For Muzik is the debut extended play by South Korean girl group 4Minute. It features their debut single "Hot Issue". The title track "Muzik" was used to promote the mini-album, as well as "What a Girl Wants" later that year.[1]
After the release of their debut single, "Hot Issue", the group started recording their first album, including a remix of "Hot Issue" done by Shinsadong Tiger.[citation needed] The album was released digitally on August 28, 2009. "Hot Issue" charted at number 20 while "Muzik" charted at number 21 on the year-end Melon chart for 2009. Hot Issue was re-released in higher quality on 1thek on January 22, 2019.[2]
The group promoted the album by performing "Hot Issue", "Muzik" and "What a Girl Wants" on various TV shows. These included Mnet's M! Countdown, KBS's Music Bank, MBC's Show! Music Core and SBS's Inkigayo. Promotions lasted from June until the end of December 2009. The album was also promoted in Japan, where a repackaged version of the album was released.
On September 1, 2009, the music video for "Muzik" was released. It with the intro track "For Muzik", followed by a scene showing the group dancing in a room with flashing lights. There are individual inter-scenes of single members wearing latex leggings and dancing to the song.
On August 31, 2009, Korean broadcaster KBS banned the playing of the song "Won't Give You" because of inappropriate lyrics, specifically the following line that roughly translates to "Starting from today, I won't give myself to you. Now, I will never give you my entire heart. Now, I won't ever give myself to you." In response, Cube Entertainment stated, "The lyrics for "Won't Give You" is about the pure feelings of a girl to a guy. We are very disappointed that the lyrics were deemed inappropriate."[1]
