"Crossroads" (Korean: 교차로, romanized: Gyocharo) is a song recorded by South Korean girl group GFriend for their eighth extended play回:Labyrinth. The song was released as the title track of the EP on February 3, 2020 by Source Music. The Japanese single album 回:Labyrinth ~Crossroads~ was released on October 14, 2020 by King Records, including the Japanese versions of "Crossroads" and "Labyrinth".[1]
The song was written by Noh Jooh-wan and was produced by him and Lee Won-jong.[2] They both already made other GFriend songs such as "Time for the Moon Night" and "Sunrise".[3][4] It was described by Billboard's Tamar Herman, as a song which is "quintessentially GFriend with its melodic, string-oriented soaring synth-pop as the members sing about".[5]
On November 9, 2020, the song was included in the group third studio album 回:Walpurgis Night.[6]
The song debuted and peaked at number 32 on the Gaon Digital Chart for the week ending February 7, 2020.[7] The song also placed at number 4 on the componing Download Chart and number 63 the week of the release of the song on the componing Streaming Chart.[7]
The music video for the song was released on February 3, 2020, at the same moment as the EP. For the first time, it was uploaded on HYBE Labels' YouTube channel after that the company Big Hit Entertainment (now known as Hybe Corporation) acquired Source Music in July 2019.[8][9]
^"GFriend". Billboard. Archived from the original on 2020-11-18. Retrieved 2020-06-17.
^"2020년 02월 Digital Chart". Gaon Music Chart (in Korean). Korea Music Content Association. Archived from the original on January 21, 2021. Retrieved December 20, 2020.
