Lovelyz: Once Upon A Time (Limited Version) Review

Lovelyz has come back with their sixth mini album, Once Upon A Time, on May 20th, 2019! There is a normal version and a limited version. I blogged about ordering my OUAT albums here and I gave a brief intro to this era and unboxed the normal version here. I'll be unboxing the limited version  and will include a breakdown of the tracklist in this post.

The limited version is packaged in a sturdy canvas box. The text and design are in gold that looks like it's been chipped off; at first I thought it was poor quality, then I realized that it's to give off an ancient artifact feel, like an old fairy tale book to fit the concept of this era. I personally really like this design!

The spine also fits with this fairy tale theme, as it only reveals the album title and the Woollim and Kakao M logo subtly in white; it really looks like a book on a shelf rather than an album.

The backside has the tracklist and production info, also detailed with metallic gold. I'll discuss the tracklist more below. This exterior casing is about 6.1875" by 7.25" by 1.656".

The flap on the right is held in place by two magnets; opening this flap reveals the contents inside. The inside is lined with gold to match the exterior. There is a matching gold ribbon that can be used to lift up the contents.

On the top is the random thanks to card, and underneath that is the random photocard. Both the thanks to card and the photocard are exclusive to the limited version; the normal version has its own set of random special letters and photocards.

The limited version comes with one random thanks to card out of eight. The exterior has a pretty design matching the album cover with metallic gold and is made of cardstock. It's folded so that the member is unknown until you open the flap.

Here is the backside of the thanks to card.

I pulled Babysoul! Inside is a matte image of the member from the black photoshoot and a printed handwritten message from that member. When the card is fully opened and flatted, its dimensions are about 5.875" by 7.6875".

The limited version also includes one random photocard out of eight. I am now two for two in pulling Jisoo from Lovelyz' limited albums!

The backside has the same design as the normal photocard, but the printed sign and message are different. The photocard is glossy and has the same dimensions and edge roundness as the normal OUAT album, regular Heal photocards, as well as Infinite's latest releases (Top Seed, 10 Stories, Second Write.., Bye, and A New Journey).

Underneath the thanks to card and photocard is majority of the album: 101 matte, loose leaf pages that make up the photobook.

The first 57 sheets are from the orange photoshoot and begins with a group photo.

The next page shows the special thanks to message. There are also four paired photos by age order (Babysoul and Jiae, Jisoo and Mijoo, etc.) from the orange shoot.

The backside of each paired photo has those members' individual thanks to messages. The page opposite these messages are of random objects.

The underside of all these sheets don't contain photos. They either have the thanks to message, song credits and lyrics, or have a back like pictured above. I absolutely love this photo of Kei; the light coming through the translucent curtain showcases Kei so well!

Majority of the photos are individual shots. In the orange photoshoot, the photos are in age order from Babysoul to Yein, cycling through each member, a total of six times (one photo of Babysoul, then one of Jiae,...,one of Yein, and repeat). This is really Sujeong's era for me! She looks even more stunning than ever, especially with her fresh haircut.

The props fit so well with this photoshoot, like this flower.

The song credits and lyrics are also spread throughout the photobook.

I love this photo of Kei and Jin. It looks like a family portrait!

The remaining sheets are from the black photoshoot and the majority photos are individual shots.

I seriously cannot get over Sujeong's look!

There are five photos per member from the black shoot, this time in age order from Yein to Babysoul. It's weird though, every time the order is Sujeong, then Kei, then Jin.

I really like this photoshoot. It's very classy and reminds me of an old fashion office setting.

This is such a gorgeous photo of Kei.

And in one round, the order is Jisoo, then Mijoo, then Jiae.

The last sheet is a group photo.

The backside of the last sheet has the album credits.

At the very bottom of the album is CD, embedded in a hard casing and wedged by a round foam.

This mini album contains six tracks:

1. Once upon a time - is the intro track leading up to the title, created by Spacecowboy.
2. 그 시절 우리가 사랑했던 우리 (Beautiful Days) - is the title, again co-created by Spacecowboy, a member of One Piece who has worked on many of Lovelyz' tracks! Spacecowboy also worked on Lovelyz' previous intro and title tracks, "Sanctuary" and "Lost N Found". This track is definitely staying true to Lovelyz' sound.
3. Close To You - SEION co-wrote and co-composed this track. She also worked on Infinite's "Why Me" and Golden Child's "Thank You" and "Genie"!
4. Sweet Luv
5. Secret Story - is the slowest track in this album. It's a beautiful ballad that the girls have been promoting along with the title.
6. LOVE GAME - is created by Ollounder and LEEZ, the same team who worked on Golden Child's "넌 모를 거야 (YTMOB)"! Even better, Sujeong wrote the chorus to this track! Other than the title, this is my favorite track. It sounds like an old video game and has the same feel has "Welcome to the Lovelyz8".

Overall, I absolutely love the limited version of Once Upon A  Time. The packaging is my favorite among all of Lovelyz' albums and is very high quality. The photobook sheets are also very gorgeous, and the thanks to card is beautiful as well. I'm just a little iffy on the photocard images from the limited version. All the tracks have also grown on me too; my favorites are definitely the title and "LOVE GAME"!