1/23/2024 0 Comments Txt debut song name![]() At first, its thumping bass and hushed vocal delivery feel akin to Billie Eilish’s ‘Bad Guy’, but TXT give it their own twist with a dreamy, gliding pre-chorus and outro that feels like you’re flying through the heavens with them. ![]() Where English-language K-pop songs often seem to default to bright, bubbly radio anthems, ‘Devil By The Window’ offers something far more interesting. ‘Tinnitus (Wanna Be A Rock)’ finds them playing with Afropop for the first time, utilising the dubby rhythms to mimic the echoing and whirring of actual tinnitus. Instead, they move forward in leaps and bounds on this EP, shrugging off the pop-punk melodrama of ‘minisode 2’ in favour of adventurous new sonic palettes while adding to their list of creative credits (all five members contributed to the lyric-writing of this EP, while Yeonjun wrote the topline for ‘Happy Fools’). TXT briefly give up on growing up in ‘The Name Chapter: Temptation’, but that doesn’t mean they stop maturing musically. “ Temptation touched my tongue / Spread the wings of desire.” “ I met the devil by the window / Traded my life,” Soobin and Yeonjun purr, as if they’re doing an impression of this seductive menace. On the English track ‘Devil By The Window’, they dive into the temptation to jump into their very own Neverland and live in suspended youth. Just as ‘minisode 2’ presented a seamless story of heartbreak, with each track representing a different stage of grief, TXT’s fifth EP features an easy-to-follow narrative arc across its whole tracklist. On ‘The Name Chapter: Temptation’, they’re going all in on the idea. ![]() Over the years, the group have flirted with the idea of not growing up in songs like ‘9 And Three Quarters (Run Away)’ and ‘Can’t We Just Leave The Monster Alive?’. There have been struggles with friends bailing (‘Ghosting’), betrayals (‘Can’t You See Me?’) and earth-shattering heartbreak (the entirety of their last EP, ‘minisode 2: Thursday’s Child’). In TXT’s world, not everything has been plain sailing. READ MORE: Tomorrow X Together: “Our fans are always there by our side.So far, their special skill has been capturing the stories of their generation as they go on that journey, pouring relatable tales into their songs. Since their debut in 2019, Tomorrow X Together have consistently been growing, both musically and as people, each new release showing them one step further in the transformation from baby-faced teenagers to young men facing the trials of the world.
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