Secret Garden is the third EP by South Korean girl group Apink, released on July 5, 2013.
This is their first official release as six-member group and they returned after 14 months since they last promoted their last album "Une Année" with "Hush" and "Bubibu" in May 2012.
On June 23, A Cube Entertainment announced that Apink will return with a new mini album "Secret Garden" through a video teaser released on their YouTube channel.
[1] The teaser showed six girls, confirming Apink will continue as six without adding new member after Yookyung left the group in April.
"Secret Garden" will be their first official release as six-member group and their returned after 14 months since they last promoted their last album "Une Année" with "Hush" and "Bubibu" in May 2012.
[1] On June 28, a second video teaser was released, showing the girls each holding a bouquet of flowers in a green meadow.
[2] It was later revealed that the background music used for the video teasers were snippets of two of the tracks on their up-coming mini-album, titled "Secret Garden" and "U You".
[7] For "Secret Garden" promotion, Apink incorporated 2013 summer fashion trend for their stage outfit.
Everyone will be able to find for themselves the art work that Son Naeun did within the album.”[11] The song was written and produced by Shinsadong Tiger and the music video was created by ZanyBros.
"Secret Garden" composed by ZigZag Note is a pop ballad song with a medium tempo that showcases Apink member's vocals.
Using the similar set with title song "No No No", the video showed Apink members having fun playing together.