Monday 13 July 2020

Tomorrow X Together - The Dream Chapter: ETERNITY

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The Dream Chapter: ETERNITY is Tomorrow X Together's 2nd mini album and their 3rd instalment in their The Dream Chapter series, it's also their latest album.

On the 27th of April 2020, Big Hit Entertainment announced through The Dream Chapter: ETERNITY video that TXT would be making a comeback.
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On the 28th of April, the The Dream Chapter: ETERNITY Concept Trailer was released.
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On the 30th of April, the The Dream Chapter: ETERNITY concept photo 'Port' was released.


On the 3rd of May, the The Dream Chapter: ETERNITY concept photo 'Starboard' was released.


On the 6th of May, the 세계가 불타버린 밤, 우린... (Can't You see Me?) teasers #Yeonjun and #Beomgyu were released.
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On the 7th of May, the 세계가 불타버린 밤, 우린... (Can't You see Me?) teasers #Taehyun, #HueningKai and #Soobin were released.
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On the 10th of May, the 세계가 불타버린 밤, 우린... (Can't You see Me?) M/V teaser 1 was released.
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On the 12th of May, the 세계가 불타버린 밤, 우린... (Can't You see Me?) M/V teaser 2 was released.
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On the 14th of May, the The Dream Chapter: ETERNITY preview was released.
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On the 18th of May, the M/V for 세계가 불타버린 밤, 우린... (Can't You see Me?) was released, along with the physical and digital release of their 2nd mini album The Dream Chapter: ETERNITY.
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On the 24th of May, the 세계가 불타버린 밤, 우린... (Can't You see Me?) dance practice video was released.
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On the 1st of June, the 동물원을 빠져나온 퓨마 (PUMA) M/V teaser 1 was released.
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On the 2nd of June, the 동물원을 빠져나온 퓨마 (PUMA) M/V teaser 2 was released.
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On the 3rd of June, the 동물원을 빠져나온 퓨마 (PUMA) M/V was released.
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On the 7th of June, the 동물원을 빠져나온 퓨마 (PUMA) dance practice video was released.
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On the 14th of June, the 세계가 불타버린 밤, 우린... (Can't You see Me?) Pre-sequel video was released.
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On the 27th of June, the 샴푸의 요정 (Fairy of Shampoo) dance practice was released.
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On the 28th of June, the Eternally M/V was released.
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On the 18th of May, a few hours prior to the albums release, TXT held a media showcase at the YES24 Live Hall in Gwangjin-gu, Seoul, which was broadcast online on YouTube.
Hours after the albums release, a special comeback show, hosted by Mnet was premiered live worldwide, there they performed 세계가 불타버린 밤, 우린... (Can't You see Me?), Drama and 샴푸의 요정 (Fairy of Shampoo) for the first time.

Promotions for the album and title track began on the 21st of May, starting on M Countdown.
세계가 불타버린 밤, 우린... (Can't You see Me?) won TXT 2 music show trophies, taking first place on The Show and Show Champion.

Yeonjun wrote his rap for 샴푸의 요정 (Fairy of Shampoo).
Yeonjun, Soobin, Beomgyu, Taehyun and Huening Kai co-wrote the lyrics for 거울 속의 미로 (Maze in the Mirror).

The Dream Chapter: ETERNITY peaked at No.2 on the Gaon Albums Chart, No.1 on the Oricon Albums Chart, No.9 on the Billboard Heatseekers Albums Chart and No.4 on the Billboard World Albums Chart.
Gaon Sales:
247,153+
Oricon Sales:
38,814+
Giving the album a total of 285,967+ sales so far.
*YouTube views correct at time of writing post*
The M/V for 세계가 불타버린 밤, 우린... (Can't You see Me?) has so far gained 24,153,476 million views, with the views continuing to increase on a daily basis.

