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]
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]
↑ 【オリコン年間ランキング2022】 アルバムランキング 1位~25位[[Oricon Annual Ranking 2022] Album ranking 1st to 25th] (in Japanese). Oricon. December 22, 2022. Archived from the original on December 22, 2022. Retrieved December 22, 2022.
↑ Yoon, Sang-geun (October 6, 2020). "투모로우바이투게더, 선주문 30만장 돌파 자체최고[공식]"[Tomorrow by Together surpasses 300,000 copies in pre-order [Official]]. Star News (in Korean). Archived from the original on October 26, 2020. Retrieved October 23, 2020– via Naver.
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