Face the Sun

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Face the Sun
Seventeen - Face the Sun.png
Digital cover
Studio album by
Seventeen
ReleasedMay 27, 2022 (2022-05-27)
RecordedDecember 2021 – April 2022 [1]
Genre K-pop
Length29:03
Language
  • Korean
  • English
Label
Seventeen chronology
Power of Love
(2021)		Face the Sun
(2022)		 Dream
(2022)
Singles from Face the Sun
  1. "Darl+ing"
    Released: April 15, 2022
  2. "Hot"
    Released: May 27, 2022
Face the Sun track listing
No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."Darl+ing"
  • Woozi
  • Bumzu
  • Hwang Hyun (MonoTree)
  • Bumzu
  • Hwang
2:56
2."Hot"
  • Woozi
  • Bumzu
  • Tim Tan
  • Rigo
  • Praison
  • Softserveboy (153/Joombas)
  • Alex Keem (153/Joombas)
 3:17
3."Don Quixote"
  • Woozi
  • Bumzu
  • Tommy Brown
  • Steven Franks
  • Fontana
  • Schulz
 2:52
4."March"
  • Woozi
  • Bumzu
  • Park Gi-tae (Prismfilter)
  • Woozi
  • Bumzu
  • Park Gi-tae
  • Bumzu
  • Park Gi-tae
3:16
5."Domino"
  • Woozi
  • Bumzu
  • Mingyu
  • Sara Davis
  • Cameron Walker
  • Jordan Witzigreuter
  • Woozi
  • Bumzu
  • Davis
  • Walker
  • Witzigreuter
 3:34
6."Shadow"
  • Woozi
  • Bumzu
  • Dino
  • Arcades
  • Johan Fransson
  • Ryan Lawrie
  • Matt Thomson
  • Max Lynedoch Graham
  • Gabriel Brandes
  • Woozi
  • Bumzu
  • Dino
  • Arcades
  • Fransson
  • Lawrie
  • Thomson
  • Graham
  • Brandes
 3:33
7."'Bout You" (노래해)
  • Woozi
  • Bumzu
  • Park Gi-tae
  • Woozi
  • Bumzu
  • Park Gi-tae
  • Bumzu
  • Park Gi-tae
2:42
8."If You Leave Me"
  • Woozi
  • Bumzu
  • S.Coups
  • Hoshi
  • Nmore (Prismfilter)
  • Woozi
  • Bumzu
  • Nmore
  • Bumzu
  • Nmore
3:32
9."Ash"
  • Woozi
  • Bumzu
  • Vernon
  • Robb Roy
  • Woozi
  • Bumzu
  • Vernon
  • Roy
  • Nick Lee
  • Kyan Palmer
 3:21
Total length:29:03
Apple Music bonus track
No.TitleLength
10."A Message from Seventeen" (spoken by Vernon)1:02
Total length:30:05
Apple Music extended version bonus track
No.TitleLength
10."Darl+ing Music Video Behind the Scenes" (Apple Music Exclusive)10:57
Total length:40:00
Sector 17 bonus tracks
No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."Circles" (돌고 돌아)
  • Woozi
  • Bumzu
  • Nmore
  • Bumzu
  • Nmore
3:59
2."_World"
  • Woozi
  • Bumzu
  • Tommy Brown
  • Steven Franks
  • Fontana
  • Schulz
 2:58
3."Fallin' Flower" (Korean version)
  • Woozi
  • Bumzu
  • Dino" Park Gitae
  • Woozi
  • Bumzu
  • Park Gitae
  • Bumzu
  • Park Gitae
3:30
4."Cheers" (performed by Seventeen leaders)
  • Woozi
  • Bumzu
  • S.Coups
  • Hoshi
  • Vernon
  • Woozi
  • Bumzu
  • Vernon
  • Ohway!
  • Bumzu
  • Ohway!
3:01
Total length:42:31

Notes

Charts

Certifications

Sales certifications for Face the Sun
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
South Korea (KMCA) [67]
Physical album 		3× Million3,000,000^
South Korea (KMCA) [68]
Weverse album 		Platinum250,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Sales certifications for Sector 17
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
South Korea (KMCA) [69]
Physical album 		Million1,000,000^
South Korea (KMCA) [70]
Weverse album 		Platinum250,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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