Romance: Untold
studio
ArtistEnhypen
CoverEnhypen - Romance Untold.png
ReleasedJuly 12, 2024
Studio
  • Carrot Express (Seoul)
  • HYBE (Seoul)
  • Young (Seoul)
Genre
Length25:51
LanguageKorean
Label
Producer
  • Cirkut
  • Count Baldor
  • El Capitxn
  • Heeseung
  • "Hitman" Bang
  • Jvke
  • Mike Daley
  • Nara (Vendors)
  • Nico Stadi
  • Pearl Lion
  • Slow Rabbit
  • Sweater Beats
  • Vaughn Oliver
  • Wonderkid
  • Zac Lawson
Prev year2024
Next year2025

Romance: Untold is the second Korean-language and third studio album by South Korean boy band Enhypen, released on July 12, 2024, through Belift Lab. The album consists of nine tracks, including the lead single "XO (Only If You Say Yes)". It reached number one in South Korea, Japan and France, and number two on the US Billboard 200.

The album was reissued as Romance: Untold -Daydream- on November 11, 2024. In addition to the original album, the reissue includes two new songs, including the lead single "No Doubt".

Background and release

Romance: Untold

On June 16, the logo teaser for Enhypen's second studio album, Romance: Untold, was released, with pre-orders starting the next day.[1] On June 20, two concept cinema posters for the album were posted on the group's official social media accounts, teasing the release of a short film on June 22 in collaboration with director Lee Chung-hyun.[2] Romance: Untold album was released on July 12, 2024.[3]

Romance: Untold -Daydream-

On September 25, it was reported that Enhypen would release a repackage of Romance: Untold in November.[4] The repackage, Romance: Untold -Daydream-, was announced on October 14.[5] The repackage adds two new songs, "Daydream" and "No Doubt", with the latter serving as the lead single.[6] The repackage was released on November 11.[7]

Additionally, a Japanese edition of the repackage will include Japanese-language versions of "No Doubt" and the band's previous single, "XO (Only If You Say Yes)".[6]

Critical reception

Tanu I. Raj of NME described the album as "largely dominated by synthpop and R&B" and felt that the "upbeat energy of 'Brought the Heat Back' is surprisingly aplenty across Romance: Untold, in contrast to the gloomy vibes of the album's teasers". Raj found the chorus of "Royalty" to be "annoying" and "Paranormal" an "awkward addition" for its drum 'n' bass style.

Commercial performance

The lead single "XO" (Only If You Say Yes) became their third song to debut on the Billboard Global 200 chart at number 84. In the Philippines, the song debuted at number nineteen on the Philippines Billboard Hot 100, it was their first song to enter the chart. It also debuted on the top forty in Japan Hot 100 at number 34. And it debuted at number 90 in Korea Circle chart, and was ranked at number two on the Show Champion show chart

Second single "Brought The Heat Back" debuted at 170 on the Korea Circle chart, and it debuted at number eight on the Billboard World Digital Songs Sales chart. It was ranked at number three on the Show Champion show chart.

"No Doubt" debuted at number 55 in Korea Circle songs chart, it was their highest-charting single in the country. In Japan it debuted at number 24 on the Japan Hot 100 chart.

Romance: Untold garnered pre-orders of over 2.2 million and has sold more than 1.8 million copies worldwide on its first day of release,[8] It debuted at number one on the South Korean Circle Album Chart with over two million copies sold of its three versions in its first week of availability, it was certified two times Platinum in Korean with more than 2.5 million copies sold.[9] It reached number one on both Japan's Oricon Albums Chart and Billboard Hot Albums chart in its second week.[10][11] The album debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200 with 117,000 pure album sales with 9.53 million streams, making it their highest-charting album in the country.[12] It was their longest charting album on the Billboard 200 climbing up to 149 on its twelfth week on the chart, it spent a total of nineteen weeks on the chart.[13][14] Following the release of Romance: Untold -Daydream-, the original version re-entered at number seven with 54,000 units on the week dated November 30, 2024, its 13th week on the chart.[15]

Romance: Untold was the best-selling k-pop album in 2024 and the 2nd best-selling album worldwide.[16]

Accolades

Awards and nominations for Romance: Untold
Award ceremonyYearCategoryResultRef.
D Awards2025Album of the Year (Daesang)[17]
Music program awards for Romance: Untold
SongProgramDateRef.
"XO (Only If You Say Yes)"Music BankJuly 19, 2024[18]

Charts

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for Romance: Untold
Chart (2024–2025)Peak
position
Australian Hitseekers Albums (ARIA)[19]4
Croatian International Albums (HDU)[20]2
Greek Albums (IFPI)[21]4
Italian Albums (FIMI)[22]30
Japanese Combined Albums (Oricon)[23]1
Japanese Hot Albums (Billboard Japan)[11]1
Lithuanian Albums (AGATA)[24]49
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[25]34
South Korean Albums (Circle)[9]1
Swedish Physical Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[26]4
Weekly chart performance for Romance: Untold -Daydream-
Chart (2024)Peak
position
Japanese Combined Albums (Oricon)[27]1
Japanese Hot Albums (Billboard Japan)[28]1
South Korean Albums (Circle)[29]1

Monthly charts

Monthly chart performance for Romance: Untold
Chart (2024)Position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[30]1
South Korean Albums (Circle)[31]2

Year-end charts

2024 year-end chart performance for Romance: Untold
Chart (2024)Position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[32]136
French Albums (SNEP)[33]180
Global Albums (IFPI)[34]4
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[35]9
Japanese Combined Albums (Oricon)[36]10
Japanese Hot Albums (Billboard Japan)[37]12
South Korean Albums (Circle)[38]4
US Billboard 200[39]196
2025 year-end chart performance for Romance: Untold
Chart (2025)Position
US World Albums (Billboard)[40]5
2024 year-end chart performance for Romance: Untold -Daydream-
Chart (2024)Position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[41]19
Japanese Hot Albums (Billboard Japan)[37]22
South Korean Albums (Circle)[38]13
2025 year-end chart performance for Romance: Untold -Daydream-
Chart (2025)Position
Japanese Top Albums Sales (Billboard Japan)[42]98

Release history

Release history for Romance: Untold
RegionDateFormatVersionLabel
South KoreaJuly 12, 2024CDRomance: UntoldBelift · Genie · Stone
VariousDigital download · streaming
VariousNovember 11, 2024Digital download · streamingRomance: Untold -Daydream-Belift · Genie · Stone
South KoreaNovember 11, 2024CD
JapanNovember 19, 2024CDBelift

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