The Clan Pt. 2.5: The Final Chapter
The Clan Pt. 2.5: The Final Chapter is the debut studio album and the final part of The Clan series by the South Korean boy group Monsta X. It was released by Starship Entertainment and distributed by LOEN Entertainment on March 21, 2017. It also includes ten songs, with the title track "Beautiful". On the same year, the album was re-released under the title Shine Forever on June 19, with two additional tracks, including the title track of the same name.
Background and release
On March 5, it was confirmed that the group will release their first full album and the third part of The Clan series titled The Clan Pt. 2.5: The Final Chapter, after releasing the first two parts of The Clan series and both extended plays; The Clan Pt. 1 Lost in May 2016 and The Clan Pt. 2 Guilty in October 2016.On March 21, the title track "Beautiful" was released along with the full album. The music video for the title track was also released on Starship's and 1theK's official YouTube channels on the same day.
On June 5, Monsta X announced they would release a repackage of the album through their social media. The repackage included two additional tracks, the lead single "Shine Forever" and the song "Gravity". The repackage was released on June 19, along with a music video for the title track "Shine Forever".
The initial physical album was released in three versions; Beautiful, Brilliant, and Beside, while its repackaged was released in two versions; Shine Forever and Complete X-Clan.
Composition
The album continues the concepts of The Clan series, and in this album it is meant to protect the innocence of youth, and with the repackage album to shine brightly as a ray of hope. The first single, "Beautiful", is a trap and dubstep focused song, meant to express the love that is difficult to deny. "Shine Forever" is a dance song that combines future bass and hip-hop elements, to express the moving towards the light and in the end growing stronger.Critical reception
"Beautiful" was described as advancing Monsta X's "signature sound of hip-hop mixed with EDM elements", with particular note of the "powerful rap" with "flawless vocals, especially lead vocalist Kihyun".Commercial performance
As of 2021, the album had sold over 150,000 units, while in 2022, the repackage album had sold over 80,000 units in South Korea."Beautiful" and "Shine Forever" both debuted at number four on the Billboard World Digital Song Sales chart, alongside "Gravity" at number seven, upon their release, while "Ready or Not" debuted on the chart four years later at number nineteen in 2021.
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| Chart | Peak position |
| US World Digital Song Sales | 4 |
| Chart | Peak position |
| US World Digital Song Sales | 4 |
| Chart | Peak position |
| US World Digital Song Sales | 7 |
| Chart | Peak position |
| US World Digital Song Sales | 19 |