It was released on March 5, 2014, after being pushed back from February 26. it comes with 6 different formats, CD Only, CD+DVD A (Music Video), CD+DVD B (Dance Ver and making of), 2 versions of USBs,[2] and digital downloads.
The full music video was premiered at Avex' official YouTube channel on January 21, 2014.
[3] The music video itself features a strong and heavy dance routine which was choreographed by Rino Nakasone and Mikey.
Shout It Out receives generally good reviews, MuuMuse states "those spitfire verses and that sizzling electro-pop production are more than enough to make this one an instant hit".
[6] J-Pop Chitai also praises BoA's voice in 'close to me'[7] giving the single 3 stars out of five.