Romance: Untold is the second Korean-language studio album by South Korean boy band Enhypen, released on July 12, 2024, through Belift Lab. The album consists of eleven tracks, including the lead single "XO (Only If You Say Yes)". It reached number one in South Korea, Japan and France, and number two on the US Billboard 200. The repackage of the album, Romance: Untold -Daydream-, was released on November 11, 2024.
Background and release
Romance: Untold
On June 16, the logo teaser for Enhypen's second studio album Romance: Untold was released, with pre-orders starting the next day.[1] On June 20, two concept cinema posters for the album were posted on the group's official social media accounts, teasing the release of a short film on June 22 in collaboration with director Lee Chung-hyun.[2]Romance: Untold album was released on July 12, 2024.[3]
Romance: Untold -Daydream-
On September 25, it was reported that Enhypen would release a repackage of Romance: Untold in November.[4] The repackage, Romance: Untold -Daydream-, was announced on October 14.[5] The repackage adds two new songs, "Daydream" and "No Doubt", with the latter serving as the lead single.[6] The repackage was released on November 11.[7]
Additionally, a Japanese edition of the repackage will include Japanese-language versions of "No Doubt" and the band's previous single, "XO (Only If You Say Yes)".[6]
Tanu I. Raj of NME described the album as "largely dominated by synthpop and R&B" and felt that the "upbeat energy of 'Brought the Heat Back' is surprisingly aplenty across Romance: Untold, in contrast to the gloomy vibes of the album's teasers". Raj found the chorus of "Royalty" to be "annoying" and "Paranormal" an "awkward addition" for its drum 'n' bass style.
Commercial performance
The lead single "XO" (Only If You Say Yes) became their third song to debut on the Billboard Global 200 chart at number 84. In the Philippines, the song debuted at number nineteen on the Philippines Billboard Hot 100, it was their first song to enter the chart. It also debuted on the top forty in Japan Hot 100 at number 34. And it debuted at number 90 in Korea Circle chart, and was ranked at number two on the Show Champion show chart
Second single "Brought The Heat Back" debuted at 170 on the Korea Circle chart, and it debuted at number eight on the Billboard World Digital Songs Sales chart. It was ranked at number three on the Show Champion show chart.
"No Doubt" debuted at number 55 in Korea Circle songs chart, it was their highest charting single in the country. In Japan it debuted at number 24 on the Japan Hot 100 chart.
Romance: Untold garnered pre-orders of over 2.2 million and has sold more than 1.8 million copies worldwide on its first day of release,[9] It debuted at number one on the South Korean Circle Album Chart with over two million copies sold of its three versions in its first week of availability, it was certified two times Platinum in Korean with more than 2.5 million copies sold.[10] It reached number one on both Japan's Oricon Albums Chart and Billboard Hot Albums chart in its second week.[11][12] The album debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200 with 117,000 pure album sales with 9.53 million streams, making it their highest-charting album in the country.[13] It was their longest charting album on the Billboard 200 climbing up to 149 on its twelfth week on the chart.[14][unreliable source?]
^Lee, Soo-jin. [단독] 엔하이픈, 11월 리패키지 앨범 발매… 글로벌 대세 입지 다진다 [[Exclusive] Enhyphen releases a repackaged album in November... Strengthening its global trend position] (in Korean). ISPlus. Retrieved November 3, 2024 – via Naver.
^Kim Sang-hyeop (July 20, 2024). 엔하이픈, 컴백 후 뮤직뱅크서 1위…"팬들 덕분" [Enhypen, 1st Place on Music Bank after Comeback..."Thanks to the Fans"] (in Korean). KBS Entertainment. Retrieved July 25, 2024 – via Naver.
