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Romance: Untold (2024)

Where the lyrics of Romance: Untold take you, and where it was really made.

An album that sold more than 1.8 million copies on its first day still peaked at number two on the US Billboard 200.

Key places

Recording place: Carrot Express, Seoul (2024)

Recording site Big Hit Studios, Seoul — The source lists Carrot Express in Seoul as the recording place of this album. The pin sits at city-centre level, so the exact building is not shown. Google Maps · Apple Maps

How to get there: Private company studio, not open to visitors.

Album story

Overview

• Romance: Untold: second Korean-language and third studio album by Enhypen
• Released 12 July 2024 through Belift Lab
• Nine tracks, with the lead single "XO (Only If You Say Yes)"
• Reached number one in South Korea, Japan and France
• Number two on the US Billboard 200
• Reissued as Romance: Untold -Daydream- in November 2024 (별도 판, 이 항목에서 제외)

Background

• Logo teaser released 16 June 2024, with pre-orders starting the next day
• 20 June: two concept cinema posters posted on the group's official social media accounts
• The posters teased a short film released on 22 June in collaboration with director Lee Chung-hyun
• Marketing ran through teasers and a short film before the album release

Recording

• The source lists Carrot Express in Seoul as the recording location of this album
• The map point is placed at city-centre level, so the exact building is not shown

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Formation

• Enhypen is a South Korean boy band under Belift Lab, a joint venture of CJ ENM and Hybe Corporation (co-founded March 2019).
• The group was formed through Mnet's 2020 survival competition show I-Land, which aired June 26 to September 18, 2020.
• The name derives from the hyphen symbol, representing "Connection, Discovery, & Growth".
• Debut: November 30, 2020, with the EP Border: Day One.

Members

• Current members: Jay, Jake, Sunghoon, Sunoo, Jungwon, and Ni-Ki.
• Heeseung, originally a seven-piece member, left the group in March 2026; the label said he would not return.

Career

• Border: Day One became the highest-selling album by a K-pop group that debuted in 2020.
• Dimension: Dilemma (2021) was their first album to sell over one million copies and debuted at number 11 on the Billboard 200.
• Manifesto: Day 1 (2022) made them the fastest K-pop group to reach two million-selling albums.
• Dark Blood (2023) became their first top-five entry on the US Billboard 200.
• The Sin: Bliss (2026) became their first number-one album on the Billboard 200.
• Known for a vampire-inspired concept blending dark fantasy and Greek mythology; their music has shifted across rock, retro pop, hip-hop, and Brazilian funk.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• NME: Tanu I. Raj described the album as "largely dominated by synthpop and R&B"
• Raj noted that the upbeat energy of "Brought the Heat Back" runs across the album, unlike the gloomy vibes of the teasers
• Raj found the chorus of "Royalty" annoying
• Raj called "Paranormal" an awkward addition because of its drum 'n' bass style

Records

• Debuted at number one on the South Korean Circle Album Chart, with over two million copies of its three versions sold in the first week
• Pre-orders exceeded 2.2 million; over 1.8 million copies sold worldwide on the first day of release
• Certified two times Platinum in Korea, with more than 2.5 million copies sold
• Reached number one on Japan's Oricon Albums Chart and the Billboard Hot Albums chart in its second week
• Debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200 with 117,000 pure album sales and 9.53 million streams, the group's highest-charting album in the country
• Its longest run on the Billboard 200: climbed to 149 in its twelfth week and spent 19 weeks in total on the chart
• Best-selling K-pop album of 2024 and the second best-selling album worldwide
• Lead single "XO" (Only If You Say Yes) debuted at number 84 on the Billboard Global 200, the group's third song to debut there

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• The lead single "XO" (Only If You Say Yes) debuted at number 19 on the Philippines Billboard Hot 100, the first of the group's songs to enter that chart.
• "Brought the Heat Back" debuted at number eight on the Billboard World Digital Songs Sales chart.
• The album sold 117,000 pure album units in its first US Billboard 200 week, the group's best showing in the country.
• Romance: Untold was the best-selling K-pop album of 2024 and the second best-selling album worldwide.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

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