TOMORROW X TOGETHER unveiled the tracklist and concept photos for their upcoming eighth mini album, 7TH YEAR: A Moment of Stillness in the Thorns on Monday morning (April 6). With thorns playing a key role in the visual language of the group’s six-track mini LP, the photos were shared on the K-pop bands’ social feeds, which showed off different color-coded versions of the upcoming release in pink, purple, green and yellow.
The lead single, “Stick With You,” will be previewed with a video teaser on April 11, with both the mini-album and video for the track due out on April 13. “Stick With You” is described in a press release as an “electro pop track built around an addictive, high-impact chorus, featuring a vintage 909 drum sound infused with elements of techno punk. Portraying the inability to let go of a partner who is preparing for a breakup, the track captures the desperation of holding onto the drifting relationship for ‘just one more day.’”
It continues, “that yearning parallels the group’s own determination to hold onto their dreams and continue moving forward. Rather than marking a conclusion, the song signals a renewed starting point as they enter their seventh year together.”
Album opener “Bed of Thorns” was inspired by the idiom, “you’ve made your bed, now lie in it,” with a message focused on “fully embracing the consequences of one’s choices.” It will be featured alongside third track, “Take Me to Nirvana” (feat. Vinida Weng), which “captures the rush of liberation” that follows letting go of uncertainty.
Other songs include “So What” “21st Century Romance” and “Dream of Mine,” which closes things out with a note of “anticipation, embracing tomorrow as the future remains unknown.”
The group — featuring members SOOBIN, YEONJUN, BEOMGYU, TAEHYUN, and HUENINGKAI — began teasing out the imagery and vibe of the EP last month with a concept trailer featuring a figure in a spiky all-black leather suit with spine-covered mask walking through a city in a lonely haze alongside the caption, “From where does anxiety arise, and how may this pain be stilled?” The striking visual was accompanied by photos of four concepts: “THORN,” “HUNGER,” “TENSION” AND “ANXIETY,” each representing different emotional states tied to the EP’s central metaphor.
“The monochrome visuals of the ‘THORN’ concept evoke a sense of rebirth, where the absence of color marks the threshold of a new beginning,” the release continues. “The ‘HUNGER’ concept explores the void left after a turbulent emotional storm, contrasting the members’ serene expressions in pajamas against a thorn-covered debris. In the ‘TENSION’ concept, the thorns in the wallpaper seem to loom over the members like an ominous shadow, capturing a moment of restless stillness, while ‘ANXIETY’ shows the group in a surreal forest, signifying a profound acceptance of the unknown and a quiet readiness for what lies ahead.”
7TH YEAR: A Moment of Stillness in the Thorns is the follow-up to last summer’s fourth full-length studio album, The Star Chapter: TOGETHER, which debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 album chart.
TOMORROW X TOGETHER will headline KCON LA 2026 on Aug. 16 with an hourlong solo set.
Check out the concept photos and album packages below.
