The Story (Kang Daniel album)

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The Story
Kang Daniel - The Story.png
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Studio album by
ReleasedMay 24, 2022 (2022-05-24) (The Story)
November 24, 2022 (2022-11-24) (Retold)
Recorded2021–2022
Genre K-pop
Length31:27 (The Story)
48:43 (Retold)
LanguageKorean
Label
Kang Daniel chronology
Yellow
(2021)
The Story
(2022)
Joy Ride
(2022)
Singles from The Story
  1. "Upside Down"
    Released: May 24, 2022
The Story track listing [26]
No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."The Story"
  • Anthony Russo
  • Anthony Pavel
  • Jackson Morgan
  • Jonathan Hoskins
  • MZMC
  • Hoskins
  • MZMC
3:23
2."Upside Down"
  • Kang
  • Chancellor
  • Knave
MZMC
  • KillaGraham
  • Sean Kennedy
  • MZMC
3:16
3."Loser" (featuring Dbo)
  • Kang
  • Chancellor
  • B.E.D
  • Dbo
3:10
4."Parade"
  • Kang
  • Chancellor
  • Knave
  • Wyatt Sanders
  • Ben Samama
  • MZMC
  • KillaGraham
  • MZMC
3:03
5."Don't Tell" (featuring Jessi)
  • Kang
  • Jessi
  • Han Song-yi
  • Roze
  • Ahn Yeon-joo
  • Russo
  • Pavel
  • Morgan
  • Kyle Buckley
  • Charles Robert Nelsen
  • MZMC
  • Pinkslip
  • Inverness
  • MZMC
3:04
6."Ride 4 U"
  • Kang
  • Jo Ye-ah
  • Young
  • MZMC
  • KillaGraham
  • Kennedy
  • MZMC
2:27
7."How We Live" (featuring Sokodomo)
  • Kang
  • Sokodomo
  • Chancellor
  • Knave
  • Morgan
  • Landon Sears
  • Barry Cohen
  • MZMC
  • Gingerbread
  • Morgan
  • MZMC
3:13
8."Mad" (featuring Chancellor)
  • Kang
  • Chancellor
  • Knave
3:20
9."1000x"
  • Kang
  • Choi Ri
  • Russo
  • Pavel
  • Behr
  • MZMC
  • Fuego
3:10
10."Moment"
  • Kang
  • Chancellor
  • Knave
  • Purple
  • Chancellor
  • Purple
  • Knave
  • Jang Seong-il
  • Purple
3:21
Total length:31:27
The Story: Retold track listing [27]
No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."Parade"
  • Kang
  • Chancellor
  • Knave
  • Sanders
  • Samama
  • MZMC
  • KillaGraham
  • MZMC
3:03
2."Selfish"Chancellor
  • Morgan
  • Alex Sacco
  • Tony Ferrari
  • Kiara Elias
  • MZMC
  • Sacco
  • MZMC
2:50
3."Upside Down"
  • Kang
  • Chancellor
  • Knave
MZMC
  • KillaGraham
  • Kennedy
  • MZMC
3:16
4."Loser" (featuring Dbo)
  • Kang
  • Chancellor
  • B.E.D
  • Dbo
  • Lee
  • Chancellor
  • Apte
  • Lee
3:10
5."Don't Tell" (featuring Jessi)
  • Kang
  • Jessi
  • Han
  • Roze
  • Ahn
  • Russo
  • Pavel
  • Morgan
  • Buckley
  • Nelsen
  • MZMC
  • Pinkslip
  • Inverness
  • MZMC
3:04
6."Nirvana" (featuring pH-1 and WDBZ)
  • Kang
  • pH-1
  • Han
  • Kim Ban-ji
  • Young
  • Choi Ri
  • Ahn
  • Lee Ji-won
  • HML
  • Heej
  • 122
  • Russo
  • Pavel
  • Morgan
  • Behr
  • Rudy Sandapa
  • MZMC
  • Fuego
  • Sandapa
3:39
7."Ride 4 U"
  • Kang
  • Jo
  • Young
  • MZMC
  • KillaGraham
  • Kennedy
  • MZMC
2:27
8."How We Live" (featuring Sokodomo)
  • Kang
  • Sokodomo
  • Chancellor
  • Knave
  • Morgan
  • Sears
  • Cohen
  • MZMC
  • Gingerbread
  • Morgan
  • MZMC
3:13
9."Mad" (featuring Chancellor)
  • Kang
  • Chancellor
  • Knave
  • Russo
  • Pavel
  • Fuego
  • Behr
  • MZMC
  • Fuego
3:20
10."1000x"
  • Kang
  • Choi
  • Russo
  • Pavel
  • Behr
  • MZMC
  • Fuego
3:10
11."Ghost"
  • Kang
  • Roze
  • Young
  • Ahn
  • HML
  • Heej
  • 122
  • Russo
  • Pavel
  • Behr
  • MZMC
  • Russo
  • Fuego
3:29
12."Moment"
  • Kang
  • Chancellor
  • Knave
  • Purple
  • Chancellor
  • Purple
  • Knave
  • Jang
  • Purple
3:21
13."The Story"
  • Kang
  • Chancellor
  • Knave
  • Russo
  • Pavel
  • Morgan
  • Hoskins
  • MZMC
  • Hoskins
  • MZMC
3:23
14."Ride 4 U (Remix)"
  • Kang
  • Jo
  • Young
  • Chancellor
  • MZMC
  • KillaGraham
  • Kennedy
  • MZMC
3:39
15."Nirvana (Solo Ver.)"
  • Kang
  • pH-1
  • Han
  • Kim
  • Young
  • Choi
  • Ahn
  • Lee
  • HML
  • Heej
  • 122
  • Russo
  • Pavel
  • Morgan
  • Behr
  • Sandapa
  • MZMC
  • Fuego
  • Sandapa
3:39
Total length:48:43

Charts

Release history

Release date and formats for The Story and The Story: Retold
RegionDateFormatVersionLabel
VariousMay 24, 2022The Story
South Korea CD
VariousNovember 24, 2022
  • Digital download
  • streaming
The Story: Retold
  • Konnect
  • Sony Music Korea
South KoreaCD

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