On January 22 at 6 p.m. KST, Lee Sora released her new single “Song Request,” which features BTS’ Suga. The track was composed by Epik High’s Tablo and DEE.P, and the lyrics were written by Tablo and Suga.
“Song Request” quickly rose on realtime charts. As of 12 a.m. KST on January 23, it held the No. 1 spot on the realtime charts of major music sites Melon, Genie, Bugs, Naver, and Soribada, as well as No. 2 on Mnet.
Also by 2:30 AM KST , the song achieved 50 #1s in iTunes Charts.
Tablo wrote on Twitter, “Congratulations on the No. 1 for Lee Sora featuring Suga — ‘Song Request’! It’s a song that everyone worked hard on for a long time; thank you for listening to it a lot. I’ll greet you next time through Epik High’s new album.”
Watch the MV here
The song it's so soft and sweet. Lee Sora was bound to do well on Korean charts. I'm glad that Suga's influencee helped the song on non-Korean charts.