Invitation (Up10tion album)

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Invitation
UP10TION Invitation.jpg
Digital cover
Studio album by
UP10TION
ReleasedMarch 15, 2018 (2018-03-15)
Recorded2017-2018
StudioTop Media Studios
Genre
Language Korean
Label
UP10TION chronology
Special Photo Edition
(2017)		Invitation
(2018)		 2018 Special Photo Edition
(2018)
Singles from Invitation
  1. "Candyland"
    Released: March 15, 2018
  2. "Target on"
    Released: March 15, 2018

Invitation is the debut studio album from South Korean boy band UP10TION. It was released on 15 March 2018, by TOP Media. The album consists of eleven tracks, including the title track, "Candyland", The promotional singles were "Candyland" and "Target on", The album marked their first debut album just after three years after debut.

Contents

Background

Starting in 2018, UP10TION released their second Japanese single album "Wild Love". They promoted the album by performing events around Japan and having 3 showcases. [1] [2]

Mystery codes

On February 19, Up10tion first revealed their comeback with a message for their fans on SNS which they wrote "Invite Honey10 in March 2018 from UP10TION". [3] On February 23, UP10TION released a riddle with numbers "9-14-22-9-20-1-20-9-15-14" which in alphabetically is "I-N-V-I-A-T-I-O-N". [4] [5]

On March 2, it was confirmed Up10tion will have a comeback on March 15 with their first full album. [6] They release the comeback schedule for release. On March 8, it was confirmed Wooshin (now known as Kim Woo-seok) has returned to the group after being on a 9 month hiatus due to his psychological condition worsening. [7] [8] This made UP10TION a full group now. On March 11, UP10TION release "INVITATION TRICK X-CODE" on Youtube which was a code. The words "MARCH", "FIRST", "FULL", "COME", and "BACK" meant their first album, "Invitation". Next, the riddle "JKKWBWSGHX" was the initial of member's first letter of their names (Jinhoo, Kuhn, Kogyeol, Jinhyuk, Bitto, Wooseok, Sunyoul, Gyujin, Hwanhee and Xiao). Next the words were "WE", "ARE", "TEN", completing the group after Wooshin's hiatus. Next was words that were highlighted, meant "ten" in 10 different languages. Lastly, all the words interpret into "CANDYLAND". [9] [10]

Release and promotion

On March 15, Up10tion release the music video for "Candyland" at 6:00 KST with the album being released that same day. They held their showcase Ilchi Art Hall the next day. [11] They started to promoted on March 15 on M Countdown, Music Bank, Show! Music Core and Simply K-Pop. The side track, "Target on" was also promoted but only for 1 week between March 15 and March 18. They promoted for 5 weeks until their goodbye stage on Inkigayo on April 15. [12]

The group started to promote their album in Japan starting April 27 and ending on May 13 which included interacting with their fans. [13] [14] [15]

Commercial performance

The album sold 75,594+ copies in South Korea. [16] It peaked at number 2 on the Korean Gaon Chart. [17]

Track listing

Invitation track listing
No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementsLength
1."Invitation" 
  • MRey
  • Daehan (Joombas)
  • JJ Evans
  • MRey
  • Daehan (Joombas)
1:07
2."Candyland"
  • Kim Min-ji
  • Im Jung-hyo
  • Hyuk Shin
  • 999
  • Davey Nate
  • Jusen
  • Jayrah Gibson
  • Ju0
  • 999
  • Jusen
  • Ju0
3:07
3."Target On" (반해, 안 반해) Seo Ji-eum
  • Daniel Kim
  • Jeremy G (Future Sound)
  • Sionz
Sionz3:14
4."Finally" (오늘이야)
  • Real-fantasy
  • Yoske
  • Bull$Eye
  • Wei
  • Bitto
  • Real-fantasy
  • Yoske
  • Bull$Eye
  • Real-fantasy
  • Yoske
  • Bull$Eye
3:20
5."Habit" (습관)
  • Heo Sung-jin
  • Changjo
Heo Sung-jin3:39
6."Mixed Signals" (모호해)
  • Sun
  • Kuhn
  • Wei
  • Bitto
  • Sun
  • 베르사최
베르사최3:26
7."Always" (이대로)
  • Zomay
  • Real-fantasy
  • Obros
  • Bello
  • Kuhn
  • Wei
  • Bitto
  • Real-fantasy
  • Zomay
  • Obros
  • Bello
  • Real-fantasy
  • Obros
  • Zomay
3:30
8."Superstar"Pi Kyung-jin (Joombas)
  • Reone
  • Delly Boi
2:58
9."Love Sick"
  • Jang Yeo-jin
  • Kuhn
  • Wei
  • Bitto
  • Hanif Hitmanic Sabzevari
  • Mans Ek
  • Chris Meyer
  • Hanif Hitmanic Sabzevari
  • Mans Ek
  • Chris Meyer
3:06
10."Still with You" (시간이 멈춰서)Moon Kim
  • Moon Kim
  • Jung Yoon
Jung Yoon3:33
11."I Need You" (예고 없이)RyanRyanRyan3:56
Total length:35:00

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