The Vision (single album)

The Vision
Single album by WayV
Released	January 17, 2019 (2019-01-17)
Recorded	2018–19[1]
Genre	Hip-hop dance pop
Length	10:10
Language	Mandarin
Label	Label V S.M.
WayV chronology
The Vision (2019) Take Off (2019)
NCT chronology
Regular-Irregular (2018) The Vision (2019) Awaken (2019)
Singles from The Vision
"Regular" Released: January 17, 2019 "Dream Launch" Released: January 24, 2019

The Vision is the debut single album by the Chinese boy band WayV, released in January 2019.^{[note 1]} It was released by Label V for digital download on January 17, 2019. The EP marks the first NCT unit to debut since NCT Dream in 2016, and the debut of members Xiaojun, Hendery, and Yangyang.^[2]

Background

WayV was first announced on August 12, 2018, under the working title, NCT China.^[3] Their debut date was originally set for November of that year, though no further information was released at the time. In late November, SM announced that Winwin would be pulled from NCT 127's Regulate promotions in order to prepare for the new unit's upcoming release. In late December, the group was revealed to be known as WayV with a 7 member lineup debuting in January 2019.^[2]

After a series of video teasers released on YouTube, the album title and lead single title were released on January 12.^[4] The MV teaser was released on January 16 via SMTOWN's YouTube channel.^[5]

The Vision included two Chinese versions of songs previously released by NCT 127, "Regular" and "Come Back", and one original song, "Dream Launch".

Reception

"Regular" peaked at number nine on the Chinese QQ chart, and number three on the US World chart.^[6] "Dream Launch" peaked at numbers 15 and 6, respectively.^[7]

Track listing

The Vision track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Arrangement	Length
1.	"Regular" (Chinese: 理所当然; pinyin: Lǐsuǒdāngrán; lit. 'Goes without Saying')	Matthew Yen	Mike Daley Mitchell Owens Wilbart 'Vedo' McCoy III George Kranz Yoo Young-jin	Daley Owens	3:38
2.	"Come Back" (Chinese: 噩梦; pinyin: Èmèng; lit. 'Nightmare')	Yen	Daley Owens Michael Jiminez Deez [ko] MZMC Jeremy "Tay" Jasper	Daley Owens	3:25
3.	"Dream Launch" (Chinese: 梦想发射计划; pinyin: Mèngxiǎng Fāshè Jìhuà; lit. 'Dream Launch Plan')	Xiaohan	Hyuk Shin (Joombas) Sun (Joombas) Bae Min-soo (Joombas) Jeff Lewis	Joombas	3:47
Total length:					10:10

Notes

1. Despite its release only containing three tracks totaling ten minutes, it was marketed as an extended play rather than a single.

References

1. "Sm 측 "NCT 127 윈윈, 예정된 中활동 준비로 새앨범 방송활동 불참" - 손에 잡히는 뉴스 눈에 보이는 뉴스 - 뉴스엔". Archived from the original on 2019-03-31. Retrieved 2019-01-26.
2. "New NCT-Associated Boy Band WayV Set to Debut in China". Billboard. Archived from the original on January 3, 2019. Retrieved January 26, 2019.
3. "[공식] NCT중국팀, 올 하반기 출격…NCT드림·NCT127도 출격 대기". Entertain.naver.com. Archived from the original on 16 August 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
4. WayV (12 January 2019). "威神V(WayV)理所当然(Regular) Teaser Image_LUCAS #LUCAS #黄旭熙 #WayV #WeiShenV #威神Vpic.twitter.com/qJzLvkTiRs". Twitter. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
5. "WayV 威神V '理所当然 (Regular)' MV Teaser". YouTube. Archived from the original on 16 January 2019. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
6. Charted songs on QQ Music:
7. "Come Back, Dream Launch". Y.gg.com. January 17–23, 2019. Archived from the original on 31 December 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2019.