"Dice" is a song recorded by South Korean girl group Nmixx for their second single album Entwurf. It was released as the single album's lead single by JYP Entertainment on September 19, 2022.
Background and release
On August 22, 2022, JYP Entertainment announced Nmixx would be releasing their second single album Entwurf on September 19. On August 31, the track listing for Entwurf was released with "Dice" announced as the lead single. The music video teaser was released on September 16 and 17. On September 18, the highlight medley teaser video was released. The song was released alongside its music video and the single album on September 19.
Composition
"Dice" was written by Dr. Jo, Charin, Zaya, and Park Ji-hyun from 153/Joombas, Myung Hye-in (Jam Factory), and Baek Sae-im from Jam Factory, and Danke from Lalala Studio. The song was composed and arranged by Armadillo and Rangga alongside Frankie Day, and Charlotte Wilson from The Hub, The Hub 88, and Jonkind for the composition. It was described as a pop song with elements of jazz, trap, and hip hop, with lyrics about "the narrative of a mysterious adversary who appears in the dice game with the Nmixx as [the adversary] opponent". "Dice" was composed in the key of G major, with a tempo of 131 beats per minute.
Promotion
Following the release of Entwurf, the group held a live event titled "New Frontier: Entwurf" on the same day, to introduce the single album and its songs including "Dice". They subsequently performed four music programs: Mnet's M Countdown on September 22, KBS's Music Bank on September 23, MBC's Show! Music Core on September 24, and SBS's Inkigayo on September 25.
Credits and personnel
Credits adapted from Melon.
Studios
JYPE Studios – recording
Chapel Swing Studios – mixing
821 Sound Mastering – mastering
Ingrid studio – vocal editing
Personnel
Nmixx – vocals
Ejae – background vocals
Dr. Jo (153/Joombas) – lyrics, vocal directing
Charin (153/Joombas) – lyrics
Zaya (153/Joombas) – lyrics
Park Ji-hyun (153/Joombas) – lyrics
Myung Hye-in (Jam Factory) – lyrics
Baek Sae-im (Jam Factory) – lyrics
Danke (Lalala Studio) – lyrics
Armadillo – composition, arrangement, various instruments, vocal directing, Rangga – composition, arrangement Frankie Day (The Hub) – composition Charlotte Wilson (The Hub) – composition, vocal directing The Hub 88 – composition Jonkind – composition Jason Lee – alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone Jeong Sang-su – trumpet Chu Myung-ho – trombone Um Se-hee – recording Tony Maserati – mixing David K. Younghyun – mixing Kwon Nam-woo – mastering Brian U – vocal directing Jeong Eun-kyung – vocal editing