Youth (Doyoung album) explained

Youth
Type:studio
Artist:Doyoung
Cover:Youth (Doyoung album).jpg
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Youth is the debut studio album by South Korean singer Doyoung. It was released on April 22, 2024 by SM Entertainment through Kakao Entertainment, and contained ten tracks. The album marked Doyoung as the third NCT member to make an official solo debut.

Background and release

Doyoung debuted as a member of NCT since 2016, where he participated three of its sub-unit; NCT U, NCT 127, and NCT DoJaeJung. On March 11, 2024, news report that Doyoung will make his debut as a solo artist in April.[2] Later, on April 4, SM announced that Doyoung will make his official debut as a solo artist with his first studio album, Youth, which will contain 10 tracks, on April 22, 2024.[3] On April 5, an intro film, featured the album opener and Doyoung's self-composed track "Beginning", was released.[4] Later on the same day, it was reported that Doyoung's labelmate Taeyeon will be featured on the album.[5]

On April 8, 2024, the tracklist of the album was released, which saw several collaborators such as Doyoung's bandmate Mark, labelmate Kangta, and Kenzie, and also reveal the lead single off the album "Little Light".[6]

Conception

According to the album announcement, SM revealed that Youth is an album that contains various emotions (foam) that arise in the "waves of youth", with the story of the precious moments that allowed one to sing most honestly as a youth was told without any embellishment through Doyoung's voice.[7]

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.[8]

Studio

Personnel

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2024)! scope="col"
Peak
position
Japanese Combined Albums (Oricon)[9] 9
Japanese Hot Albums (Billboard Japan)[10] 5
South Korean Albums (Circle)[11] 3

Monthly charts

Chart (2024)! scope="col"
Position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[12] 20
South Korean Albums (Circle)[13] 10

Release history

Region! scope="col"
DateFormatLabel
VariousApril 22, 2024

Notes and References

  1. Web site: NCT’s Doyoung on ‘Youth’: “I made a conscious effort to really show who I am”. Webster. Abby. April 30, 2024. NME. en. May 21, 2024.
  2. Web site: [단독]NCT 도영, 4월 솔로 데뷔…올해도 열일 '질주']. Jung. Bish. March 11, 2024. Sport Chosun. ko. Naver. March 11, 2024.
  3. Web site: NCT 도영, 4월 22일 솔로 데뷔…'청춘의 포말'로 새 페이지 쓴다. Lee. Mi-young. April 4, 2024. Joy News 24. ko. April 4, 2024.
  4. Web site: NCT 메인보컬 아닌 '아티스트 도영'의 시작 알리는 서곡 '새봄의 노래'. Noh. Yi-seul. April 5, 2024. Sport W. ko. April 5, 2024.
  5. Web site: [단독]태연, NCT 도영 솔로 데뷔 지원사격..피처링 참여]. Park. Seo-hyun. April 5, 2024. Herald Pop. ko. Naver. April 5, 2024.
  6. Web site: NCT 도영, 단독 작사·작곡 '새봄의 노래'. Park. Kyul. April 8, 2024. Newsis. ko. Naver. April 8, 2024.
  7. Web site: NCT 도영, 22일 솔로 데뷔…팀 내 세 번째. Chu. Seung-hyun. April 4, 2024. Newsis. ko. Naver. April 4, 2024.
  8. Youth. Doyoung. 2024. photobook. Credits. South Korea. SM Entertainment, Kakao Entertainment.
  9. Web site: Oricon Top 50 Combined Albums: 2024-06-03 . . May 30, 2024 . ja . https://web.archive.org/web/20240530042129/https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/coa/w/2024-06-03/ . May 30, 2024.
  10. Web site: Billboard Japan Hot Albums – Week of May 29, 2024. Billboard Japan. ja. May 29, 2024.
  11. Web site: Circle Album Chart – Week 17, 2024. Circle Chart. ko. May 2, 2024.
  12. Web site: Oricon Top 50 Albums: 2024-05 . . June 12, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240612053749/https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ja/m/2024-05/p/2/ . June 12, 2024 . ja.
  13. Web site: Circle Album Chart – 2024.04 Month. Circle Chart. ko. May 9, 2024.

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