[INTERVIEW] TWS turns members' fears into fan anthem on 'TO US'

TWS members say their upcoming single album TO US grew from interviews about their fears and the people who help them recover, with the group sharing that reflection with its fandom, 42. The album, led by Call My Name, is set to drop Monday at 6 p.m., just over a week after the group finished its first Asia tour. The members also discussed their growing pains and said they hope to remain a healthy team with healthy fans.

Youngjae, Shinyu and Dohoon again participated in writing lyrics, while jazz pianist Yoon Seok-cheol played on Call My Name.

TO US also includes WE UP, about the group’s ambition to grow toward bigger stages, and heavy, a song of comfort for young people weighed down by the world.

The 15-show 24/7:FOR:YOU tour opened at Seoul’s KSPO Dome and closed at Kaohsiung Arena on Oct. 24, visiting cities including Fukuoka, Hyogo, Kanagawa, Macao, Bangkok and Singapore.

TWS debuted in January 2024 with plot twist and is Pledis Entertainment’s first boy group since Seventeen.

Kyungmin said he worked through lethargy and boredom from a repetitive routine during livestreams on Weverse.

Published Nov 2, 2026 8:00 am KST

6-member act returns with 'Call My Name' after wrapping 1st Asia tour

Clockwise from top left, TWS members Youngjae, Dohoon, Jihoon, Kyungmin, Shinyu and Hanjin pose during an interview at a cafe in Seongdong District, Seoul, Wednesday. Courtesy of Pledis Entertainment

Before K-pop boy band TWS began work on its new single album, each of the six members sat down for a one-on-one interview with their agency about what frightened them most and who helped them back on their feet.

Those answers, the members say, became the backbone of the upcoming record.

"TO US," which drops Monday at 6 p.m. with the lead track "Call My Name," arrives just over a week after the group wrapped its first Asia tour, and finds the members looking back on the trial and error of their early years while turning their attention to "42," the group's official fandom.

Introduced in January 2024 as Pledis Entertainment's first boy group since Seventeen, TWS — Shinyu, Dohoon, Youngjae, Hanjin, Jihoon and Kyungmin — debuted with "plot twist," a breakout hit that made the group one of the most sought-after rookies of the year. The group calls its sound "boyhood pop," a label it uses for songs about the experience of growing up.

"This album is precious to us," Jihoon said during an interview with The Korea Times at a cafe in eastern Seoul on Wednesday. "It started with interviews with each member, and I think it expresses the sincere feelings that came out in those interviews."

He recalled being asked what he feared most and when he felt anxious, and said those questions led naturally to another — who helps him get back up in those moments.

K-pop boy band TWS / Courtesy of Pledis Entertainment

The lead track grew out of the same reflection. Jihoon explained that the group drew its message from the moment that gives the members the most strength, when fans call out their names.

"The moment we first heard the song, we were all of one mind about what we needed to express," he said. "It was our sincerity, the kind where we'd throw everything we have when we think of our fans."

Youngjae, Shinyu and Dohoon, who have been involved in songwriting since the group's previous release, once again took part in penning the lyrics.

Dohoon described the song as a story about "an invisible kind of trust," pointing to a pre-chorus line that roughly translates to "I'll leave myself to you" as its emotional center, while Shinyu said an album built on sincerity called for a title track that spoke honestly, so he simply wrote down his thoughts as they came.

Jazz pianist Yoon Seok-cheol played on the track, layering emotional piano harmonies over a driving drum-and-bass rhythm. Kyungmin said the piano added a "wistful touch" to the song's most stirring moments.

The single album also includes "WE UP," about the group's ambition to keep growing toward bigger stages, and "heavy," a song of comfort for young people worn down by the weight of the world.

From left are TWS members Hanjin, Kyungmin, Shinyu, Dohoon, Youngjae and Jihoon. Courtesy of Pledis Entertainment

Heading into its third year, the group has also had to reckon with its own growing pains. Jihoon said the members were once in a hurry, more fixated early in their career on what they might lose than on what they could gain, before they came to understand themselves and learned to pace their work.

