Timing is Kim Hyun-joong's fourth Korean mini-album, which was released on July 11, 2014, under KeyEast.
The album was preceded by the pre-release single, "His Habit", released on July 4, 2014. The track "Beauty Beauty" was released one week after, together with the album on July 11.
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Background and development
After he released his fourth Japanese single album Hot Sun on June 18, Kim went off to his 2014 Kim Hyun Joong World Tour: Dream and Fantasy tour starting on June 28 in Seoul. While he was touring, KeyEast Entertainment revealed on July 2 that Kim will be having a new album in Korea in days. The album is said to be a reflection of Kim Hyun-joong's past as well as the direction he will be walking on towards his future. In addition, a teaser image of Kim standing before an old alleyway, representing an old-and-new image of his life. Besides the image teaser, the upcoming four tracks were also announced. In particular, various overseas artists were said to have participated in producing the tracks of the album including Pharrell Williams' guitarist Brent Paschke and Far East Movement's keyboardist Mister Rocks.
On July 4, Kim posted the CD jacket image for Timing, just before his pre-release of "His Habit" song at noon of the same day. Four days after, on July 8, a video of himself promoting his upcoming album was uploaded onto his official YouTube account. Right after his message was a video teaser for his single "Beauty Beauty". Once again, Kim released more photo teasers on July 11 before officially releasing the album at noon.