Members of K-pop boy band TWS, from left, Hanjin, Kyungmin, Shinyu, Dohoon, Youngjae and Jihoon pose during a press event celebrating their newest album release at YES24 Live Hall in Seoul's Gwangjin District, Monday. Courtesy of Pledis Entertainment
K-pop boy band TWS is learning to talk about love. The six-member act under HYBE subsidiary Pledis Entertainment returned Monday with its fifth mini album, "NO TRAGEDY," its most emotionally direct work to date.
The six-member group — Shinyu, Dohoon, Youngjae, Hanjin, Jihoon and Kyungmin — introduced the album at a press showcase held hours ahead of its release at YES24 Live Hall in eastern Seoul's Gwangjin District, describing it as a project that captures a more self-directed approach to love.
"If we previously showed fresh, youthful energy, this time we wanted to be more honest, more bold, expressing feelings more directly," Youngjae said.
Since debuting in January 2024, TWS built its identity on its members' bright, boyish charms. "NO TRAGEDY" doesn't abandon that, but it complicates it.
K-pop boy group TWS / Courtesy of Pledis Entertainment
The album's lead single, "You, You," is where that conviction lands most clearly. A house-driven confessional layered with R&B textures, it gives a direct declaration to a dreamlike love interest.
"It's the first time we've really talked about love in depth," Jihoon said. "We discussed what love means among ourselves, and we found a shared answer in our fans, in the way they look at us on stage. That emotion is what this song expresses."
Dohoon, who contributed to the songwriting, said he immersed himself in the feeling before putting words to it.
"I watched romance films and dramas that matched the theme and imagined different scenes while writing," he said.
Source: Korea Times News
