Editing BoA (section)

===2013–2015: Music production, television role, and 15th anniversary===
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BoA launched her first Korean tour with [[Special Live 2013: Here I am|BoA Special Live 2013: Here I Am]] tour at the Olympic Hall,<ref>{{cite web|last=Jeon|first=Su-mi|date=December 11, 2012|title=BoA to Hold First Exclusive Concert in Korea|url=http://mwave.interest.me/en/kpop-news/article/23562/boa-plans-to-hold-her-first-exclusive-concert-in-korea-on-january-26|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171013065806/http://mwave.interest.me/en/kpop-news/article/23562/boa-plans-to-hold-her-first-exclusive-concert-in-korea-on-january-26|archive-date=October 13, 2017|access-date=October 13, 2017|work=Mwave}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Ho|first=Stewart|date=December 24, 2012|title=BoA Adds Concert Date Due to Heavy Demand|url=http://mwave.interest.me/en/kpop-news/article/24746/boa-adds-additional-date-for-korea-concert|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171013065654/http://mwave.interest.me/en/kpop-news/article/24746/boa-adds-additional-date-for-korea-concert|archive-date=October 13, 2017|access-date=October 13, 2017|work=Mwave}}</ref> and released the song "[[Disturbance (BoA song)|Disturbance]]", which she wrote and composed, to commemorate her first concert tour in South Korea.<ref>{{cite web|last=Ho|first=Stewart|date=January 24, 2013|title=BoA to Release New Self-Composed Single in Late January|url=http://mwave.interest.me/en/kpop-news/article/27288/boa-will-reveal-new-song-at-concert|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171013120241/http://mwave.interest.me/en/kpop-news/article/27288/boa-will-reveal-new-song-at-concert|archive-date=October 13, 2017|access-date=October 13, 2017|work=Mwave}}</ref> In September 2013, BoA starred in KBS' two-episode drama special ''Expect to Date'' alongside [[Choi Daniel]] and [[Im Si-wan]], her full first role in a drama, following a string of cameo appearances.<ref>{{cite web|last=Jeon|first=Su-mi|date=July 19, 2013|title=BoA to Land on the Small Screen with KBS Pilot Drama|url=http://mwave.interest.me/en/kpop-news/article/41227/boa-to-star-with-choi-daniel-in-a-pilot-drama|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171013120448/http://mwave.interest.me/en/kpop-news/article/41227/boa-to-star-with-choi-daniel-in-a-pilot-drama|archive-date=October 13, 2017|access-date=October 13, 2017|work=Mwave}}</ref> She received praise for her acting performance.<ref>{{cite web|last=Danbi Hong|first=Grace|date=September 12, 2013|title=Viewers Praise BoA on her Acting on 'Looking Forward to Romance'|url=http://mwave.interest.me/en/kpop-news/article/45900/boa-is-good-at-acting|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171013065318/http://mwave.interest.me/en/kpop-news/article/45900/boa-is-good-at-acting|archive-date=October 13, 2017|access-date=October 13, 2017|work=Mwave}}</ref> She also participated in ''[[Infinity Challenge|Infinity Challenge's]]'' bi-annual song festival and was paired with [[Leessang]]'s [[Gill (musician)|Gil]], with the two co-produced the song "G.A.B".<ref>{{cite web|last=Danbi Hong|first=Grace|date=September 4, 2013|title=G-Dragon, BoA, Primary, Yoo Hee Yeol to Appear on 'Infinity Challenge Song Festival'|url=http://mwave.interest.me/en/kpop-news/article/45156/infinity-challenge-song-festival-reveals-artist-lineup|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171013065506/http://mwave.interest.me/en/kpop-news/article/45156/infinity-challenge-song-festival-reveals-artist-lineup|archive-date=October 13, 2017|access-date=October 13, 2017|work=Mwave}}</ref> In March 2014, BoA was appointed as a de facto creative director in S.M. Entertainment, alongside labelmate [[Kangta]]; she was placed in charge of mental care of artists who debut at a young age.<ref>{{cite web|last=Hong|first=Young-joon|date=March 25, 2018|title=[TV컷Q]'집사부일체' 보아 "강타 김민종 등 SM 이사마다 역할 다르다" 하는 일은?|trans-title=In "Master in the House", BoA says, "Each SM Director Has Different Roles"|url=http://www.sportsq.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=278988|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210804195740/http://www.sportsq.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=278988|archive-date=August 4, 2021|access-date=June 20, 2019|website=SportsQ|language=ko}}</ref>

