(EN) Michael Fuhr, Globalization and Popular Music in South Korea. Sounding Out K-Pop, Routledge, 2015. URL consultato il 21 marzo 2017.
«Mini-albums and EPs are shorter than full-length albums and usually contain four or five songs [...] They are less expensive and time-consuming in production than albums, and they help to popularize new groups who otherwise lack the number of songs required for a full-length album.»