Flavors of Love

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Flavors of Love
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Digital cover
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 5, 2021
Genre
Length38:26
LanguageJapanese
Label
Monsta X chronology
Fatal Love
(2020)
Flavors of Love
(2021)
One of a Kind
(2021)
Singles from Flavors of Love
  1. "Wish on the Same Sky"
    Released: March 30, 2020
  2. "Love Killa (Japanese version)"
    Released: December 16, 2020
  3. "Wanted"
    Released: February 10, 2021
  4. "Flavors of Love"
    Released: April 14, 2021

Flavors of Love is the third Japanese-language studio album of the South Korean boy group Monsta X. It was released and distributed by Universal Music Japan on May 5, 2021. The lead single of the same title was released on April 14. [1]

Contents

Background and release

The album was announced on March 9, as a surprise announcement following the release of the single album Wanted. [2] It also include five new Japanese tracks as well as six previously released tracks. These previously released tracks were from Monsta X's three single albums released in 2020 and early 2021: Wish on the Same Sky, Love Killa (Japanese version), and Wanted. [2]

"Wanted" and "Neo Universe" were released as part of the single album Wanted, released on March 10. "Wanted" was pre-released on February 10 and its music video released on February 13. [3] [4]

The group pre-released the lead single "Flavors of Love" on April 14. [1]

Commercial performance

The album sold 20,312 copies for its first week, topping both the weekly charts for Billboard Japan and Tower Records Japan. [5] [6]

The three tracks, released as singles, charted on both the weekly Oricon Singles Chart and Billboard Japan Hot 100 chart. [7] [8]

Track listing

Flavors of Love track listing
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Wanted"Zero
  • Albin Nordqvist
  • Steven Lee
  • Sqvare
3:33
2."Follow" (Japanese version)
3:33
3."Fantasia" (Japanese version)
  • Joohoney
  • I.M
  • Brother Su
  • Willie Weeks
  • Michelle Bastiansen
  • Carlos Okabe
  • Ollipop
3:06
4."Re:Verse Day"Zero
  • Darren Ellis Smith
  • Sqvare
3:29
5."Diamond Heart"Zero
  • Phil Schwan
  • Alyssa Ayaka Ichinose
  • Sean Michael Alexander
  • Sqvare
3:49
6."Secret"Yves&Adams
3:09
7."Love Killa" (Japanese version)
  • Joohoney
  • I.M
  • Seo Ji-eum
  • Jeff Lewis
  • Andy Love
  • Willie Weeks
  • Brother Su
  • Kyler Niko
3:03
8."Detox"Zero
  • Daniel Caesar
  • Gregory Curtis
3:41
9."Wish on the Same Sky"Zero
  • Sean Michael Alexander
  • Phil Schwan
  • Drew Ryan Scott
3:46
10."Neo Universe"Zero
  • Mahoney
  • Josef Melin
4:02
11."Flavors of Love"
  • Jon Hallgren
  • Juanjo Monserrat
  • Lukas Hallgren
  • Yves&Adams
  • Yohan Bekka
Monsta X3:17
Total length:38:26

Charts

Album

Weekly charts

Chart performance for Flavors of Love
Chart (2021)Peak
position
Japan Hot Albums ( Billboard Japan ) [9] 1
Japanese Albums (Oricon) [10] 2

Songs

Weekly charts

Certification and sales

RegionWorkCertification Certified units/Sales
Album
JapanFlavors of Love22,533 [11]
Songs
Japan"Wish on the Same Sky"75,736 (Phy.) [12]
"Love Killa" (Japanese version)28,175 (Phy.) [13]
"Wanted"43,556 (Phy.) [14]

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  12. Cumulative sales for Wish on the Same Sky:
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  14. Cumulative sales for Wanted: