{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2023}} {{Infobox album | name = Overdrive | type = EP | artist = I.M | cover = I.M - Overdrive.jpg | alt = | caption = Digital cover | released = June 23, 2023 | recorded = | studio = | genre = K-pop | length = 16:22 | language = Korean | label = Sony Music Korea | producer = | prev_title = Duality | prev_year = 2021 | next_title = Off the Beat | next_year = 2024 | misc = {{Singles | name = Overdrive | type = EP | single1 = Overdrive | single1date = June 23, 2023 }} }}
'''''Overdrive''''' (also stylized in all caps) is the second extended play by the South Korean rapper I.M. It was released by Sony Music Korea on June 23, 2023. The EP contains six tracks, including the lead single of the same name.
== Background and release == On May 17, Sony Music Korea unveiled I.M's new album ''Overdrive'' and opened official channels exclusively for I.M.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.raonnews.com/news/article.html?no=12763|script-title=ko:몬스타엑스 아이엠, 새 앨범 타이틀 'OVERDRIVE'…솔로 활동 시동|trans-title=MONSTA X I.M, new album title 'OVERDRIVE'... starting a solo career|website=Raon Newspaper|last=Jang|first=Seul-gi|date=2023-05-17|access-date=2023-06-13|language=ko}}</ref> It will be his first album release after transferring to the new label.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=144&aid=0000884923|script-title=ko:[단독]몬스타엑스 아이엠, 6월 이적 후 첫 컴백 확정|trans-title=[Exclusive] MONSTA X I.M confirms first comeback after transferring in June|website=Sports Kyunghyang|via=Naver|last=Kim|first=Won-hee|date=2023-05-04|access-date=2023-06-13|language=ko}}</ref> On May 19, it was announced that ''Overdrive'' will be released on June 23, making it both a domestic and a worldwide simultaneous release.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=609&aid=0000726294|script-title=ko:몬스타엑스 아이엠 솔로앨범, 6월23일 전세계 동시 공개|trans-title=MONSTA X I.M solo album to be released worldwide on June 23rd|website=Newsen|via=Naver|last=Park|first=Soo-in|date=2023-05-19|access-date=2023-06-13|language=ko}}</ref> On June 12, Sony Music Korea announced that there will be countdown live and special meeting time with global fans, to commemorate the release of ''Overdrive'' through I.M's YouTube channel, on the day of the release, as well as the released of the behind-the-scenes of the album's preparation process.<ref name="OD">{{cite web|url=https://www.ajunews.com/view/20230612112551047|script-title=ko:아이엠 '오버드라이브' 23일 발매…카운트 라이브 예고|trans-title=IM 'Overdrive' released on the 23rd... count live preview|website=Aju Economy|last=Choi|first=Song-hee|date=2023-06-12|access-date=2023-06-13|language=ko}}</ref> On June 30, I.M released a live film of the track "Habit".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slist.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=462977|script-title=ko:몬스타엑스 아이엠, 'Habit' 라이브 필름 공개|trans-title=Monsta X I.M, 'Habit' live film released|website=Single List|last=Kang|first=Bo-ra|date=2023-07-03|access-date=2023-07-03|language=ko}}</ref> On August 5 and 6, I.M held the Overdrive Showcase Tour in Seoul at Yes24 Live Hall.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=003&aid=0011968674|script-title=ko:몬스타엑스 아이엠, 첫 솔로 쇼케이스 투어 8월 개최|trans-title=Monsta X I.M to hold first solo showcase tour in August|website=Newsis|via=Naver|last=Jeon|first=Jae-kyung|date=2023-07-12|access-date=2023-07-12|language=ko}}</ref>
The physical EP was released in two standard versions; ''Metal'' and ''Blue'', with the addition of jewel case version and POCA versions.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=421&aid=0006860544|script-title=ko:아이엠, 솔로 앨범 콘셉트 포토 공개 '치명+와일드'|trans-title=I.M, solo album concept photo release 'Fatal + Wild'|website=news 1|via=Naver|last=Hwang|first=Mi-hyun|date=2023-06-12|access-date=2023-06-13|language=ko}}</ref>
