TOMORROW X TOGETHER is not any stranger to leaning into the sounds a lot of their followers grew up on. Take, for instance, the evergrowing angst and heartwrenching lovesickness of their tune “0X1=LOVESONG (I Know I Love You)” would match completely in any 2000s emo pop-punk Tumblr playlist. Since their debut, they’ve jumped by way of a number of style modifications with ease and handled their difficult 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 seems like a constructive eternal burst of power.
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It’s little doubt 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 monitor “Heaven” however a bulk of the tracklist carries the acquainted feeling of when a man is making an attempt 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 a captivating love-life transition. Beneath are the superlatives we put to accompany every monitor.
TXT: The Star Chapter: Sanctuary
A tune 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 neglect 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 tune feels just like the solar shining down on a freeway and having the automotive home windows down figuring out that life is nice with the love of your life.
A tune 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 <ACT : PROMISE> ENCORE IN SEOUL.’ The second tune on the album sinks into the R&B affect and the slight delusions that every little thing can be all proper when all the celebrities are aligned. It nonetheless has the cherished optimism of TXT, “I’m with you, you with me, solely after we’re collectively / Will tomorrow turn into actuality,” TAEHYUN sings.
A tune to place in your thirst lure TikToks: “Hazard”
Hazard is a dangerously flirtatious monitor 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 trip or die, I don’t hesitate / My feelings overtake such factor as purpose.” The phrase “Hazard” appears to encompass you in any respect angles, however you may’t assist however really feel secure round TXT’s sonic embrace.
A tune that’ll pull all of the nostalgic heartstrings: “Resist (Not Gonna Run Away)”
“Transfer Ya Physique Lady” by Nina Sky is without doubt one of the most iconic dance songs of the early 2000s. Ask R&B royalty Kehlani who sampled it in her hit tune “After Hours.” TXT’s pattern is similar tribute to the banger that the majority of us on the radio grew up on. The monitor begins with TAEHYUN’s sturdy falsetto vocals singing “I can’t resist” accompanied by fast-paced guitar strumming and grows into these acquainted hole drums. It’d sound a bit of 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 tune to wind down after a protracted day: “Forty One Winks”
The tune title is a play on what occurs after a “Forty Wink” nap, however this tune 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 tune 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’s going to completely make these devoted MOA swoon.
A tune that’ll make you need to frolic in a meadow: “Increased than Heaven”
The final monitor 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 additionally 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 beloved one perpetually whereas flying excessive.
