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Awaken is the first full-length Japanese album (second overall) by South Korean boy band NCT 127, the second multi-national sub-unit of NCT. Released by their Japanese label Avex Trax on April 17, 2019, the album was the second major release for the Japanese market from the group and their first to not feature Winwin, who was on a hiatus due to his participation in WayV's promotion. SM Entertainment's founder Lee Soo-man served as the album's executive producer, with lyrical and musical composition contributed by Andreas Öberg, Sebastian Thott, David Amber, Jung Youth, Tony Esterly, Jonny Shorr, LDN Noise, Deez, Adrian Mckinnon, Mike Daley, Yoo Young-jin, Harvey Mason Jr., Dem Jointz, MEG.ME and others. A hip-hop and R&B-heavily dominant record, Awaken contains songs corporating elements from pop and electronic music, performing in Japanese, Korean and English in order to "continue" the story from their first Japanese extended play Chain (2018).[1]

Awaken
Studio album by NCT 127
Released	April 17, 2019 (2019-04-17)
Recorded	2016–2019
Studio	SM Studios, Seoul, South Korea
Genre	J-pop hip hop R&B
Language	Japanese Korean English
Label	Avex Trax
Producer	Lee Soo-man
NCT 127 chronology
Regular-Irregular (2018) Awaken (2019) We Are Superhuman (2019)
NCT chronology
The Vision (2019) Awaken (2019) Take Off (2019)
Singles from Awaken
"Touch" Released: September 16, 2018 "Wakey-Wakey" Released: March 18, 2019

Upon its release, the album debuted at number four on the Oricon Weekly Albums chart with 53,042 copies sold in its first week of its release, as well as at number 14 on the Oricon Weekly Digital Albums chart with 978 downloads, becoming the group's third top five entry on the former chart.[2][3] To promote the album, NCT 127 embarked on their first Japan concert tour, titled Neo City – The Origin. The album also spawned two singles prior to its release, namely the Japanese version of "Touch" on September 16, 2018 and "Wakey-Wakey" on March 19, 2019.

Background and release

After making their debut in the Japanese market with the extended play, Chain, in 2018, NCT 127 released their first Japanese studio album, Awaken, on April 17, 2019.[4]

It was released in fourteen versions: a limited CD+DVD edition that reverts to a regular edition once depleted, a limited CD+Blu-ray edition that reverts to a regular edition once depleted, and nine limited CD member editions that revert to a regular CD edition once depleted. All limited editions came with one trading card of nine types.[5]

The music video teaser for the lead single, "Wakey-Wakey", was released on March 17, 2019, and the full music video was released on March 18, 2019.[6]

Promotion

It was announced in August 2018 that NCT 127 would embark on their first nationwide Japan tour, Neo City – The Origin, starting in Osaka on February 2, 2019, with a total of seven stops in Hiroshima, Kanazawa, Sapporo, Fukuoka, Nagoya, Saitama and Osaka.[7]

Track listing

Charts

Chart (2019)	Peak position
French Digital Albums (SNEP)[9]	121
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[10]	4

Release history

Region	Date	Format	Distributor
Various	April 17, 2019	digital download streaming	Avex Trax
Japan		CD CD+DVD CD+Blu-ray

References

External links

• "Wakey-Wakey" music video on YouTube

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Awaken (с англ. — «Пробуждение») — первый японский студийный альбом южнокорейского бой-бенда NCT 127 второго юнита NCT. Альбом был выпущен лейблом Avex Trax, 17 апреля 2019 года. Это был первый альбом группы, в котором не было ВинВина, который объявил, что он будет на перерыве во время продвижения с WayV. Чтобы продвинуть альбом, NCT 127 отправились в свой первый концертный тур по Японии, «Neo City — The Origin».

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