Face (Key album)

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Face
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Studio album by
Key
ReleasedNovember 26, 2018 (2018-11-26)
Recorded2018
Genre
Length34:28
LanguageKorean
Label
Key chronology
Face
(2018)
Hologram
(2018)
Singles from Face
  1. "Forever Yours (feat. Soyou)"
    Released: November 6, 2018
  2. "One of Those Nights"
    Released: November 26, 2018
Face track listing
No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."One of Those Nights" (센 척 안 해; featuring Crush) Kenzie Noah Conrad, Jake Torrey, Riley Thomas Donnell, Daniel Doran Henig, Adrian McKinnonConrad, Torrey3:10
2."Good Good"Cho Yoon-kyungDiederik Van Elsas, Justin Jesso, Scotty Grand, Thomas Leithead-Docherty, Ryan S. Jhun Van Elsas, Leithead-Docherty, Jhun3:01
3."Honest"Zaya (153/Joombas)Jon Asher, Dylan Bernard, Michael "R!ot" Wyckoff Asher, Wyckoff3:39
4."Forever Yours" (featuring Soyou)Cho LDN Noise, Daecolm Diego HollandLDN Noise, Holland3:27
5."Imagine"McKinnonMcKinnon, 탁 (TAK)탁 (TAK)3:22
6."Chemicals"Kang Eun-jungImlay, Skrillex, Valentino Khan, Cimo Fränkel, Rik Annema, Jantine Annika HejiImlay3:12
7."I Will Fight" (featuring Vinxen) Key, VinxenBhavik Pattani, Chelcee Grimes Pattani3:58
8."Easy to Love"Key, JQ, Moon Hee-yeonMike Woods, Kevin White, Andrew Bazzi, MZNCRice n' Peas3:08
9."The Duty of Love" (미워)KeyChris Meyer, Chris WahleWahle3:19
10."This Life"Key Choi Jin-suk, Nermin Harambašić, Anne Judit Stokke Wik, Ronny Vidar Svendsen, Alex Karlsson Choi3:40
Total length:34:28
I Wanna Be track listing
No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."I Wanna Be" (featuring Soyeon)Park Seong-hui (Jam Factory), Soyeon ((G)I-dle) DallasK, Deez, Theron ThomasDallasK, Deez3:13
2."Show Me"Danke (lalala studio)Thomas Troelsen, Bonnie McKee, E. Kidd BogartTroelsen3:06
3."One of Those Nights" (센 척 안 해; featuring Crush)KenzieNoah Conrad, Jake Torrey, Riley Thomas Donnell, Daniel Doran Henig, Adrian McKinnonConrad, Torrey3:10
4."Good Good"Cho Yoon-kyungDiederik Van Elsas, Justin Jesso, Scotty Grand, Thomas Leithead-Docherty, Ryan S. JhunVan Elsas, Leithead-Docherty, Jhun3:01
5."Honest"Zaya (153/Joombas)Jon Asher, Dylan Bernard, Michael "R!ot" Wyckoff Asher, Wyckoff3:39
6."Forever Yours" (featuring Soyou)ChoLDN Noise, Daecolm Diego HollandLDN Noise, Holland3:27
7."Imagine"McKinnonMcKinnon, 탁 (TAK)탁 (TAK)3:22
8."Chemicals"Kang Eun-jungImlay, Skrillex, Valentino Khan, Cimo Fränkel, Rik Annema, Jantine Annika HejiImlay3:12
9."I Will Fight" (featuring Vinxen)Key, VinxenBhavik Pattani, Chelcee GrimesPattani3:58
10."Easy to Love"Key, JQ, Moon Hee-yeonMike Woods, Kevin White, Andrew Bazzi, MZNCRice n' Peas3:08
11."The Duty of Love" (미워)KeyChris Meyer, Chris WahleWahle3:19
12."This Life"KeyChoi Jin-suk, Nermin Harambašić, Anne Judit Stokke Wik, Ronny Vidar Svendsen, Alex Karlsson Choi3:40
13."Cold" (featuring Hanhae; bonus track)Key, Cody J, HanhaeCody J, c-no (Oreo), Woong Kim (Oreo)c-no (Oreo), Kim (Oreo)3:52
Total length:44:07

Charts

Chart performance for Face and I Wanna Be
Chart (2018–2019)Peak position
FaceI Wanna Be
French Download Albums (SNEP) [10] 195
Japan Hot Albums ( Billboard Japan ) [15] [16] 1335
Japanese Albums (Oricon) [9] 18
South Korean Albums (Gaon) [8] [17] 53
US World Albums ( Billboard ) [11] 9

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