![]() ![]() HUENINGKAI: Continuing to put in our efforts for various aspects of the album-making process has definitely improved our capabilities as artists. I think we’ve definitely become much better at recording the songs. TAEHYUN: It’s no doubt we’d do better with our debut album if we were to record and perform them again today, but as raw as it is, I think our debut album has good memories of its own. YEONJUN: I think that we’ve noticeably expanded our musical spectrum for the past two years, even with regards to creative participation like songwriting.īEOMGYU: With our first album, I think we were all more heavily focused on doing our best with what was given to us, but with each new project, I truly feel that we’re making our mark and having greater input into all aspects of our music production. I want to continue on our track of growth because there’s still plenty we want to share with the world. SOOBIN: It’s been two years, but it feels almost fresh, and I can still feel the pure effort we all put into our debut album. How do you feel when you look back on your first album? How do you think you’ve evolved as musicians since that time? You recently celebrated two years since your debut, and with every album you release, it seems you’re participating more and more in the songwriting and producing. Over email, BuzzFeed News spoke with Soobin, Yeonjun, Beomgyu, Taehyun, and Hueningkai about their musical evolution and how they stay true to the story of TXT. 5 on the Billboard 200 chart - the group's highest placement yet. "Continuing our story through the new chapter has been a big opportunity of growth for us for many reasons - one being the variety of sounds we were able to work with for this new album," says Hueningkai, who earned his first-ever coproducer credit for "Dear Sputnik." And, it turns out, their audience has grown too: Two weeks after its release, FREEZE reached No. ![]() "I think these connections to our previous works came about naturally."Īs always, the expansion of TXT's musical world comes hand in hand with the artistic growth of its members, all five of whom wrote lyrics for FREEZE. ![]() "Our music tells our story and follows our journey as we grow," Soobin adds. The album's tracklist takes inspiration from some of the group's older works: "New Rules" from their first full album becomes, in an ever-changing world, "No Rules" "What If I Had Been That Puma" explores a contrasting approach to a track from 2020's ETERNITY "Magic," explains Soobin, references "the emotion we feel when we are together" that was integral to the Dream Chapter series. It's an intricately crafted self-referential web of lyrics, melodies, and choreography that only grows more detailed the deeper you dive, and FREEZE is no exception. "So reflecting the current state of the world was a natural choice."Īs is life, the story told by TXT's discography is sprawling in its scope, constantly exploring new perspectives thematically and pushing the boundaries of genre. "We’ve always told our own stories through our music since our debut," 19-year-old Taehyun tells BuzzFeed News. Continuing in the footsteps of TXT's last EP, minisode1: Blue Hour and their Dream Chapter series before that, the music on FREEZE is both personal to the members' own experiences and universally relatable for their fans, many of whom are, too, growing up surrounded by chaos. It's a fitting opener for a series of songs exploring the complexities of coming of age in a world that has continued, for the last year and a bit, at least, to descend only deeper into pandemic-induced disarray. "I don't believe anymore in being romantic," sings Tomorrow X Together's youngest member, Hueningkai, on "Anti-Romantic," the first track of the group's second full studio album, The Chaos Chapter: FREEZE. ![]()
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