The Dream Chapter: ETERNITY is released in 2 versions: Port and Starboard.
The Port version has a purple cover and Cd plate, while the Starboard version has a white cover and Cd plate.
Both versions are set out like a secret diary and come with a lock, keys, Cd, photo book, sticker sheet, TU illust card, random photo card and a random member photo card.
Photo books for both versions are different and follow the teaser images released prior to the albums release.

Track List:
Drama
세계가 불타버린 밤, 우린... (Can't You see Me?)
샴푸의 요정 (Fairy of Shampoo)
거울 속의 미로 (Maze in the Mirror)
동물원을 빠져나온 퓨마 (PUMA)
Eternally














































I absolutely love the design of the album, it was one of the reasons that made me want to get my hands on a physical copy. While I've followed TXT since their debut, this album and title track is what made me really sit back and listen to them more as well as wanting to collect their physical albums. I have the Port version of the album, but I would also love to have the Starboard version too because both photo books are full of stunning colours and pictures. For me this is their best comeback so far and it's made me more excited for what's to come from them in the future. This album again shows how versatile TXT are with a mixture of amazing songs.
Out of all the openings tracks on their albums Drama is my favourite, for me it's the most memorable track to start their album with. I love how upbeat it is and it never fails to get me singing and humming along .
Drama

I have to say that 세계가 불타버린 밤, 우린... (Can't You see Me?) is my favourite title track from TXT, there is something about it that for me puts it on another level from their previous title tracks. Soon as I finally heard the song (this was the first time I wasn't there on release day), I was hooked, I had it on repeat and constantly had the song stuck in my head. This song definitely made me sit back more and really listen to them. There something about this song that whenever it plays, I stop whatever I'm doing and focus only on that.
세계가 불타버린 밤, 우린... (Can't You see Me?)

When I first saw that they had a song called 샴푸의 요정 (Fairy of Shampoo), it made me giggle because I thought it was an odd name, but when looking into the album and song I found out it was a remake of a song released back in the early 90's. I think it's cute that they remade a song that was actually released before any of the members were born, I love that they only tweaked it slightly to make it more up to date as well as Yeonjun writing his own rap to add their own personal touch to the track. Personally I didn't think I would be a fan of a song like this but it's really calming and a really good easy-listening song.
샴푸의 요정 (Fairy of Shampoo)

I love that all the members took part in writing the lyrics for 거울 속의 미로 (Maze in the Mirror), it gives an insight into what their trainee days were like for them.  I think everyone always focuses on when a group debuts and after, they seem to focus on the struggles of how a group reaches new heights, but we never really hear or see anything about how they trained, for some, many long years to be able to finally debut. While also training with others that are your friends, and watching them debut without you. What I find about this song is while the lyrics are sad and about struggles, the music is beautiful, it makes me think that this song is one they can look back on and remember those times with a lighter heart and mind.
거울 속의 미로 (Maze in the Mirror)

Lemoring
I was in love with 동물원을 빠져나온 퓨마 (PUMA) the first time I listened to it, for me it shows that TXT can do darker sounding tracks. For me this song is perfect for Beomgyu and Yeonjun, I feel like this is their style of music. It definitely allows them to show a more mature side to themselves visually and musically. 
동물원을 빠져나온 퓨마 (PUMA)

I remember that when I first listened to Eternally I thought it was odd as I was confused on whether I was still listening to the same song, but now, I love listening to how this song changes throughout. I'd love to hear if there are 2 individual tracks for this song, I hope this song is leading us into their next concept.
Eternally

Lemoring
I'm hoping that when TXT next comeback they have a dark concept, as they've shown with both 동물원을 빠져나온 퓨마 (PUMA) and Eternally that they are fully capable to do something like that. As I have said already, this is my favourite album and title track from Tomorrow X Together, and it's made me even more excited to see and hear what they comeback with next, it may be slow, but I can see big things happening for TXT.

Were you a fan of The Dream Chapter: ETENRITY?
Do you have a physical copy?
Which version did you pick?
What were your thoughts on 세계가 불타버린 밤, 우린... (Can't You see Me?)
Do you have a favourite song from the album?
Let me know in the comments below.

See you soon!

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