Kyungmin said he went through a stretch of lethargy and boredom that came with a repetitive routine, and worked through it during his livestreams on fan platform Weverse.

"I reflected on why I love this job and why I started it in the first place, and I tried to find the fun in it again and be a positive influence," he said.

Shinyu, the group's leader, said not a day has gone by since debut without him thinking about what kind of leader best suits his members. Jihoon said those efforts had paid off.

"Now he's someone who catches things without us having to say a word," Jihoon said.

K-pop boy band TWS performs during its “24/7:FOR:YOU” concert at KSPO Dome in Songpa District, Seoul, June 28. Courtesy of Pledis Entertainment

The members also pushed back, with some amusement, on the introverted image that has followed them since debut. "When introverts get together, they're even louder," Youngjae said, adding that the six are rarely apart and get noisy whenever they joke around.

Dohoon said the image took hold early on because everything was unfamiliar and the members were still finding their footing, and that taking on duties such as hosting a music show had since drawn him out of his shell.

"I've talked so much that I've become more extroverted," he said.

The 15-show tour "24/7:FOR:YOU," which opened at Seoul's KSPO Dome and traveled through Fukuoka, Hyogo, Kanagawa, Macao, Bangkok and Singapore before closing at Kaohsiung Arena on Oct. 24, sold out in most cities, according to the agency.

Jihoon said the unit stages and the cities themselves had given him a great deal of inspiration, and that he hopes the group can one day take on a world tour.

For now, he said, the goal is to stay what the group has always been.

"Our relationships are healthy, and I want us to be a healthy team with healthy fans," he said.

TWS成员表示，即将发行的单曲专辑《TO US》的创作灵感源于他们关于恐惧以及帮助他们走出困境的人的采访，他们也与粉丝42分享了这些感悟。这张以《Call My Name》为主打歌的专辑将于周一下午6点发行，距离他们结束首次亚洲巡演仅一周多。成员们还谈到了他们成长过程中遇到的困难，并表示希望与粉丝们保持健康的团队氛围。

荣宰、申裕和道勋再次参与了作词，而爵士钢琴家尹锡哲则在《Call My Name》中演奏。

《TO US》专辑中还收录了《WE UP》，表达了该组合渴望成长为更大舞台的雄心壮志；以及《heavy》，一首安慰被世界重压的年轻人的歌曲。

24/7:FOR:YOU 巡回演唱会共 15 场，于 10 月 24 日在首尔 KSPO 巨蛋拉开帷幕，并在高雄体育馆落下帷幕，途经福冈、兵库、神奈川、澳门、曼谷和新加坡等城市。

TWS于2024年1月出道，剧情反转，是Pledis Entertainment自Seventeen之后推出的首个男子组合。

京敏表示，他通过在 Weverse 直播来克服重复日常工作带来的倦怠和无聊感。

发布于2026年11月2日上午8:00（韩国标准时间）

六人组合结束首次亚洲巡演后，携新歌《Call My Name》回归乐坛。

从左上角顺时针方向，TWS成员荣宰、道勋、志勋、京珉、申宇和韩镇周三在首尔城东区一家咖啡馆接受采访时合影。图片由Pledis娱乐公司提供。

在韩国流行男团TWS开始制作新单曲专辑之前，六名成员分别与经纪公司进行了一对一的采访，谈及他们最害怕的事情以及谁帮助他们重新振作起来。

成员们表示，这些答案成为了即将发行的新专辑的基石。

《TO US》将于周一下午 6 点发行，主打歌为《Call My Name》。这张专辑距离该组合结束首次亚洲巡演仅一周多，成员们回顾了他们早期的尝试和错误，同时将注意力转向了该组合的官方粉丝团“42”。

TWS于2024年1月作为Pledis娱乐公司继Seventeen之后推出的首个男子组合正式亮相。成员包括申裕、度勋、荣宰、韩真、志勋和京珉。他们凭借出道曲《Plot Twist》一炮而红，成为当年最炙手可热的新人组合之一。TWS将自己的音乐风格定义为“青春流行乐”，以此来表达他们对成长经历的感悟。

