Minisode 2: Thursday's Child

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Minisode 2: Thursday's Child
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EP by
Tomorrow X Together
ReleasedMay 9, 2022
Genre
Length15:06
LanguageKorean
Label
Producer
  • Slow Rabbit
  • Sam Klempner
  • Brian Phillips
  • AObeats
  • Jason Hahns
  • El Capitxn
  • Beomgyu
  • Revin
Tomorrow X Together chronology
Chaotic Wonderland
(2021)		Minisode 2: Thursday's Child
(2022)		 The Name Chapter: Temptation
(2023)
Singles from Minisode 2: Thursday's Child
  1. "Good Boy Gone Bad"
    Released: May 9, 2022
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Minisode 2: Thursday's Child is the fourth Korean-language extended play (EP) (fifth overall) by South Korean boy band Tomorrow X Together. It was released on May 9, 2022, through Big Hit Music and Republic Records. Centered on an "intense" and "dark" concept, the EP consists of five tracks, including the lead single "Good Boy Gone Bad". [3] [4] [5]

Contents

Background

The band's modified logo used for promotional activities TXT Thursday's Child Logo.jpeg
The band's modified logo used for promotional activities

On April 6, 2022, Big Hit Music announced that Tomorrow X Together would make a comeback in early May. [6]

Critical reception

NME in the review called Thursday’s Child, "another leap forward for TXT," displaying "continued inventiveness and improvement," and adding yet more creative credits to their resumes. They also noted that the EP captures the band's "journey of romantic grief," from the stormy "Opening Sequence" to the anger in "Good Boy Gone Bad". [7]

Thursday’s Child was named the eighth-best K-pop album of 2022 by Billboard, sharing how the group "cover a lot of stylistic ground in just 15 minutes on 'Minisode 2: Thursday’s Child'" while mentioning "Good Boy Gone Bad," "Thursday's Child Has Far to Go" and "Trust Fund Baby" as standouts. [8]

Commercial performance

On April 20, 2022, the pre-orders for Minisode 2: Thursday's Child surpassed 810,000 copies, six days after the announcement, exceeding the band's previous career high of 520,000 pre-orders for The Chaos Chapter: Freeze . [9] The EP surpassed 1.44 million pre-orders on the day of release [10] and sold 910,000 copies on its first day after release. [11]

Track listing

Minisode 2: Thursday's Child track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Opening Sequence"
Klempner2:58
2."Good Boy Gone Bad"
Slow Rabbit3:12
3."Trust Fund Baby"
  • Cate Downey
  • Big Hit Music
  • Slow Rabbit
  • Danke
  • Brian Phillips
  • Taehyun
  • Yi
  • Yeonjun
  • Hwang Yu-bin
  • Kim In-hyung
  • Phillips
  • Slow Rabbit
2:36
4."Lonely Boy" (네 번째 손가락 위타투;Ne Bonjjae Songarak Witatu;lit. The tattoo on my ring finger) (sung by Yeonjun and Huening Kai)
  • Jason Hahns
  • Andrew Okamura
  • Yeonjun
  • El Capitxn
  • Huening Kai
  • AObeats
  • Hahns
  • El Capitxn
2:49
5."Thursday's Child Has Far to Go" (sung by Soobin, Beomgyu, and Taehyun)
  • Beomgyu
  • Slow Rabbit
  • Revin
3:31
Total length:15:16

Charts

Certifications

Certifications for Minisode 2: Thursday's Child
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Japan (RIAJ) [38] Gold179,421 [39]
South Korea (KMCA) [40] Million1,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Release formats for Minisode 2: Thursday's Child
RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
VariousMay 9, 2022 [41]
Republic [42] [43]

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