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The Dream Chapter: Star

The Dream Chapter: Star (stylized The Dream Chapter: STAR; Korean: 꿈의 장: Star; RR: Kkum-ui jang: seuta) 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]

The Dream Chapter: Star
Digital cover
EP by
Tomorrow X Together
ReleasedMarch 4, 2019 (2019-03-04)
Length17:28
Language
  • Korean
  • English
Label
Producer
Tomorrow X Together chronology
The Dream Chapter: Star
(2019) 		The Dream Chapter: Magic
(2019)
Singles from The Dream Chapter: Star
  1. "Crown"
    Released: March 4, 2019
  2. "Cat & Dog"
    Released: May 3, 2019

Background

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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.

 
The band's modified logo used for promotional activities

Track listing

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Credits adapted from Tidal.[4]

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Blue Orangeade"
  • Slow Rabbit
  • Moonshine
  • Cazzi Opeia
  • Ellen Berg
  • Supreme Boi
Slow Rabbit3:06
2."Crown" (어느 날 머리에서 뿔이 자랐다; Eoneu nal meolieseo ppul-i jalassda; lit. One day, a horn grew from my head)
Slow Rabbit3:51
3."Our Summer"
The Futuristics3:20
4."Cat & Dog"
  • Daniel "June Nawakii" Celestin
  • Supreme Boi
  • Darel "Bebe Da Rich" Ituta
  • Celestin
  • Supreme Boi[c]
3:08
5."Nap of a Star" (별의 낮잠; Byeol-ui naj-jam; lit. Nap of a star)
  • Lel
  • "Hitman" Bang
  • Slow Rabbit
LEL4:03
Total length:17:28

Notes

  • ^[c] denotes an additional producer

Personnel

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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 ryhthm 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

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Weekly charts

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Chart (2019) Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[7] 59
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[8] 100
French Digital Albums (SNEP)[9] 11
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[10] 3
Scottish Albums (OCC)[11] 71
South Korean Albums (Gaon)[12] 1
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[13] 58
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[14] 58
UK Album Downloads (OCC)[15] 20
US Billboard 200[16] 140
US World Albums (Billboard)[16] 1

Year-end charts

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Chart (2019) Position
South Korea (Gaon) [17] 26

Accolades

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Year-end lists
Critic/Publication List Song Rank Ref.
Refinery29 The Best K-Pop Songs Of 2019 "Crown" 1 [18]
PopCrush Best Songs Of 2019 9 [19]
Decade-end lists
Publication Accolade Song Rank / Year Ref.
British GQ Best K-Pop songs of the decade
"Crown"
Year of 2019
[20]

Music program awards

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Song Program Date Ref.
"Crown" The Show (SBS MTV) March 12, 2019 [21]
M Countdown (Mnet) March 14, 2019 [22]
Show Champion (MBC M) March 20, 2019 [23]

Certifications and sales

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
Japan — 24,796[24]
South Korea (KMCA)[26] Platinum 203,795[25]
United States — 4,000[16]

References

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  1. ^ "TOMORROW X TOGETHER Announces First Album 'The Dream Chapter: STAR'". Billboard. Archived from the original on 2019-02-24. Retrieved 2019-02-27.
  2. ^ "Everything We Know About Big Hit Entertainment's TXT So Far". Billboard. Archived from the original on 2019-01-17. Retrieved 2019-02-21.
  3. ^ "TXT finally unveils track list for debut album The Dream Chapter: STAR". Metro.co.uk. 2019-02-21. Archived from the original on 2019-02-26. 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. ^ "Ultratop.be – Tomorrow X Together – The Dream Chapter: Star" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved September 10, 2021.
  8. ^ "Chart Search: Tomorrow X Together". Billboard. Retrieved March 12, 2019.
  9. ^ "The Dream Chapter: Star". March 8, 2019. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
  10. ^ "Oricon Top 50 Albums: 2019-03-18" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
  11. ^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved March 9, 2019.
  12. ^ "Gaon Album Chart – Week 10, 2019". Gaon Chart (in Korean). Archived from the original on March 14, 2019. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
  13. ^ "Top 100 Albumes – Semana 18: del 26.4.2019 al 2.5.2019" (in Spanish). Productores de Música de España. Archived from the original on May 8, 2019. Retrieved May 8, 2019.
  14. ^ "Swisscharts.com – Tomorrow X Together – The Dream Chapter: Star". Hung Medien. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
  15. ^ "Official Album Downloads Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved March 11, 2019.
  16. ^ a b c "Tomorrow X Together Debuts at No. 1 on Emerging Artists, World Albums & World Digital Song Sales Charts". billboard. Archived from the original on March 15, 2019. Retrieved March 12, 2019.
  17. ^ "2019년 Album Chart". Gaon. Archived from the original on August 10, 2019. Retrieved January 10, 2020.
  18. ^ Morin, Natalie (December 20, 2019). "The Best K-Pop Songs Of 2019". Refinery29 . Archived from the original on January 7, 2020. Retrieved December 27, 2019.
  19. ^ "Best Songs Of 2019". PopCrush. December 2, 2019. Archived from the original on December 3, 2019. Retrieved December 27, 2019.
  20. ^ Glasby, Taylor (December 20, 2019). "Best K-Pop songs of the decade". British GQ. Archived from the original on December 20, 2019. Retrieved December 29, 2019.
  21. ^ 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]]. Herald POP (in Korean). Retrieved December 27, 2019.
  22. ^ Yoo, Eun-young (March 14, 2019). "'엠카운트다운' 투모로우바이투게더 1위...박봄·마마무 컴백 [종합]" ['M Countdown' Tomorrow by Together # 1 ... Park Bom and Mamamu Comeback]. XportsNews (in Korean). Archived from the original on November 4, 2020. Retrieved December 27, 2019.
  23. ^ 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]]. XportsNews (in Korean). Archived from the original on May 10, 2020. Retrieved December 27, 2019.
  24. ^ 週間 CDアルバムランキング 2019年03月18日付 [Weekly CD Album Ranking on March 18, 2019]. Oricon News (in Japanese). Archived from the original on March 15, 2019. Retrieved September 6, 2019.
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