Forever 1 - Girls' Generation



Forever 1 by Girls’ Generation was released on August 5, 2022 as the lead single from the album Forever 1 (Track #1). Lyrics, composition and Arrangement were done by Kenzie with Composition also using Ylva Dimberg and arraignment also featuring Moonshine.

Forever 1 features members Hyoyeon, Seohyun, Sooyoung, Sunny, Taeyeon, Tiffany, Yoona, and Yuri at the average age of 32.5 years old.

Forever 1 has 312 words with 40.4% (126 words) in Korean versus 59.6% (186 words) in English. The song is nearly half sung by all with 48.4% (151 words) and in individual sections at 51.6% (161 words). Between all eight members the average is around 25.3 words with a standard deviation of 5.2 words and a margin of error of 1.9 words. Taeyeon had the highest number of words while members Sooyoung & Yoona had the least.

Forever 1 track time is 3 minutes and 22 seconds while the total sung time is 3 minutes and 30 seconds. About 1:26 minute (41%) are sung by all members while 2:04 minutes (59%) are sung in individual sections. The average between the members is 16.9 seconds with a standard deviation of 3.5 seconds and a margin of error of 1.2 seconds. Member Taeyeon has the highest amount of time while member Sooyoung has the least. (Although the best hair choreography).

Forever 1 did not win any music show awards nor was it up for any awards during the award season cycle. The song did place on 6 different magazine end of year lists, peaking at #2 on the Cosmopolitan end of year Kpop lists. The song also charted on 16 different charts, with peaking at #4 on the US World Digital Song Sales, and Taiwan’s charts. Forever 1 also was in the top 15 on 10 different charts, including the two listed.

Forever 1 by Girls’ Generation earned a total of 2,195.6 points. Forever 1 earned a grade of A+ for both word and time distribution.

Rank

Words

Line


Rank

Member

Words

Percent

1

Seohyun & Tiffany

31

9.9

2

Sunny & Yuri

28

9

3

Taeyeon

26

8.3

4

Hyoyeon

24

7.7

5

Sooyoung & Yoona

17

5.4



Rank

Member

Seconds

Percent

1

Taeyeon

0:22

10.5

2

Seohyun, Tiffany, Yuri

0:19

9

3

Sunny

0:18

8.6

4

Hyoyeon & Yoona

0:13

6.2

5

Sooyoung

0:12

5.7


Awards

Charts

Lists

N/A

US World Digital Song Sales: 4 

Taiwan: 4 

South Korea: 5 

South Korea Monthly: 6

Singapore Billboard: 6

Singapore RIAS: 7 

Malaysia: 8 

Hong Kong: 13 

Vietnam: 13

Indonesia: 14 

Australia Hitseekers: 17 

New Zealand Hot Singles: 17 

Japan Hot 100: 56

South Korea Year End (2022): 66

Global 200: 67 

South Korea Year End (2023): 180  

Cosmopolitan: 2 

Dazed: 12 

Billboard: 13 

Idology: placed 

Teen Vogue #1: placed

Teen Vogue #2: Placed 

Points

Standard Deviation

198.3

Margin of Error

199.3

Music Show 

0

Awards 

570

Charts

1,228

Total

2,195.6

Word Distribution Grade

A+

Time Distribution Grade 

A+

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