{"id":1990942,"date":"2025-09-01T09:57:14","date_gmt":"2025-09-01T09:57:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1990942"},"modified":"2025-09-01T09:57:14","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T09:57:14","slug":"monsta-x-return-with-new-mini-album-the-x","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/monsta-x-return-with-new-mini-album-the-x\/","title":{"rendered":"MONSTA X return with new mini-album, &#8216;The X&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_86\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/monsta-x\">MONSTA X<\/a> have released their first mini-album as a full group in four years \u2013 check it out below.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"post-content-read-more\">\n<li><strong>READ MORE:\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/reviews\/album\/monsta-x-the-dreaming-review-3119202\">MONSTA X \u2013 \u2018The Dreaming\u2019 review: K-pop\u2019s chameleons reveal a new spectrum<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Today (September 1), the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/brands\/starship-entertainment\">Starship Entertainment<\/a> group have returned as a full six-member unit for the first time in four years with the new EP, \u2018The X\u2019. The project comprises six songs: \u2018Do What I Want\u2019, \u2018N The Front\u2019, \u2018Savior\u2019, \u2018Tuscan Leather\u2019, \u2018Catch Me Now\u2019 and \u2018Fire &amp; Ice\u2019.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/monsta-x-return-as-a-full-group-with-explosive-single-do-what-i-want-3885853\">\u2018Do What I Want\u2019 marked the first preview of the mini-album in August<\/a>, and the boyband released a futuristic video for the dance-y track.<\/p>\n<p>Now, they\u2019ve released the EP in full, as well as an accompanying music video for \u2018N The Front\u2019.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: THE X\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/3BUEab50RO1tf709W4EMcL?si=REk95mu_R1K3x_arHmeNbg&amp;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Watch the music video for MONSTA X\u2019s \u2018N The Front\u2019 below.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"MONSTA X \ubaac\uc2a4\ud0c0\uc5d1\uc2a4 &#039;N the Front&#039; MV\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ykFHzr0oVog?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Since 2021, five of the group\u2019s six members have been taking turn enlisting into the South Korean military for their mandatory service. Shownu was the first to enlist in 2021, followed by members Minhyuk, Joohoney, Kihyun and Hyungwon. Hyungwon is the latest MONSTA X member to complete his service, being discharged back in May.<\/p>\n<p>The group\u2019s youngest member I.M will enlist this year, though a confirmed date has yet to be announced. Between 2021 and now, MONSTA X have remained active, releasing music with members who weren\u2019t serving in the military. The group released several EPs without Shownu while he was serving in the military.<\/p>\n<p>Their last full-length album was 2021\u2019s English release\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/reviews\/album\/monsta-x-the-dreaming-review-3119202\">\u2018The Dreaming\u2019<\/a>, which scored a\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/reviews\/album\/monsta-x-the-dreaming-review-3119202\">four-star review<\/a>: \u201cMONSTA X may have numerous\u00a0<em>\u201ctrophies to show and stories to tell\u201d<\/em>\u00a0from their past six years, but nothing is more telling than the growth they\u2019ve continued to achieve since then. Being the K-pop chameleons they are, MONSTA X continue to refine and redefine themselves with every style and genre on each new release.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n  !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n  {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n  n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n  if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n  n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n  t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n  s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n  'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n  fbq('consent', 'revoke');\n  fbq('init', '370979561341328');\n  fbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.nme.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MONSTA X have released their first mini-album as a full group in four years \u2013 check it out below. 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