Rain (Taeyeon song)
# Rain (Taeyeon song)

"Rain" is a song by South Korean singer Kim Tae-yeon, a member of the South Korean girl group Girls' Generation. It was released digitally by SM Entertainment on February 3, 2016.

## Background and composition

In January 2016, S.M. Entertainment announced that they were to launch a digital music platform called SM Station, in which SM artists would release a new song every week. "Rain" and its B-side track "Secret" served as the opening single of the project and were released on February 3, 2016. "Rain" is described as a midtempo song with jazz and R&B sounds. Lyrically, it uses rain as a metaphor to describe memories of past love.

## Music video

The music video for "Rain" was filmed indoors, having the concept of Taeyeon in a "room of memories", missing a past lover. It alternate between black and white scenes of Taeyeon singing alone in front of a microphone, and colored scenes of her in a flooding room. "Rain" was the most viewed music video by a South Korean act on YouTube in February 2016.

## Reception

"Rain" debuted atop South Korea's Gaon Digital Chart. It won the first place on SBS's music program Inkigayo on February 14, 2016. The song received a Digital Bonsang at the 31st Golden Disk Awards.

## Track listing

Credits are adapted from Naver.

## Sales

| Region | Sales |
| - | - |
| South Korea (Gaon) | 2,500,000 |

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Award | Category | Result |
| - | - | - | - |
| 2016 | Melon Music Awards | Best Ballad Song | Nominated |
| 2016 | Melon Music Awards | Best Vocal Performance Female Solo | Nominated |
| 2016 | Melon Music Awards | Song of the Year | Nominated |
| 2016 | 18th Mnet Asian Music Awards | Best Vocal Performance Female Solo | Nominated |
| 2017 | 31st Golden Disc Awards | Digital Bonsang | Won |
| 2017 | Gaon Chart Music Awards | Song of the Year – February | Nominated |

Music program awards :

| Program | Network | Date | Ref. |
| - | - | - | - |
| Inkigayo | SBS | February 14, 2016 | |

## Release history

| Country | Date | Format | Label |
| - | - | - | - |
| Worldwide | February 3, 2016 | Digital download | SM Entertainment |
| South Korea | February 4, 2016 | Contemporary hit radio | SM Entertainment |
