24–30, 2023)". Recording Industry Association Singapore. March 24–30, 2023. Archived from the original on April 4, 2023. Retrieved April 4, 2023.
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