Wish Tree (song) explained

"Wish Tree" (lit. Three Wishes) is a song recorded by South Korean girl group Red Velvet. It was released as the second single from their collaborative compilation album Winter Garden with f(x) and BoA on December 18, 2015. The song is "a pop ballad with a warm feel and an acoustic sound". It debuted and peaked at number thirty-three on the Gaon Digital Chart.

Background and composition

On December 4, 2015 SM Entertainment announced a winter single project titled Winter Garden. Three teaser images with the number '15', '18' and '22' were released all of which were the release dates of the singles. On December 7, Red Velvet was confirmed to be part of the project and their song was released on December 18.^{[1] [2]}

The song is composed in F major and has a tempo of 114 bpm and has a running time of 3 minutes and 58 seconds.^[3] "Wish Tree" is "a pop ballad with a warm feel and an acoustic sound".^[4]

Promotion and reception

To promote the song, Seulgi & Wendy took part in a one-hour show which was broadcast on Naver's V app an hour before the song'srelease. They were joined by f(x)'s Amber & Luna and they all discussed their groups' activities in the past year and promoted the singles^[5] The group as a whole performed the song live for the first time on Music Bank on December 25.^[6]

The song debuted at number 33 on the 52nd weekly issue of South Korea's Gaon Digital Chart for 2015 during the period dated December 13–19.

Track listing

Digital download / streaming^[7]

1. "Wish Tree"3:18

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from Melon.^[8]

• Red Velvet (Irene, Seulgi, Wendy, Joy, Yeri)vocals
• January 8Korean songwriting
• Matthew Tishlercomposition
• Felicia Bartoncomposition
• Aaron Benwardcomposition
• Hwang Chan-heearrangement
• Cheerful Playerarrangement
• Park In-youngstrings arrangement, conductor

Charts

Weekly chart performance for "Wish Tree"!Chart (2015)!Peak
position

South Korea (Gaon)[9]	33

Release history

Release dates and formats for "Wish Tree"!Region!Date!Format(s)!Label(s)!

Various	December 18, 2015

Notes and References

1. Web site: f(x) to Participate in SM's 'Winter Garden' Project, More Artists to be Revealed . December 16, 2015 . Hwang Hye-jin . Newsen . December 7, 2015 . March 4, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304071518/http://mwave.interest.me/enewsworld/en/article/100621/fx-to-participate-in-sms-winter-garden-project-more-artists-to-be-revealed . dead .
2. Web site: f(x), Red Velvet and BoA Confirmed for Winter Garden Project. December 16, 2015 . Jeon Su-mi . enewsWorld . December 7, 2015.
3. Web site: Key & BPM for Wish Tree by Red Velvet Tunebat. March 6, 2021. Tunebat.
4. Web site: Kim Hee-kyung. December 15, 2015. 레드벨벳, 18일 윈터 싱글 '세가지 소원' 음원 발매. December 16, 2015. bnt news. ko.
5. Web site: f(x)'s Luna Reveals Amber Is Preparing New Solo Album. December 23, 2015 . Soompi . December 17, 2015.
6. Web site: Red Velvet to Perform 'Wish Tree' on Broadcast on December 25 . December 28, 2015 . Kim Ji-yeon . enewsWorld . December 23, 2015 . December 27, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151227063729/http://mwave.interest.me/enewsworld/en/article/101194/red-velvet-to-perform-wish-tree-on-broadcast-on-december-25 . dead .
7. Web site: 세가지 소원 (Wish Tree). 2021-04-07. www.melon.com. ko.
8. Web site: 세가지 소원 (Wish Tree) - WINTER GARDEN. 2021-04-07. www.melon.com. ko.
9. Web site: 2015년 52주차 Digital Chart . Gaon Chart . Korean.
10. Cumulative sales of "Wish Tree":
    • Web site: http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/online.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=S1020&targetTime=12&hitYear=2015&termGbn=month . ko:2015년 12월 Download Chart . Gaon Music Chart. December 28, 2016.