Listen to My Word

Release and promotion

On July 15, 2016, Oh My Girl's agency WM Entertainment announced that the group would be releasing a special summer album in August. On July 31, Oh My Girl introduced the album through a live broadcast on Naver's V app, singing a medley of all four songs on the album. The digital album was released on August 1, along with a music video for the title track, "Listen to My Word (A-ing)". The CD version of the album was released on August 4.

Composition

All four songs on the album are covers of classic K-pop songs, re-arranged to have a more contemporary sound. The title track, "Listen to My Word (A-ing)", is a cover of the hit song by girl group Papaya, originally released in 2000. It features reggae duo Skull and Haha and has reggae influences and a hip hop beat. "Midsummer Night's Christmas", originally released in 1990 by Lee Jung-hyun, has a piano melody and bossa nova drum rhythms. "Je T'aime" was originally released by Hey in 2001, and has modern rock influences. "Lies You Can See" was originally released in by Kim Hyun-chul in 1998, and is in the Philly soul genre. All four songs feature a new rap written by Mimi.

Chart performance

The album debuted at the top of the Gaon Album Chart for July 31 – August 6, 2016. The title track charted at number 15 on the Gaon Digital Chart that same week.

Personnel

Credits adapted from EP liner notes.

Locations

Personnel