The Vision (single album)
{{short description|2019 single album by WayV}}
{{Infobox album
| name = The Vision
| type = single album
| artist = WayV
| cover = WayV - The Vision.png
| alt =
| released = {{start date|2019|1|17}}
| studio =
| genre = {{hlist|Hip-hop|dance pop}}
| length = 10:10
| language = {{hlist|Mandarin}}
| label = {{hlist|Label V|S.M.}}
| producer =
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = Take Off
| next_year = 2019
| misc = {{Extra chronology
| artist = NCT
| type = single album
| prev_title = Regular-Irregular
| prev_year = 2018
| title = The Vision
| year = 2019
| next_title = Awaken
| next_year = 2019
}}
{{Singles
| name = The Vision
| type = single album
| single1 = Regular
| single1date = January 17, 2019
| single2 = Dream Launch
| single2date = January 24, 2019
}}
}}
The Vision is the debut single album by the Chinese boy band WayV, released in January 2019.Despite its release only containing three tracks totaling ten minutes, it was marketed as an extended play rather than a single. 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.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/international/8492077/wayv-nct-associated-boy-band-china|title=New NCT-Associated Boy Band WayV Set to Debut in China|magazine=Billboard|access-date=January 26, 2019|archive-date=January 3, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190103155703/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/international/8492077/wayv-nct-associated-boy-band-china|url-status=live}}
Background
WayV was first announced on August 12, 2018, under the working title, NCT China.{{cite web|url=https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=117&aid=0003091050|title=[공식] NCT중국팀, 올 하반기 출격…NCT드림·NCT127도 출격 대기|website=Entertain.naver.com|accessdate=31 January 2019|archive-date=16 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180816230616/https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=117&aid=0003091050|url-status=live}} 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.
After a series of video teasers released on YouTube, the album title and lead single title were released on January 12.{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/WayV_official/status/1084042348944740353|title=威神V(WayV)理所当然(Regular) Teaser Image_LUCAS #LUCAS #黄旭熙 #WayV #WeiShenV #威神Vpic.twitter.com/qJzLvkTiRs|last=WayV|date=12 January 2019|publisher=Twitter|accessdate=31 January 2019}} The MV teaser was released on January 16 via SMTOWN's YouTube channel.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxE5Cj6Jd8c|title=WayV 威神V '理所当然 (Regular)' MV Teaser|accessdate=31 January 2019|publisher=YouTube|archive-date=16 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190116110314/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxE5Cj6Jd8c&gl=US&hl=en|url-status=live}}
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.Charted songs on QQ Music: "Dream Launch" peaked at numbers 15 and 6, respectively.{{cite web|url=https://y.qq.com/n/yqq/toplist/5.html#t1=2018&t2=51&t3=song&t4=0&t5=1|title=Come Back, Dream Launch|last=|first=|date=January 17–23, 2019|website=Y.gg.com|access-date=31 January 2019|archive-date=31 December 2018|archive-url=https://archive.today/20181231211438/https://y.qq.com/n/yqq/toplist/5.html%23t1=2018&t2=21&t3=song&t4=30&t5=1#t1=2018&t2=51&t3=song&t4=0&t5=1|url-status=live}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline = The Vision track listing
| extra_column = Arrangement
| total_length = 10:10
| title1 = Regular
| note1 = {{lang-zh|s=理所当然|p=Lǐsuǒdāngrán|l=Goes without Saying|labels=yes}}
| lyrics1 = Matthew Yen
| music1 = {{hlist|Mike Daley|Mitchell Owens|Wilbart 'Vedo' McCoy III|George Kranz|Yoo Young-jin}}
| extra1 = {{hlist|Daley|Owens}}
| length1 = 3:38
| title2 = Come Back
| note2 = {{lang-zh|s=噩梦|p=Èmèng|l=Nightmare|labels=yes}}
| lyrics2 = Yen
| music2 = {{hlist|Daley|Owens|Michael Jiminez|{{ill|Deez|ko|디즈}}|MZMC|Jeremy "Tay" Jasper}}
| extra2 = {{hlist|Daley|Owens}}
| length2 = 3:25
| title3 = Dream Launch
| note3 = {{lang-zh|s=梦想发射计划|p=Mèngxiǎng Fāshè Jìhuà|l=Dream Launch Plan|labels=yes}}
| lyrics3 = Xiaohan
| music3 = {{hlist|Hyuk Shin (Joombas)|Sun (Joombas)|Bae Min-soo (Joombas)||Jeff Lewis}}
| extra3 = Joombas
| length3 = 3:47
}}
Notes
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