== Imagery == The cover image embodies the "trajectory of a car speeding through the middle of the night", along with the logo of ''Overdrive'', while the intense color graphics caught the eye, which symbolizes the message of "to run without hesitation for the goal set by oneself at the highest speed".<ref name="od">{{cite web|url=https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=421&aid=0006861967|script-title=ko:아이엠, 솔로 신보 커버 공개 "내면의 감정 솔직하게 담아"|trans-title=I.M, solo new album cover release "Honest expression of inner feelings"|website=news 1|via=Naver|last=Hwang|first=Mi-hyun|date=2023-06-13|access-date=2023-06-13|language=ko}}</ref> It is also correlated with I.M's original musical identity, which was completely melted with the will to run "speed up".<ref name="OD"/>
== Composition == I.M took charge of writing the lyrics, composing, and producing all the songs, while incorporating various genres such as trap, deep soul, R&B, and jazz.<ref name="od"/>
''Overdrive'' expressed the will to run without hesitation for the goal set by oneself in any situation with a new emergency.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=410&aid=0000945212|script-title=ko:몬스타엑스 아이엠의 'OVERDRIVE' #새 출발 #전곡 프로듀싱|trans-title=MONSTA X I.M's 'OVERDRIVE' #New start #All song production|website=MK Sports|via=Naver|last=Kim|first=Na-young|date=2023-06-22|access-date=2023-06-22|language=ko}}</ref> If ''Duality'' captures the inner story, ''Overdrive'' gives the kind of impression that these emotions erupt outward.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ajunews.com/view/20230623214957272|script-title=ko:[종합] "아이엠의 온전한 향기"…변화와 도전 담은 '오버 드라이브'|trans-title=[Comprehensive] "The perfect scent of I.M"... 'Overdrive' with change and challenge|website=Aju Economy|last=Choi|first=Song-hee|date=2023-06-24|access-date=2023-06-24|language=ko}}</ref> It presented the journey of a relationship that blazes and heads towards a rather ruinous end but leaves behind a trail of burning embers.<ref name="bh">{{cite web|url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/international/monsta-xs-m-blazes-new-challenge-overdrive-album-review/|title=MONSTA X's I.M blazes into a new challenge with 'Overdrive' – Album Review|website=Bollywood Hungama|last=Iyengar|first=Nandini|date=2023-06-26|access-date=2023-06-27}}</ref>
For the tracks, "Overdrive" is a track that fused the elements of hip hop and R&B which radiated an extremely cool vibe, complemented by the inclusion of sleek perspective play,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/pop-culture/news-i-m-satisfied-album-i-m-proud-it-monsta-x-s-changkyun-dishes-solo-release-overdrive|title=I'm satisfied with the album and I'm proud of it: MONSTA X's Changkyun dishes on his solo release OVERDRIVE|website=Sportskeeda|last=Bhanarkar|first=Rujula|date=2023-06-25|access-date=2023-06-26}}</ref> "Blame" is a track that makes a smooth progression from R&B to trap genre which belts out the pain for not being able to forget a love and trying to have that someone get over this guilt, "Dumb" is a track slew of R&B beats which reveals that love makes one act like a fool sometimes and makes one want to do everything possible for that someone, "Habit" is a R&B genre track which is associated with having that attachment with someone and how difficult it is to get out of it, "More" is a sultry track which conveys a sense of understanding and sheer demand of fulfillment of desire, and "Not Sorry" is a track that incorporates retro-jazz music which explains that one does not need to make an apology when follow one's heart and desire.<ref name="bh"/>
== Commercial performance == ''Overdrive'' placed at numbers six and nine on the Circle Album Chart, for the week of June 18 to 24, with 88,423 copies sold,<ref name="wcac"/> while number eight on the Circle Retail Album Chart, with 13,038 copies sold.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.topstarnews.net/news/articleView.html?idxno=15358021|script-title=ko:에이티즈, 299,970장 판매 기록하며 써클차트 25주차 리테일앨범주간차트 1위, 세븐틴·강다니엘·에이티즈 TOP5|trans-title=ATEEZ sold 299,970 copies and topped the Retail Album Weekly Chart for the 25th week of the Circle Chart, Seventeen, Kang Daniel, and ATEEZ TOP5|website=Top Star News|last=Kim|first=Sung-hee|date=2023-06-26|access-date=2023-07-01|language=ko}}</ref>
