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ZEROBASEONE is a 9-member South Korean boyband formed through Mnet's survival show Boys Planet. They are managed by WakeOne.
The members are:
Kim Jiwoong
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Zhang Hao
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Sung Hanbin
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Seok Matthew
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Kim Taerae
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Ricky
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Kim Gyuvin
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Park Gunwook
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Han Yujin
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Youth In The Shade is ZEROBASEONE's debut mini album.
On the 14th of May 2023, the Spoiler Film: Youth In The Shade was released.
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On the 15th of June 2023, the Back to ZEROBASE Film was released.
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On the 5th of July 2023, the In Bloom M/V Teaser 1 was released.
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On the 7th of July 2023, the Youth In The Shade Album Sampler was released.
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On the 8th of July 2023, the In Bloom M/V Teaser 2 was released.
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On the 10th of July 2023, the In Bloom M/V was released, along with the physical and digital release of their debut mini album Youth In The Shade.
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On the 16th of July 2023, the In Bloom Dance Practice (Fix Ver) was released.
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On the 19th of July 2023, the In Bloom M/V (Performance Ver.) was released.
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On the 7th of August 2023, the New Kidz On The Block Dance Practice (Fix Ver.) was released.
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Youth In The Shade peaked at No.1 on the Circle Albums Chart and No.2 on the Oricon Albums Chart.
Circle Sales = 2,037,790+
Oricon Sales = 105,682+
Total Sales = 2,143,472+
*YouTube views correct at time of writing post*
The M/V for In Bloom has so far gained 32,243,396 million views, with the views still continuing to increase.
Youth In The Shade was released in 2 versions: Artbook and Digipak.
The Artbook has 2 versions: Youth and Shade. Both versions are set out in a paperback book style case and comes with the Cd, photobook, sticker pack, random Zerose coaster, random layer car, random photo frame set and a random selfie card.
First-press also came with a folded poster.
The Digipak version is member based and set out in a fold-out case. Each one comes with the Cd, member based photo & lyric booklet, tattoo sticker, random postcard and a random photocard.
All photo books are different.
Track List:
Back To ZEROBASE
In Bloom
우주먼지 (And I)
Our Season
Always
I have the Gyuvin Digipak of the album and I love the little lyric & photo booklet. I bought this album in a sale and was happy they had the Gyuvin version as he's one of the members I was familiar with.
The album itself made me fall in love with them, not only was it one of my favourite debuts in 2023, but this album was also my No.9 album for my 2023 Top 20 K-pop Albums. I was hooked on this album from the very first listen. Each track is different and really shows why they were voted to become members of the group.
I think Back to ZEROBASE is the perfect album opener. It's a great song that not only opens the album but introduces the members. Their harmonisation is stunning in this track, it definitely blew me away on my first listen, it really sets the tone for the album.
Back to ZEROBASE
I think In Bloom was the perfect song for them to debut with. I love the melody, their vocals, the raps. I love how their vocal tones compliment the melody as well as each other.
In Bloom
New Kidz On The Block is my favourite track off the album as well as my favourite ZEROBASEONE B-side. It's been my favourite track since my first listen of the album. I love the melody, the song itself is really catchy that whenever it plays, I'm singing along.
New Kidz On The Block
That intro for 우주먼지 (And I) is stunning. I love the melody and their vocals against it makes it even more stunning.
우주먼지 (And I)
I love the melody for Our Season. I love how uplifting this song sounds with the melody and their vocals. I love how their vocals and vocal tones compliment each other and the melody.
Our Season
I remember Zhang Hao struggling when they were practicing Tomboy on Boys Planet, which while I watched that performance for Hui, Zhang Hao really caught my eye. Knowing he came in first place and has a stunning solo song on the album with Always makes me insanely proud and happy with how far he's come. I love the melody it really suits his voice. It's the perfect song to close the album with.
Always
I think this was the perfect debut release for them and definitely made me keep watching them to see what would come their way.
I only saw clips from Boys Planet, but there were contestants that caught my eye, some of which I already knew. The only episode I watched was the live final of the group being formed, I was happy to see Zhang Hao make the group as he'd caught my eye when performing Tomboy. Ricky I knew from his introduction of himself. I was familiar with Jiwoong from his acting as there are a few drama's of his on my to watch list. And Gyuvin caught my eye in the live final. They were initially the only members I could put names to faces, I can now put more names to faces, like Matthew with his viral Moo, Hanbin from being an MC with BOYNEXTDOOR's Jaehyun and Yujin because he's the same age as my daughter.
Each of their releases have been amazing, now I've bought one album, I think I'll want to complete the collection, but it's sad to think that their time as a group is starting to come to a close, I hope they renew, but I'm also looking forward to what comes next in their journey's.
What were your thoughts on Youth In The Shade?
Do you have a physical copy?
Which version(s) did you get?
What were your thoughts on In Bloom as the title track?
Do you have a favourite track on the album?
Let me know in the comments below.
See you soon!
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(Annyeong)
さようなら
(Sayonara)
再见
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