"Mirror Mirror" is a song by South Korean girl group

Girl group

A girl group is a popular music act featuring several young female singers who generally harmonise together.Girl groups emerged in the late 1950s as groups of young singers teamed up with behind-the-scenes songwriters and music producers to create hit singles, often featuring glossy production...

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4minute

4Minute is a popular South Korean girl group founded by Cube Entertainment in 2009. The group consists of Nam Jihyun , Heo Gayoon, Jeon Jiyoon, Kim Hyuna and Kwon SoHyun. The girls released their first single on June 15, 2009 and made their debut stage last June 18, 2009 on Mnet M! Countdown...

. The song is the second single from their first full-length album, 4minutes Left

4minutes Left

4minutes Left is the first full length Korean album from 4minute. It was released in Korea on April 5, 2011. It contains songs from the EP Heart to Heart and songs from 4minute's first Japanese album Diamond...

. It is their comeback single alongside Heart to Heart from a long hiatus from Korean music. It was promoted alongside Heart to Heart as a shadow title track, however it was promoted more heavily than Heart to Heart.

Release

The song was released on the album "4minutes Left". The single was promoted by releasing individual teasers where each member is facing a mirror reflecting on themselves and the teasers were called Steal 20. The full length music video was released on April 5, 2011

The song was written and composed by ShinSaDong Tiger & Blue Magic.

Performances

4minute had their first performance of "Mirror Mirror" in April. It was performed full length, while the single released alongside it, "Heart to Heart", was performed as a shorter version on Mnet's M!Countdown. It was also performed it Inkigayo, M Bank and many others.

Choreography changes

During the second chorus, 4minute performs a spread leg dance, which was later perceived as controversial. Many viewers found the move provocative and too overtly sexual for television. 4minute was not alone in the controversy as a new girl group, Rania, also receive the same complain because of a similar dancemove. The spread leg dance was later banned by KBS Music show from Music Bank and SBS from Inkigayo. Due to this problems 4minute changed their choreography twice, in order for no bans may be applied to the group.

Music video

The concept of the video reflects the title of the song. The video starts with a mirror breaking. The girls in the first part of the song, sings in a black and white background with geometrical shapes. By the second chorus the girls then are seen in a street with lights and an orange sky serving as backgrounds. By the final part of the song, they are seen in both of the previous concepts. Throughout the song the girls are also seen in a room with mirror serving as walls, however the girls are also seen alone in the rooms.

Chart performance

In the beginning, their song "Mirror Mirror" didn't chart so well, charting at the bottom of the top 10. However, as the song starts getting more buzz, they started hitting high in the charts. Their main competitor was the all male-group Big Bang and they also charted at first place on most musical chart. On the issue dated April 19, the group hit No. 2 on the Gaon Chart

Gaon Chart

The Gaon Chart is a national record chart of South Korea. It is complied by the Korea Music Content Industry Association and sponsored by South Korea's Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism; with an aim to create a national chart for Korea similar to the Billboard charts and Oricon charts...

, the official Music record chart of South Korea, losing to Big Bang.

Chart (2011)	Peak position
Gaon Chart	2