The Dream Chapter: Star
2019 EP by Tomorrow X Together
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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]
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| Released | March 4, 2019 | |||
| Length | 17:28 | |||
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Background
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.
Track listing
Credits adapted from Tidal.[4]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Blue Orangeade" |
| Slow Rabbit | 3:06 |
| 2. | "Crown" (어느 날 머리에서 뿔이 자랐다; Eoneu nal meolieseo ppul-i jalassda; lit. 'One day, a horn grew from my head') |
| Slow Rabbit | 3:51 |
| 3. | "Our Summer" |
| The Futuristics | 3:20 |
| 4. | "Cat & Dog" |
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| 3:08 |
| 5. | "Nap of a Star" (별의 낮잠; Byeol-ui naj-jam; lit. 'Nap of a star') |
| LEL | 4:03 |
| Total length: | 17:28 | |||
Notes
- ^[c] denotes an additional producer
Personnel
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 rhythm 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
Weekly charts
| Chart (2019) | Peak position |
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| 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
| Chart (2019) | Position |
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| South Korea (Gaon) [17] | 26 |
Accolades
| Critic/Publication | List | Song | Rank | Ref. |
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| Refinery29 | The Best K-Pop Songs Of 2019 | "Crown" | 1 | [18] |
| PopCrush | Best Songs Of 2019 | 9 | [19] |
| Publication | Accolade | Song | Rank / Year | Ref. |
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| British GQ | Best K-Pop songs of the decade | "Crown" |
Year of 2019 |
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Music program awards
| Song | Program | Date | Ref. |
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| "Crown" | The Show (SBS MTV) | March 12, 2019 | [21] |
| M Countdown (Mnet) | March 14, 2019 | [22] | |
| Show Champion (MBC M) | March 20, 2019 | [23] |