We Need Love is the third single album by South Korean girl group STAYC. It was released by High Up Entertainment on July 19, 2022, and contains four tracks, including the lead single "Beautiful Monster".
Background and release On June 30, 2022, High Up Entertainment announced STAYC will be releasing a new album in July 2022. A day later, it was announced STAYC would be releasing their third single album titled We Need Love on July 19. On July 5, the album teaser video was released, followed by the promotional schedule a day later. On July 15, the highlight medley video was released with "Beautiful Monster" announced as the lead single. Three days later, the music video teaser for "Beautiful Monster" was released.
Reception
Tanu I. Raj of NME stated that "We Need Love played safe leaving much to be desired as a whole" as the single album "is missing the experimental streak STAYC have become synonymous with [and] the complexity in the story they [have] build". Overall, he stated that "We Need Love is a fitting summer album in the sense that the memories won't linger till the next [season]".
Promotion Prior to the single album's release, STAYC held a live showcase to introduce the single album and communicate with their fans.
Track listing
Credits and personnel Credits adapted from single album's liner notes.
Studios Ingrid Studio – recording, digital editing Vanguard Town – digital editing Koko Sound Studio – mixing The Mastering Palace – mastering Metropolis Mastering Studios – mastering
Personnel STAYC – lead vocals, background vocals Sieun – background vocals Ashley Alisha – background vocals Flyt – background vocals , arrangement , bass , drums , keyboard , production Black Eyed Pilseung – lyrics, composition, production Jeon Goon – lyrics, composition, production Rado – arrangement , drums , keyboard , guitar , digital editing Tak – drums, keyboard, bass Jeong Eun-kyung – recording, digital editing Yang Young-eun – recording Drk – mixing Kim Jun-sang – assistant mixing Ji Min-woo – assistant mixing On Seong-yoon – assistant mixing Kim Joon-young – assistant mixing Dave Kutch – mastering Stuart Hawkes – mastering
Charts
Weekly charts + Chart performance for We Need Love Chart (2022) Peakposition South Korean Albums (Circle) 2
Monthly charts + Monthly chart performance for We Need Love Chart (2022) Peakposition South Korean Albums (Circle) 10
Year-end chart + Year-end chart performance for We Need Love Chart (2022) Peakposition South Korea Albums (Circle) 53
Certifications and sales
Release history + Release history for We Need Love Region Date Format Label South Korea July 19, 2022 CD Various
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