The Yellow Torchlight (EP)

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## Single(s)

*Circuitry*Released: October 27th, 2014

*On Switch*Released: June 10th, 2015

"**The Yellow Torchlight**" is the 1st extended play (EP) and debut release by British K-Pop band, Torchlight. The EP came out in 2015, through CD, a limited edition vinyl and digital download, by Big Hit Entertainment.

It reached #6 in its first day on the Billboard Hot 100, and slowly climbed up to #4, before settling at #3 for 5 weeks, and then moving down to #5 for 10 weeks.

The EP was certified Gold in the UK and Australia, and Semi-Platinum in the Middle East. It was also certified Silver within the first month in Japan and Korea, before being certified Gold 3 months later, and Platinum 7 months later.

An alternative version of the EP came out with a redesign of the album and tracklist covers. It was released to promote their new single, "*On Switch*".

## Background and Promotion

Torchlight released their first ever single, "*Circuitry*", on the 27th of October, 2014 on their YouTube channel. This earned them a few hundred fans. They then decided to promote it through Spotify, by making it an ad. This earned them around 1,300 more followers. Due to the single blowing up and becoming popular, they decided to release it through CD, which also had a hidden bonus track that was a message to the people who bought the CD. The CD also came with a bonus digital download code for the song, and came with details on when, where and how to pre-order this EP.

On the 6th of November, they revealed that they were half-way through the EP, and were almost finished.

On the 21st of December, they confirmed that the songs for the EP had been recorded.

On the 4th of January, 2015, on their Instagram story, they wrote that "there will be no delays or push-backs for the EP's release!"

On February the 13th, they announced that the EP would be available for pre-order the next day, and on the 14th, 14,000 pre-orders came through. This revealed the official cover art for the EP and the tracklist. They revealed that they wanted the pre-order to be on Valentine's Day, because it was a day for loving and showing that you care, which fit the theme of caring for their fans, since they would be pre-ordering the EP.

On the 5th of March, 2015, they released the alternate cover art for the EP on their Instagram, with the caption "see you soon!". On their Instagram story the next day, they wrote "one more week 👀".

On the 9th of March, Berri and Creems posted a picture on their instagram of a microphone and a torchlight on a table, with the caption "recording new music, coming out March 13th, get excited!", signifying their work with Torchlight. When a fan asked why there was a torchlight in the background, they replied with "in case the lights go out and we need to continue maKing POP music! ;)", which was a big hint to what type of music genre they were working with, and further showed that they were working with Torchlight.

On the 10th of March, they posted a picture of themselves with the caption "almost there!".

On the 12th of March, they posted a 24-second snippet of the music video for "*On Switch*", and revealed that they were in the making of music videos for 3 tracks on the EP. The song had a hidden backwards message, that said "get ready; ITZY collab", which was noticed by fans after the music video was released, when there was what seemed to be a missing lyric from it.

The EP came out on the 13th of March, with 17,000 copies sold in the first week. By the end of the month, it had sold over 34,000. The songs all had audios released on their YouTube channel.

On April 27th, they did a Q&A and replied to a question regarding any other singles for the EP. They stated that "On Switch" would be coming out as a single later this year. They also revealed that "*Circuitry*", "*On Switch*" and "*Difficult*" would have music videos released.

On June 10th, they released "*On Switch*" as a single, and 2 days later, was sent to contemporary pop and K-Pop radio stations to promote their EP and themselves. On the 15th of June, they released a music video for the single.

On the 12th of June, they revealed that there was an alternative cover art going out to stores, and the alternate cover art was spotted on the 17th of June.

On the 4th of July, they revealed that the music video for "*Difficult*" would be released in the middle of that month, and on the 16th of July it was posted on their YouTube channel.

For the EP's anniversary on the 13th of March, 2016, they released a revamped version of the EP digitally, on their Spotify, iTunes and YouTube channel, meaning that this was their first release to not have a physical version. There were no added tracks to the newer version of the EP.

## Scrapped Songs

The EP had 14 songs recorded and only 5 made it onto the tracklist. It has been rumoured that 17 tracks were recorded instead, but this has not been confirmed.

* Who's Got Love?
* Down to the Wire
* Come Out Into the Light
* Breath of Fresh Air
* Derailment
* Hurting
* Shining In My Eyes
* Blinding Love
* Tread Carefully

## Singles

"**Circuitry**" - This was their first ever single to be released, which brought more and more attention to them. The single was received with many positive reviews, with many calling it "smart", "creative" and "never seen before", due to its lyrics, creative meaning and beat. It was released before the EP came out.

"**On Switch**" - This was the last single for the EP, and it came out 3 months after the EP was released. It had many positive reviews, with some calling it "excellent", "really lovely" and "very boppy", due to its lyrics, beat, theme and both similarities and differences to *Circuitry*.

## Trivia

* This was their second release to come out through CD, the first being the single, "*Circuitry*".
* This EP had only 2 singles released for the EP, making it the EP with the least amount of singles released for it.
* The shortest song from the EP is "*Intro*" at 1 minute and 23 seconds, and the longest is "*Difficult*" at 3 minutes and 49 seconds.
* Luke Limabordar's last name was incorrectly spelt as "Liambordar" in the credits of the early versions of the booklet. This was fixed in newer editions.
* A revamped version of this EP was released, called "The Yellow Torchlight 2.0".
	+ The EP was later removed from Spotify at one point, and then iTunes and YouTube on unknown dates. There have been no proved reasons why.
	+ The revamped EP is not counted in Torchlight's discography.
* Torchlight have revealed that they prefer the standard cover art over the alternative cover art.
* It was rumoured that there would be a collaboration with ITZY, but this was later confirmed false when the EP was released.

## Gallery

The cover art draft, that was scrapped half-way through editing.The standard cover art, found in all stores that sold the EP.The alternative cover art that was sold after "On Switch" was released as a single. This version of the EP was found in a few stores.The back cover, that featured the tracklist of the EP.The alternative tracklist cover, used to promote their newest single, "On Switch".