Monodrama (song)

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"Monodrama"
Single by Lay
from the album SM Station Season 1
Released	May 27, 2016
Recorded	2016
Studio	Zhang Yixing studio
Genre	C-pop R&B
Length	4:05
Label	S.M. Entertainment
Songwriter(s)	Lay, CC
Producer(s)	Lay, Devine Channel
Lay singles chronology
"Monodrama" (2016) "what U need?" (2016)
Music video
"Monodrama" on YouTube

"Monodrama" (Chinese: 独角戏; Korean: 모노드라마) is a single recorded by Chinese singer Lay. It was released on May 27, 2016, by S.M. Entertainment through SM Station.^[1]

Produced by Lay and Devine Channel, Monodrama is described as "R&B" song with a detailed acoustic guitar and soft piano melody with lyrics that express the emotions of a man feeling the pain of an unrequited love. "Monodrama" is SM STATION's first Chinese language song. It was released officially on May 27, 2016.^[2]

The music video of "Monodrama" was officially released on May 27, 2016.^[3]

Lay performed "Monodrama" live on Exo Planet 3 – The Exo'rdium concerts. Lay subsequently performed the song at Star Show 360, a variety show on MBC Every 1.^[4]

Upon release, "Monodrama" music video was ranked #1 on VCharts China, iTunes Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam and Japan. It ranked #2 in the Philippines and USA and #3 in Indonesia.^{[importance?]} "Monodrama" ranked #1 on Billboard's China V Chart for consecutively five weeks.^[5] The music video has broken the record on Charts in just two days, where it gained 1,968,909 views in 48 hours.^{[citation needed]} The song ranked #4 on YinYueTai's TOP 100 Songs of 2016 (China) V Chart.^{[citation needed]} "Monodrama" also ranked #2 on Alibaba Year-End Top 40 Music Chart for 2016.^{[importance?]} It ranked No.7 on Xiami's Top 100 Most Popular Singles of 2016 in China.^[6]