Lovelyz: Muse on Music Album Review

Infinite became the first Kpop group to release a completely instrumental album, with The Origin 4 years after their debut. Hoobae group Lovelyz is following Infinite's footsteps with the release of their own instrumental album 4 years after their debut with Muse on Music on September 10, 2018.

I pre-ordered this album from Ebay seller goods-store01 for $37.90 USD. I had previously pre-ordered Lovelyz' Healing album from this seller and sales from this seller counts on the Korean charts. They notified me that they would ship the album out on September 12-14, but never confirmed when the album actually shipped. Regardless, my package arrived on September 25. My album came in pristine condition within a waterproof plastic envelope and wrapped in 4 layers of bubble wrap.

The packaging for this album looks very luxurious with its metallic royal blue and gold color scheme.

All the gold lettering on the exterior casing is embossed. The sides have the new logo and album title listed.

The topside also has the new logo.

The backside lists the album information. The album is thicker than I thought; the dimensions are 6" by 7.75" by 1.5".

The design is a sliding box where you can use the vinyl handle to slide the contents out from the bottom.

Removing the exterior packaging unveils the contents of the album inside the box.

From top to bottom (pictured here as left to right), the contents include the book of music sheets, the CD case, and at the bottom are the card and guitar picks. Luckily there is nothing random included in this album.

The book of music sheet looks minimalist yet royal with its gold accents.

Here is the back cover.

The book is broken up into 3 sections: Dawn, Day, and Night, ie. the title of each disc.

In each section, there are 2 pages dedicated to the song credits of the 11 tracks from that disc. The song titles look like they're handwritten!

Following the song credits are the music sheets. There are about 1 to 3 pages per song. The music sheets are really cute; they also look like they're handwritten! And though the size of these music sheets are quite small, at least it's much bigger than what was included in Infinite's The Origin.

The album credits are printed on the last page of the book.

The front of the CD case matches the design on the front of the exterior case.

The backside of the CD case mirrors that of the exterior case.

The CD case has a tri-fold design with a matte finish.

Opening the first flap reveals the tracklists of all 3 CDs.

This album contains 33 instrumental tracks, broken up into "Dawn", "Day", and "Night". Below are the tracklists for all 3 discs, exactly as printed on the CD case. If you would like English translations for the subtitles, please feel free to ask! The tracks on Dawn and Day are more upbeat and include Lovelyz' title tracks and pop ballads, while Night contains Lovelyz' softer songs and slow ballads.

#	DAWN	DAY	NIGHT
01	Destiny (나의 지구)	안녕(Hi~)	어제처럼 굿나잇
02	비밀여행	Candy Jelly Love	남보다 못한 사이 (Feat. 위성, Babysoul Solo)
03	놀이공원	Ah-Choo	너만 없다 (JIN Solo)
04	이별 Chapter 1	Hug Me	작별하나
05	풍당	그대에게	Circle
06	Wow!	1cm	책갈피
07	슴바꼭질	Cameo	세벽별 (Babysoul & Kei & JIN)
08	Aya	Emotion	첫눈
09	그냥	지금, 우리	Night and Day
10	졸린 끔	종소리	FALLIN'
11	비밀정원	삼각형	인형

This instrumental album includes a selection of songs from Lovelyz' debut album Girls' Invasion from November 2014 to third mini album Fall in Lovelyz from November 2017. Unfortunately Lovelyz' latest mini album 치유 from April 2018 and digital single "Wag-zak" from June 2018 are not included in Muse on Music.

The album also includes a guarantee card and 2 special guitar picks. The design of the card has "Lovelyz" printed in various fonts. The guitar picks have the girls' printed autographs, 4 signatures per pick.

The backside of the card states that this is a "Certificate of Authentication Card" and has a statement in Korean and a place for you to sign the card. There is also an individualized serial number at the bottom. The backside of the guitar picks have the album logo printed.

Overall, even though technically the members of Lovelyz don't have much to do with this album, I'm proud of Woollim for releasing another instrumental album as it's not common in Kpop. The packaging is absolutely beautiful and the tracks are great to listen to as background music. I'll be waiting a few more years until hopefully Woollim releases Golden Child's instrumental album as well!