Chaos

***Chaos*** is the seventh mini album by VICTON. It was released on May 31, 2022, by IST Entertainment and distributed by Kakao Entertainment. It has six tracks, including the lead single "Stupid O'clock" that continues the *Time Trilogy* from its previous single album *Chronograph*.

## Teasers

On May 2, 2022, IST Entertainment announced VICTON's upcoming comeback scheduled for the end of May.
On May 5, at 11 PM (KST), a teaser photo was released which revealed the upcoming comeback to be VICTON's 7th mini album, the release date and time, and five characters appeared on the image in Morse code that spelled out "chaos".
IST released the promotional schedule for *Chaos* on May 9, on an album preview, and made pre-ordering available. The next day the tracklist was released showing six tracks and announcing the title track as "Stupid O'Clock". Black-and-white "Fate" concept photos were released on May 11 of Seungsik and Byungchan, then of Hanse and Chan on May 12, followed by Sejun and Subin on May 13. ALICE noted the concept was reminiscent of the Mayday era, being a darker and moodier concept.

On May 13, "Fate" group concept photos in color were released alongside a short mood trailer, revealing Seungsik's light purple and Hanse's pink hair color. For the next two days, members used VLIVE while quarantined in their hotel room, due to traveling to Japan for *Chronograph* promotions. On May 17, "Control" group concept photos were released and the next day individual concept photos of the members were released, showing Byungchan and Chan having special effects makeup on their faces to create minor injuries.

May 20, a "Control" mood trailer is released (VLIVE) showing their photoshoot. The following day Hanse does a VLIVE showing off a new tattoo of a guitar on his upper arm. On May 24, a darker-themed set of individual photos of Subin and Byungchan were released. Chan and Sejun's individual photos were released on May 25, along with a short spoiler video of each member recording vocals. Seungsik and Hanse's photos were released on May 26, alongside a teaser highlight medley of each track.

On May 27, additional group concept photos were released. The next day, a teaser video of the prologue for "Stupid O'Clock" was released, showing the members running from something and appearing distressed. Byungchan is depicted with a timepiece or chronograph, and a scene from the "Chronograph" music video is shown of Byungchan catching it. The scene flashes from chaos at an art gallery and then a brief moment of him crouched over in torment. The video ends of Byungchan throwing the chronograph over a fence. The channel for **1theK** also publishes this prologue video.

* VICTON also opens an official **Weverse** account.

On May 29, a 24-second teaser of "Stupid O'clock" is released, showing each member in their own scenes. **1theK** also publishes this video.

## Release

On May 31, 2022, at 6:00 PM (KST), *Chaos* was released, alongside the music video for the title track "VICTON 빅톤 'Stupid O'clock' MV" on VICTON's official YouTube. The video gained 1 million views in the first ten hours of its release. On June 1, at 5:00 PM (KST) the video hit 5 million views and ended with 5.4 million in its first 24-hour period. On **1theK**, an official channel for music videos, also uploaded this music video and received around 220k views in the first 24 hours. On their upload of the video, English subtitles were not available, which may have explained some loss in views.

On June 1, "Stupid O'clock" passed 6 million views at 11:00 PM (KST), 29-hours after its release. In a short interview with **Weverse Magazine**, Seungsik said of the song, "I thought we would be able to show some beauty through moderation." Sejun added that the song "captures VICTON’s chaos and confusion. We tried to create a feeling of restraint in the chorus."

### Showcases

On May 31 at 10:00 PM (KST), **1theK** released VICTON's Showcase video for "Stupid O'clock".

On June 1, at 6:32 PM (KST), **1theK** released a full version of the Showcase performance including an interview with Q&A.

## Events

The following is a list of all events in 2022 related to the promotional activity for *Chaos*.

## References

1. ↑ VICTON 7th Mini Album Morse Code Teaser. Twitter - VICTON1109 (May 5, 2022).
2. ↑ [Teaser] VICTON(빅톤) \_ Stupid O'clock (Prologue). YouTube - 1theK (May 27, 2022).
3. ↑ [Teaser] VICTON(빅톤) \_ Stupid O'clock. YouTube - 1theK (May 29, 2022).
4. ↑ VICTON 빅톤 'Stupid O'clock' MV. YouTube - VICTON1109 (May 31, 2022).
5. ↑ [MV] VICTON(빅톤) \_ Stupid O'clock. YouTube - 1theK (May 31, 2022).
6. ↑ VICTON's playlist. Weverse Magazine (June 1, 2022).
7. ↑ VICTON(빅톤) \_ Stupid O'clock. YouTube - 1theK (May 31, 2022).
8. ↑ VICTON 7th Mini Album [Chaos] Showcase (Full ver.). YouTube - 1theK (June 1, 2022).