Inside Out (single album)

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Inside Out
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ReleasedJanuary 23, 2024 (2024-01-23)
Genre K-pop
Length8:31
LanguageKorean
Label Starship
Singles from Inside Out
  1. "Without U"
    Released: January 23, 2024

Inside Out is the debut single album by South Korean singer Seola. It was released by Starship Entertainment on January 23, 2024.

Contents

Background and release

On December 1, 2023, Starship announced that Seola will be making her solo debut in January 2024, making her the first Korean member of WJSN to do so. [1] On December 28, the official logo motion for Seola was revealed. [2] A day later, Seola's debut was announced to be on January 23, 2024 with the single album Inside Out through an image teaser. [3] On January 3, 2024, the promotion schedule was released. [4] A day later, the track listing was released, with "Without U" announced as the lead single. Two mood teaser films and their accompanying promotional photos were released on January 7 and 8. [5] [6] On January 19, a preview for the album was released, [7] followed by a teaser for the music video for the lead track "Without U" two days later. [8] The album was released on January 23, along with the music video for "Without U". [9]

Composition

Inside Out consists of three tracks. The first track and lead single "Without U" was described as a "band pop song with a soulful acoustic sound and powerful vocals". [7] Discussing about the song's concept, Seola said that it would be "refreshing to see (her) perform alongside a live band" rather than dancing like she does with her group, but she assures that she would like to incorporate back dancing to her performance in her future release. [10] She continues by saying that having just a vocal performance allows her to "show the color of (her) vocals and focus on the musicality in (her) solo album". [10]

Track listing

Track listing for Inside Out
No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."Without U"
  • Gloryface (Full8loom)
  • Jinli (Full8loom)
  • Woojin (Full8loom)
  • Gloryface (Full8loom)
  • Woojin (Full8loom)
3:12
2."Let's Talk (Loneliness)"
  • Jinli (Full8loom)
  • Seola
  • Youra (Full8loom)
  • Gloryface (Full8loom)
  • Jinli (Full8loom)
  • Seola
Gloryface (Full8loom)2:44
3."No Girl"
  • Seola
  • Brother Su
Brother Su2:34
Total length:8:31

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