SM Entertainment posted an audio teaser and three posters of Bond girls and Austin Powers series theme on October 19, 2010 on the official Girls' Generation website. The girls' style evoked classical 1970s pin-up girls, along with Western-style cowgirls. The teaser was released on SM Entertainment's official YouTube Channel and Girls' Generation's official website on October 24, at 12AM KST. The EP featured efforts from producers and writers such as Wheesung, Jinu (Hitchhiker), Kenzie, and former Roommate and Nadia member Hwang Hyun. Girls' Generation member Yuri, wrote the lyrics for "Mistake".
A day before the official release of Hoot, it was reported that it has received over 150,000 sales in pre-orders. Meanwhile, with the release of Hoot on the 27th of October, Girls' Generation commenced their activities with a comeback stage on KBS's Music Bank on the 29th.
The mini-album, just like its predecessor "Oh!", got an international release on iTunes Store. The release was first revealed on Hoot's information box of the official music video on YouTube.
Hoot was released on December 17 in Republic of China, and on December 22 in Japan. This is the first release of the group, as well as SM Entertainment itself, not to be distributed by any other large independent labels, specifically Avex Asia in other Asian countries.
Composition
"Hoot" is a dance-pop song whose theme is about a lady warning her blunt boyfriend not to take his eyes off her.The song was originally titled "Bulletproof" and written with English lyrics. It was composed by Danish songwriter-producers Martin Michael Larsson and Lars Halvor Jensen, of DEEKAY, together with British songwriter Alex James, with the intention of creating an "exciting up-tempo record for a female artist or group". The song demo was written and recorded in the UK, with Nina Woodford singing the vocal, and then finished and mixed in Denmark. Their publisher, Pelle Lidell of Universal Music Publishing, successfully pitched the song to S.M. Entertainment for Girls' Generation. Jensen later told HitQuarters: "We knew it was a strong record and a lot of the time you have to be patient until you find the right artist to cut it at the right time. Girls' Generation were that match." The song was then translated into Korean, but incorporated some of the original English words such "trouble, trouble, trouble".
"Mistake" is the second track and a R&B ballad with lyrics by Kwon Yuri which is about a girl who can't move on from a relationship with a guy who he made asked to "wait" for her but in the end he found another and she blames herself for not trying harder to keep the love between them. The third track "My Best Friend" is a contemporary R&B song with lyrics by Wheesung that talks about each other's friendship of Girls' Generation. The fourth track "Wake Up" is an electropop song carrying dark synth beat-sounds with medium tempo shuffle rhythm. "Snowy Wish" is the fifth track and a bright dance-pop song.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Arrangement | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Hoot (Hangul: 훗)" | John Hyunkyu Lee | Alex James, Lars Halvor Jensen, Martin Michael Larsson | Alex James, Lars Halvor Jensen, Martin Michael Larsson | 3:18 | |
| 2. | "Mistake (Korean: 내 잘못이죠)" (Nae Jalmoshijyo (My Fault)) | Kwon Yuri | Cheryl Yie, Jean Na | Kenzie | 4:07 | |
| 3. | "My Best Friend (Korean: 단짝)" (Danjjak (Buddy)) | Wheesung | Carsten Lindberg, Joachim Svares, Joleen Bell, Jade Anderson, Michael Jay | Carsten Lindberg, Joachim Svares, Joleen Bell, Jade Anderson, Michael Jay | 3:24 | |
| 4. | "Wake Up (Korean: 일어나)" (Ireona (Get Up)) | Kim Boo-min | Hitchhiker | Hitchhiker | 3:15 | |
| 5. | "Snowy Wish (Korean: 첫눈에...)" (Cheonnune (In The First Snow)) | Hwang Hyun | Hwang Hyun | Hwang Hyun | 3:28 | |
Total length:
| 17:35 | |||||
- Bonus items from physical release
- Girls' Generation stickers
- A random photocard. There are 18 different designs in total.
Single charts
| Song | Peak position | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Gaon Chart | Music Bank | Music Trend | |
| "Hoot" | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| "Mistake" | 40 | 42 | 78 |
| "My Best Friend" | 55 | — | — |
| "Wake Up" | 75 | — | — |
| "Snowy Wish" | 26 | — | — |
Charts
| Chart | Peak position | |
|---|---|---|
| South Korea Gaon Chart | 1 | |
| South Korea Gaon Chart monthly | 1 | |
| Japan Oricon | 2 |
Music video
HOOTThe music video contains two settings: a white room and a black room. Throughout the video, there are scenes of the girls dancing in the black room dressed in black short suits with pink belts and high boots and in the white room dressed in golden suits with silver boots, but also in the beginning the girls are seen dancing in an elevator. In the music video are individual close-ups of their own unique personality.
The music video featured a parody of James Bond films' gun barrel sequence with a runtime of 34 seconds, and sampled Monty Norman & John Barry's score.
The music video was released on October 28, 2010. A member of boy band Super Junior, Choi Siwon, appeared in the role of a Bond-like guy as a cameo. The video's runtime is 4:13.
"HOOT" MV:
"SNOWY WISH" MV:
SNOWY WISH
"Snowy Wish" released by SM Entertainment and Daum. Shows behind the scenes clips from previous music videos and photo shoots.
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