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".
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]
