The Dream Chapter: Star
EP
ArtistTomorrow X Together
CoverThe Dream Chapter Star album cover.jpg
ReleasedMarch 4, 2019
Length17:28
Language
  • Korean
  • English
Label
ProducerSlow Rabbit · The Futuristics · Daniel Celestin · Young Ho Bae
Next year2019

The Dream Chapter: Star (stylized The Dream Chapter: STAR; ) is the debut extended play by South Korean boy band Tomorrow X Together, released by Big Hit Entertainment and Republic Records, and distributed by iRiver Inc on March 4, 2019, in both digital and physical versions.[1]

Background

Tomorrow X Together was first announced in January through a series of videos revealing the members one by one.[2] On February 22, the track list for the debut album was released.[3] On March 4, the band held their debut stage on Mnet performing their debut single "어느날 머리에서 뿔이 자랐다 (Crown)", "Blue Orangeade" and "별의 낮잠 (Nap of a star)". On April 7, the lyric video of the promo single "Blue Orangeade" was published on Big Hit's YouTube Channel. Subsequently, a music video for the official follow-up second single "Cat & Dog" was released on April 25 at midnight KST on the same channel. The digital promo single "Our Summer (Acoustic Mix)" was announced and released on May 31, with a ten-hour notice from Big Hit Entertainment's official Twitter account. Without any prior announcement, on June 5 a music video for "Nap of a star" was released on Big Hit's YouTube channel.

Track listing

Credits adapted from Tidal.[4]

Notes

  • denotes an additional producer

Personnel

Credits adapted from NetEase Music and Tidal.[5][6]

  • Tomorrow X Together – vocals, background vocals (track 1-2, 4), gang vocals (track 1)
  • Adora – background vocals (track 1, 3), vocal arrangement (track 1), recording engineer (track 1, 3), digital editing (track 1, 3)
  • Supreme Boi – background vocals (track 1, 4), gang vocals (track 1), vocal arrangement (track 1-2, 4), additional instrumentation and programming (track 4), recording engineer (track 4), digital editing (track 4)
  • Moonshine – background vocals (track 1)
  • Melanie Joy Fontana – background vocals (track 2)
  • Jung Myeong-hoon – background vocals (track 2)
  • Collin' – background vocals (track 3)
  • Kim Hyun-jung – gang vocals (track 1)
  • Im Ji-yeon – gang vocals (track 1)
  • Yang Hee-ju – gang vocals (track 1)
  • Kim Ji-yeon – gang vocals (track 1), recording engineer (track 1, 3, 5)
  • Slow Rabbit – vocal arrangement (track 1-3, 5), keyboard (track 1-2), synthesizer (track 1-2, 5), additional rhythm programming (track 5), recording engineer (track 1-3), digital editing (track 1-3, 5)
  • El Capitxn – vocal arrangement (track 3), digital editing (track 1, 3-4), recording engineer (track 3)
  • Lee Tae-wook – guitar (track 2)
  • The Futuristics – all instrumentation and programming (track 3)
  • Daniel "June Nawakii" Celestin – keyboard (track 4), synthesizer (track 4)
  • Lel – synthesizer (track 5), background vocals (track 5), vocal arrangement (track 5), digital editing (track 5)
  • Jung Jae-pil – guitar (track 5)
  • Park Jin-se – recording engineer (track 1, 3-5), digital editing (track 5)
  • Jung Woo-yeong – recording engineer (track 1-5), digital editing (track 5)
  • Michel “Lindgren” Schulz – recording engineer (track 2)
  • Phil Tan – mixer (track 1-2)
  • Yang Ga – mixer (track 3)
  • Jaycen Joshua – mixer (track 4)
  • Hector Castillo – mixer (track 5)
  • Bill Zimmerman – assistant mixer (track 1-2)
  • Jacob Richards – assistant mixer (track 4)
  • Mike Seaberg – assistant mixer (track 4)
  • DJ Riggins – assistant mixer (track 4)
  • Carlos Imperatori – assistant mixer (track 5)

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2019)Peak
position
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[7]100
French Digital Albums (SNEP)[8]11
South Korean Albums (Gaon)[9]1
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[10]58
US Billboard 200[11]140
US World Albums (Billboard)[11]1