“这张专辑对我们来说非常珍贵，”智勋周三在首尔东部一家咖啡馆接受《韩国时报》采访时说。“它始于对每位成员的采访，我认为它表达了这些采访中流露出的真挚情感。”

他回忆起有人问他最害怕什么，以及他什么时候感到焦虑，他说这些问题自然而然地引出了另一个问题——在那些时刻，谁能帮助他重新振作起来。

韩国流行男团TWS / 图片由Pledis娱乐公司提供

主打歌的创作灵感也源于此。志勋解释说，组合的创作灵感来自粉丝呼喊成员名字的那一刻，那一刻给予了成员们最大的力量。

他说：“我们第一次听到这首歌的时候，就都一致认为我们需要表达什么。这首歌饱含我们的真诚，我们一想到歌迷，就愿意倾尽所有。”

自组合上一张专辑发行以来就参与歌曲创作的荣宰、申佑和道勋再次参与了歌词创作。

Dohoon 将这首歌描述为一个关于“无形的信任”的故事，并指出副歌前的一句歌词“我会把自己交给你”是这首歌的情感中心；而 Shinyu 则表示，一张建立在真诚基础上的专辑需要一首坦诚的主打歌，所以他只是把自己的想法写下来。

爵士钢琴家尹锡哲参与了这首歌的演奏，他用饱含情感的钢琴和声层层叠加在强劲的鼓点和贝斯节奏之上。京敏表示，钢琴为歌曲最动人的时刻增添了一抹“淡淡的忧伤”。

这张单曲专辑还收录了《WE UP》，表达了该组合不断成长、迈向更大舞台的雄心壮志；以及《heavy》，一首安慰被生活重担压垮的年轻人的歌曲。

从左至右依次为TWS成员韩镇、京珉、申佑、道勋、荣宰和志勋。图片由Pledis娱乐公司提供。

进入第三年，这个组合也经历了成长的阵痛。志勋说，成员们曾经很急躁，在事业初期更关注可能会失去什么，而不是能得到什么，后来他们才逐渐了解自己，学会了把握工作的节奏。

京敏表示，他经历了一段因重复的日常生活而感到疲惫和无聊的时期，他通过在粉丝平台 Weverse 上的直播来克服这种状态。

他说：“我反思了我为什么喜欢这份工作，以及我当初为什么选择这份工作，我努力重新找回其中的乐趣，并成为积极的影响者。”

队长申宇表示，自出道以来，他每天都在思考什么样的队长最适合他的成员们。志勋则表示，这些努力终于有了回报。

“现在他不用我们开口就能察觉到什么了，”智勋说。

韩国男子组合TWS于6月28日在首尔松坡区KSPO巨蛋举行“24/7:FOR:YOU”演唱会。图片由Pledis娱乐公司提供。

成员们也略带玩笑地反驳了出道以来一直伴随他们的内向形象。“内向的人聚在一起反而更吵闹，”荣宰说道，并补充说他们六个人很少分开，而且一开玩笑就特别吵闹。

道勋表示，这种形象很早就形成了，因为一切都很陌生，成员们还在摸索前进的方向，而承担主持音乐节目等职责让他逐渐走出了自己的舒适圈。

“我话太多了，反而变得更外向了，”他说。

据经纪公司称，名为“24/7:FOR:YOU”的15场巡回演唱会从首尔KSPO巨蛋开始，途经福冈、兵库、神奈川、澳门、曼谷和新加坡，最后于10月24日在高雄巨蛋落下帷幕，大部分城市的门票都已售罄。

志勋表示，小分队舞台和各个城市都给了他很多灵感，他希望这个组合有一天能够进行世界巡回演出。

他说，目前的目标是保持乐队一贯的风格。

他说：“我们之间的关系很健康，我希望我们能成为一支健康的球队，拥有健康的球迷。”