The singles for BoA's eighth Japanese album, ''[[Who's Back?]]'' (September 2014),<ref>{{cite web|date=May 19, 2014|title=BoA 約4年半ぶりNEW ALBUM「タイトル未定」今夏リリース決定!!|url=http://avex.jp/boa/news/detail.php?id=1010158|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210804195745/https://avex.jp/boa/news/detail.php?id=1010158|archive-date=August 4, 2021|access-date=December 30, 2021|website=Avex Japan|language=ja}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=July 10, 2014|title=BoA 8th ALBUM「WHO'S BACK?」2014.09.03(水)リリース決定!!|url=http://avex.jp/boa/news/detail.php?id=1012035|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210804203443/https://avex.jp/boa/news/detail.php?id=1012035|archive-date=August 4, 2021|access-date=December 30, 2021|website=Avex Japan|language=ja}}</ref> were released over a span of four years prior to the album's release:"[[Woo Weekend]]" and "I See Me" in 2010, "Milestone" in 2011, [[Only One (BoA song)|Only One]]", "[[Tail of Hope]]" and "[[Message / Call My Name]]" in 2013,<ref>{{cite web|last=Lee|first=Kyung-nam|date=August 28, 2013|title=BoA to Release Ballad Single in Japan in October|url=http://mwave.interest.me/en/kpop-news/article/44633/boa-to-release-another-single-in-japan|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171013120415/http://mwave.interest.me/en/kpop-news/article/44633/boa-to-release-another-single-in-japan|archive-date=October 13, 2017|access-date=October 13, 2017|work=Mwave}}</ref> and "[[Shout It Out (BoA song)|Shout It Out]]"<ref>{{cite web|title=BoA OFFICIAL WEBSITE|url=http://avex.jp/boa/news/news_detail.php?id=1005914=December|website=BoA OFFICIAL WEBSITE|access-date=October 11, 2015|archive-date=October 13, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171013065337/http://avex.jp/boa/news/news_detail.php?id=1005914=December|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=BoA OFFICIAL WEBSITE|url=http://avex.jp/boa/news/news_detail.php?id=1006516=January|website=BoA OFFICIAL WEBSITE|access-date=October 11, 2015|archive-date=October 13, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171013120147/http://avex.jp/boa/news/news_detail.php?id=1006516=January|url-status=dead}}</ref> and "Masayume Chasing" in 2014.<ref>{{cite web|date=May 9, 2014|title=BoA NEW SINGLE「MASAYUME CHASING」2014.7.23リリース決定!!|url=http://avex.jp/boa/news/detail.php?id=1009940|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211231011833/https://avex.jp/boa/news/detail.php?id=1009940|archive-date=December 31, 2021|access-date=December 30, 2021|website=Avex Japan|language=ja}}</ref> To promote the album, she embarked on her BoA Live Tour 2014 Who's Back? tour in September, her first Japanese tour in four years.<ref>{{cite web|title=BoA OFFICIAL WEBSITE|url=http://avex.jp/boa/news/detail.php?id=1009921=May|website=BoA OFFICIAL WEBSITE|access-date=October 11, 2015|archive-date=March 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304051921/http://avex.jp/boa/news/detail.php?id=1009921=May|url-status=dead}}</ref> After the tour concluded, BoA starred in her first Korean film, ''[[Big Match (film)|Big Match]]'' alongside [[Lee Jung-jae]] and [[Shin Ha-kyun]]<ref>{{cite web|date=November 26, 2014|title=BoA Makes Korean Film Debut in Action Flick|url=http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2014/11/26/2014112600795.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211214103656/http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2014/11/26/2014112600795.html|archive-date=December 14, 2021|access-date=December 30, 2021|website=[[The Chosun Ilbo]]}}</ref> though a Japanese single "Fly" was released on December 3, 2014.<ref>{{cite web|date=November 19, 2014|title=BoA 2014/12/3発売 NEW SINGLE「FLY」リリース決定!!|url=http://avex.jp/boa/news/detail.php?id=1015043|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211231012421/https://avex.jp/boa/news/detail.php?id=1015043|archive-date=December 31, 2021|access-date=October 13, 2017|website=Avex Japan|language=ja}}</ref>

Her eighth Korean album ''[[Kiss My Lips]]'' (May 2015)<ref>{{cite web|last=Gil|first=Hye-sung|date=April 30, 2015|title='15주년' 보아, 5월12일 정규8집 전격 컴백..전곡 작사·작곡 – 스타뉴스|url=http://star.mt.co.kr/view/stview.php?no=2015043010014538041&outlink=2&SVEC|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806075944/https://star.mt.co.kr/stview.php?no=2015043010014538041&outlink=2&SVEC=|archive-date=August 6, 2020|access-date=October 11, 2015|website=Star News|language=ko}}</ref> became her first entirely self-written, self-produced album, working alongside American producers The Underdogs and Stereotypes.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|last=Ahn|first=Sung-mi|date=May 10, 2015|title=BoA unveils complete track list for her upcoming album|url=http://kpopherald.