Chaotic Wonderland


Chaotic Wonderland is the first Japanese-language extended play by South Korean boy band Tomorrow X Together. It was released by Big Hit Music and Universal Music Japan on November 10, 2021. Thematically, it follows their previous album The Chaos Chapter: Freeze, released in May 2021. The EP contains two Japanese versions of previous Korean releases, their first English single "Magic", and an original Japanese song "Ito".

Background

Tomorrow X Togetger began 2021 by releasing their first Japanese studio album Still Dreaming on January 20, marking an end to The Dream Chapter series. Later, in May 2021 they began The Chaos Chapter with the release of their second Korean studio album named The Chaos Chapter: Freeze and its repackage album The Chaos Chapter: Fight or Escape on May 31 and August 17 respectively. On September 6, 2021, Big Hit Music announced that the band would be releasing their first Japanese extended play on November 10, 2021. Originally, the Japanese featuring artist for "0x1=Lovesong" was undisclosed. Beginning October 22, Universal Music Japan teased the reveal with a set of clues via Twitter. The artist was revealed five days later as Ikuta Lilas, also known as Ikura, the main vocalist for Japanese musical duo Yoasobi.
On September 20, the also-undisclosed Japanese original song was revealed to be "Ito", written by Japanese pop-rap male vocal quartet Greeeen. The song revolves around the themes of attachment, like two people who are each one half of a thread meeting to make one thread. It comes from the feelings you get from forming a deep relationship with someone. Ito is also featured as the opening theme for the TV Tokyo's television drama, Spiral Labyrinth – DNA Forensic Investigation which began airing on October 15, 2021.

Release and promotion

In September, it was announced that Tomorrow X Together would appear in the December 2021 edition of Numéro Tokyo, slated for release on October 28. On October 26, two days prior to the release, the front covers were revealed with a snippet about their interview. The band also appeared on the front cover of "ar"'s December 2021 issue, released on November 12. This was the first time that a male overseas artist was featured on the front cover.
On November 3, 2021, following the TV-sized release for Spiral Labyrinth, "Ito" was pre-released as a digital single available on streaming platforms worldwide.

Track listing

Notes signifies an additional vocal producer.

Personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal and the liner notes of Chaotic Wonderland.

Musicians

  • Tomorrow X Together – primary artist
  • * Soobin – songwriting, backing vocals
  • * Yeonjun – backing vocals, songwriting
  • * Beomgyu – songwriting
  • * Taehyun – backing vocals, songwriting
  • * Hueningkai – backing vocals, songwriting
  • Lilas Ikuta – featured artist
  • Revin – songwriting, gang vocals
  • Slow Rabbit – songwriting
  • RM – songwriting
  • Derek "Mod Sun" Smith – songwriting, backing vocals
  • Andrew Migliore – songwriting
  • Melanie Joy Fontana – songwriting, backing vocals
  • "Hitman" Bang – songwriting
  • Danke – songwriting
  • Will Smiths – songwriting
  • Gabriel Brandes – songwriting, backing vocals
  • Matt Thomson – songwriting
  • Max Lynedoch Graham – songwriting
  • No Love For The Middle Child – backing vocals
  • Soma Genda – backing vocals
  • Kanata Okajima – Japanese lyrics
  • Greeeen – songwriting
  • William Segerdahl – backing vocals
  • Matt Thomson – songwriting
  • Max Lynedoch Graham – songwriting
  • Alex Karlsson – songwriting
  • Big Hit Music – songwriting
  • James F Reynolds – songwriting
  • Vendors – backing vocals
  • Hiromi – Japanese lyrics
  • Olly Murs – songwriting
  • Sarah Blanchard – songwriting
  • Richard Boardman – songwriting
  • Pablo Bowman – songwriting, backing vocals
  • Anders Froen – songwriting
  • Aaron Hibell – songwriting
  • Jenna Andrews – backing vocals
  • Stephen Kirk – backing vocals

Instrumentation

Production

  • Slow Rabbit – production, vocal arrangement
  • Alysa – production
  • Soma Genda – vocal arrangement
  • Arcades – production
  • Revin – vocal arrangement
  • El Capitxn – vocal arrangement
  • The Six – production
  • Aaron Hibell – production
  • Jenna Andrews – vocal production
  • Rob Grimaldi – vocal production
  • Stephen Kirk – vocal production

Technical

  • Slow Rabbit – digital editing, engineering
  • Hiroya Takayama – digital editing, engineering
  • Aaron Sterling – engineering
  • J.C. Powys – engineering assistance
  • Young – engineering
  • Michel “Lindgren” Schulz – engineering
  • Adam Hawkins – mixing (recorded music)|mixing]
  • Chris Gehringer – mastering
  • Soma Genda – engineering, digital editing
  • Jeon Bu Yeon – engineering
  • D.O.I – mixing
  • Revin – digital editing
  • Son Yujeong – engineering
  • El Capitxn – engineering
  • Kim Hyun Soo – engineering
  • Alex Karlsson – engineering
  • Gabriel Brandes – engineering
  • Yang Ga – mixing
  • John Hanes – mixing