- On April 13, TXT will release 7TH YEAR: A Moment of Stillness in the Thorns, commemorating their seventh anniversary with BIGHIT MUSIC.
- The band's reunion follows a No. 3 Billboard 200 entry and a global tour with 560,000 attendees.
- The album is their first since all five members renewed their contracts in 2025, breaking K-pop's "seven-year curse."
TOMORROW X TOGETHER's eighth mini album, 7TH YEAR: A Moment of Stillness in the Thorns, will be released on April 13th, according to official Weverse notifications and a concept trailer released earlier this week. Pre-orders will begin on March 3 at 11 a.m. KST at various online and offline stores such as Weverse Shop, KnPOPS, MAKESTAR, Ktown4u, Aladin, YES24, and Apple Music. The album will be released in three stages: April 13 in South Korea, April 14 in Japan, and April 17 in the United States, featuring a mix of photobooks, collectible random photocards, and compact formats in numerous variants.
Visually, the trailer content is based on a repeating thorn motif, which weaves an introspective tale via stark black-and-white cinematography and crisp conceptual imagery. According to industry sources, the title serves two purposes: it marks TXT's seventh year since its debut on March 4, 2019, and it represents thoughtful calm amidst the hardships presented in the album's creative storytelling.
Track information and the official title song have yet to be revealed. However, several media reports are speculating a seven-track configuration matched with the anniversary theme.
TXT’s Billboard Success and Touring Scale
TXT’s comeback is followed by a successful 2025 cycle that included The Star Chapter: TOGETHER. The album opened at No. 3 on the Billboard 200, selling around 65,000 equivalent album units. The group also conducted a 29-city global tour, which drew over 560,000 people.
Additionally, the group’s fourth mini-album, 2022's minisode 2: Thursday's Child, opened at No. 4 on the Billboard 200 and remained there for 14 weeks, while their fifth mini-album, The Name Chapter: TEMPTATION, debuted at No. 1. Their seventh mini album, The Star Chapter: SANCTUARY, launched at No. 2 last year, based on Billboard data. TXT was also included in Billboard's K-Pop Artist 100 rankings based on these combined chart metrics and streaming performance, suggesting constant global K-pop demand.
K-pop’s Seventh-Year Threshold, TXT Renews Contract
The 7TH YEAR release coincides with a structurally critical point for TOMORROW X TOGETHER. It is the group's first release since all five members reaffirmed their contracts with BIGHIT MUSIC in August 2025, breaking the industry's "seven-year curse," a term referring to normal K-pop contract cycles that frequently result in departures or disbandments. Rather than entering a period of ambiguity, TXT has begun its seventh anniversary phase with a consistent lineup and global chart success.
TXT’s Comeback Coincides with BTS
TXT's April return comes not in the shadow of BTS' post-military comeback, but as a strategic match. HYBE has effectively simplified the K-pop lifecycle by scheduling TOMORROW X TOGETHER's seventh-anniversary comeback with the return of their senior labelmates. Rather than being a footnote to BTS' return, TXT's proven commercial momentum places them as a parallel headline, showcasing that two generations may dominate the world stage simultaneously without cannibalizing each other.