It entered the Melon's "Hall of Fame", which displays honorable records of domestic and foreign artists, with their domestically released albums, joining its "Million Album", an album category which celebrates albums that have achieved one million streams or more within 24 hours of its release, with a record of 1,067,300 total streams, had been commemorated in the "Million Album of All Time".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.melon.com/artist/photo_detail.htm?artistId=837032&photoId=80221169&orderBy=NEW|script-title=ko:멜론 명예의 전당 - I.M (아이엠) [OVERDRIVE]|trans-title=Melon Hall of Fame - I.M [OVERDRIVE]|website=Melon|access-date=2023-07-04|language=ko}}</ref>
== Track listing == {{Track listing | headline = ''Overdrive'' track listing | extra_column = Arrangement | title_width = 25% | lyrics_width = 25% | music_width = 25% | extra_width = 25% | title1 = Overdrive | lyrics1 = I.M | music1 = {{hlist|I.M|Wooki}} | extra1 = Wooki | length1 = 2:55 | title2 = Blame | lyrics2 = I.M | music2 = {{hlist|I.M|Long Drive|The Need}} | extra2 = {{hlist|Long Drive|The Need}} | length2 = 2:41 | title3 = Dumb | lyrics3 = I.M | music3 = {{hlist|I.M|Wooki}} | extra3 = Wooki | length3 = 2:54 | title4 = Habit | note4 = Saxophone by Kim Soo-hwan | lyrics4 = I.M | music4 = {{hlist|I.M|Wooki|Yoonseok}} | extra4 = Wooki | length4 = 3:04 | title5 = More | lyrics5 = I.M | music5 = {{hlist|I.M|Long Drive}} | extra5 = {{hlist|Long Drive|Devine Channel}} | length5 = 2:27 | title6 = Not Sorry | lyrics6 = I.M | music6 = {{hlist|I.M|Wooki}} | extra6 = Wooki | length6 = 2:21 | total_length = 16:22 }}
== Charts == {{col-begin}} {{col-2}}
=== Weekly chart === {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |+ Chart performance for ''Overdrive'' ! scope="col"| Chart (2023) ! scope="col"| Peak<br />position |- ! scope="row"| Japanese Hot Albums (''Billboard Japan'')<ref>{{cite web|url=http://billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=hot_albums&year=2023&month=09&day=04|title=Billboard Japan Hot Albums – Week of August 30, 2023|website=Billboard Japan|language=ja|access-date=August 30, 2023}}</ref> | 36 |- ! scope="row"| South Korean Albums (Circle)<ref name="wcac">{{cite web|url=https://circlechart.kr/page_chart/album.circle|title=Week 25 of 2023 Album Chart|website=Circle Chart|date=June 18–24, 2023|access-date=June 29, 2023|language=ko}}</ref> | 6 |} {{col-2}}
=== Monthly chart === {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |+ Chart performance for ''Overdrive'' ! scope="col"| Chart (2023) ! scope="col"| Peak<br />position |- ! scope="row"| South Korean Albums (Circle)<ref name="mcac">{{cite web|url=https://circlechart.kr/page_chart/album.circle?serviceGbn=&termGbn=month|title=June 2023 Album Chart|website=Circle Chart|access-date=July 7, 2023|language=ko}}</ref> | 27 |} {{col-end}}
== Certification and sales == {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+ Certification and sales for ''Overdrive'' ! scope="col"| Region ! scope="col"| Certification ! scope="col"| Certified units/sales |- ! scope="row"| South Korea | — | align="center"| 129,863<!