This is not a love song (mini-album)

"this is not a love song", is the second mini-album by K-pop girl group, DIAMOND. The mini-album is often referred to as "TINALS" or "tinals" by DIAMOND's fandom, Jewels. The mini-album was released on June 27, 2018 by JYP Entertainment on CD, vinyl, cassette and digital download. "this is not a love song", is available in standard and deluxe editions with 6 songs on the standard and 8 on the deluxe. "heartbreaker's theme song" serves as the title track and was released later on July 4, 2018, alongside "bittersweet memories" as singles during promotion for the mini-album. "this is not a love song" is the follow up mini-album to TBA's debut album, "LOVE RADIO" and is the second album in TBA's "Beloved" trilogy. 
==Background & Promotion==
On May 27, 2018, DIAMOND's official Twitter account (DIAMOND_JYP), announced that they were to have a comeback on the 27th of June. The tweet translated from Korean wrote, "Hey Jewels! Stay tuned, DIAMOND is coming back with a brand new mini-album in exactly 1 month. Can't wait to show you all, we love you!" 2 days later on May 29, DIAMOND announced on their official Instagram account (the.official.diamond), that the mini-album was to be named "this is not a love song" with a post showing main vocalist, Aika, listening to a cassette tape. On the same day, DIAMOND's leader, Jieun, posted a selfie of the girl group in their dance studio on her story with the caption, "June 27 Jewels!".
On June 1, 2018, DIAMOND's Twitter account released images of the deluxe and standard editions of the "TINALS" tracklist. On June 2, the album covers for both editions were also released onto the group's Twitter account and pre-order for the mini-album was announced to be available.
On June 10, 2018, DIAMOND's dance line, Yeona, Minji and Daisy, hosted a V Live where they shared some thoughts on their new release. Minji stated, "Last time, when we were writing the lyrics for our debut album, we attempted to depict young love and the feeling of helplessness and desire that plagues the beginning of relationships. Well, this time, me and my other members wanted to show heartbreak." They also stated that "TINALS" would have a vintage theme and would feature many trends from the 80s. 
On June 15, 2018, 4 sets of concept photos were released onto DIAMOND's Instagram account. The first was captioned, "Concept Photo E Version" and depicted each member of the group writing letters by hand or typing on an old desktop computer. Many of the photos showed ripped pages or crumpled paper and the members appearing frustrated. The second set of photos were titled, "Concept Photo V Version" and were set in a vintage roller skating rink. The members had solo photos as well as photos together in their sub units, either skating, playing arcade games or eating. The third was captioned, "Concept Photo O Version" and were shot in a ballroom. Jieun and Aika wore in large dresses while Yeona, Daisy and Minji were pictured in suits fashioned with multiple jewels, glitters and pearls. The final set of conept photos were titled, "Concept Photos L Version" and showed all the members in a vintage photo booth.
On June 20, JYP's YouTube account (JYP Entertainment) posted a comeback trailer for "TINALS". The trailer was the music video to lead rapper Yeona's, "intro: lonely". The video featured her dancing to the song.
On June 27, the "heartbeaker's theme song" music video was released onto JYP Entertainment's YouTube account as well as the YouTube account, 1theK. DIAMOND went live on Naver V Live at midnight on the day of the mini-album's release for a comeback show. On June 30, the "bittersweet memories" music video was posted on JYP Entertainment's YouTube account for further promotion. DIAMOND appeared on the M! Countdown and SBS Inkigayo for their comeback with performances of "heartbreaker's theme song", "bittersweet memories", "teared heart" and "to be alone".
==Editions==
*Standard Edition
**[CD + Photobook + Random Photocard]
**[Vinyl + 2 Random Photocards]
*Deluxe Edition
**[CD + DVD + Photobook + Random Photocard]
**[Cassette + 2 Random Photocards]
==Tracklist==
===Standard===
#intro: lonely (solo by Yeona)
#heartbreaker's theme song
#bittersweet memories
#last dance
#teared heart
#outro: EVOLve (song by Vocal line)
===Deluxe===
CD
#intro: lonely (solo by Yeona)
#heartbreaker's theme song
#patterns (song by Rap line)
#bittersweet memories
#to be alone
#last dance
#teared heart
#outro: EVOLve (song by Vocal line)
DVD
#heartbreaker's theme song (Music Video)
#bittersweet memories (Music Video)
#The Making of the MVs
==Trivia==
* "patterns" was produced solely by Aika and was the first song by her to be released by DIAMOND.
* One of the members, though it was not revealed who, had gone through a heartbreak after DIAMOND's debut. This event was one of the reasons as to why heartbreak was the main theme to this mini-album.
* This release was originally a full length studio album but many songs were cut and DIAMOND made the decision to continue and make a follow up EP to form a trilogy.
** This EP is named "You & I" and was released on December 12, 2018
* The album cover was designed by Minji and their producer and friend, Lee Dae-Jung
**It was based off of surrealist painter, René Magritte's "The Treachery of Images"
==Gallery==
This_is_not_a_love_song.JPG|"TINALS" Standard Edition Album Cover
This_is_not_a_love_song_2.JPG|"TINALS" Deluxe Edition Album Cover
Standard_this_is_not_a_tracklist.JPG|"TINALS" Standard Edition Tracklist
This_is_not_a_tracklist.JPG|"TINALS" Deluxe Edition Tracklist
This_is_not_a_pipe.jpg|"The Treachery of Images" by surrealist painter René Magritte which the album cover was based upon.
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