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Released | November 26, 2018 | |||
Recorded | 2018 | |||
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Length | 34:28 | |||
Language | Korean | |||
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Face is the debut studio album by South Korean singer Key. It was released on November 26,2018,through SM Entertainment. "One of Those Nights" and "Forever Yours" (featuring Crush and Soyou,respectively) served as the album's lead singles. [2]
On February 25,2019,it was announced that the album would be repackaged as I Wanna Be on March 4. [3]
On October 11,2018,SM Entertainment announced that Key would be the third member of Shinee to make a solo debut,with an estimated release date of November. [4] On November 7,2018,the album's first lead single,"Forever Yours" was released,featuring former Sistar member,Soyou. [5]
The first image teasers for the album dropped on November 19,along with the title and tracklist. [6] The teaser for lead single "One of These Nights" featuring Crush was released on November 25. The album and MV were released the following day. [2]
On February 25,it was revealed that the title of the re-packaged album was I Wanna Be and that it would be released on March 4,2019,with three new songs,including the title track "I Wanna Be" featuring (G)I-dle's Soyeon. [7]
Face peaked at number five on Korea's Gaon Album Chart, [8] number 18 on Japan's Oricon Albums Chart, [9] number 195 on the French SNEP download albums chart, [10] and number 9 on the US World Albums chart. [11]
Critic/Publication | List | Rank | Ref. |
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Idology | The Best Albums of 2018 | 3 | [12] |
Refinery29 | The 12 Best K-Pop Albums of 2018 | 2 | [13] |
Weiv | The Best Albums of 2018 | 7 | [14] |
No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Arrangement | Length |
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1. | "One of Those Nights" (센 척 안 해; featuring Crush) | Kenzie | Noah Conrad, Jake Torrey, Riley Thomas Donnell, Daniel Doran Henig, Adrian McKinnon | Conrad, Torrey | 3:10 |
2. | "Good Good" | Cho Yoon-kyung | Diederik Van Elsas, Justin Jesso, Scotty Grand, Thomas Leithead-Docherty, Ryan S. Jhun | Van Elsas, Leithead-Docherty, Jhun | 3:01 |
3. | "Honest" | Zaya (153/Joombas) | Jon Asher, Dylan Bernard, Michael "R!ot" Wyckoff | Asher, Wyckoff | 3:39 |
4. | "Forever Yours" (featuring Soyou) | Cho | LDN Noise, Daecolm Diego Holland | LDN Noise, Holland | 3:27 |
5. | "Imagine" | McKinnon | McKinnon, 탁 (TAK) | 탁 (TAK) | 3:22 |
6. | "Chemicals" | Kang Eun-jung | Imlay, Skrillex, Valentino Khan, Cimo Fränkel, Rik Annema, Jantine Annika Heji | Imlay | 3:12 |
7. | "I Will Fight" (featuring Vinxen) | Key, Vinxen | Bhavik Pattani, Chelcee Grimes | Pattani | 3:58 |
8. | "Easy to Love" | Key, JQ, Moon Hee-yeon | Mike Woods, Kevin White, Andrew Bazzi, MZNC | Rice n' Peas | 3:08 |
9. | "The Duty of Love" (미워) | Key | Chris Meyer, Chris Wahle | Wahle | 3:19 |
10. | "This Life" | Key | Choi Jin-suk, Nermin Harambašić, Anne Judit Stokke Wik, Ronny Vidar Svendsen, Alex Karlsson | Choi | 3:40 |
Total length: | 34:28 |
No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Arrangement | Length |
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1. | "I Wanna Be" (featuring Soyeon) | Park Seong-hui (Jam Factory), Soyeon ((G)I-dle) | DallasK, Deez, Theron Thomas | DallasK, Deez | 3:13 |
2. | "Show Me" | Danke (lalala studio) | Thomas Troelsen, Bonnie McKee, E. Kidd Bogart | Troelsen | 3:06 |
3. | "One of Those Nights" (센 척 안 해; featuring Crush) | Kenzie | Noah Conrad, Jake Torrey, Riley Thomas Donnell, Daniel Doran Henig, Adrian McKinnon | Conrad, Torrey | 3:10 |
4. | "Good Good" | Cho Yoon-kyung | Diederik Van Elsas, Justin Jesso, Scotty Grand, Thomas Leithead-Docherty, Ryan S. Jhun | Van Elsas, Leithead-Docherty, Jhun | 3:01 |
5. | "Honest" | Zaya (153/Joombas) | Jon Asher, Dylan Bernard, Michael "R!ot" Wyckoff | Asher, Wyckoff | 3:39 |
6. | "Forever Yours" (featuring Soyou) | Cho | LDN Noise, Daecolm Diego Holland | LDN Noise, Holland | 3:27 |
7. | "Imagine" | McKinnon | McKinnon, 탁 (TAK) | 탁 (TAK) | 3:22 |
8. | "Chemicals" | Kang Eun-jung | Imlay, Skrillex, Valentino Khan, Cimo Fränkel, Rik Annema, Jantine Annika Heji | Imlay | 3:12 |
9. | "I Will Fight" (featuring Vinxen) | Key, Vinxen | Bhavik Pattani, Chelcee Grimes | Pattani | 3:58 |
10. | "Easy to Love" | Key, JQ, Moon Hee-yeon | Mike Woods, Kevin White, Andrew Bazzi, MZNC | Rice n' Peas | 3:08 |
11. | "The Duty of Love" (미워) | Key | Chris Meyer, Chris Wahle | Wahle | 3:19 |
12. | "This Life" | Key | Choi Jin-suk, Nermin Harambašić, Anne Judit Stokke Wik, Ronny Vidar Svendsen, Alex Karlsson | Choi | 3:40 |
13. | "Cold" (featuring Hanhae; bonus track) | Key, Cody J, Hanhae | Cody J, c-no (Oreo), Woong Kim (Oreo) | c-no (Oreo), Kim (Oreo) | 3:52 |
Total length: | 44:07 |
Chart (2018–2019) | Peak position | |
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Face | I Wanna Be | |
French Download Albums (SNEP) [10] | 195 | — |
Japan Hot Albums ( Billboard Japan ) [15] [16] | 13 | 35 |
Japanese Albums (Oricon) [9] | 18 | — |
South Korean Albums (Gaon) [8] [17] | 5 | 3 |
US World Albums ( Billboard ) [11] | 9 | — |
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