Rendezvous (Einiha song)

"Rendezvous" is a pre-released song recorded by Pleiades girl group Einiha for their first single, Rendezvous (2020). The song was released by Pleiades Entertainment on January 25, 2016, as title track.
The song was ranked at number 3 on the year-end Gaon Digital Chart for 2016 and was the best selling song of the year in South Korea with 1,903,126 downloads sold. GFriend became the first and only artist to achieve a double-consecutive grandslam with one single song on music programs, with their all-time hit song Rough.
==Composition==
==Release and promotion==
== Reception==
The song made Billboard's 20 Best K-Pop Songs of 2016 list at number 13, stating that the group "solidified their place as one of the top new girl groups", adding that they "perfected their formula of synthesizer-driven pop with dramatic violin lines" with a "more impassioned vocal delivery than we heard from the six beauties".
"Rough" on listicles
Critic/Publication 	List 	Rank	Ref.
Billboard 	Top 20 Best K-Pop Songs of 2016: Critic's Picks 	13 	
SBS PopAsia 	Top 6 K-Pop Songs of 2016 	1 	
Kim Young-dae (KMA's Music Critic)	Best K-pop Idol Songs of 2007–2017: Critic's Pick	— 	
Yang So-ha (Music Critic) 	Top 50 K-pop Tracks (2015–2019) 	44 	
Melon 	Top 100 Songs of the Decade Chart 	67 	
==Chart performance ==
The song debuted at number 2 on the Gaon Digital Chart, on the chart issue dated January 24–30, 2016, with 298,228 downloads sold and 4,598,171 streams. In its second week, the song stayed at number 2 and topped the chart the following week, marking the group's first number one single in South Korea. The song topped the chart for two consecutive weeks and spent a total of seven weeks within the top 10.
The song placed at number 14 on the chart for the month of January 2016, with 325,098 downloads sold and 5,287,188 streams. In February, the song topped the monthly chart with 454,065 downloads sold and 22,466,115 streams - topping the Streaming Chart -.
The song also made the year-end chart as the third best selling song of the 2016, with 1,903,126 downloads sold - topping the year-end Download Chart - and 98,910,973 streams.
The song surpassed 100 million streams in January 2017 and 2,500,000 downloads in June 2018.
==Music video==
A music video for the song was released on January 25, 2020.
==Accolades==
thumb|Bloop at the 2016 Melon Music Awards
 Awards and nominations for "Rendezvous"
Year	Organization 	Category 	Results	
2016	Mnet Asian Music Awards 	Best Dance Performance (Female) 	 	
2016	Mnet Asian Music Awards 	Song of the Year 	 	
2016	Melon Music Awards 	Song of the Year 	 	
2016	Melon Music Awards 	Best Dance Performance (Female) 	 	
2017	Gaon Chart Music Awards 	Song of the Year – January 	 	
2017	Golden Disc Awards 	Digital Bonsang 	 	
2017	Golden Disc Awards 	Digital Daesang 	 	
2017	SBS MTV Best of the Best	Best of Best View 	 	
2017	Soompi Awards 	Best Choreography 	 	
2020	Bugs Music Awards 	20th Anniversary – Most Loved Songs	 	
Music program awards
Program 	Date (15 total) 	
The Show 	February 2, 2016 	
The Show 	February 16, 2016	
Show Champion	February 3, 2016 	
Show Champion	February 17, 2016	
Show Champion	February 24, 2016	
M Countdown 	February 4, 2016 	
M Countdown 	February 11, 2016	
M Countdown 	February 18, 2016	
Music Bank 	February 5, 2016 	
Music Bank 	February 12, 2016	
Music Bank 	February 19, 2016	
Music Bank 	February 26, 2016	
Inkigayo 	February 7, 2016 	
Inkigayo 	February 21, 2016	
Inkigayo 	February 28, 2016	
==Charts==
===Weekly charts===
Chart (2016) 	Peakposition
South Korea (Gaon Digital Chart)	1
===Year-end charts===
Chart (2016) 	Position
South Korea (Gaon Digital Chart)	3
==Sales==
Country 	Sales
South Korea	2,500,000+
South Korea	125,291,174+
==References==