DoraDora

Background

Just after they wrapped up with their First Japan Nationwide Live Tour to promote their Japanese album, A Shared Dream, U-KISS reportedly recorded a total of 100 songs from international music producers for their comeback in South Korea. The group worked with famous producers Kim Hyung Seok and Brian Kim of Zigzag Note. U-KISS and NH Media reportedly had a hard time selecting the title track from the album, so they seek help from various famous composers who can assist them in the selection process. On April 16, 2012, the management announced that DORADORA will be the album's name, as well as the title for their carrier single. Singer-songwriter Jay Park also contributed on the album by writing the song entitled, For You. A representative of NH Media stated, ...this will be the band's first release since becoming an international K-pop sensation and the band is getting ready to wow the fans.... It is the first time that the group worked with Kim Hyun Suk whom contributed a lot for the album.

Release

After 8 months of hiatus due to their busy promotional activities in Japan, U-KISS released this mini-album on April 25, 2012 physically and online. The song composed by AJ entitled AMAZING was released weeks prior to the album release. The teaser for DORADORA was also released on April 21, 2012 that made U-KISS to trend first spot worldwide on Twitter. Kpop News

Other songs charted

On May 2012, DORADORA gained first spot on Germany's German Asian Music Chart for the month of May beating BIGBANG's Fantastic Baby.