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Rainism is the fifth Korean-language studio album from South Korean singer Rain, and the first album since his departure from JYP Entertainment. The album was released on the October 15, 2008, in South Korea. The first single taken from the album, Love Story, became another hit for Rain. The album was released in four formats throughout Asia.

Rainism
Studio album by Rain
Released	October 15, 2008 (South Korea) January 7, 2009 (Japan)
Recorded	2008
Genre	K-pop, R&B
Length	42:11 South Korea 57:27 Asia
Language	Korean, Chinese, Japanese, English
Label	J. Tune/Mnet (South Korea) Warner (Asia) Pony Canyon (Japan)[1]
Producer	Rain (exec)
Rain chronology
Rain's World (2006) Rainism (2008) Back to the Basic (2010)
Singles from Rainism
"Rainism" Released: October 15, 2008 "Love Story" Released: October 15, 2008 "9월 12일" Released: March 4, 2009

Releases

Rainism was released in various formats throughout Southeast Asia. The album was released with a new cover.[2] Each version was released with the original track list as well as international versions of his two singles, ″Love Story″ and "Rainism", in English, Japanese and Chinese.

The album was re-released in South Korea on March 5, 2009. The album was retitled, Rainism Recollection and packaged as a limited edition album with new album art.[3] The album was packaged as a three disc album. The first disc containing original track listing (removing the original version of Rainism and replacing it with the clean version), the second disc included all international versions of his two singles, "Love Story" and "Rainism", in addition to several bonus acoustic tracks and a remix of the song Fresh Woman. Disc 3 was a DVD including the music video for the first single Love Story.

Controversy

On November 24, 2008, The Commission of Youth Protection judged Rain's album, Rainism, inappropriate for people under 19 years old because of the song "Rainism".[4] In "Rainism", the lyrics (translated from Korean) "Trembling inside your shaking body is my magic stick/Feeling the impassable limit of the body shake" became a problem, as "magic stick" had connotations of a penis.[5] Rain re-released a "clean version" of "Rainism" shortly after,[6] but instead of changing the original album's contents, the original song was still included on the soundtrack, but marked as inappropriate for those under 19 years old.^{[citation needed]}

Singles

Rain released Love Story, as the first single from the album, shortly followed by the single, Rainism. Both songs were re-recorded in four languages and served as that version for the appropriate country (an English version was issued to SE Asia radio). It was stated that Fresh Woman would be released as a single, but proof of this has not appeared. Rain performed the track, Only You, in support of the re-release of Rainism in South Korea. However, Only You, is not an official single.

Promotion

To promote the release, Rain went on a world tour. The tour began in Seoul and included stops in Japan, China, Singapore and Indonesia, for a total of 28 concerts in 9 countries.

Accolades

On December 10, 2008, Rainism received the Album Bonsang at the 23rd Golden Disc Awards.[7] The title track "Rainism" additionally achieved the top spots on the music programs Inkigayo and M Countdown, and won the Best Asian Pop Song award at the 2009 Hito Music Awards.[8]

Music program awards

Song	Program	Date	Ref.
"Rainism"	SBS's Inkigayo	November 2, 2008	[9]
	Mnet's M Countdown	November 6, 2008	[10]
		November 27, 2008

Legend of Rainism Tour

The Legend of Rainism Tour

Tour by Rain
Associated album	Rainism
Start date	August 29, 2009
End date	April 18, 2010
Legs	1
No. of shows	14
Rain concert chronology
Rain's Coming World Tour (2006–07) The Legend of Rainism Asia Tour (2009–10) The Best Show Tour (2011)

In support of his 5th album Rainism, Rain kicked off his third concert tour titled "The Legend of Rainism Tour" in August 2009.[11] It continued with concerts in Japan, Korea, Hong Kong, Indonesia, the United States and Taiwan.

Shows

Date	City	Country	Venue	Attendance
August 29, 2009	Saitama	Japan	Saitama Super Arena	34,000[12]
August 30, 2009
October 9, 2009	Seoul	South Korea	Olympic Gymnastics Arena	16,000[13]
October 10, 2009
November 28, 2009	Hong Kong	China	AsiaWorld-Expo	18,000[14]
November 29, 2009
December 3, 2009	Jakarta	Indonesia	JITEC Mangga Dua Square	5,000[15]
December 24, 2009	Las Vegas	United States	The Colosseum at Caesars Palace	8,000
December 25, 2009
January 23, 2010	Osaka	Japan	Osaka-jō Hall	16,000[16]
January 24, 2010
January 30, 2010	Kaohsiung	Taiwan	Kaohsiung National Stadium	30,000[17]
April 17, 2010	Tokyo	Japan	Yoyogi National Gymnasium	20,000[18]
April 18, 2010
Estimated Total				147,000

Track listing

Release history

Release history and formats for Rainism

Region	Date	Version	Label(s)
Various	October 15, 2008	Korean	J. Tune Entertainment
Asia	December 27, 2008	Asian Special Edition	Warner
Japan	January 7, 2009	Japanese	Pony Canyon
South Korea	March 5, 2009	Rainism Recollection	J. Tune

References

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