Play in this article ↓TOMORROW X TOGETHER The Dream Chapter: STAR: The Debut Where a Horn Grew Overnight
- Category: Album & Song Guide
- Artist: TOMORROW X TOGETHER
KPOP NO1 Editorial · Sources checked October 22, 2026
The English title is CROWN. The Korean title of TOMORROW X TOGETHER’s debut song is much stranger. 어느날 머리에서 뿔이 자랐다 means “One day, a horn grew out of my head.” It’s a perfect first clue to what TXT’s debut album is about: growing up, feeling different, and finding friends who make the impossible possible.
The story: star is another name for dream
BIGHIT MUSIC calls TXT’s first series The Dream Chapter. In the album introduction, the boys are moving from childhood into adolescence and have “gathered together under ONE DREAM.” Official album introduction
For TXT, BIGHIT says, “star is another name for dream.” It describes the feeling of looking up at a starry night sky and getting excited about tomorrow. Chasing the stars, it says, means remembering your childhood dreams.
The album’s theme is the “happiness and excitement of meeting that special someone.” Across its five songs, BIGHIT says, the boys find that together they can do things that were impossible alone.
Five songs, start to finish
| # | Song | Length | Official video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blue Orangeade | 3:06 | — |
| 2 | CROWN | 3:51 | CROWN |
| 3 | Our Summer | 3:30 | — |
| 4 | Cat & Dog | 3:08 | Cat & Dog · English ver. |
| 5 | Nap of a star | 4:03 | Nap of a star |
Track order and lengths: official discography page
BIGHIT points out the frame: the story opens with Blue Orangeade and closes with Nap of a star. At just over four minutes, Nap of a star is the longest song on the album.
CROWN: the first video
The CROWN video went up on HYBE LABELS on March 4, 2019 at 6 p.m. KST. It was TXT’s first official music video. Its credits list Oui Kim as director.
Watch TOMORROW X TOGETHER — CROWN (official HYBE LABELS video)
Our take: We read the horn as a symbol of feeling different, and the album’s story is about finding the people who make that feeling OK. If you can, look up the Korean titles of TXT’s songs. They often tell you more than the English ones.
The videos that followed
TXT kept the debut going for three months:
| Date (KST) | Video | Director |
|---|---|---|
| March 4, 2019 | CROWN | Oui Kim |
| April 25, 2019 | Cat & Dog | — |
| May 3, 2019 | Cat & Dog (English ver.) | — |
| June 5, 2019 | Nap of a star (Korean title: 별의 낮잠) | Wonmo Seong (DIGIPEDI) |
Dates and credits come from the official HYBE LABELS uploads. The Cat & Dog descriptions list the rest of the crew but no director credit, so we’ve left that blank.
Cat & Dog got two official videos: the Korean original and an English version, released eight days apart.
The horn keeps coming back
The horn from CROWN didn’t stay in 2019. Weverse Magazine, HYBE’s own magazine, has traced it through TXT’s later albums:
- In the Nap of a star video, YEONJUN endures the pain of removing the horn, the part of himself that set him apart.
- On the 2023 album FREEFALL, the song Deep Down turns the horn they were once ashamed of into a crown.
- In the 2025 concept trailer for The Star Chapter: TOGETHER, YEONJUN snaps his horn again, this time to tear down a curtain and save SOOBIN.
Weverse Magazine: TOGETHER review · Weverse Magazine: FREEFALL review
The same magazine noted that the CROWN video passed 100 million views within about a year of its release. Weverse Magazine: OUR LOST SUMMER
The release at a glance
| Format | 1st mini album, five tracks |
| First official video | CROWN, March 4, 2019 |
| Series | The Dream Chapter (STAR, MAGIC, ETERNITY) |
| Opening and closing songs | Blue Orangeade / Nap of a star |
How to listen for the first time
- Start with the CROWN video. Remember the Korean title while you watch.
- Then play the album from Blue Orangeade. BIGHIT built the story from the first song to the last.
- Compare Cat & Dog in Korean and English. The two videos came out a week apart.
- End with Nap of a star. It’s the closing song and the longest on the album.
Where to go next
- The next chapter: The Dream Chapter: MAGIC, TXT’s first full-length album.
- Meet the members: the TXT beginner guide.
- Jump ahead: The Star Chapter: TOGETHER, where the word “star” comes back six years later.
Sources
- BIGHIT MUSIC: The Dream Chapter: STAR (introduction, track list, lengths)
- HYBE LABELS official videos: CROWN, Cat & Dog, Cat & Dog (English ver.), Nap of a star