TOMORROW X TOGETHER is not any stranger to leaning into the sounds lots of their followers grew up on. Take, for instance, the evergrowing angst and heartwrenching lovesickness of their track “0X1=LOVESONG (I Know I Love You)” would match completely in any 2000s emo pop-punk Tumblr playlist. Since their debut, they’ve jumped via a number of style modifications with ease and handled their sophisticated emotions of affection in a neverending maze of youth. Now, SOOBIN, YEONJUN, BEOMGYU, TAEHYUN, and HUENINGKAI—Gen Z’s IT Boys all mature and grown up— are lastly settling down with how love appears like a optimistic eternal burst of vitality.
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It’s little question that R&B is a dominant affect on Ok-pop. Their seventh mini-album The Star Chapter: Sanctuary is sprinkled and infused with clean and luscious beats and vocals that harken again to early 2000s boybands. There are nonetheless shimmers of the innocence of falling in love for the primary time within the first observe “Heaven” however a bulk of the tracklist carries the acquainted feeling of when a man is attempting to woo the individual they need to be with for the remainder of eternity. Cohesively, The Star Chapter: Sanctuary is the proper mini-album for an enthralling love-life transition. Beneath are the superlatives we put to accompany every observe.
TXT: The Star Chapter: Sanctuary
A track to cruise down on a freeway: “Heaven”
“Heaven” is an easygoing and poppy ballad that’s harking back to the primary couple of days of falling in love. It’s the honeymoon stage and TXT doesn’t need you to overlook it. “Heaven, one to 10, you’re like an eleven / If it’s simply you, that place is heaven,” SOOBIN and BEOMGYU sing within the refrain. The track feels just like the solar shining down on a freeway and having the automotive home windows down figuring out that life is sweet with the love of your life.
A track to carry on all of your hopes to: “Over the Moon”
It’s the lead single from the mini-album and dubbed a “serenade to MOA” over the last present of their ‘WORLD TOUR
A track to place in your thirst entice TikToks: “Hazard”
Hazard is a dangerously flirtatious observe that’ll make you blush with their shiny vocals. “What you doin’ to me?” they teasingly repeat within the refrain. YEONJUN exhibits off his fluidly romantic rap in his verse, “You’re my journey or die, I don’t hesitate / My feelings overtake such factor as motive.” The phrase “Hazard” appears to encompass you in any respect angles, however you possibly can’t assist however really feel protected round TXT’s sonic embrace.
A track that’ll pull all of the nostalgic heartstrings: “Resist (Not Gonna Run Away)”
“Transfer Ya Physique Lady” by Nina Sky is among the most iconic dance songs of the early 2000s. Ask R&B royalty Kehlani who sampled it in her hit track “After Hours.” TXT’s pattern is similar tribute to the banger that almost all of us on the radio grew up on. The observe begins with TAEHYUN’s sturdy falsetto vocals singing “After I see you, I can resist, you’re my one and solely / I can’t exist, with out you” accompanied by fast-paced guitar strumming and grows into these acquainted hole drums. It’d sound just a little off at some locations however when it’s all blended collectively, it’s a danceable bop that’ll get you grooving down on the dancefloor.
A track to wind down after an extended day: “Forty One Winks”
The track title is a play on what occurs after a “Forty Wink” nap, however this track will take it up one step with its upbeat however torpid beats and bassline. Each Ok-pop fan is aware of if it’s produced by DemJointz, it’s a banger for the books—and this track is not any exception. HUENINGKAI wittingly references the group’s love for Morse code in a romantic setting, “Ship a sign, forty-one winks / It’s like Morse code.” It is going to completely make these devoted MOA swoon.
A track that’ll make you need to frolic in a meadow: “Increased than Heaven”
The final observe of the mini-album drives again into the high-spirited temper of being so entrenched in love. The guitars are bouncy and every member is assured in their very own love, singing that they’ll take you “Increased than heaven / past heaven / the next place” It’s like a stroll within the park, but in addition has a putting resemblance to The Identify Chapter: Temptation’s “Farewell Neverland” by way of the idea. Within the former, the group is saying goodbye to their childhood whereas dipping into the Peter Pan motifs and free falling. Whereas in “Increased Than Heaven,” they need to share these recollections with their cherished one perpetually whereas flying excessive.