Not Shy (mini album)

## **Not Shy**

* Digital
* A ver.
* B ver.
* C ver.

## Tracklist

1. "Not Shy"
2. "Don't Give A What"
3. "Louder"
4. "ID"
5. "SURF"
6. "Be In Love"

**Not Shy** is the third mini album by the South-Korean girl group ITZY. It was released on August 17, 2020, with "Not Shy" serving as the title track.

The physical album is available in three versions, A, B, and C.

## Description

The 4th gen girl group, ITZY’s fearless love begins!
- The new song, ‘Not Shy’, talks about fearless love that doesn’t care about how it ends, “You’re mine anyway”
- Extraordinary expression for love! The best synergy of JYP x ITZY
- Producers representing the K-pop scene are all in! KENZIE-LDN Noise-이스란, indicates the album will be on top of the charts
- ‘Performance artisans’ ITZY, presents record making power performance! Captures K-pop fans hearts!
ITZY sings fearless love through the new mini album ‘Not Shy’!
The five members, Yeji, Lia, Ryujin, Chaeryeong, and Yuna come back with a title song that has a love theme for the first time since their debut.
The title song ‘Not Shy’ is an up tempo R&B dance song with quick beats and intense saxophone, and candid vocals about the emotions of being deeply in love and not caring about how things will end. The song expresses it in the most “ITZY” way, giving us the cool sensation of fizzy drinks.
JYP’s representative Jinyoung Park devoted his heart and soul to deliver the love song that suits ITZY. Lyrics like “I want you, who cares, Cuz I'm not shy. You don’t need to answer quick, You’re mine anyways”, “You just gotta watch me” shows the fearless display of the emotion of love. The young songwriter Kobee, who’s in the center of the music scene of gen Z, participated in the producing and completing the impactful sound.
Jinyoung Park explains that “Making this song, we focused on letting ITZY express their energy as much as they’d like. The choreography is also powerful and stylish”. Just like what he says, the performance of ‘Not Shy’ maximizes ITZY’s charm and proves their reputation of being the ‘artisans of performance’. As the members also mentioned that this choreography was the hardest of all so far, we can assume their extensive preparation.
‘Not Shy’’s music video is filled with thrilling fast-paced scenes that make the viewer’s heart beat faster, and also presents us with pinpoint accurate group choreography. The members worked really hard for the flawless video, shooting for 5 days straight. Yeji and Ryujin showed a great deal of enthusiasm by getting their driver's licenses in order to shoot the chase scenes in the wilderness.
The new album has six songs, which includes ‘Don’t Give A What’, ‘Louder’, ‘iD’, ‘SURF’, ‘Be In Love’ and the title song. It’s worth noting that the artists who currently represent K-pop have their names on the credits of the album.
The song 'Don’t Give A What' is co-written by the lyricist 이스란, who’s worked with SHINEE and GOT7, to show us her sentimental lyrics. The other co-writer is collapsedone, who’s participated in producing TWICE’s ‘KNOCK KNOCK’ and ‘What Is Love?’
The lyrics of ‘Louder’ are written by Dr.JO, who’s famous for working with girl groups such as TWICE and Apink.
The song ‘SURF’s lyrics were written by the songwriting team ‘danke’, who made the new record on BillBoard’s world chart and Spotify’s streaming chart, and the song was arranged by the most sought-after producing team from Britain, LDN Noise.
KENZIE, who’s praised among the K-pop fans as ‘The Masterpiece Maker’, wrote the song ‘Be In Love’. MosPick, Young Chance, Danke also participated in the songwriting.

## Critical reception

 Source
 Popcrush | positive

Heran Mamo of Billboard was positive in his review saying "Featuring six songs, Not Shy zeroes in on the K-pop quintet's teenage years under the limelight while shouting out their loyal fans who've stood by them. ITZY kicked off today's Not Shy release by also showing off the visual for the titular track, which proves the girls are not shy whatsoever". He also wrote that the song "blends braggadocious hip-hop and pop production". Popcrush's Lai Frances considered the album marks a growth in music production and collaboration. He also appreciated their themes of independence and self-love have morphed into a coming-of-age glow-up, with the group tipping their toes into the waters of singing about love.

