Youth () is the debut studio album by South Korean singer Doyoung. It was released on April 22, 2024 by SM Entertainment through Kakao Entertainment, and contained ten tracks. The album marked Doyoung as the third NCT member to make an official solo debut.
Background and release Doyoung debuted as a member of NCT since 2016, where he participated three of its sub-unit; NCT U, NCT 127, and NCT DoJaeJung. On March 11, 2024, news report that Doyoung will make his debut as a solo artist in April. Later, on April 4, SM announced that Doyoung will make his official debut as a solo artist with his first studio album, Youth, which will contain 10 tracks, on April 22, 2024. On April 5, an intro film, featured the album opener and Doyoung's self-composed track "Beginning", was released. Later on the same day, it was reported that Doyoung's labelmate Taeyeon will be featured on the album.
On April 8, 2024, the tracklist of the album was released, which saw several collaborators such as Doyoung's bandmate Mark, labelmate Kangta, and Kenzie, and also reveal the lead single off the album "Little Light".
Conception According to the album announcement, SM revealed that Youth is an album that contains various emotions (foam) that arise in the "waves of youth", with the story of the precious moments that allowed one to sing most honestly as a youth was told without any embellishment through Doyoung's voice.
Track listing
Credits and personnel Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.
Studio SM Yellow Tail Studio – recording , digital editing , engineered for mix SM Droplet Studio – recording , engineered for mix 5.20Hz Studio – recording SM Aube Studio – recording , engineered for mix SM Big Shot Studio – recording, engineered for mix, mixing SM Wavelet Studio – recording , engineered for mix SM LVYIN Studio – recording , engineered for mix , mixing Seoul Studio – strings recording SM Starlight Studio – digital editing , mixing 77F Studio – digital editing Doobdoob Studio – digital editing MonoTree Studio – Pro Tools operating , digital editing SM Concert Hall Studio – mixing SM Blue Ocean Studio – mixing SM Blue Cup Studio – mixing 821 Sound – mastering
Personnel
SM Entertainment – executive producer Jang Cheol-hyuk – executive supervisor Tak Young-jun – executive supervisor Doyoung – vocals , lyrics , composition , background vocals Taeyeon – vocals, background vocals Mark – vocals, lyrics, background vocals Seo Dong-hwan – composition, arrangement, vocal directing, background vocals, piano, synthesizer, MIDI programming, strings conducting, strings arrangement Kang Butter – arrangement , background vocals , synthesizer Jo Won-sang – lyrics, composition, arrangement, vocal directing, bass, drums, percussion, MIDI programming O.YEON – composition, arrangement, piano, strings arrangement Choi Young-hoon – composition , arrangement , guitar Eugene (Highbrid) – composition, arrangement Jupiter – lyrics Goo-reum – composition, arrangement, piano, bass, MIDI programming, digital editing Chiara Hunter – composition, arrangement Benjamin Ingrosso – composition, arrangement Kasper Holm Larsen – composition, arrangement Nanna Bottos – composition, arrangement Summer Kim – lyrics Ben Addict – composition, arrangement, vocal directing, background vocals Choi Min-jun – composition, arrangement, piano, organ, synthesizer, drums Lee Jung-woo – composition, arrangement, guitar, bass Kkul Dal-ji (JYP Publishing) – lyrics Lee Joo-hyung (MonoTree) – composition , arrangement , vocal directing , Pro Tools operating , digital editing 333Jack – composition Sondia – lyrics, composition Kangta – composition, arrangement, vocal directing Dawnon – composition, arrangement Kim Wook – composition, arrangement, piano, strings conducting, strings arrangement Jae Do-gi – lyrics , composition , arrangement , vocal directing , strings conducting Hyun – composition None – composition Ondine – lyrics, composition, arrangement, vocal directing, background vocals, strings Kim Jin-sol Jinsoul – composition, arrangement, vocal directing, drums, piano, harpsichord, synthesizer, keys, strings Xxio – composition, arrangement, vocal directing, drums, synthesizer, keys, strings eldon – lyrics, composition, arrangement, vocal directing, background vocals MooF (MonoTree) – lyrics, composition, arrangement, piano, drums Collie – composition Kenzie – lyrics, composition, arrangement, vocal directing, instrumentation Kim Min-seok – vocal directing Yeon-su – background vocals Jonghan – background vocals 1Take (NEWTYPE) – vocal directing Song Hyun-jong – guitar Shin Seung-kyu – drums Yang Kyung-ah – bass Yung – strings Park In-sun – drums Heo Se-gwa – guitar Lee Ji-won – drums Kwon Ji-yoon – piano kyto6 – bass Lee Jin-won – guitar Kim Kyung-seop – bass Kim Yoo-hyun – guitar Noh Min-ji – recording , digital editing , engineered for mix Kim Joo-hyun – recording , engineered for mix Park Ji-hwan – recording Kim Hyo-joon – recording , engineered for mix Lee Min-kyu – recording, engineered for mix, mixing Kang Eun-ji – recording , engineered for mix Lee Ji-hong – recording , engineered for mix , mixing Jeong Ki-hong – strings recording Lee Chan-mi – strings recording Jeong Yoo-ra – digital editing , mixing Woo Min-jeong – digital editing Jang Woo-young – digital editing Eugene Kwon – digital editing Nam Koong-jin – mixing Kim Cheol-sun – mixing Jung Eui-seok – mixing Kwon Nam-woo – mastering
Charts
Weekly charts + Weekly chart performance for Youth Chart (2024) Peakposition Japanese Combined Albums (Oricon) 9 Japanese Hot Albums (Billboard Japan) 5 South Korean Albums (Circle) 3
Monthly charts + Monthly chart performance for Youth Chart (2024) Position Japanese Albums (Oricon) 20 South Korean Albums (Circle) 10
Year-end charts + Year-end chart performance for Youth Chart (2024) Position South Korean Albums (Circle) 62
Certifications
Release history +Release history and formats for Youth Region Date Format Label South Korea April 22, 2024 Various SM
Notes
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