Muses Diary

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"Muses Diary"
9musesAMusesDiarySingleCover.jpg
Single by Nine Muses A
A-side "Lip 2 Lip"
B-side
  • "Shh!"
  • "Monster"
ReleasedAugust 4, 2016
Length13:33
Label
Music video
"Lip 2 Lip" on YouTube

Muses Diary is the debut single album recorded by South Korean girl group Nine Muses A, a sub-group from girl group Nine Muses. The single album was released as a digital download on August 4, 2016, by Star Empire Entertainment and distributed by KT Music, and as a physical album on August 8. The title track is "Lip 2 Lip" and was written and composed by Jung Changwook. The single has two B-sides, "Shh!" and "Monster".

Contents

Background

On July 20, 2016 Star Empire announced through a video teaser the upcoming debut of Nine Muses first four-member unit group called Nine Muses' A, setting the release for August 4 at noon KST with no specific details. [1] [2] [3] On July 21 it was revealed that the title track will be called "Lip 2 Lip" and members Kyungri, Hyemi, Sojin and Keumjo will be part of the group. [4] On July 25 it was revealed that the single album will be called Muses Diary, releasing the full track list for a total of four songs. [5] From July 26 to July 28, teasers images of the full group were released online, along with short clips of each members. [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] On July 29, an audio teaser of the single was posted online, revealing the songs for the first time. [13] On August 1, the first music video teaser for "Lip 2 Lip" was released. [14]

Muses Diary was released as a digital download on August 4, 2016 through several music portals. [15]

Commercial performance

Muses Diary entered at number 4 on the Gaon Album Chart on the chart issue dated July 31 - August 6, 2016. [16] In its second week, charted at number 10 and in its third week at number 12. [17] [18] In its fourth week, the single album fell from the Top 20, charting at number 21. [19]

The title track "Lip 2 Lip" entered at number 52 on the Gaon Digital Chart on the chart issue dated July 31 - August 6, 2016 with 37,849 downloads sold. [20] [21]

Track listing

Digital download [15]

No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."Your Space"Jung ChangwookJung ChangwookJung Changwook0:45
2."Lip 2 Lip" (입술에 입술: ibsul-e ibsul)Jung ChangwookJung ChangwookJung Changwook3:02
3."Shh!" (쉿!: swis!)e.onee.onee.one3:09
4."Monster"
  • Urban Jeonseung
  • Son Hyesung
Urban JeonseungUrban Jeonseung3:35
5."Lip 2 Lip" (Instrumental)   3:02
Total length:13:33

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2016)Peak

position

South Korea (Gaon Album Chart)4

Sales

ChartSales
Gaon physical sales10,504+ [22] (South Korea)

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabel
South KoreaAugust 4, 2016 Digital download Star Empire Entertainment
KT Music
August 8, 2016 CD

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