UN Village
"UN Village" is a song recorded by South Korean singer Baekhyun. It was released as the lead single of his debut EP City Lights on July 10, 2019.
Background and release
"UN Village" is described as an R&B song with a groovy beat and strings sound, with lyrics about a romantic moment a couple share under the moonlight of UN Village hill in Hannam-dong, Yongsan District, Seoul.On July 12, a live session video of the song was released.
Music video
The music video for "UN Village" was released on July 10, simultaneously with the single's release. It features a colored and black-and-white theme of the singer while he roams around the titular neighborhood emoting his feelings as he sings.On July 11, Behind clip of "UN Village" music video was released through Baekhyun's official YouTube channel as a vlog. On July 15, Baekhyun 's "UN Village" music video commentary videos were released, where the singer revealed that the music video was shot in Paju, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. On July 16 and 17, "UN Village" music video close up cam videos were released. On the same days, "UN Village" music video behind photos were released. On July 20, "UN Village" music video behind was released. On July 21, "UN Village" lip sing video was released.
Promotion and live performance
Baekhyun started performing "UN Village" on South Korean music show from July 12 on Music Bank. On the same day, he performed the song on the show You Hee-yeol's Sketchbook.Baekhyun performed "Un Village" on Exo's 5th concert EXO Planet #5 - EXplOration on July 19, and will continue to do so for all the concerts in the tour.
Charts
Accolades
| Critic/Publication | List | Rank | Ref. |
| Genius | The Genius Community's 50 Best Songs of 2019 | 49 | |
| Refinery29 | The Best K-Pop Songs Of 2019 | 9 | |
| CelebMix | Top 10 KPOP songs of 2019 | 10 |
| Program | Network | Date | |
| Music Bank | KBS | July 19, 2019 | |
| Music Bank | KBS | July 26, 2019 | |
| Show! Music Core | MBC | July 20, 2019 | |
| Show! Music Core | MBC | July 27, 2019 |