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Spell (EP)

album by DIA

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 23, 2024
Entity authorityQ28451991 ↗
Source-derived summary

Spell is the second extended play by South Korean girl group DIA. It was released by MBK Entertainment on September 13, 2016, and distributed by Interpark. It consists of seven tracks, including "Mr. Potter", released as the title track.

The EP peaked at number 4 on the Gaon Album Chart. It has sold over 13,000 physical copies as of October 2016.

Background and release

On August 11, MBK Entertainment released teaser images for Mr. Potter which will be the title track of their new comeback album to-be released on September 12. The theme of the comeback is "Harry Poster" which will be produced by Shaun Kim. On August 30, MBK Entertainment announced that the album release date will be postponed to a day later and the new album will be released on September 13 instead.

From September 2 to September 3, DIA released teaser images for both the group and individual members.

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“Spell (EP)” enters the record as album by DIA. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Spell and album can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA useful identification and reception guide that helps separate the work itself from editions, performances, ownership and later interpretation. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2016—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 2016-09-13. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Spell and album.
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“Spell (EP)” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Spell and album provides the most credible route into that argument.

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Attribution, date and provenance are strongest when supported by the original work, a catalogue record and documented transmission. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 23, 2024. The linked authority identifier is Q28451991. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2016.

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This entry incorporates text from “Spell (EP)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.