The Dream Chapter: Star

The Dream Chapter: Star (stylized The Dream Chapter: STAR) is the debut extended play by South Korean boy band TXT, released by Big Hit Entertainment and Republic Records, and distributed by iriver Inc on March 4, 2019, in both digital and physical versions.[1]

The Dream Chapter: Star
EP by
TXT
ReleasedMarch 4, 2019 (2019-03-04)
Genre
Length17:28
Language
  • Korean
  • English
Label
Producer
TXT 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: April 25, 2019
  3. "Nap of a Star"
    Released: June 5, 2019

Background

TXT was first announced in January through a series of videos revealing the members one by one.[2] On February 22, the tracklist for the debut album was released.[3] On March 4, TXT 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 10-hour notice from Big Hit Entertainment's official Twitter account. Without any prior announcement, on June 5 a music video for the third single "Nap of a star" was released on Big Hit's YouTube channel.

Track listing

Credits adapted from Tidal.[4]

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Blue Orangeade"
  • Slow Rabbit
  • Moonshine
  • Cazzi Opeia
  • Ellen Berg
  • Supreme Boi
Slow Rabbit3:06
2."Crown" (어느 날 머리에서 뿔이 자랐다; Eoneu nal meorieseo ppuri jaratda [lit. "One Day Antlers 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
  • Daniel "JUNE NAWAKII" Celestin
  • Supreme Boi[a]
3:08
5."Nap of a Star" (별의 낮잠; Byeorui natjam [[ <abbr title="literally">lit.</abbr> "Stellar Nap"]])
  • LEL
  • "hitman" bang
  • Slow Rabbit
LEL4:03
Total length:17:28

Notes

  • ^[a] denotes an additional producer

Charts

Weekly charts
Chart (2019) Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[5] 98
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[6] 100
French Digital Albums (SNEP)[7] 11
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[8] 3
Scottish Albums (OCC)[9] 71
South Korean Albums (Gaon)[10] 1
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[11] 58
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[12] 58
UK Digital Albums (OCC)[13] 20
US Billboard 200[14] 140
US World Albums (Billboard)[14] 1

Year-end charts
Chart (2019) Position
South Korea (Gaon) [15] 26

Accolades
Year-end lists
Critic/Publication List Song Rank Ref.
Refinery29 The Best K-Pop Songs Of 2019 "Crown" 1 [16]
PopCrush Best Songs Of 2019 9 [17]
KultScene 50 Best K-pop Songs of 2019 7 [18]
Decade-end lists
Publication Accolade Song Rank / Year Ref.
British GQ Best K-Pop songs of the decade
"Crown"
Year of 2019
[19]

Music program awards
Song Program Date Ref.
"Crown" The Show (SBS MTV) March 12, 2019 [20]
M Countdown (Mnet) March 14, 2019 [21]
Show Champion (MBC) March 20, 2019 [22]

Sales
Chart Sales
Japan[23] 24,796
South Korea[24] 203,795
United States(Nielsen Music)[25] 4,000

References
  1. "TOMORROW X TOGETHER Announces First Album 'The Dream Chapter: STAR'". Billboard. Retrieved 2019-02-27.
  2. "Everything We Know About Big Hit Entertainment's TXT So Far". Billboard. Retrieved 2019-02-21.
  3. "TXT finally unveils track list for debut album The Dream Chapter: STAR". Metro.co.uk. 2019-02-21. Retrieved 2019-02-27.
  4. "The Dream Chapter: STAR by TOMORROW X TOGETHER". Tidal. Retrieved May 2, 2020.
  5. "Ultratop.be – Tomorrow X Together – The Dream Chapter: Star" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved March 9, 2019.
  6. "Chart Search: Tomorrow X Together". Billboard. Retrieved March 12, 2019.
  7. "The Dream Chapter: Star". March 8, 2019. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
  8. "Oricon Top 50 Albums: 2019-03-18" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
  9. "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved March 9, 2019.
  10. "Gaon Album Chart – Week 10, 2019". Gaon Chart (in Korean). Retrieved March 14, 2019.
  11. "Top 100 Albumes – Semana 18: del 26.4.2019 al 2.5.2019" (in Spanish). Productores de Música de España. Retrieved May 8, 2019.
  12. "Swisscharts.com – Tomorrow X Together – The Dream Chapter: Star". Hung Medien. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
  13. "Official Album Downloads Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved March 11, 2019.
  14. "Tomorrow X Together Debuts at No. 1 on Emerging Artists, World Albums & World Digital Song Sales Charts". billboard. Retrieved March 12, 2019.
  15. "2019년 Album Chart". Gaon. Retrieved January 10, 2020.
  16. Morin, Natalie (December 20, 2019). "The Best K-Pop Songs Of 2019". Refinery29 . Retrieved December 27, 2019.
  17. "Best Songs Of 2019". PopCrush. December 2, 2019. Archived from the original on December 3, 2019. Retrieved December 27, 2019.
  18. "50 BEST K-POP SONGS OF 2019". KultScene. December 31, 2019. Retrieved January 4, 2020.
  19. Glasby, Taylor (December 20, 2019). "Best K-Pop songs of the decade". British GQ. Archived from the original on December 20, 2019. Retrieved December 29, 2019.
  20. Kim, Mi-lee (March 12, 2019). "'더쇼' TXT, 데뷔 첫 1위 영예 "응원해주시는 팬 분들께 감사해"[종합]" ['The Show' TXT, debut first place honor "Thank you fans for supporting" [General]]. Herald POP (in Korean). Retrieved December 27, 2019.
  21. Yoo, Eun-young (March 14, 2019). "'엠카운트다운' 투모로우바이투게더 1위...박봄·마마무 컴백 [종합]" ['M Countdown' Tomorrow by Together # 1 ... Park Bom and Mamamu Comeback]. XportsNews (in Korean). Retrieved December 27, 2019.
  22. Kim, Mi-lee (March 20, 2019). "'쇼챔피언' 투모로우바이투게더, 1위 3관왕…박봄·마마무 컴백 [종합]" ['Show Champion' Tomorrow by Together, 1st place crown winner Park Bom ・ Mamamu Comeback [General]]. XportsNews (in Korean). Retrieved December 27, 2019.
  23. 週間 CDアルバムランキング 2019年03月18日付 [Weekly CD Album Ranking on March 18, 2019]. Oricon News (in Japanese). Retrieved September 6, 2019.
  24. "2019년 Album Chart". Gaon. Retrieved January 10, 2020.
  25. "Tomorrow X Together Debuts at No. 1 on Emerging Artists, World Albums & World Digital Song Sales Charts". billboard. Retrieved March 12, 2019.
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