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♡ 3RD DESIRE [WANT] (2022)

3RD DESIRE [WANT] is the third full album from cube entertainment female soloist, ryun, released on december 1, 2022. it includes fourteen tracks in total including the title want and two pre-released singles. the first pre-release, press your number was released on october 3, 2022. the second pre-release, thirsty was released on november 5, 2022.

want is the final part in the 'desires' series. it is also her first album where she is credited on every song. upon its release longtime fans were very pleased to see the darker, more mature side of ryun. many of the songs, while not explicit had obvious tones of sex and sexuality. this brought mild criticism from domestic and few international audiences but she was praised critically. the pre-released singles charted high on the gaon digital chart debuting each at #1 and with 2/3 becoming the best performing singles of their month. she became the first female soloist to achieve a million certification with the want album. the album also became her most awarded album with notable awards: artist of the year at the gaon chart music awards, the soloist artist award at the genie music awards, song of the year (digital daesong), and a digital bonsang at the golden disc awards. she won the best female artist award and best dance performance - solo at the 2023 mnet asian music awards.

TRACK LIST
song credits ➯

01 press your number — promoted
"after waking up alone on a dark night
like a habit, i'm thinking of you and i'm feeling freaky"

02 thirsty — promoted
"i'm thirsty ah ah
wanna just take a sip of your lips, i'm thirsty
my breathing becomes rougher, my heartbeat becomes faster"

03 play me
"words have a limit
i can't express you with any word
i am moved just by looking at you
i want to steal the masterpiece that is you"

04 slave
"the window got wet with the rain
the selfish wishes your mouth can't say
i'll grant them"

05 want — title track 
"the moment you take me in, you'll be
thirsting for more
incomplete
creating the definition of heat
from instincts to reasoning"

06 sexuality
"your painful, but sweet
paradox. your irony your existence itself
when i melt it and swallow it
finally it is what will soak us, sexuality"

07 all night long
"all my long, if i'm with you
i think we'd be laughing all day
all night long, if i spend time with you
we'll never fall asleep in our night"

08 tease
"wet eyes want to
see more and more
i can't stand a
kitten-like innocence"

09 make me go
"love me love me now
love me love me good
don't need nobody else when it feels this good
ain't nobody around, do it like you should"

10 holy water
"father earth and mother sea
forgive me, save me
holy water which awakens my soul
the sacred song turns into a prayer"

11 hell in heaven
"your eyes are like a thorny diamond
angels and demons come and go
heaven and hell are not far from what you think"

12 light
"diamonds and pearls in me
they are reflected in that light
brightly burn me up
you're gonna dive into me white again"

13 don't call me again
"to be honest, i don't care anything about you
baby it's true, we're already done"

14 feel good ft. hwasa — special stage
"i want to crush you even more
you look good in a daze
i want to hurt you
my heart is twisted, like it's crazy"

MVS