Tomorrow X Together (TXT) open minisode 2: Thursday's Child lead single âGood Boy Gone Badâ with a symbolic burial â but thereâs no mourning in sight. Instead, Soobin, Yeonjun, Beomgyu, Taehyun, and Hueningkai take on an unapologetic stance. They reintroduce themselves amid a new story of heartbreak and its cathartic aftermath. âThis broken feeling is not too bad,â Soobin sings in Korean during the pre-chorus. âI feel free now,â Beomgyu proclaims later on.
Thereâs plenty of anger in this Gen Z breakup song, Soobin tells Teen Vogue over Zoom. ââGood Boy Gone Badâ is about a boy experiencing his first breakup [from a love] that he thought was going to last forever,â he says. But anger is a bridge, a connector to a new era of life and growth. Fitting, then, that this vignette comes in the form of their second minisode, a concept they first introduced in October 2020 with minisode 1: Blue Hour. As Soobin and Taehyun explained back then, the EP served as a link between The Dream Chapter and whatever series would come next. Now, as The Chaos Chapter also comes to an end, TXT are reviving the minisode concept with yet another bridge. Where will this one lead them?When the title for minisode 2: Thursday's Child was unveiled in April, MOAs scoured for clues at full tilt. Some eagle-eyed fans noticed an Easter egg nestled in TXTâs Melon Music Awards stage from early December 2021. Interposed with fairy tale-style narrations and dynamic dance breaks, TXT performed âââ0X1=LOVESONG (I Know I Love You)â and âLO$ER=LOâĄER.â To close out the performance, the words âThursdayâs Child Has Far to Goâ appeared on the screen, teasing the title of minisode 2 and, as we would later learn, an entire song of the project. Hueningkai reveals to Teen Vogue that the album has actually been nine months in the making, and they have been slowly but surely building it up until its full bloom.
The main theme of the album is clear: heartbreak. The animation that announced the projectâs title showed the logo of The Dream Chapter series metamorphosing into minisode 2âs with the heart that formed the main motif shattering. Later, the company also revealed a detailed promotion schedule where we would learn that concepts such as âmess,â âend,â and âhateâ would play a crucial part in minisode 2. It signaled a full-on angsty era, while also cleverly playing with a social media algorithm that privileges negative content: âEND TXT,â âTXT MESS,â and âHATE TXTâ all trended on Twitter, which as many noted, tricked potential haters with album promo
