"Love Me Like This" is a song recorded by South Korean girl group Nmixx for their first extended play Expérgo. It was released as the EP's lead single by JYP Entertainment on March 20, 2023.
Background and release On February 10, 2023, JYP Entertainment announced Nmixx would be releasing their first extended play titled Expérgo on March 20. On March 2, the track listing was released with "Love Me Like This" announced as the title track. The first highlight medley video was released on March 3, followed by the second highlight medley video on March 16. On March 18, the music video teaser was released. The song was released alongside its music video and the extended play on March 20.
Composition "Love Me Like This" was written by Lee Hye-joon (Onclassa), Jennifer Eunsoo Kim, Jang Eun-ji (153/Joombas), Shin Hye-mi (PNP), Oh Hyun-seon (Lalala Studio), and Wkly, composed by Greg Bonnick and Hayden Chapman, and arranged by the duo as LDN Noise, with Taet Chesterton and Gavin Jones participating in the composition. It was described as a hip hop, R&B, and dance-pop song with lyrics that "express the relation of people, who are able to love themselves and each other". "Love Me Like This" was composed in the key of A-flat major, with a tempo of 97 beats per minute.
Commercial performance "Love Me Like This" debuted at number 74 on South Korea's Circle Digital Chart in the chart issue dated March 19–25, 2023. The song ascended to number 11 in the chart issue dated April 16–22, 2023.
In Singapore, the song debuted at number 30 on the RIAS Top Streaming Chart in the chart issue dated March 24–30, 2023, and number 27 on Singapore's RIAS Top Regional Chart in the chart issue dated March 17–23, 2023, ascending to number 14 in the following week.
Promotion Following the release of Expérgo, on March 20, 2023, Nmixx held a live event called "Docking Station: Expérgo" on YouTube to introduce the extended play and its songs, including "Love Me Like This", and to communicate with their fans. The group subsequently performed four music programs in the first week: Mnet's M Countdown on March 23, KBS' Music Bank on March 24, MBC's Show! Music Core on March 25, and SBS' Inkigayo on March 26. On the second week, the group performed on MBC M's Show Champion on March 29, where they won first place.
Credits and personnel Credits adapted from liner notes of Expérgo.
Studio JYPE Studios – recording Chapel Swing Studios – mixing Sterling Sound – mastering
Personnel
Nmixx – vocals Haewon – background vocals Kyujin – background vocals Kriz – background vocals, vocal directing Lee Hye-joon (Onclassa) – lyrics Jennifer Eunsoo Kim – lyrics Jang Eun-ji (153/Joombas) – lyrics Shin Hye-mi (PNP) – lyrics Oh Hyun-seon (Lalala Studio) – lyrics Wkly – lyrics Greg Bonnick – composition Hayden Chapman – composition Taet Chesterton – composition Gavin Jones – composition LDN Noise – arrangement, instruments Im Chan-mi – recording Goo Hye-jin – recording Lee Sang-yeop – recording Tony Maserati – mixing David K. Younghyun – mixing Chris Gehringer – mastering Noday – vocal directing Shin Ji-young NYC – vocal editing
Charts
Weekly charts + Chart (2023) Peakposition Singapore (RIAS) 30 South Korea (Circle) 11
Monthly charts + Chart (2023) Position South Korea (Circle) 14
Year-end charts + Chart (2023) Position South Korea (Circle) 82
Accolades + Music program awards for "Love Me Like This" Program Date Show Champion
Release history + Region Date Format Label Various March 20, 2023 JYP
See also List of Show Champion Chart winners (2023)
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