The Dream Chapter: Star

The Dream Chapter: Star
Digital cover
EP by
Tomorrow X Together
ReleasedMarch 4, 2019 (2019-03-04)
Length17:28
Languages
  • Korean
  • English
Labels
Producers
Tomorrow X Together chronology
The Dream Chapter: Star
(2019)		 The Dream Chapter: Magic
(2019)
Singles from The Dream Chapter: Star
  1. "Crown"
    Released: March 4, 2019
  2. "Cat & Dog"
    Released: May 3, 2019

The Dream Chapter: Star (stylized The Dream Chapter: STAR; Korean: 꿈의 장: Star; RR: Kkumui jang: Star) 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.

Background

Tomorrow X Together was first announced in January through a series of videos revealing the members one by one. On February 22, the track list for the debut album was released. 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.

The band's modified logo used for promotional activities

Track listing

Credits adapted from album's liner notes.

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Blue Orangeade"
  • Slow Rabbit
  • Jonatan Gusmark
  • Ludvig Evers
  • Cazzi Opeia
  • Ellen Berg
  • Supreme Boi
Slow Rabbit3:06
2."Crown" (어느 날 머리에서 뿔이 자랐다; Eoneu nal meorieseo ppuri jaratda; 'One day, a horn grew from my head')
Slow Rabbit3:51
3."Our Summer"
The Futuristics3:20
4."Cat & Dog"
  • Daniel "June Nawakii" Celestin
  • Supreme Boi
  • Darel "Bebe Da Rich" Ituta
  • June Nawakii
  • Supreme Boi[c]
3:08
5."Nap of a Star" (별의 낮잠; Byeorui natjam; 'Nap of a star')
  • Lel
  • "Hitman" Bang
  • Slow Rabbit
Lel4:03
Total length:17:28

Notes

Personnel

Credits adapted from NetEase Music and Tidal.

  • 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)
  • Jonatan Gusmark (Moonshine) – background vocals (track 1)
  • Ludvig Evers (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
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)59
Canadian Albums (Billboard) 100
French Digital Albums (SNEP) 11
Japanese Albums (Oricon)3
Scottish Albums (Official Charts)71
South Korean Albums (Gaon) 1
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE) 58
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)58
UK Album Downloads (Official Charts)20
US Billboard 200 140
US World Albums (Billboard) 1

Year-end charts

Chart (2019) Position
South Korea (Gaon) 26

Accolades

Year-end lists
Critic/Publication List Song Rank Ref.
Refinery29 The Best K-Pop Songs Of 2019 "Crown" 1
PopCrush Best Songs Of 2019 9
Decade-end lists
Publication Accolade Song Rank / Year Ref.
British GQ Best K-Pop songs of the decade
"Crown"
Year of 2019

Music program awards

Song Program Date Ref.
"Crown" The Show (SBS MTV) March 12, 2019
M Countdown (Mnet) March 14, 2019
Show Champion (MBC M) March 20, 2019

Certifications and sales

Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Japan — 24,796
South Korea (KMCA) Platinum 203,795
United States — 4,000

References

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