Phantom (EP)

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Phantom
Phantom digital cover.jpg
Digital album cover
EP by
WayV
ReleasedDecember 28, 2022 (2022-12-28)
Genre
Length28:44
Language
  • Mandarin
  • English
Label
Producer
WayV chronology
Kick Back
(2021)		Phantom
(2022)		 On My Youth
(2023)
NCT chronology
Candy
(2022)		Phantom
(2022)		 Perfume
(2023)
DateCityCountryVenueRef.
February 11, 2023 (Day) Seoul South Korea Kyunghee University Peace Hall
Beyond Live [lower-alpha 1] 		[25]
February 11, 2023 (Night)
March 26, 2023 Manila Philippines Araneta Coliseum [27]
April 1, 2023 Bangkok Thailand Thunder Dome [28]
April 2, 2023
April 29, 2023 Jakarta Indonesia Indonesia Convention Exhibition [29]
May 6, 2023 Yokohama [lower-alpha 2] Japan Pia Arena MM [31]
May 7, 2023
May 27, 2023 Hong Kong China KITEC Star Hall [32]
June 2, 2023Singapore The Star Theatre [33]
June 8, 2023LondonUnited Kingdom Eventim Apollo [34]
June 11, 2023ParisFrance La Seine Musicale
August 12, 2023 Macau ChinaBroadway Theater [30]
August 13, 2023

Commercial performance

Upon its release, Phantom continued WayV's success on South Korean Circle Chart by sitting at number one on the chart for the second time in a row [35] and ranked at number fourteen on the monthly chart with 99,019 copies sold. [36] The album also debuted at number four on Oricon's physical album chart with 9,337 copies sold [37] and number five on Billboard Japan Hot Albums. [38]

Track listing

Phantom track listing
No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."Phantom"Pan Yanting
Choi3:47
2."Diamonds Only" Lin Xinye
  • Mike Daley
  • Mitchell Owens
  • Tiyon "TC" Mack
  • Deez  [ ko ]
  • Daley
  • Owens
3:29
3."Good Life" Zhou Weijie
Connor McDonough3:13
4."Broken Love" (Chinese :时间拼图; pinyin :Shíjiān Pīntú; lit.'Time Jigsaw Puzzle')Pan
  • David Simon
  • Alyssa Ayaka Ichinose
  • ron
  • Ichinose
  • minGtion
4:04
5."Bounce Back"Pan
3:38
6."Try My Luck"Zhou
  • Daley
  • Owens
  • Michael "TruPopGod" Jiminez
  • Mckinnon
  • Daley
  • Owens
3:21
7."Back to You" (Chinese :这时烟火; pinyin :Zhèshí Yānhuǒ; lit.'This Moment's Fireworks') (Bonus track; sung by Kun and Xiaojun) Xiaohan Jin Min-ho
  • Jin
  • Lee Jong-han
4:12
8."Low Low" (Bonus track; sung by Ten and Yangyang)
  • Jhun
  • Sorana
  • Carney
  • Wilson
  • Jhun
  • Wilson
2:57
Total length:28:44

Charts

Notes

  1. ↑ Night only.
  2. ↑ Under title WayV Japan Event 2023 "The First Vision" [30]

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