And & End
And & End is the sixth extended play by South Korean girl group T-ara, which was released on September 11, 2014 by Core Contents Media. Release On August 6, 2014, it was revealed that the group would be returning with a new album the following month, with their label later confirming a mid-September release date. The title track, "Sugar Free", is an electronic dance music (EDM)-inspired song of the big room genre and was produced by Shinsadong Tiger, who had worked with the group on previous releases including "Roly-Poly", "Lovey-Dovey", and "Number 9", and Beom & Nang. Core Contents Media released a stand-alone single of "Sugar-Free" on 24 September 2014. The stand-alone single featured the "BigRoom Version" of Sugar-Free as well as various remixes of the single. The "BigRoom Version" was promoted as the primary version of "Sugar Free" and released to media outlets and radio. Reception Critical reception Sugar-Free received generally positive reviews. Scott Interrante of PopMatters praised the song's synths use and the "saccharine and overly processed" vocals "Sugar-Free is as good as one could hope it to be". Commercial performance And & End debuted at number two on the Gaon Album Chart for the week of September