The Dreaming (Monsta X album)

The album was announced on October 21, following the release of the single "One Day" on September 10. There are ten tracks on the album, including "One Day" and nine new English tracks.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/monsta-x-detail-new-english-language-album-the-dreaming-1245101/|title=Monsta X Detail New English-Language Album 'The Dreaming'|magazine=Rolling Stone|last=Legaspi|first=Althea|date=2021-10-20|access-date=2021-12-11}} Music video for the track "You Problem" was released alongside the album on December 10.{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/en_au/news/music/monsta-x-you-problem-music-video-the-dreaming-english-album-3115884|title=MONSTA X hit the disco in music video for 'You Problem'|website=NME|last=Chin|first=Carmen|date=2021-12-10|access-date=2021-12-12}}

In December, the group released Monsta X: The Dreaming, a documentary film and concert film that follows the process of creating the album and the performances of the songs used in the film, including the interviews with all the members and footages of their history.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/monsta-x-the-dreaming-concert-film-1249154/|title=Exclusive: Monsta X Preps Release of New Concert Film, 'The Dreaming'|magazine=Rolling Stone|last=Chan|first=Tim|date=October 28, 2021|access-date=October 29, 2021|archive-date=October 29, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211029003419/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/monsta-x-the-dreaming-concert-film-1249154/|url-status=live}}

{{Music ratings

| MC = 71/100{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/the-dreaming/monsta-x/critic-reviews|title=Monsta X – The Dreaming|publisher=Metacritic|access-date=2021-12-18}}

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| rev3 = IZM

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| rev4 = The Line of Best Fit

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| rev6 = NME

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| rev7 = Rolling Stone

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The Dreaming was met with generally favorable reviews from its critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received a weighted average score of 71 based on 5 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".

Sophia Simon-Bashall, writing for The Line of Best Fit, said that the album was a combination of the signature sound of Monsta X's Korean releases with the group's first English-language album All About Luv, focusing on "bringing their energy and creativity to the songs, and showcasing the spectacular vocals they deserve to be known for". Overall, it was a diverse album that "showcases new sides of Monsta X whilst also meeting the ideas and feelings that fans look forward to".

Ben Devlin of musicOMH said that the album presents "an imperial core of its own music in recontextualised form", while the group displays "versatility, emotion and style" on their second English-language album.

While reviewing the album for NME, Ruby C wrote that the group shows different sides to themselves on their "stellar retro-themed sophomore English album", focusing on "disco and synth-pop", two genres that aren't typically associated with Monsta X, who are much better known for their "powerful, hard-hitting tunes", immersing themselves in "retro sounds and vibes". The "chameleon-like versatility" of the group is what showed in this album.

Tim Chan described the album for Rolling Stone as "an homage to boy-band culture with Nineties-style harmonies, slick choruses, and head-bopping beats", that also "showcases the group's versatility, mixing synth beats and EDM with indie pop, rock, and even traces of New Jack Swing".

The album debuted at number 21 on the US Billboard 200 with 31,400 album-equivalent units, including 29,500 pure album sales on its first week. It is Monsta X's second entry on the said chart.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/adeles-30-2021-best-selling-vinyl-album-1235013224/|title=Adele's '30' Becomes 2021's Best-Selling Vinyl Album, Holds at No. 1 on Top Album Sales Chart|magazine=Billboard|last=Caulfield|first=Keith|date=2021-12-20|access-date=2021-12-21}}{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/hughmcintyre/2021/12/21/monsta-x-ties-blackpink-seventeen-enhypen-and-twice-with-their-latest-bestselling-album-in-america/|title=Monsta X Ties Blackpink, Seventeen, Enhypen And Twice With Their Latest Bestselling Album In America|website=Forbes|last=McIntyre|first=Hugh|date=2021-12-21|access-date=2021-12-22}} It also succeeded in charting on the said chart for two weeks in a row.{{cite web|url=https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/article/108/0003016870|script-title=ko:몬스타엑스 'The Dreaming' 빌보드 200 111위 2주 차트인[공식]|website=Star Money Today|via=Naver|last=Yoon|first=Sang-geun|date=2021-12-30|access-date=2021-12-30|language=ko}}{{cite web|url=https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/article/640/0000019830|title=Monsta X's second English full-length album stays on Billboard 200 chart|website=Korea JoongAng Daily|via=Naver|last=Shin|first=Min-hee|date=2021-12-31|access-date=2021-12-31|language=en}}

{{Track listing

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| title1 = One Day

| writer1 = {{hlist|Chelsea Lena|Jake Davis|Samuel Anthony Klempner}}

| extra1 = {{hlist|Jake Davis|Samuel Anthony Klempner}}

| length1 = 2:26

| title2 = You Problem

| writer2 = {{hlist|David Stewart}}

| extra2 = {{hlist|David Stewart}}

| length2 = 3:19

| title3 = Tied to Your Body

| writer3 = {{hlist|John Ryan|Marco Borrero|Stephenie Jones|Teddy Geiger}}

| extra3 = {{hlist|Afterhrs|John Ryan|Teddy Geiger}}

| length3 = 2:09

| title4 = Whispers in the Dark

| writer4 = {{hlist|Benjamin Harrison|Colton Avery|Kane John Parfitt|Madi Yanofsky}}

| extra4 = KIN.

| length4 = 3:40

| title5 = Blame Me

| writer5 = {{hlist|Jake Davis|Joe Kearns|Pablo Bowman|Tom Mann}}

| extra5 = {{hlist|Jake Davis|Taylor Wilzbach}}

| length5 = 3:08

| title6 = Secrets

| writer6 = {{hlist|Ben Berger|Iain James|Ryan McMahon|Ryan Rabin}}

| extra6 = Captain Cuts

| length6 = 3:00

| title7 = About Last Night

| writer7 = {{hlist|Brian Lee|Peter Nappi|Sean Kennedy|Upsahl}}

| extra7 = {{hlist|Brian Lee|Peter Nappi}}

| length7 = 2:33

| title8 = Better

| writer8 = {{hlist|Colin Magalong|Keith Varon|Naomi Abergel}}

| extra8 = Keith Varon

| length8 = 2:19

| title9 = Blow Your Mind

| writer9 = {{hlist|Alex Tidebrink|Kris Eriksson|Lina Hansson}}

| extra9 = Kris Eriksson

| length9 = 2:10

| title10 = The Dreaming

| writer10 = {{hlist|Ben West|Laura Veltz|Nate Cyphert}}

| extra10 = Ben West

| length10 = 3:57

| total_length = 28:41

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