--97,863 (CD) + 32,000 (POCA)--><ref>Cumulative sales for ''Overdrive'' (POCA + CD): *{{cite web|url=https://circlechart.kr/page_chart/album.circle?nationGbn=T&targetTime=25&hitYear=2023&termGbn=week&yearTime=3|title=Week 25 of 2023 Album Chart|website=Circle Chart|date=June 18–24, 2023|access-date=June 29, 2023|language=ko|archive-date=June 29, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230629172134/https://circlechart.kr/page_chart/album.circle?nationGbn=T&targetTime=25&hitYear=2023&termGbn=week&yearTime=3|url-status=live}} *{{cite web|url=https://circlechart.kr/page_chart/album.circle?nationGbn=T&targetTime=26&hitYear=2023&termGbn=week&yearTime=3|title=Week 26 of 2023 Album Chart|website=Circle Chart|date=June 25 – July 1, 2023|access-date=July 7, 2023|language=ko|archive-date=July 6, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230706162840/https://circlechart.kr/page_chart/album.circle?nationGbn=T&targetTime=26&hitYear=2023&termGbn=week&yearTime=3|url-status=live}} *{{cite web|url=https://circlechart.kr/page_chart/album.circle?serviceGbn=&termGbn=month|title=June 2023 Album Chart|website=Circle Chart|access-date=July 7, 2023|language=ko|archive-date=July 8, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220708013721/https://circlechart.kr/page_chart/album.circle?serviceGbn=&termGbn=month|url-status=live}} *{{cite web|url=https://circlechart.kr/page_chart/album.circle?nationGbn=T&targetTime=27&hitYear=2023&termGbn=week&yearTime=3|title=Week 27 of 2023 Album Chart|website=Circle Chart|date=July 2–8, 2023|access-date=July 13, 2023|language=ko|archive-date=July 13, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230713061308/https://circlechart.kr/page_chart/album.circle?nationGbn=T&targetTime=27&hitYear=2023&termGbn=week&yearTime=3|url-status=live}} *{{cite web|url=https://circlechart.kr/page_chart/album.circle?nationGbn=T&targetTime=28&hitYear=2023&termGbn=week&yearTime=3|title=Week 28 of 2023 Album Chart|website=Circle Chart|date=July 9–15, 2023|access-date=July 20, 2023|language=ko|archive-date=July 22, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230722155154/https://circlechart.kr/page_chart/album.circle?nationGbn=T&targetTime=28&hitYear=2023&termGbn=week&yearTime=3|url-status=live}} *{{cite web|url=https://circlechart.kr/page_chart/album.circle?nationGbn=T&targetTime=29&hitYear=2023&termGbn=week&yearTime=3|title=Week 29 of 2023 Album Chart|website=Circle Chart|date=July 16–22, 2023|access-date=July 27, 2023|language=ko|archive-date=July 27, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230727015843/https://circlechart.kr/page_chart/album.circle?nationGbn=T&targetTime=29&hitYear=2023&termGbn=week&yearTime=3|url-status=live}} *{{cite web|url=https://circlechart.kr/page_chart/album.circle?nationGbn=T&targetTime=31&hitYear=2023&termGbn=week&yearTime=3|title=Week 31 of 2023 Album Chart|website=Circle Chart|date=July 30 – August 5, 2023|access-date=August 10, 2023|language=ko|archive-date=August 10, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230810070258/https://circlechart.kr/page_chart/album.circle?nationGbn=T&targetTime=31&hitYear=2023&termGbn=week&yearTime=3|url-status=live}} *{{cite web|url=https://circlechart.kr/page_chart/album.circle?nationGbn=T&targetTime=32&hitYear=2023&termGbn=week&yearTime=3|title=Week 32 of 2023 Album Chart|website=Circle Chart|date=August 6–12, 2023|access-date=August 17, 2023|language=ko|archive-date=August 17, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230817034158/https://circlechart.kr/page_chart/album.circle?nationGbn=T&targetTime=32&hitYear=2023&termGbn=week&yearTime=3|url-status=live}} *{{cite web|url=https://circlechart.kr/page_chart/album.circle?nationGbn=T&targetTime=33&hitYear=2023&termGbn=week&yearTime=3|title=Week 33 of 2023 Album Chart|website=Circle Chart|date=August 13–19, 2023|access-date=August 24, 2023|language=ko}} *{{cite web|url=https://circlechart.kr/page_chart/album.circle?nationGbn=T&targetTime=34&hitYear=2023&termGbn=week&yearTime=3|title=Week 34 of 2023 Album Chart|website=Circle Chart|date=August 20–26, 2023|access-date=August 31, 2023|language=ko}}</ref> |}
== Release history == {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+ Release history and formats for ''Overdrive'' !Region !Date !Format !Label |- ! scope="row"| South Korea | rowspan="2"| June 23, 2023 | {{hlist|CD|digital download|streaming}} | rowspan="2"| Sony Music Korea |- ! scope="row"| Various | {{hlist|Digital download|streaming}} |}
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