The First Step: Chapter One

## Singles from *The First Step: Chapter One*

1. "Boy"
August 7, 2020

***The First Step: Chapter One*** is the first debut single album by South Korean boy band Treasure. The single contains two tracks along with the title track *Boy*. The single was released on August 7, 2020 by YG Entertainment and distributed by YG Plus. The physical album comes in two versions: Black and White.

## Background

On July 20, 2020, YGE released a teaser video and poster, announcing the group's debut date to be on August 7, 2020. Intro posters for each of the members were released on July 24, 2020 and 25. An introduction film was released on July 27, 2020. On July 29, 2020, a group teaser poster was released, announcing their first single album titled "The First Step: Chapter One".

## Merchandise

On August 13, 2020, official merchandise was made available through YG Select.

## Music and critical reception

The album's lead single "Boy" is a hip hop song whose lyrics describe a male protagonist who tries to make a girl fall for him. An accompanying music video for the song was directed by Dongju Jang and Rima Yoon published simultaneously with the album's release. An uncredited writer for the Japanese online magazine *Encount* called the song and its music video "gorgeous yet dynamic" for a hip hop bound label like YG and that the dance is a "masterpiece". A writer for *Wow! Korea* described the song "with strong beats and [an] addictive sound" and called the lyrics in which the boy expresses strong love "impressive".

## Commercial performance

On July 31, the group's label announced that *The First Step: Chapter One* has surpassed 100,000 stock pre-orders in two days. Three days later, it was revealed that pre-orders have surpassed 150,000 copies. The single album debuted atop the Gaon Album Chart on the 33rd issued week of 2020. It sold 160,614 copies in its release week; the second biggest sales week for a rookie group in 2020. The album ranked second on the monthly album chart of September, selling 218,118 copies in three weeks.

The album's single "Boy" debuted at number seven on the *Billboard* World Digital Song Sales, while "Come to Me" reached number ten.

## References

1. ↑ Treasure on Facebook: Treasure 트레저 1st Single album 'THE FIRST STEP : CHAPTER ONE' (July 29, 2020 post)
2. ↑ Korea Herald: TREASURE, YG's 1st new K-pop act after BLACKPINK, to debut next month
3. ↑ Allkpop: TREASURE introduce themselves through introduction film
4. ↑ YG Family on Twitter (July 29, 2020)
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