New Wave is the fourth extended play by South Korean boy band Cravity. It was released on September 27, 2022, by Starship Entertainment and distributed by Kakao Entertainment. It was released alongside the music video for lead single "Party Rock".

The album debuted at number one on the South Korean Circle Album Chart with sales of over 183,000 copies.

Background

The EP includes four songs co-written by members Serim and Allen, including "Automatic" and "Colorful", as well as the band's first English-language song, "Boogie Woogie", and the first song self-produced by Woobin, "Colorful".

Promotion

On September 27, Cravity began the EP's promotion with a performance at the Yes24 Live Hall in the Gwangjin District of eastern Seoul, where they also interacted with fans and discussed the EP's creation.

The group's promotions for the song "Party Rock" on music show programs began on Mnet's M Countdown on September 29, 2022. The promotion continued on KBS2's Music Bank on September 30, MBC M's Show! Music Core on October 1, and SBS Inkigayo on October 2, capping off the first week of promotions.

Track listing

New Wave track listing
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Boogie Woogie"Jonas Jurstrom, Victor Thell, CRAVITYJonas Jurstrom, Victor Thell, CRAVITY3:10
2."Party Rock"Yubin Hwang, Brother Su, Serim, AllenOLLIPOP, Gabriel Brandes, Realmeee3:04
3."New Addiction"Anna Kim (PNP), Serim, AllenHarold Philippon, Kyler Niko, Andy Love2:50
4."Automatic"Brother Su, Serim, AllenBrother Su, Ludwig Lindell, Johan Gustafsson3:18
5."Colorful"Woobin, Serim, AllenWoobin, Saimon3:41
6."Knock Knock"The Name, Junji129, Junji, Hangil3:15
Total length:19:18

Charts

Weekly chart performance for New Wave
Chart (2022)Peak position
Weekly charts Weekly chart performance for New Wave Chart (2022) Peak position Japanese Albums (Oricon)ERROR in "Oricon": Invalid date format. Expected: YYYY-MM-DD. 11 South Korean Albums (Circle) 1Monthly charts Monthly chart performance for New Wave Chart (2022) Peak position Japanese Albums (Oricon) 36 South Korean Albums (Circle) 6 Year-end charts Year-end chart performance for New Wave Chart (2022) Position South Korean Albums (Circle) 64
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South Korean Albums (Circle)1
Chart (2022)Peak position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)36
South Korean Albums (Circle)6
Chart (2022)Position
South Korean Albums (Circle)64