Bubble Pop! is the debut EP

Extended play

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  by Hyuna

Hyuna

HyunA is a South Korean idol singer and a member of girl group, 4minute. She is also former member of the popular girl group Wonder Girls.- Biography :Kim Hyuna was born on June 6, 1992 in Seoul, South Korea...

. It features the title track of the same name, "Bubble Pop!". The EP was released on July 5, 2011. The video for the song had been viewed over 21 million times.

Release

After several teasers, Hyuna released the mini-album Bubble Pop!, the same day as the title song's MV premiered.

On June 29, 2011, “A Bitter Day" was released on various music portals as a special digital single from the album. The single quickly climbed up the charts.

On July 5, 2011, "Bubble Pop!" was released which Cube Entertainment described as "dance song that you can cheerfully enjoy in the summer. It has a strong addictive chorus with a distinctive melody and sound effects". The full music video was then released on July 5, 2011 on their official YouTube channel together with the release of their album in different record stores and various online music portals. The music video features MBLAQ

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's Lee Joon

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Promotion and Controversy

HyunA promoted the title track "Bubble Pop!" on music shows from July 8, 2011 on KBS's Music Bank

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, MBC

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's Show! Music Core

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, SBS's Inkigayo

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and Mnet's M! Countdown

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. The song "Attention" was chosen to be part of the comeback.

Due to the title song "Bubble Pop!" getting banned from promotions because her choreography and outfits in stage performances and music video were deemed 'too sexually suggestive'; Cube Entertainment decided to follow through the promotions of the EP with the song "Just Follow", with a special feature of the member Zico from the boy band Block B

Block B

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. The promotions ended on August 21, in SBS's Inkigayo.

Track listing

Album chart

Chart	Peak position
Gaon Gaon Chart The Gaon Chart is a national record chart of South Korea. It is complied by the Korea Music Content Industry Association and sponsored by South Korea's Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism; with an aim to create a national chart for Korea similar to the Billboard charts and Oricon charts... Weekly album chart	7
Gaon Gaon Chart The Gaon Chart is a national record chart of South Korea. It is complied by the Korea Music Content Industry Association and sponsored by South Korea's Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism; with an aim to create a national chart for Korea similar to the Billboard charts and Oricon charts... Monthly album chart	13

Single chart

Song	Peak chart position
	KOR	US
	Gaon Chart Gaon Chart The Gaon Chart is a national record chart of South Korea. It is complied by the Korea Music Content Industry Association and sponsored by South Korea's Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism; with an aim to create a national chart for Korea similar to the Billboard charts and Oricon charts...	K-Pop Billboard
"A Bitter Day"	10	-
"Bubble Pop!"	4	26

Release history

Country	Date	Format	Label
South, Korea	July 5, 2011	CD	Cube Entertainment Cube Entertainment Cube Entertainment/ Play CUBE Entertainment is a South Korean record label, founded in South Korea 2008 by Hong Seung Sung, a former employee of JYP Entertainment. CUBE Entertainment is sometimes mistaken as sister company of JYP but the truth is Cube is not really a part of JYP company...