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안녕하세요
(Annyeonghaseyo)
こんにちは
(Konnichiwa)
你好
(Ni Hao)
I'm back with my next MONSTA X post and today's post brings us up to date with their releases, they've just competed their world tour where they performed 25 concerts, stopping in Europe, Asia, North America and South America, I was lucky enough to go see them in London. The tour was in connection with their 6th mini album called The Connect: Dejavu.
Back on the 22nd of February 2018, a poster was released announcing that they would embarking on their 2nd world tour. Then on the 4th of March 2018, a poster was released announcing that a new album was coming, saying The Connect coming soon. Then on the 8th of March 2018, on the 8th of March 2018, teaser images for Wonho and Kihyun were released.
A few days later on the 14th of March 2018, a 2nd set of teaser images were released starting with Wonho and Jooheon.
On the 15th of March 2018, Shownu and I.M's 2nd teaser images were released.
On the 16th of March 2018, Minhyuk and Kihyun's 2nd teaser images were released.
On the 17th of March 2018, the final teaser images were released of Hyungwon and the group.
On the 19th of March 2018, [Music Film] The Connect: D was released.
Owned by Starship Entertainment
On the 21st of March 2018, the track list for The Connect: Dejavu was released, a couple of days later on the 23rd of March 2018, the M/V teaser was released for their title track Jealousy.
Owned by Starship Entertainment
On the 24th of March 2018, The Connect Album Preview was released.
Owned by Starship Entertainment
On the 26th of March 2018, the M/V for Jealousy was released along with the release of their 6th mini album, The Connect: Dejavu, which was released both digitally and physically.
Owned by Starship Entertainment
On the 6th of April 2018, the dance practice video was released for Jealousy, along with the release of the individual dance practice videos.
Owned by Starship Entertainment
A couple of weeks after release, just before promotions came to an end, MONSTA X won their 2nd music show trophy, with Jealousy taking the trophy on the 17th of April on The Show.
Jooheon and I.M like past albums participated on all the tracks, with them both co-writing on Jealousy, Destroyer, 폭우 (Fallin), 미쳤으니까 (Crazy In Love), Lost In The Dream and Special, with Jooheon also co-composing on Special.
Wonho, Jooheon and I.M also co-wrote on the track If Only with Wonho also co-composing on the track.
The Connect: Dejavu peaked at No.2 on the Gaon Albums Chart, No.23 on the Oricon Albums Chart, No.73 on the UK Albums Downloads Chart, No.8 on the Billboard Heatseekers Albums Chart and No.2 on the Billboard World Albums Chart.
Gaon Sales:
174,512+
Oricon Sales:
4,714+
US Sales:
2,000+
Giving the album a total sales of 181,226+ copies sold so far.
*YouTube views correct at time of writing post*
Through Starship's official YouTube channel Jealousy has gained 13,812,540 million views, while through YouTube channel 1theK, Jealousy has gained 641,816 thousand views, giving the M/V so far a total of 14,454,356 million views, with views continuing to increase.
The Connect: Dejavu was released in 4 versions: I, II, III and IV.
The albums are set out in a hardback book style case, with all 4 versions having a part of the MONSTA X logo as part of the cover, so when all 4 versions are connected the reveal the logo in full. The Cd designs are different for all 4 versions as well as each version having a different photo book. Each version comes with a random member photocard, random group photocard and a random fold out poster/sheet. With pre-orders the albums came with a random member photocard, a random unit photocard, a random group photocard, a random foldout poster/sheet and a random special photocard.
Track List:
Jealousy
Destroyer
폭우 (Fallin)
미쳤으니까 (Crazy In Love)
Lost In the Dream
If Only
Special
I
II
III
As you can see I have versions I, II and III, I got version I on pre-order and that is why I have a few extra photocards with that album. MONSTA X never fail to leave me in awe and with each album they get better. Personally for me I can say that this album is their best album released so far, I think this album also holds a special place in my heart for me too as it's the album that I pretty much got to see performed live in it's entirety. The Connect: Dejavu may be a whole lot different to Trespass and the sound they debuted with but even though each track is different they still have that MONSTA X flair and vibe. It's definitely one of my favourite albums to be released in 2018 and I've bought quite a few albums so far this year. I love that we have a mixture of hard hitting upbeat tracks as well as stunning ballads and I can't forget Kihyun's high note in Lost In The Dream, I melt every time I listen to it.
Check out the album below.
Jealousy
Destroyer
(Fallin)
(Crazy In Love)
Lost In The Dream
If Only
starshipTV
Special
Seeing MONSTA X live still seems like a dream to me, no matter how many times I listen to their tour song list on my iPod, or watch the videos I took, it still doesn't seem real that I've finally experienced my first K-pop concert. Seeing them made me admire them more than I already did and I hope they will return to the UK one day, I'm thinking of sharing my experience in a future post, I'm excited for them to have a comeback and I hope they reach a whole new level of success and a hell of a lot more music show trophies.
Which version of The Connect: Dejavu do you have?
What's your favourite track from the album?
Did you get to go and see them live?
Let me know in the comments below.
See you soon!
안녕
(Annyeong)
さようなら
(Sayonara)
再见
(ZaiJian)
Bye
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