Delusion (mini-album)

"DELUSION" is the 2nd mini album from K-pop Rock band, Spirit Roaming. The mini-album was released on vinyl, cassette, CD and digital download on the 15th of May, 2016, through the record labels Big Hit Entertainment and Pledis Entertainment. The mini-album consists of 7 tracks and features "Illusion" as its title track. The mini-album also contains 2 singles, "House of Tricks" and "What a Fool Believes". "DELUSION" is available in 2 editions, the first, named "?" and the second, "!".
==Background & Promotion==
On April 2, 2016, Big Hit Entertainment announced on their official Twitter account that "Spirit Roaming" were to have a comeback in May that year. 2 days later on the 4th of April, the release date of the new mini-alum was confirmed to be on the 15th of May and that it would be named "DELUSION". 
On April 20, 2016, the tracklist for "DELUSION" were released on the official Spirit Roaming Twitter account. That same day, an interview where the members gave some details on the release of their new mini-album was posted on YouTube, gaining 1M views in the first 24 hours. Some of their statements include, "We tried to depict a quite toxic relationship through our songs this time, hence the name 'DELUSION'. We thought that this topic needed to be portrayed more often in the music industry as it is a big problem today." The leader, Kim Aera, also stated, "The theme of this min-album is more of a psychedelic 60s aesthetic and we had tons of fun shooting and filming in this vintage style."
The Spirit Roaming Instagram account released 2 sets of concept photos on May 1, 2016. The first was titled "?" and displayed the members of Spirit Roaming as assistants to a faceless man in various magic tricks. The second was titled "!" and featured many iconic elements of the 1960s, including the Hippie and Mod styles popularized during the time.
On May 8, a comeback trailer was released onto the Big Hit Entertainment YouTube account. The trailer was the music video to lead singer Hwan's "Intro: Delusion".
On May 15, 2016, the music video to the title track "Illusion" was released onto the Big Hit Entertainment YouTube account and Spirit Roaming went live on a comeback show in Naver V LIVE reaching over 100 million likes. After the release of their mini-album, Spirit Roaming performed on multiple music shows including Mnet, KBS and SBS. Their first performance was on the M! Countdown.
==Editions==
*01 "?"
**[CD + Photobook + Random Photocard]
**[Vinyl + Random Photocard]
**[Cassette + DVD + Random Photocard]
*02 "!"
**[CD + Photobook + Random Photocard]
**[Vinyl + Random Photocard]
**[Cassette + DVD + Random Photocard]
==Tracklist==
===CD===
#Intro: Delusion (solo by Hwan)
#Magic Man
#Illusion
#House of Tricks
#Your Turn
#What a Fool Believes
#Outro: Lie To Me (song by Rap Line)
===DVD===
#Illusion (Music Video)
#House of Tricks (Music Video)
#"Illusion" and "House of Tricks" Music Video Behind the Scenes
#"Delusion" Photoshoot Behind the Scenes
==Trivia==
* Spirit Roaming's lead singer, Hwan, wrote and produced "Intro: Delusion"
* The magician featured in the "?" concept photos and "House of Tricks" music video was played by BTS' Jin.
* "Delusion" was originally a full album with 15 songs but over half were cut out and used for later albums
* "Outro: Lie To Me" was written by leader, Kim Aera and produced by main dancer, Shimmer and was originally supposed to be a duet for the two
==Gallery==
Delusion.jpg|"?" Edition Album Cover
DelusionPurple.jpg|"!" Edition Album Cover
VinylSpiritRoaming.jpg|"?" Edition Vinyl Cover
VinylSpiritRoaming2.jpg|"!" Edition Vinyl Cover
DelusionTracklist.jpg|"?" Edition Tracklist
DelusionTracklist2.jpg|"!" Edition Tracklist
Category:Alex's Stuff
Category:2016
Category:Spirit Roaming
Category:Mini-Albums
Category:Big Hit Entertainment
Category:Pledis Entertainment
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Category:Alternative
Category:Psychedelic Rock
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