Follow: Find You

Follow: Find You is the seventh extended play by the South Korean boy group Monsta X. It was released worldwide on October 28, 2019 by Starship Entertainment and distributed by Kakao M. The EP consists of eight tracks, including the title track, "Follow". The album marks the band's final release to feature member Wonho before his departure from the group on October 31, 2019.[1][2]

Follow: Find You
EP by
Monsta X
ReleasedOctober 28, 2019 (2019-10-28)
Genre
Length28:15
LanguageKorean
Label
Monsta X chronology
Phenomenon
(2019)		 Follow: Find You
(2019)		 All About Luv
(2020)
Singles from Follow: Find You
  1. "Find You"
    Released: October 22, 2019
  2. "Follow"
    Released: October 28, 2019

Background and release

The physical album was released in four versions.

Critical reception

Jeff Benjamin of Billboard called the EP a return "to a lighter and fun sound" for the group following their "darker" albums, Take.1 Are You There? and Take.2 We Are Here. Benjamin felt it was exemplified by the first track, "Find You", which he described as a "serene, synth ballad", as well as the "dynamic" title track, "Follow", which he compared to the group's hit track, "Hero". He went on to note "Monsta Truck" as a "blend of smooth groove and industrial breakdowns", "Disaster" as "a bare-bone boom-bap production that allows the rappers Joohoney and I.M's aggressive delivery to shine", "U R" as an "acoustic-leaning R&B cut" and "Mirror" with its "warm, brassy production".[2] Michael Cerio of Radio.com also wrote that on the EP, the group "finds a balance between ballads and bangers, exploring the connection they share with each other and adding another chapter of tunes to the tale", summarizing the whole album as "bouncing between immersive ballads and pulse-quickening jams that snap expectations" and "the sound of K-pop secure in its sound".[3]

The lead single "Follow" had two music show wins, on The Show and M Countdown.[4][5]

Year-end lists
Critic/Publication List Work Rank Ref.
Album
Billboard The 25 Best K-pop Albums of 2019 Follow: Find You 17 [6]
Song
Dazed The 20 Best K-pop Songs of 2019 "Follow" 17 [7]
Refinery29 The Best K-pop Songs of 2019 23 [8]
SBS PopAsia Top 100 Asian Pop Songs of 2019 21 [9]

Track listing

Credits adapted from Naver.[10]

No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."Find You"
  • $ün
  • $aimön
3:38
2."Follow"
Willie Weeks3:33
3."Monsta Truck"
  • Brother Su
  • Joohoney
  • I.M
  • Daniel Caesar
  • Ludwig Lindell
  • Andreas Öberg
Caesar & Loui3:40
4."U R"
  • I.M
  • Yoonseok
  • Wooki
  • Joohoney
  • I.M
  • Yoonseok
  • Wooki
  • I.M
  • Yoonseok
  • Wooki
3:30
5."Disaster"
  • 지인 (Flying Lab)
  • Joohoney
  • I.M
Albin Nordqvist3:39
6."Burn It Up"
  • JQ
  • Bono (makeumineworks)
  • Joohoney
  • I.M
  • Daniel Caesar
  • Ludwig Lindell
  • Daniel Kim
  • Jiyeon Park
  • Daniel Caesar
  • Ludwig Lindell
3:38
7."Mirror"
  • Wonho
  • Brother Su
  • Joohoney
  • I.M
  • Wonho
  • Brother Su
  • Ahn Sang-hyeon (Punch Sound)
  • Shin Ki-hyun (Punch Sound)
  • Ahn Sang-hyeon (Punch Sound)
  • Shin Ki-hyun (Punch Sound)
3:20
8."See You Again"
  • Joohoney
  • 9F
  • I.M
  • Joohoney
  • 9F
  • Joohoney
  • 9F
3:17
Total length:28:15

Charts

Album

Weekly charts

Sales
Region Sales
Album
Japan (Oricon)[24] 9,785
South Korea (Gaon)[25] 246,986
United States (Nielsen)[26] 1,000