IZM writer Seonhee Lim opined "that the song was heavily armed with sound that filled the gap, as if it contained the spirit of a young composer. The saxophone's funky rhythm dominates the whole song, and the composition that changes sharply shifts the center of gravity, adding a three-dimensional effect to the music. Overall, it is a melody that flows with power. Particularly, the part that goes from the free chorus to the chorus is smooth and plays a sufficient role to raise the expectation. The members' vocals, which are more natural than before, also play a part. However, she criticized certain factors that hinder this catharsis. The chorus 'ITZY~', which appears in the middle of the chorus, seems to be aimed at addiction, but rather, it only brings embarrassment. It feels like a forcefully fitted. In addition, EDM sounds such as'Turn down for what' and'GDFR', which were popular in the early 2010s, passed by, bringing the point of getting tired more and more in the second half".

## Tracklist

1. "Not Shy" - 2:58
2. "Don't Give A What" - 3:17
3. "Louder" - 3:22
4. "iD" - 3:27
5. "SURF" - 3:14
6. "Be In Love" - 3:21

## Charts

**Chart performance for** ***Not Shy***
 Japanese Albums (Oricon)
 Japan Hot Albums (*Billboard Japan*)
 Polish Albums (ZPAV)
 South Korean Albums (Gaon)
 US World Albums (*Billboard*)

### Certifications and sales

**Certifications and sales figures for *Not Shy***
 South Korea (KMCA)

## Physical Album

* PHOTOBOOK: 72p
* CD: 1p
* LYRIC ACCORDIAN BOOK: 1p
* PHOTOCARD: 2p (out of 25)
* TATTOO SET: 1p (out of 5; pre-order only)
* POSTCARD SET: 1p (pre-order only)
* POSTER: 1p (out of 3; pre-order only)

## Links

* MUSIC VIDEO:
	+ ITZY "Not Shy" M/V
	+ ITZY "Not Shy" Performance Video

* TEASER:
	+ ITZY "Not Shy" M/V BEHIND Teaser
	+ ITZY "Not Shy" M/V Teaser
	+ ITZY "Not Shy" Album Spoiler

* MV BEHIND:
	+ ITZY "Not Shy" M/V Behind #1
	+ ITZY "Not Shy" M/V Behind #2
	+ ITZY "Not Shy" M/V Behind #3
	+ ITZY "Not Shy" M/V Behind #4
	+ ITZY "Not Shy" Behind #1
	+ ITZY "Not Shy" Behind #2
	+ ITZY "Not Shy" Behind #3

* DANCE VIDEOS:
	+ ITZY "Not Shy" Dance Stage Practice
	+ [BE ORIGINAL] ITZY 'Not Shy' (4K) (Studio Choom)
	+ ITZY "Not Shy" Dance Practice (Moving ver.)
	+ ITZY "Not Shy" Dance Practice (낫량특집 ver.)
	+ ITZY "Not Shy" Dance Practice (Part Switch ver.)
		- ITZY "Not Shy" Dance Practice (Part Switch ver. Behind)
	+ ITZY "Not Shy" Dance Practice (Villain ver.)
	+ ITZY "Not Shy" Dance Practice (Random Speed ver.)
	+ ITZY "Not Shy" Dance Practice (Hanbok ver.)
	+ ITZY "Not Shy" Dance Practice (ITZY's Pick ver.)

* LIVE PREMIERE:
	+ ITZY "Not Shy" @ LIVE PREMIERE
	+ ITZY "Be In Love" @ LIVE PREMIERE

## Video

* Music Video
* Teaser
* Album Spoiler
* Audio

ITZY "Not Shy" Opening TrailerITZY “Not Shy” M V TEASER

Not ShyDon't Give A WhatLouderIDSURFBe In Love
## Trivia

* This is the first ITZY album that does not use the IT'z prefix.
* In this album, Yeji and Ryujin took their driving license cards for the Car scene.
* In the M/V for Not Shy, Ryujin was originally supposed to drive the car but due to her hat, they had Yeji drive instead.