Youth (
Korean: 청춘의 포말;
RR: Cheongchun-ui Pomal;
lit. 'foam of 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.[2] 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.[3] On April 5, an intro film, featured the album opener and Doyoung's self-composed track "Beginning", was released.[4] Later on the same day, it was reported that Doyoung's labelmate
Taeyeon will be featured on the album.[5]
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".[6]
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.[7]
Youth (
Korean: 청춘의 포말;
RR: Cheongchun-ui Pomal;
lit. 'foam of 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.[2] 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.[3] On April 5, an intro film, featured the album opener and Doyoung's self-composed track "Beginning", was released.[4] Later on the same day, it was reported that Doyoung's labelmate
Taeyeon will be featured on the album.[5]
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".[6]
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.[7]