Awards and nominations

Year-end award
Bout Year Award Nominated work Result Ref.
Album
Gaon Chart Music Awards
9th 2019 Album of the Year – 4th Quarter Follow: Find You Nominated [27]

Release history
Region Date Format Label
South Korea October 28, 2019
Various
  • Digital download
  • streaming

See also

References
  1. Herman, Tamar (October 28, 2019). "'Follow' Monsta X to the Future With Epic New Video: Watch". Billboard. Retrieved November 11, 2019.
  2. Benjamin, Jeff (November 8, 2019). "Monsta X Return to Top 10 of World Albums & World Digital Song Sales Charts With 'Follow-Find You'". Billboard. Retrieved November 11, 2019.
  3. Cerio, Michael (October 29, 2019). "Monsta X Continue the Story on 'FOLLOW – FIND YOU'". Radio.com. Retrieved November 11, 2019.
  4. Chu, Ga-young (November 6, 2019). ‘더 쇼' 몬스타엑스, ‘FOLLOW’로 컴백 후 첫 1위 “몬베베 고맙고 사랑해요“. sportsworldi.com (in Korean). Retrieved November 16, 2019 – via Naver.
  5. Park, Seo-hyun (November 8, 2019). 몬스타엑스 '엠카' 1위..2관왕 "과분한 상, 남은 한해 행복한 날들로 채워갈 것". K-pop Herald (in Korean). Retrieved November 16, 2019 – via Naver.
  6. "The 25 Best K-pop Albums of 2019: Critics' Picks". Billboard. Retrieved January 2, 2021.
  7. Glasby, Taylor (December 5, 2019). "The 20 Best K-pop Songs of 2019". Dazed. Retrieved December 6, 2019.
  8. Morin, Natalie (December 20, 2019). "The Best K-pop Songs of 2019". Refinery29 . Retrieved December 27, 2019.
  9. "PopAsia's Top 100 Asian Pop Songs of 2019: 50-1". SBS PopAsia. Retrieved January 2, 2021.
  10. "'FOLLOW': FIND YOU". Naver (in Korean). Retrieved November 20, 2019.
  11. "Top Albums Téléchargés". SNEP (in French). Retrieved November 11, 2019.
  12. "週間　アルバムランキング". Oricon (in Japanese). Retrieved November 11, 2019.
  13. "Japan Hot Albums". Billboard Japan. Retrieved November 11, 2019.
  14. "Oficjalna lista sprzedaży :: OLiS - Official Retail Sales Chart". OLiS. Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved November 14, 2019.
  15. "Gaon Album Chart for Week 44 of 2019". Gaon Music Chart (in Korean). Retrieved November 11, 2019.
  16. "Monsta X Chart History: Heatseekers Albums". Billboard. Retrieved November 11, 2019.
  17. "Monsta X Chart History: Independent Albums". Billboard. Retrieved November 11, 2019.
  18. "Monsta X Chart History: World Albums". Billboard. Retrieved November 11, 2019.
  19. "Gaon Album Chart for October 2019 Album Chart". Gaon Music Chart (in Korean). Retrieved November 11, 2019.
  20. "2019 Gaon Album Chart". Gaon Music Chart (in Korean). Retrieved January 11, 2020.
  21. "Monsta X Chart History: World Digital Song Sales". Billboard. Retrieved November 16, 2019.
  22. "Monsta X Chart History: K-pop Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved November 16, 2019.
  23. "Monsta X Chart History (Japan Hot 100)". Billboard Japan. Retrieved November 16, 2019.
  24. 週間 CDアルバムランキング 2019年11月11日付 [Weekly CD Album Ranking on November 11, 2019]. Oricon News (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved November 6, 2019.
  25. Cumulative sales (Kit + CD):
  26. Benjamin, Jeff (November 8, 2019). "Monsta X Return to Top 10 of World Albums & World Digital Song Sales Charts With 'Follow-Find You'". Billboard. Retrieved November 11, 2019.
  27. 올해의 가수 (앨범) 후보자 [Artist of the Year (Album) nominees]. Gaon Chart Music Awards (in Korean). KMCA. Archived from the original on January 8, 2020. Retrieved January 8, 2020.
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