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}} ''Badman'' is the third EP by the South Korean hip hop-R&B boy group B.A.P. It was released both online and offline on August 6, 2013 under the record label of TS Entertainment and distributing label of LOEN Entertainment. It charted number 1 on the Billboard World album Charts. 〔http://www.allkpop.com/article/2013/08/bap-tops-billboards-world-albums-chart-with-badman#axzz2fDilyUep〕 ==Production== Along with revelation of the album name and its track listing on July 28, 2013, TS Entertainment hinted that the ''Badman'' EP would "contain music that only B.A.P can do... () is supposed to have genres they never tried before in the album." The agency had also stated before that there were going to be three promotional singles from the upcoming third EP. "Coffee Shop", the EP's lead single, was written and composed by the music producer duo of Kang Ji-won and Kim Ki-bum, who have previously worked on successful hits with other artists from record label of TS Entertainment, including Secret , as well as B.A.P themselves for "Warrior", "Power", and "One Shot". The group also collaborated with the pianist Song Young-joo for the instrumental part of the track. B.A.P travelled to several sites in the USA to shoot scenes for music video of the song, including Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Santa Monica, San Francisco, Washington D.C. and New York City. "Hurricane", the next single, was composed and written by the music producers, Marco and Jun Da-woon, who had worked with TS Entertainment in the past on various projects. They had collaborated with Secret on "Calling U" from their third min-album ''Poison (Secret EP)'' and "Only U" from their fourth mini-album ''Letter from Secret''. The duo had also produced songs for B.A.P, such as "Punch" from their second mini-album ''One Shot'' as well as single "No Mercy".〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Marco discography )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Jun Da Woon discography )〕 Marco and Jun Da-woon also penned the lyrics of the song while B.A.P's rapper and leader Bang Yong Guk contributed to the rap part of the song. B.A.P had travelled to USA to shoot the scenes for music video of the song, visiting several different places in Las Vegas.〔 The final single, "Badman" was written and composed by Kang Ji-won and Kim Ki-bum.〔 B.A.P's Bang Yong-guk confirmed his part in writing the song: "I thought it was unfortunate that you always hear about criminals every time you turn on the news, making society feel scary and unsafe. I wanted to bring awareness. I feel that there are so many big issues that we should not forget about yet we forget them so easily. I felt that no one else would convey these messages about society if we didn't do it..."B.A.P filmed the music video in the city of Detroit, Michigan. An estimated hundred extras, and internet personality Elijah Daniel, were brought in for the filming and the music video was directed by Hong Won Ki-won of ZanyBros. The video was released on August 5, 2012.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Badman (EP)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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