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Muse (Jimin album)

Muse is the second studio album by South Korean singer Jimin of BTS. It was released on July 19, 2024, through Big Hit Music and comprises seven songs, including the singles, "Closer Than This", "Smeraldo Garden Marching Band" featuring Loco, and "Who".[1] The album debuted at number two in South Korea and number three in Japan.

Muse
Studio album by
Jimin
ReleasedJuly 19, 2024 (2024-07-19)
Length19:52
Language
  • Korean
  • English
LabelBig Hit
Producer
  • Ghstloop
  • Pdogg
Jimin chronology
Face
(2023) 		Muse
(2024)
Singles from Muse
  1. "Smeraldo Garden Marching Band"
    Released: June 28, 2024
  2. "Who"
    Released: July 19, 2024

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
NME     [2]

Rhian Daly of NME wrote that Muse "still captures an ambivalent tension, if far more subtle" than Jimin's debut, Face (2023). Daly remarked that "you can feel it in the way Jimin sings of love, distinctly different between the two halves of this album"—the first with songs that "veer from exuberant to tender", and the second with "sultrier" tracks. Daly concluded that while it "takes fewer risks than Face", it nevertheless "forms a cohesive, polished whole".[2]

Commercial performance

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Muse debuted at number two on the South Korean Circle Album Chart, with over 771,000 copies sold of its two versions in its first week.[3] It debuted at number three on the Japanese Oricon Albums Chart with over 83,000 physical copies sold.[4]

Track listing

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Muse track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Rebirth (Intro)"  2:24
2."Interlude: Showtime"  1:18
3."Smeraldo Garden Marching Band" (featuring Loco)
  • Mr. Franks
  • Pdogg
  • Ghstloop
  • Tommy Brown
3:02
4."Slow Dance" (featuring Sofia Carson)  3:08
5."Be Mine"  3:27
6."Who"
  • Ghstloop
  • Jon Bellion
  • Pete Nappi
  • Tenroc
  • Pdogg
2:50
7."Closer Than This"
  • Ghstloop
  • Ayo the Producer
  • Kofo
3:43
Total length:19:52

Charts

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Chart performance for Muse
Chart (2024) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[5] 27
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[6] 23
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[7] 28
French Albums (SNEP)[8] 3
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[9] 6
Italian Albums (FIMI)[10] 19
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[11] 3
Japanese Combined Albums (Oricon)[12] 3
Japanese Hot Albums (Billboard Japan)[13] 3
Lithuanian Albums (AGATA)[14] 8
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[15] 17
South Korean Albums (Circle)[3] 2
UK Albums (OCC)[16] 56

References

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  1. ^ Benjamin, Jeff (July 23, 2024). "Jimin's Muse: Every Song Ranked". Billboard. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
  2. ^ a b Daly, Rhian (July 19, 2024). "Jimin – Muse review: in the mood for love". NME. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
  3. ^ a b "Circle Album Chart – Week 29 of 2024". Circle Chart (in Korean). Retrieved July 27, 2024.
  4. ^ 週間 アルバムランキング 2024年07月29日付 (2024年07月15日〜2024年07月21日) [Weekly Album Ranking July 29, 2024 (July 15, 2024 – July 21, 2024)] (in Japanese). Oricon. Archived from the original on July 24, 2024. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
  5. ^ "ARIA Top 50 Albums Chart". Australian Recording Industry Association. July 29, 2024. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
  6. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Jimin – Muse" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
  7. ^ "Jimin: Muse" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
  8. ^ @snep (July 26, 2024). "En exclusivité, voici les 10 premiers du Top Albums de la semaine !" (Tweet). Retrieved July 27, 2024 – via Twitter.
  9. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Jimin – Muse" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
  10. ^ "Album – Classifica settimanale WK 30 (dal 19.07.2024 al 25.07.2024)" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
  11. ^ "Oricon Top 50 Albums: 2024-07-29" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
  12. ^ "Oricon Top 50 Combined Albums: 2024-07-29" (in Japanese). Oricon. Archived from the original on July 25, 2024. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
  13. ^ "Billboard Japan Hot Albums – Week of July 24, 2024". Billboard Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved July 27, 2024.
  14. ^ "2024 30-os savaitės klausomiausi (Top 100)" (in Lithuanian). AGATA. July 26, 2024. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
  15. ^ "NZ Top 40 Albums Chart". Recorded Music NZ. July 29, 2024. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
  16. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
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