"INVU" is Taeyeon's third studio album. It was released on February 14, 2022 with "INVU" serving as the title track.
Prior to the album's release, "Can't Control Myself" was released as a pre-release single on January 17. The album also includes the song "Weekend", which was also released as a single on July 6, 2021.
II. Background
Reports about the release of her pre-release single "Can't Control Myself" and her third full length album "INVU" (the title of the album however was not revealed at the time) on January 11, 2022.
After releasing "Can't Control Myself" on January 17, she later teased her album on January 26. The title was revealed to be "INVU" through a teaser image. She later released more video and image teasers. She also announced that she would hold an exhibition for "INVU" on February 7 to 14 at the Gallery Cafe Punto Blu in Seongsudong, Seoul, which had four different spaces for fans to see the concepts of Taeyeon's album.
Prior to the release of "INVU", Taeyeon also held a countdown live on the Girls' Generation YouTube channel on February 14 5pm KST where she shared spoilers, which included an album introduction, unboxing, and behind-the-scenes stories.
"INVU" officially came out on February 14 alongside an MV for the title track of the same name.
III. Track List
| Title |
Lyrics |
Composition | Arrangement | Length |
| INVU | Jinli | Jess Morgan, Rachel Furner, Daniel Davidsen |
PhD | 3:24 |
| Some Nights |
Kim Eana |
Andreas Öberg, Simon Petrén, Edvard Grieg |
Simon Petrén |
3:27 |
| Can't Control Myself |
Moon seo Lee, Taeyeon |
Ryan S. Jhun, Jacob Ubizz, Cutfather, Lauritz Emil Christiansen, Celine Svanbäck |
Ryan S. Jhun, Jacob Ubizz, Lauritz Emil Christiansen |
3:01 |
| Set Myself On Fire |
KENZIE | Hamid Bashir, Ryland Holland, Michael Dunaief, Alna |
Stryv | 2:37 |
| Toddler | Aeon, Kang Eun Jeong |
William Leong, Salem Davern |
William Leong |
3:08 |
| Siren | Mok Jimin |
Nicole "Kole" Cohen, Chikk, Mitchell Owens, Mike Daley |
Mitchell Owens, Mike Daley |
3:09 |
| Cold As Hell |
Cha Yubin |
Marcus van Wattum, Cy (SWE), Manon van Dijk, Lara Andersson |
Kasperi A. Pitkanen, Marcus van Wattum, Nova Blue |
2:44 |
| Timeless | Jo Yoon Kyung |
Ben Samama, Sean Fischer, Alida |
Sean Fischer |
3:22 |
| Heart | yi Yi Jin |
Ryan S. Jhun, Connie Talbot, Cameron Warren |
Cameron Warren, Ryan S. Jhun |
3:52 |
| No Love Again |
Kang Eun Jeong |
Nathan Cunningham, Marc Sibley, Alida, Alma Guðmundsdóttir |
Space Primates |
3:14 |
| You Better Not |
Moon Seo Lee |
Ryan S. Jhun, Jeppe London Bilsby, hilda, Celine, Svanbäck |
Ryan S. Jhun, Jeppe London Bilsby |
2:43 |
| Weekend | Hwang Yoo Bin |
Marcia Sondeijker, Willemijn Van Der Neut, Saimon, RoseInPeace |
RoseInPeace, Saimon |
3:53 |
| Ending Credits |
Ji Ye Won |
Sam Merrifield, Celine Svanbäck, Jeppe London Bilsby, Cutfather |
Jeppe London Bilsby, Cutfather |
3:45 |
IV. Spotify Playlist
V. Videos
VI. Concept Photos
VII. Reception
"INVU" debuted at #1 on the worldwide iTunes album chart and the European iTunes album charts, which makes it the first album of Taeyeon's chart at #1 in both charts.
It also placed #1 in the iTunes charts in 21 countries including Australia, Canada, Chile, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, and more. It also reaches #5 on the U.S. iTunes chart. The title track "INVU" placed #24 on the worldwide iTunes song chart.
"INVU" also as of date has the highest first week sales of all of Taeyeon's albums with over 135,000 copies sold on Hanteo. This surpasses "Purpose"s record at 132,000.
"INVU" the title track also received an all-kill on February 26, 2022 on all the major streaming platforms which include MelOn, Genie, FLO, VIBE, and Bugs. It was also #1 on the realtime and weekly iChart. "INVU" is the first relase of 2022 to score a PAK on the iChart and the first song since Skodomo's "Merry-Go-Round" (feat. Zion.T, Wonstein) (Prod. Slom) from November 2021 to score a PAK.
