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{{Infobox album
| name       = Xiah
| type       = ep
| artist     = [[Junsu|Kim Junsu]]
| cover      = XIAHcoverA.jpg
| alt        =
| caption    = ''Xiah'' Jacket A cover
| released   = {{start date|2010|05|26|df=yes}}
| recorded   = 2010
| studio     =
| genre      = {{hlist|[[J-pop]]| [[Contemporary R&B|R&B]]}}
| length     =
| language   = Japanese
| label      = [[Rhythm Zone]]
| producer   =
| prev_title =
| prev_year  =
| next_title = [[Tarantallegra]]
| next_year  = 2012
}}
'''''Xiah''''' is the debut Japanese EP by South Korean singer [[Junsu|Kim Junsu]] of [[JYJ]]. It was released by [[Rhythm Zone]] on 26 May 2010 in two versions: Jacket A, a CD+DVD version which includes a music video with 4 tracks, and Jacket B, a CD only version which contains 5 tracks.
Despite having [[TVXQ]]'s activities on hiatus due to a lawsuit filed by Xiah and two other members of [[TVXQ]] ([[Kim Jaejoong]] and [[Park Yuchun]]) against their South Korean label [[SM Entertainment]], he decided to debut as a solo act in Japan. Prior to its release, 160,000 copies of the album had been pre-ordered. It came in #2 on the [[Oricon]] Daily Charts with first day sales amounted to 118,510 units.
==Album==
The EP consists of title song "Intoxication", an R&B track and two ballads, "君がいれば～Beautiful Love～" and "悲しみのゆくえ".
"君がいれば～Beautiful Love～" and "Intoxication" were featured in Bee-TV's drama「君がいれば～Beautiful Love～」, starring [[JYJ]] member [[Yoochun]] and Japanese actress [[Aya Ōmasa]].<ref name="Bee-Tv ost">[http://pre.beetv.jp/pages/beautiful-love/ "君がいれば～Beautiful Love～" and "Intoxication" featured in Bee-Tv's ''Beautiful Love～君がいれば～''] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101120235225/http://pre.beetv.jp/pages/beautiful-love/ |date=November 20, 2010 }}</ref> The other track on the album, "悲しみのゆくえ", is featured in the drama ''５年後のラブレター'' (A Love Letter 5 Years From Now) as its theme song.<ref name="Featured song">[http://pre.beetv.jp/pages/5_loveletter/ "悲しみのゆくえ" featured in Japanese drama Love Letter, after 5 years"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101210094835/http://pre.beetv.jp/pages/5_loveletter/ |date=December 10, 2010 }}</ref>
On May 22, Xiah performed "Intoxication" for the first time at the Girls Awards 2010, a fashion and music event held at [[Yoyogi Park|Yoyogi First Gymnasium]] in Japan.<ref name="Xiah at Girls Award 2010">[http://www.dkpopnews.net/2010/05/news-amazingly-popular-tvxq-xiah-junsu.html Xiah Junsu performs at Girls Award 2010]</ref> The other songs on the EP were also performed at [[JYJ]]'s four-day Thanksgiving Live in Dome Tour concert held at Osaka Dome and Tokyo Dome in June.<ref name="Thanksgiving Live in Dome">[http://rhythmzone.net/jyj/release/ JYJ's Thanksgiving Live in Dome in June 2010] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101206095038/http://rhythmzone.net/jyj/release/ |date=December 6, 2010 }}</ref> Xiah also performed "Intoxication" at [[Avex Trax|Avex]]'s nationwide a-nation tour throughout August. In October 2010, Xiah sang the Korean version of "Intoxication" at the Kim Junsu Musical Concert, Levay with Friends.
==Musical style==
"Intoxication", the lead track of the album, features a sexual theme based on the lyrics itself. The style is influenced by African-American R&B music and the lyrics are influenced by the world's point of view. The song is meant to give a masculine feel.<ref name="dkpopnews 1">[http://www.dkpopnews.net/2010/05/news-xiah-junsu-pati-pati-magazine.html Xiah Junsu's single "Intoxication" interview]</ref>
"君がいれば～Beautiful Love～" is specially written for the drama「Beautiful Love～君がいれば～」itself. The song's lyrics are based on the drama's plot development, about how Yoonsu (Yoochun), a lonely stuck-up rich tycoon falls in love with a Japanese girl Hinata (Aya Ōmasa).<ref name="君がいれば～Beautiful Love～">[http://everydaydbsk.wordpress.com/2010/05/02/yoochun-and-junsu-beautiful-love-interview-100502/ JYJ's Junsu and Yoochun's Interview on Bee-Tv's ''Beautiful Love～君がいれば～'']</ref>
"悲しみのゆくえ" is a sorrowful song, meant to express the feeling of silent grief and intended as the opposite of "Intoxication". It depicts a feeling of helplessness.<ref name="dkpopnews 2">[http://www.dkpopnews.net/2010/05/news-xiah-junsu-pati-pati-magazine.html Xiah Junsu's "悲しみのゆくえ" interview]</ref>
== Track listing ==
{{Track listing
| headline        = <big>Jacket A:CD+DVD</big>
| extra_column    = Arranger
| total_length    = 18:01
| title1          = Intoxication
| writer1         = Xiah
| extra1          = Xiah
| length1         = 4:00
| title2          = 君がいれば～Beautiful Love～
| writer2         = Shinjiroh Inoue
| extra2          = Shinjiroh Inoue
| length2         = 5:02
| title3          = Intoxication (Instrumental)
| writer3         = Xiah
| extra3          = Xiah
| length3         = 4:00
| title4          = 君がいれば～Beautiful Love～ (Instrumental)
| writer4         = Shinjiroh Inoue
| extra4          = Shinjiroh Inoue
| length4         = 4:59
}}
{{Track listing
| headline        = DVD
| title1          = Intoxication PV
| length1         = 04:40
}}
{{Track listing
| headline        = <big>Jacket B:CD only</big>
| extra_column    = Arranger
| total_length    = 22:44
| title1          = Intoxication
| writer1         = Xiah
| extra1          = Xiah
| length1         = 4:00
| title2          = 悲しみのゆくえ
| writer2         = Shinjiroh Inoue
| extra2          = Shinjiroh Inoue
| length2         = 5:30
| title3          = 君がいれば～Beautiful Love～ (Short Version)
| writer3         = Shinjiroh Inoue
| extra3          = Shinjiroh Inoue
| length3         = 3:44
| title4          = Intoxication (Instrumental)
| writer4         = Xiah
| extra4          = Xiah
| length4         = 4:00
| title5          = 悲しみのゆくえ (Instrumental
| writer5         = Shinjiroh Inoue
| extra5          = Shinjiroh Inoue
| length5         = 5:30
}}
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[[Category:2010 EPs]]
[[Category:Kim Junsu albums]]
[[Category:Songs in Japanese]]