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Hwaa

"Hwaa" ( ; stylized in all caps) is a song recorded by South Korean girl group (G)I-dle, released on January 11, 2021, by Cube Entertainment and Republic Records as the lead single of the group's fourth extended play, I Burn. The song is written by member Soyeon and co-produced by Pop Time. The inspiration for the song came to Soyeon when member Shuhua once said 'winter girl' in a conversation. She took the idea and created the concept of a woman trapped in winter. Musically, it is a moombahton, dark pop, dream pop and synth-pop track with oriental instrumentations, and contains double entendres about fire and flowers. The song was the last single released by (G)I-dle as a sextet, before Soojin's departure from the group in August 2021. Commercially, "Hwaa" became (G)I-dle's first top-five hit on the Gaon Digital Chart—peaking at number four—and became their first chart-topper on the component Download Chart. It additionally peaked at number five on K-pop Hot 100, number six on World Digital Songs and number 173 on Global Excl. U.S. chart. An English and Chinese version of the song was released as a digital single two weeks later on January 27, 2021. A remix version of the song by Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike was released on February 5.

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"Hwaa" ( ; stylized in all caps) is a song recorded by South Korean girl group (G)I-dle, released on January 11, 2021, by Cube Entertainment and Republic Records as the lead single of the group's fourth extended play, I Burn. The song is written by member Soyeon and co-produced by Pop Time. The inspiration for the song came to Soyeon when member Shuhua once said 'winter girl' in a conversation. She took the idea and created the concept of a woman trapped in winter. Musically, it is a moombahton, dark pop, dream pop and synth-pop track with oriental instrumentations, and contains double entendres about fire and flowers. The song was the last single released by (G)I-dle as a sextet, before Soojin's departure from the group in August 2021. Commercially, "Hwaa" became (G)I-dle's first top-five hit on the Gaon Digital Chart—peaking at number four—and became their first chart-topper on the component Download Chart. It additionally peaked at number five on K-pop Hot 100, number six on World Digital Songs and number 173 on Global Excl. U.S. chart. An English and Chinese version of the song was released as a digital single two weeks later on January 27, 2021. A remix version of the song by Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike was released on February 5.

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  1. release date: 2021-01-11 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  2. release date: 2021 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  3. release date: 2021-01-27 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  4. release date: 2022-07-15 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

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  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the release date is "2021-01-11". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. The record states that the release date is "2021". What evidence would count against this claim?
  4. The record states that the release date is "2021-01-27". What evidence would count against this claim?
  5. The record states that the release date is "2022-07-15". What evidence would count against this claim?
  6. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  7. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364388589

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