Romanticize

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{{Infobox album

| name = Romanticize

| type = studio

| artist = NU'EST

| alt =

| image = Romanticize NU'EST.png

| caption =

| released = {{Start date|2021|4|19|}}

| recorded =

| studio =

| genre = K-pop

| length = 32:50

| label = Pledis YG Plus

| producer = * Baekho

| prev_title = Drive

| prev_year = 2020

| next_title = Needle & Bubble

| next_year = 2022

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Romanticize

| type = Studio

| single1 = Inside Out

| single1date = April 19, 2021

}}

}}

Romanticize is the second and final full-length studio album by the South Korean boyband NU'EST, released on April 19, 2021. This is NU'EST's first Korean full-length album since 2014's Re:Birth. The album has 10 tracks including the lead single "Inside Out".{{cite web|url=https://www.soompi.com/article/1458267wpp/nuest-confirmed-to-make-comeback-with-full-album-in-april|title=NU'EST Confirmed To Make Comeback}}

Commercial performance

Romanticize debuted and charted at number 6 on the Gaon Album Chart in the month of April, selling over 206,188 copies.{{Cite web|url=http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/album.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=&targetTime=04&hitYear=2021&termGbn=month|title=국내 대표 음악 차트 가온차트!}} The album also gained the third highest first week sales in the month of April.{{Cite news|url=https://www.kpopstarz.com/articles/298659/20210426/nuest-romanticize-gains-highest-album-sales-3rd-week-april.htm|title = NU'EST's 'Romanticize' Gains Highest Album Sales in the 3rd Week of April|newspaper = Kpopstarz|date = 26 April 2021|last1 = Scott|first1 = Mhaliya}}{{unreliable source?|date=October 2021}}

Track listing

{{Track listing

| headline =

| extra_column = Arrangements

| total_length = 32:50

| title1 = Dress

| note1 =

| lyrics1 = Baekho, Bumzu, Jay & Rudy, Glenn (PRISMFILTER)

| music1 = Bumzu, Baekho, Jay & Rudy, BuildingOwner,

| extra1 = Bumzu

| length1 = 3:13

| title2 = Inside Out

| note2 =

| lyrics2 = Baekho, Jr, BUMZU, G-HIGH (MonoTree), Inner Child (MonoTree)

| music2 = Bumzu, Baekho, Anchor (PRISMFILTER), G-HIGH (MonoTree), Inner Child (MonoTree), Jay & Rudy

| extra2 = BUMZU, Anchor (PRISMFILTER), G-HIGH (MonoTree)

| length2 = 3:17

| title3 = Don't Wanna Go

| note3 =

| lyrics3 = Baekho, Bumzu

| music3 = Baekho, Bumzu, Park Gi-tae

| extra3 = Park Gi-Tae

| length3 = 3:00

| title4 = Black

| note4 =

| lyrics4 = Baekho, JR, Bumzu, Glenn (PRISMFILTER)

| music4 = BUMZU, Baekho

| extra4 = BUMZU, Park Gi-Tae, Corey K (The Yoo Group)

| length4 = 3:15

| title5 = Drive (Korean Ver)

| note5 =

| lyrics5 = Baekho, JR, Bumzu,

| music5 = Baekho, Bumzu, Ohway! (PRISMFILTER)

| extra5 = BUMZU, Ohway! (PRISMFILTER)

| length5 = 3:37

| title6 = Earphone (Minhyun Solo)

| lyrics6 = Minhyun, Bumzu

| music6 = BUMZU, Minhyun, Glenn (PRISMFILTER), Hey Farmer

| extra6 = Hey Farmer

| length6 = 3:10

| title7 = Need It (Baekho Solo)

| note7 =

| lyrics7 = Baekho, Bumzu

| music7 = Bumzu, Baekho, Anchor (PRISMFILTER)

| extra7 = Bumzu, Baekho, Anchor (PRISMFILTER)

| length7 = 3:23

| title8 = Doom Doom (JR Solo)

| note8 =

| lyrics8 = JR, Bumzu

| music8 = Bumzu, Nmore (PRISMFILTER), Ohway! (PRISMFILTER) An Ki Hoon

| extra8 = Bumzu, JR, Nmore (PRISMFILTER), Ohway! (PRISMFILTER) An Ki Hoon

| length8 = 3:09

| title9 = Rocket Rocket (Ren Solo)

| lyrics9 = Ren

| music9 = Bumzu, Anchor (PRISMFILTER), Bir$day

| extra9 = Ren, Anchor (PRISMFILTER), Bir$day

| length9 = 3:17

| title10 = I'm Not (Aron Solo)

| lyrics10 = Aron, Baekho Glenn (PRISMFILTER)

| music10 = Bumzu, Aron, Park Gi-Tae, Ohway! (PRISMFILTER), Glenn (PRISMFILTER)

| extra10 = Ohway! (PRISMFILTER)

| length10 = 3:25

}}

Charts

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= Weekly charts =

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|+ Chart performance for Romanticize

