Rough (song)


"Rough" is a song recorded by South Korean girl group GFriend for their third extended play, Snowflake. The song was released by Source Music on January 25, 2016, as the EP title track.
The song topped the Gaon Digital Chart and was the best selling song of 2016 in South Korea with 1,903,126 downloads sold.

Composition

The song was written and produced by Iggy and Youngbae, who previously produced the first two singles of the group.

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".

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, 2016. The video features the group as high school students.

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Accolades

Music programs awards