K-pop boy band ENHYPEN made their comeback with the release of their repackaged second studio album “Romance : Untold -daydream-.”
Expanding upon themes from their second studio album released in July, the repackaged version, “Romance : Untold -daydream-,” draws listeners into a vivid vision of a romantic and yet oddly spectral daydream.
The track list consists of two new tracks—the lead single “No Doubt” and “Daydream”—and the 10 tracks from the original studio album.
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In the new album, ENHYPEN members express a range of perplexing emotions associated with love in this daydream, in which one growingly becomes certain of their feelings of love in the long hours of the day spent without the other.
“The new album features a greater depth of emotions and a wider range of musical expression across the music, the music video, and the choreography. It’s going to be an album that closes out the big year we had, filled with everything we have,” said ENHYPEN.
“Daydream” is an urban hip-hop track that sings the heart of a boy who, in the absence of their lover, is pulled into a nightmare of one’s own imaginations and loneliness, but paradoxically falls even deeper in love.
What follows is the danceable synth-pop track and lead single “No Doubt,” in which the boy becomes unequivocally sure about their love for the other, even when circumstances do not allow them to spend every second together.
The music video likens the confounding emotions of being in love to the experiences of an office worker with a capacity for delusion. Bound by restrictions of an otherworldly office setting and haunted by their own imagination, the ENHYPEN members venture through the lovesick hours of not being able to see “you” in the cinematic video.
Since their debut, ENHYPEN have solidified their identity by introducing unique concepts–such as surreal, dreamy, and youthful vibes–to express their album narratives. Following the previous chapters of ‘BORDER,’ ‘DIMENSION,’ ‘MANIFESTO,’ and ‘BLOOD,’ ROMANCE : UNTOLD, the first iteration of the ‘ROMANCE’ series released in July unraveled the story of seven boys who vow to protect their love at all costs.
“Romance : Untold,” following its release in July, hit No. 2 on the Billboard 200, earning the group their first top three entry on the chart.
Album sales for the release surpassed their previous record by 30,000 units, set with their previous mini-album “Orange Blood,” released in November 2023.
“Romance : Untold” sold more than 2.3 million copies worldwide in its first week, with 1.8 million copies sold on the first day alone.