!Chart (2021)

!Peak
position

scope="row" |Japanese Albums (Oricon){{Cite web|title=2021年05月10日~2021年05月16日 オリコン週間 アルバムランキング|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ja/w/2021-05-24/|access-date=2021-11-27|website=ORICON NEWS|language=ja}}

|5

scope="row" |South Korean Albums (Gaon){{Cite web|title=2020년 20주차 Album Chart|url=http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/album.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=&targetTime=20&hitYear=2020&termGbn=week|last=|first=|date=|website=gaonchart.co.kr|access-date=2020-05-21}}

|2

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=Year-end charts=

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|+ Year-end chart performance for Romanticize

! scope="col"| Chart (2021)

! scope="col"| Position

scope="row"| South Korean Albums (Gaon){{cite web|url=http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/album.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=&targetTime=2021&hitYear=2021&termGbn=year&year_time=3|title=2021년 Album Chart|website=Gaon Music Chart|language=ko|access-date=January 10, 2022}}

| 54

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Accolades

=Music programs awards=

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style="width:150px;"| Song

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! style="width:150px;"| Date

! {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}}

rowspan=4|"Inside Out"

|M Countdown (Mnet)

| April 29, 2021

| {{Cite web|last=Bae|first=Hyo-joo|date=April 29, 2021|script-title=ko:‘엠카운트다운’ 뉴이스트, 컴백과 동시에 1위 트로피|trans-title='M Countdown' NU'EST, the 1st place trophy at the same time as their comeback|url=https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/article/609/0000435228|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210408124159/https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/article/609/0000435228|archive-date=April 8, 2021|access-date=April 29, 2021|website=Osen|language=ko|via=Naver}}

Music Bank (KBS2)

| April 30, 2021

| {{cite web|date=May 7, 2021|script-title=ko:4월 5주순위 순위|trans-title=Music Bank ranking for the fifth week of April|url=https://pbbs.kbs.co.kr/general/read.html?bbs_id=T2000-0027-04-641103&id=1042632&post_no=437&page=1&post_header=|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210525032550/https://pbbs.kbs.co.kr/general/read.html?bbs_id=T2000-0027-04-641103&id=1042632&post_no=437&page=1&post_header=|archive-date=May 25, 2021|access-date=May 5, 2021|work=KBS Music Bank|language=ko}}{{Cite web|last=Lee|first=Seung-gil|date=April 30, 2021|script-title=ko:'뮤직뱅크' 뉴이스트, 브레이브걸스 제치고 1위|trans-title='Music Bank' NU'EST, beat Brave Girls and ranked 1st|url=https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/article/410/0000782391|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210416131303/https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/article/410/0000782391|archive-date=April 16, 2021|access-date=April 30, 2021|website=My Daily|language=ko|via=Naver}}

Show! Music Core (MBC)

|May 1, 2021

| {{Cite web|date=May 4, 2021|script-title=ko:2021년 5월 1일 음악중심 차트|trans-title=Music Core Chart for May 1, 2021|url=https://imbbs.imbc.com/v2/view.aspx?list_id=7057980&list_use=1&bbs_id=chart_ranking&page=1|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210522083456/http://imbbs.imbc.com/v2/view.aspx?list_id=7057980&list_use=1&bbs_id=chart_ranking&page=1|archive-date=May 22, 2021|access-date=May 22, 2021|website=MBC|language=ko}}{{Cite web|date=May 1, 2021|title=뉴이스트, 로제·아이유 꺾고 1위 ('음악중심')|trans-title=NU'EST, Rose, IU defeated No. 1 ( 'Music Core')|url=https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/article/312/0000479381|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210424081805/https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/article/312/0000479381|archive-date=April 24, 2021|access-date=May 1, 2021|website=Osen|language=ko|via=Naver}}

Inkigayo (SBS)

|May 2, 2021

| {{cite web|date=May 5, 2021|script-title=ko:5월 첫째 주 인기가요 차트|trans-title=Inkigayo chart for the first week of May|url=https://programs.sbs.co.kr/enter/gayo/board/54771?cmd=view&page=1&board_no=418351|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210506042109/https://programs.sbs.co.kr/enter/gayo/board/54771?cmd=view&page=1&board_no=418351|archive-date=May 6, 2021|access-date=May 6, 2021|work=SBS Inkigayo|language=ko}}{{Cite web|last=Kim|first=Ji-hye|date=May 2, 2021|script-title=ko:'인기가요' 뉴이스트, SG워너비·브레이브걸스 꺾고 1위..ITZY→온앤오프 컴백[종합]|trans-title='Inkigayo' NU'EST, beat SG Wannabe, Brave Girls and win 1st place.. ITZY and ONF comeback [General]|url=https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/article/112/0003428670|access-date=May 2, 2021|website=Newsen|language=ko|via=Naver}}

References