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=201505101808130520363_2&ACE_SEARCH=1|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211231013118/http://kpopherald.koreaherald.com/view.php%3Fud=201505101808130520363_2&ACE_SEARCH=1|archive-date=December 31, 2021|access-date=December 30, 2021|work=[[Kpop Herald]]}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{cite web|last=Jackson|first=Julie|date=May 13, 2015|title=BoA reveals feminine side in 'Kiss My Lips'|url=http://kpopherald.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=201505131703076803781_2&ACE_SEARCH=1|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211231013714/http://kpopherald.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=201505131703076803781_2&ACE_SEARCH=1|archive-date=December 31, 2021|access-date=December 30, 2021|work=[[Kpop Herald]]}}</ref> The single "Who Are You" (feat. Gaeko) was released prior to the album's unveiling, along with its accompanying music video, which starred EXO's [[Oh Se-hun (singer)|Sehun]] as the male lead.<ref>{{cite web|last=Lim|first=Jeong-yeo|date=May 6, 2015|title=BoA puts out music video of 'Who Are You'|url=http://kpopherald.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=201505061322591876542_2&ACE_SEARCH=1|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211214040804/http://kpopherald.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=201505061322591876542_2&ACE_SEARCH=1|archive-date=December 14, 2021|access-date=December 30, 2021|work=[[Kpop Herald]]}}</ref> The rest of the album was unveiled on May 12 along with an official music video of the eponymous title track. ''Billboard'' called the singer a promising songwriter despite moments of musical blandness.<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Benjamin|first=Jeff|date=May 15, 2015|title=BoA Makes a Stylish Return to Her K-Pop Throne on 'Kiss My Lips': Track-by-Track Review|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/boa-kiss-my-lips-album-review-6561403/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211231054245/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/boa-kiss-my-lips-album-review-6561403/|archive-date=December 31, 2021|access-date=December 31, 2021|magazine=Billboard}}</ref>

In July, she performed at the BoA Special Live 2015: Nowness to commemorate her 15th anniversary. The concert took place on August 22 and 23 at the Sejong Center for the Performing Arts in South Korea, making BoA the first female idol to hold a solo concert at the venue.<ref>{{cite web|last=Won|first=Ho-jung|date=June 25, 2015|title=BoA to mark 15 years with concert at Sejong Center|url=http://kpopherald.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=201506251659507674065_2&ACE_SEARCH=1|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210804195740/http://kpopherald.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=201506251659507674065_2&ACE_SEARCH=1|archive-date=August 4, 2021|access-date=December 31, 2021|work=[[Kpop Herald]]}}</ref> This was followed by BoA Special Live 2015: Nowness in Japan which took place on December 11, 2015, at Tokyo International Forum Hall-A.<ref>{{Cite web|date=August 31, 2015|title=BoA Special Live: NOWNESS in JAPAN 開催決定!|url=http://avex.jp/boa/news/detail.php?id=1025977|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210804195747/https://avex.jp/boa/news/detail.php?id=1025977|archive-date=August 4, 2021|access-date=March 18, 2016|website=Avex Japan|language=ja}}</ref> Her 15th anniversary in Japan the following year was celebrated in a similar fashion,<ref>{{cite web|date=May 31, 2016|title=BoA celebrates 15 years of Japan debut with fans|url=http://entertainment.inquirer.net/195522/boa-celebrates-15-years-of-japan-debut-with-fans|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200920151349/https://entertainment.inquirer.net/195522/boa-celebrates-15-years-of-japan-debut-with-fans|archive-date=September 20, 2020|access-date=December 31, 2021|publisher=[[The Korea Herald]]|via=Inquirer Net}}</ref> including the release of the song "Lookbook", and a 15th anniversary edition of BoA's Japanese Winter hit, "Meri Kuri". As part of S.M. Entertainment's special winter project, ''[[Winter Garden (S.M. Entertainment)|Winter Garden]],'' BoA released a digital single entitled "Christmas Paradise".<ref>{{cite web|last=Kim|first=Ji-yeon|date=December 18, 2015|title=BoA′s Winter Single ′Christmas Paradise′ to Drop on December 22|url=http://mwave.interest.me/en/kpop-news/article/101035/boas-winter-single-christmas-paradise-to-drop-on-december-22|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171013172327/http://mwave.interest.me/en/kpop-news/article/101035/boas-winter-single-christmas-paradise-to-drop-on-december-22|archive-date=October 13, 2017|access-date=October 13, 2017|work=Mwave}}</ref>