Inside Out (Seola album)

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

Inside Out
Digital cover
Single album by Seola
Released	January 23, 2024 (2024-01-23)
Genre	K-pop
Length	8:31
Language	Korean
Label	Starship
Singles from Inside Out
"Without U" Released: January 23, 2024

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.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Arrangement	Length
1.	"Without U"	Jinli (Full8loom) Seola	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	Seola Brother Su	Brother Su	2:34
Total length:					8:31

Charts

Weekly charts Weekly chart performance for Inside Out Chart (2024) Peak position South Korean Albums (Circle)[11] 8

Monthly charts Monthly chart performance for Inside Out Chart (2024) Position South Korean Albums (Circle)[12] 34

References

1. Lee, Chae-min (December 1, 2023). "WJSN's Seola will go solo in January". Korea JoongAng Daily. Archived from the original on December 11, 2023. Retrieved December 11, 2023 – via Naver.
2. Seo-rin, Oh (December 28, 2023). "우주소녀 설아, 솔로 데뷔 로고 모션 공개" [Cosmic Girls' Seola, solo debut logo motion revealed]. topstarnews.net (in Korean). Archived from the original on December 29, 2023. Retrieved December 29, 2023.
3. Park, Jae-hwan (January 1, 2024). "우주소녀 설아, 데뷔 8년 만에 첫 솔로 "인사이드 아웃"" [Cosmic Girls' Seola, first solo "Inside Out" after 8 years of debut]. KBS Entertainment (in Korean). Archived from the original on January 1, 2024. Retrieved January 1, 2024 – via Naver.
4. Seon, Mi-kyung (January 4, 2024). "우주소녀 설아, 23일 솔로 데뷔 신호탄…'인사이드 아웃' 스케줄러 공개" [Cosmic Girls' Seola, solo debut signal on the 23rd... ‘Inside Out’ scheduler released] (in Korean). Osen. Archived from the original on January 4, 2024. Retrieved January 4, 2024 – via Naver.
5. Jeon, Min-seo (January 8, 2024). "우주소녀 설아, 데뷔 8년만에 솔로 데뷔… '파격변신'" [Cosmic Girls' Seola makes solo debut 8 years after debut... ‘Unconventional transformation’] (in Korean). MHN Sports. Archived from the original on January 8, 2024. Retrieved January 8, 2024 – via Naver.
6. Jeong, Hee-yeon (January 9, 2024). "우주소녀 설아, 흰 티에 청바지는 진리…내추럴한 청순美" [Cosmic Girls' Seola, white T-shirt and jeans are the truth... Natural innocent beauty] (in Korean). Sports Donga. Archived from the original on January 16, 2024. Retrieved January 16, 2024 – via Naver.
7. Jeong, Hyeon-ha (January 19, 2024). "WJSN's SEOLA to Debut as Solo Artist with First Single Album "Inside Out"". MHN Sports. Archived from the original on January 22, 2024. Retrieved January 22, 2024 – via Naver.
8. Hwang, Hye-jin (January 22, 2024). "'솔로 데뷔' 우주소녀 설아, 걸크러시 그 자체" [‘Solo debut’ WJSN Seola, girl crush itself] (in Korean). Newsen. Archived from the original on January 23, 2024. Retrieved January 23, 2024 – via Naver.
9. Jeong, Hee-yeon (January 23, 2024). ""꼭 너의 곁이 아니어도 돼" 우주소녀 설아, 당당하게 '위드아웃 유' (종합)[DA:신곡]" [“I don’t have to be by your side” Cosmic Girl’s Seola confidently performs ‘Without You’ (comprehensive) [DA: New song]] (in Korean). Sports Donga. Archived from the original on January 23, 2024. Retrieved January 23, 2024 – via Naver.
10. Choi, Yong-jun (January 23, 2024). "Seola is the first WJSN member to go solo, with 'Inside Out'". Korea Joongang Daily. Archived from the original on January 24, 2024. Retrieved January 24, 2024 – via Naver.
11. "Circle Album Chart – Week 4, 2024". Circle Chart (in Korean). Archived from the original on February 1, 2024. Retrieved February 1, 2024.
12. "Circle Album Chart – January 2024". Circle Chart (in Korean). Archived from the original on February 9, 2024. Retrieved August 15, 2024.