Minisode 2: Thursday's Child is the fourth Korean-language extended play (EP) (fifth overall) by South Korean boy band Tomorrow X Together. It was released on May 9, 2022, through BigHit Music and Republic Records. Centered on an "intense" and "dark" concept, the EP consists of five tracks, including the lead single "Good Boy Gone Bad".
Background
On April 6, 2022, BigHit Music announced that Tomorrow X Together would make a comeback in early May.
Critical reception NME in the review called Thursday’s Child, "another leap forward for TXT," displaying their "continued inventiveness and improvement," while adding yet more creative credits to their resumes. They also noted that the EP captures the band's "journey of romantic grief," from the stormy "Opening Sequence" to the anger in "Good Boy Gone Bad".
Thursday’s Child was named the eighth-best K-pop album of 2022 by Billboard, sharing how the group "cover a lot of stylistic ground in just 15 minutes on 'Minisode 2: Thursday’s Child'" while mentioning "Good Boy Gone Bad," "Thursday's Child Has Far to Go" and "Trust Fund Baby" as standouts.
Commercial performance On April 20, 2022, the pre-orders for Minisode 2: Thursday's Child surpassed 810,000 copies, six days after the announcement, exceeding the band's previous career high of 520,000 pre-orders for The Chaos Chapter: Freeze. The EP surpassed 1.44 million pre-orders on the day of release and sold 910,000 copies on its first day after release.
Track listing
Charts
Weekly charts + Chart performance for Minisode 2: Thursday's Child Chart (2022) Peakposition Croatian International Albums (HDU) 3 Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) 5 French Albums (SNEP) 9 Japanese Hot Albums (Billboard Japan) 1 South Korean Albums (Gaon) 1 Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE) 46 Swedish Physical Albums (Sverigetopplistan) 3
Monthly charts + Chart (2022) Peakposition Japanese Albums (Oricon) 4 South Korean Albums (Gaon) 2
Year-end charts + Chart (2022) Position French Albums (SNEP) 183 Japanese Albums (Oricon) 24 Japanese Hot Albums (Billboard Japan) 33 South Korea (Circle) 7 US Billboard 200 192
Certifications
Release history +Release formats for Minisode 2: Thursday's Child Region Date Format(s) Label(s) Various May 9, 2022 Republic
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