All About Luv

All About Luv is the sixth studio album, and first English-language album, by South Korean boy group Monsta X. It was released through Epic Records on February 14, 2020. Its release was preceded by several sporadically released singles, including "Who Do U Love?" featuring French Montana and "Love U".[4] The song ranked number five on the US Billboard 200.[5]

All About Luv
Studio album by
Monsta X
ReleasedFebruary 14, 2020 (2020-02-14)
GenrePop R&B[1]
Length33:05
LabelEpic
Monsta X chronology
Follow: Find You
(2019)		 All About Luv
(2020)		 Fantasia X
(2020)
Singles from All About Luv
  1. "Who Do U Love?"
    Released: June 14, 2019
  2. "Love U"
    Released: September 20, 2019
  3. "Someone's Someone"
    Released: October 4, 2019
  4. "Middle of the Night"
    Released: December 6, 2019
  5. "You Can't Hold My Heart"
    Released: April 17, 2020
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Metro[2]
Consequence of SoundB-[3]

Background

The album is a pop-oriented album with "electro-pop and R&B melodies", a noted difference from the dance music on their Korean releases.[1] The album features the vocals of Wonho, who left the group in October 2019.

Promotion

The band performed at various locations in and around Los Angeles on the day of the album's release, also holding meet-and-greet and Q&A sessions at Tower Records and The Roxy. Several events on the east coast of the United States were held on February 19 and 20—a release party at the Paramount in Huntington, New York, as well as an appearance at the LiveNation store in Manhattan, and a performance at Chelsea Music Hall.[6]

Monsta X was to tour the United States throughout June and July 2020 in support of the album,[4] but the tour was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[7]

Critical reception

Tamar Herman of Billboard called the album a "pure blown pop album full of tracks that relay the emotions of romance" with a focus on "an overwhelming sense of sentimentality and smoothness".[1] It was also described as "an effective and often charming throwback to the harmonizing and hook construction of a bygone era" and as "a time machine worth returning to in recent months".[8]

Reviewing the album for Variety, Jae-ha Kim wrote that while it was released on Valentine's Day, "its most powerful tracks deal with breakups and deceit" and that the album is "[f]ull of throbbing beats [and] inquisitive lyrics" and "a sleek production that seamlessly blends soulful pop with elements of hip-hop and EDM". Kim also felt that "the Korean group's powerful vocal delivery doesn't get lost in translation", summarizing that with the release, the group "has proven that K-pop transcends language barriers and that's something to be happy about".[9]

Sarah Deen of Metro added that the album "not only shakes off the 'cute' image but boots it up the backside off a cliff" and "the buzzy, EDM sound from their Korean albums has been traded in for club-friendly pop".[2]

Year-end lists
Critic/Publication List Work Rank Ref.
Album
Billboard The 50 Best Albums of 2020 All About Luv N/A[lower-alpha 1] [8]
PopCrush 25 Best Albums of 2020 [10]
Time The Albums That Defined K-pop's Monumental Year in 2020 [11]
Song
Republic World Top K-pop Songs of 2020 "Who Do U Love?" feat. French Montana N/A[lower-alpha 1] [12]
BuzzFeed 30 Songs That Helped Define K-pop in 2019 "Someone's Someone" 24 [13]

Commercial performance

All About Luv debuted at number five on the US Billboard 200 dated February 29, 2020 with 52,000 album-equivalent units, including 50,000 pure album sales. It is Monsta X's first entry on the said chart, although not their first on Billboard charts overall.[5]

The album also debuted at number seven on the US Rolling Stone Top 200 on its first week with 41,600 album-equivalent units, including 38,400 pure album sales. It is the group's first entry on the said chart.[14]

Track listing
Standard edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Who Do U Love?" (feat. French Montana)
  • Jake Torrey
  • Noah Conrad
3:09
2."Love U"
2:40
3."Happy Without Me"
  • Torres
  • Rengifo
2:58
4."Got My Number"
  • Ben Samama
  • Joren van der Voort
  • Rob Grimaldi
Rob Grimaldi2:51
5."Someone's Someone"
Connor McDonough2:21
6."Middle of the Night"
  • I.M
  • Wonho
  • Hyungwon
  • Shownu
  • Joohoney
  • Kihyun
  • Minhyuk
  • Ali Payami
  • John Mitchell
Ali Payami2:46
7."She's The One"
Conrad3:19
8."You Can't Hold My Heart"
3:01
9."Misbehave"
3:24
10."Beside U" (feat. Pitbull)
Team3:08
11."Who Do U Love?" (will.i.am remix; feat. French Montana)
  • I.M
  • Wonho
  • Hyungwon
  • Shownu
  • Joohoney
  • Kihyun
  • Minhyuk
  • Henig
  • Torrey
  • Kharbouch
  • Conrad
  • Ener
will.i.am3:28
Total length:33:05
Extended version bonus track
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
12."Beside U" (I.M rap version; feat. Pitbull)
  • I.M
  • Hyungwon
  • Shownu
  • Joohoney
  • Kihyun
  • Minhyuk
  • Perez
  • Lopez
  • Winsch
  • Gazit
  • Vindver
  • Mosley
Team3:33
Total length:36:38

Charts

Awards and nominations
Bout Year Award Nominated work Result Ref.
Song
MTV Video Music Award
36th 2019 Best K-pop "Who Do U Love?" feat. French Montana Nominated [31]
37th 2020 "Someone's Someone" Nominated [32]

Notes
  1. All the albums and songs listed are either unranked or just alphabetically ranked.

References
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  2. Deen, Sarah (February 14, 2020). "Monsta X All About Luv album review: K-pop purists might clutch their pearls as group get fun and flirty". Metro. Retrieved December 19, 2020.
  3. Zheng, Jenny (February 19, 2020). "Album Review: MONSTA X - ALL ABOUT LUV". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved December 19, 2020.
  4. Tracy, Brianne (February 14, 2020). "Monsta X Talks Their New Album All About Luv — and Promises Joohoney Will Return for Tour". People. Retrieved February 18, 2020.
  5. Caulfield, Keith (February 23, 2020). "Justin Bieber Earns Seventh No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With 'Changes'". Billboard. Retrieved February 24, 2020.
  6. Kim, Soo (February 14, 2020). "#AllAboutLuv Trends as K-Pop Group Monsta X Releases New Album on Valentine's Day". Newsweek. Retrieved February 18, 2020.
  7. Yang, Yu-jin (May 14, 2020). "[공식] 몬스타엑스, 월드투어 북미 공연 연기…코로나19 여파". My Daily (in Korean). Retrieved January 12, 2021.
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  10. "25 Best Albums of 2020". PopCrush. Retrieved December 17, 2020.
  11. Moon, Kat (December 11, 2020). "The Songs and Albums That Defined K-pop's Monumental Year in 2020". Time. Retrieved December 17, 2020.
  12. Sabat, Surabhi (December 20, 2020). "RECAP 2020: Top K-pop Songs of 2020 Featuring BTS, BP, Tae-min & More". Republic World. Retrieved December 22, 2020.
  13. Han, Sarah (January 1, 2020). "30 Songs That Helped Define K-pop in 2019". BuzzFeed. Retrieved January 2, 2021.
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  31. Minsker, Evan (July 23, 2019). "MTV VMAs 2019: See The Full List of Nominees Here". Pitchfork. Retrieved July 23, 2019.
  32. Hosken, Patrick (July 30, 2020). "YOUR 2020 VMA NOMINATIONS ARE HERE: LADY GAGA, ARIANA GRANDE, BILLIE EILISH, AND THE WEEKND LEAD THE PACK". MTV. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
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