Moonbyul of girl group Mamamoo will drop her first full-length solo album “Starlit of Muse” on Feb. 20, her agency RBW said Tuesday as reported by Korea Joong Ang Daily.
The album will be the singer’s first full-length album as a solo artist, nine years and eight months after her debut as a member of Mamamoo in 2014.
The title of the album “Starlit of Muse” is supposed to mean Moonbyul, the muse, completing the starlit work, according to her agency.
While other information about the album was not disclosed as of Tuesday, a short motion clip hinting at the overall mood of the new album was released on Tuesday on Mamamoo’s social media accounts. The clip shows objects representing the nine Muses, who govern music and art in Greco-Roman mythology.
Who Is Moonbyul?
Moon Byul (Korean: 문별; Japanese: ムンビョル) is a South Korean rapper, singer-songwriter and actress under RBW. She is a member of the girl group MAMAMOO and its sub-unit MAMAMOO+ and a former member of the project girl group Girls Next Door.
She made her solo debut on May 23, 2018 with the digital single “Selfish”.
2014: MAMAMOO
Moon Byul made her debut with MAMAMOO on June 18 with the mini-album Hello.
2017: Girls Next Door
She participated in the KBS variety show Idol Drama Operation Team and became a part of the project group created by the show, a girl group named Girls Next Door.
2018: Solo debut
On May 23, she made her solo debut, releasing “Selfish”. The digital single’s title track, also named “Selfish”, features Seulgi.
2020: Dark Side of the Moon, 門oon : Repackage
Moon Byul released “Weird Day” on February 4 as a pre-release track for her upcoming mini album Dark Side of the Moon. The mini album was released on February 14. The title track, “Eclipse”, evokes a battle between the light and the dark side.
The mini album’s repackage, 門oon : Repackage, was released three months later, on May 29.
2021–2022: 6equence, “C.I.T.T (Cheese in the Trap)”, “The Present”
On December 7, 2021, it was announced that Moon Byul will release her new mini album 6equence on January 19, 2022. The album features two pre-release tracks “G999” and “Shutdown”, which were released on December 13 and December 30, respectively.
On March 29, 2022, RBW confirmed Moon Byul is preparing for an April comeback and on April 12, a schedule teaser was revealed for Moon Byul’s first single album, “C.I.T.T (Cheese in the Trap)”, to be released on April 28.
On December 8, a teaser was revealed for Moon Byul’s special single album, “The Present”, to be released on December 22.
2024: Starlit of Muse
On January 23, a logo motion video was released for Moon Byul’s first full-length album Starlit of Muse, set for release on February 20.
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— 마마무(MAMAMOO) (@RBW_MAMAMOO) January 22, 2024
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