Year-end charts

Chart (2019)Position
South Korea (Gaon) [12]26

Accolades

Year-end lists
Critic/PublicationListSongRankRef.
Refinery29The Best K-Pop Songs Of 2019"Crown"1[13]
PopCrushBest Songs Of 20199[14]
Decade-end lists
PublicationAccoladeSongRank / YearRef.
British GQBest K-Pop songs of the decade
"Crown"
Year of 2019
[15]

Music program awards

SongProgramDateRef.
"Crown"The Show (SBS MTV)March 12, 2019[16]
M Countdown (Mnet)March 14, 2019[17]
Show Champion (MBC M)March 20, 2019[18]

References

  1. ^ "TOMORROW X TOGETHER Announces First Album 'The Dream Chapter: STAR'". Billboard. Archived 2019-02-24 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2019-02-27.
  2. ^ "Everything We Know About Big Hit Entertainment's TXT So Far". Billboard. Archived 2019-01-17 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2019-02-21.
  3. ^ "TXT finally unveils track list for debut album The Dream Chapter: STAR". Metro.co.uk. 2019-02-21. Archived 2019-02-26 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2019-02-27.
  4. ^ "The Dream Chapter: STAR by TOMORROW X TOGETHER". Tidal. Archived from the original on March 30, 2019. Retrieved May 2, 2020.
  5. ^ "The Dream Chapter: STAR-TOMORROW X TOGETHER (투모로우바이투게더)-Album". Retrieved December 20, 2020. – via NetEase Music.
  6. ^ "Credits / The Dream Chapter: STAR / TOMORROW X TOGETHER". Retrieved December 20, 2020. – via Tidal.
  7. ^ [https://www.billboard.com/biz/search/charts?f[0]=ts_chart_artistname%3ATomorrow%20X%20Together&f[1]=itm_field_chart_id%3ABillboard%20Canadian%20Albums&f[2]=ss_bb_type%3Achart_item&type=2&artist=Tomorrow%20X%20Together "Chart Search: Tomorrow X Together"]. Billboard. Retrieved March 12, 2019.
  8. ^ "The Dream Chapter: Star". March 8, 2019. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
  9. ^ "Gaon Album Chart – Week 10, 2019" (in Korean). Gaon Chart. Archived March 14, 2019 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
  10. ^ "Top 100 Albumes – Semana 18: del 26.4.2019 al 2.5.2019" (in Spanish). Productores de Música de España. Archived May 8, 2019 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved May 8, 2019.
  11. ^ "Tomorrow X Together Debuts at No. 1 on Emerging Artists, World Albums & World Digital Song Sales Charts". billboard. Archived March 15, 2019 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved March 12, 2019.
  12. ^ "2019년 Album Chart". Gaon. Archived August 10, 2019 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved January 10, 2020.
  13. ^ Morin, Natalie (December 20, 2019). "The Best K-Pop Songs Of 2019". Refinery29. Archived January 7, 2020 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved December 27, 2019.
  14. ^ "Best Songs Of 2019". PopCrush. December 2, 2019. Archived December 3, 2019 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved December 27, 2019.
  15. ^ Glasby, Taylor (December 20, 2019). "Best K-Pop songs of the decade". British GQ. Archived December 20, 2019 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved December 29, 2019.
  16. ^ Kim, Mi-lee (March 12, 2019). "'더쇼' TXT, 데뷔 첫 1위 영예 "응원해주시는 팬 분들께 감사해"[종합]" ['The Show' TXT, debut first place honor "Thank you fans for supporting" [General]] (in Korean). Herald POP. Retrieved December 27, 2019.
  17. ^ Yoo, Eun-young (March 14, 2019). "'엠카운트다운' 투모로우바이투게더 1위...박봄·마마무 컴백 [종합]" ['M Countdown' Tomorrow by Together # 1 ... Park Bom and Mamamu Comeback] (in Korean). XportsNews. Archived November 4, 2020 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved December 27, 2019.
  18. ^ Kim, Mi-lee (March 20, 2019). "'쇼챔피언' 투모로우바이투게더, 1위 3관왕…박봄·마마무 컴백 [종합]" ['Show Champion' Tomorrow by Together, 1st place crown winner Park Bom ・ Mamamu Comeback [General]] (in Korean). XportsNews. Archived May 10, 2020 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved December 27, 2019.