MAMAMOO SOLAR RANK HIGH WITH HER NEW COME BACK HONEY ON ALBUM TITLED FACE

On March 16 KST, Solar released her long-awaited mini-album '容: FACE' accompanied by her title track "Honey". Solar's solo comeback is one year and 11 months after her first single album, "SPIT IT OUT" which was released in April 2020. The album name "容: FACE" is taken from Solar's real name, Kim Yong Sun's Chinese character for Yong "容". "I'm back with my first mini album after about two years.

Solar recently admitted that she never felt confident. This was revealed by Solar during an online interview wikitree. But despite the lack of confidence, her comeback actually give a good result.

The 5-track record album has immediately entered various iTunes charts worldwide, and it went straight at #1 on the worldwide iTunes album chart and landed at #8 on the European iTunes album chart. As of this writing, '容: FACE' has topped iTunes album chart in a total of 20 different countries, including Brazil, Canada, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, and more.

The mini-album's lead single "Honey" successfully entered the worldwide iTunes song chart at #15 — becoming Solar's highest peak on the chart — and debuted at #177 on the European iTunes song chart. The track also topped iTunes song charts in 6 countries, including Malaysia, Mauritius, Mexico, Singapore, Slovakia, as of March 17 KST.

When asked why she didn't release a new album for almost two years after her first solo debut, Solar replied, "I was surprised too. I didn't know it had been two years since I released my first single. I could have released an album sooner, but my personality likes new challenges. So I tried to include everything I wanted to try and that's why I felt even more overwhelmed with this album."

"I need to improve a little more but I'm scared because I'm thinking about how to do that. I was worried about that and a lot of time has passed because of that thought," he added. "Also, I think I lost a lot of confidence that I wanted to release a solo album because we also had a MAMAMOO album release in between that time."