Awaken the World

* Digital
* Awaken Version
* World Version

**Awaken the World** is the first studio album by Chinese boy group WayV. It was released digitally on June 9, 2020, and physically on June 18, 2020, by Label V and SM Entertainment, with Dreamus as the South Korean distributor and Owhat as the distributor for China.

## Background and release

Following the release of their second extended play *Take Over the Moon* and English version of "Love Talk (English Version)", WayV teased their upcoming album by performing a mashup of their new songs "Bad Alive" and "超时空 回 (Turn Back Time)" in their May 3 *Beyond LIVE: Beyond the Vision*, an online-dedicated live concert series jointly organized by SM Entertainment and Naver. The group then announced they would release their first full-length album *Awaken the World* on June 9. On May 30, a teaser video was released on the group's Twitter account which shows a new version of WayV's logo, as well as an URL to a web-based interactive game that fans could visit and play on mobile to "find clues from WayV and rescue them". A video trailer and photos of each member were released one by one as part of the game's reward. The music video teaser for "超时空 回 (Turn Back Time)" was uploaded on the SMTOWN's official Youtube channel on June 8, 2020.

Due to issues regarding their outfits, the album was released digitally as scheduled on June 9, while the release of the physical album was delayed to June 18. The music video for the lead single "Turn Back Time" was eventually released on June 10. The group also released a Korean version of "Turn Back Time" digitally on June 18.

On July 24, WayV announced they would release an English version of the track "Bad Alive" as a digital single. Preceded by series of photos and video teasers, the song was released digitally on July 29 at 17:00 CST while the music video was released at midnight.

## Music

A full-length release which consists of ten songs that fall mostly in the R&B and hip-hop genres with influences from synth-pop, Awaken the World saw the participation of various songwriters and production teams that have worked with SM previously, namely Moonshine, Tay Jasper, Adrian McKinnon, Mike Daley, Mitchell Owens, Deez, Dsign Music, Cazzi Opeia, Ryan S. Jhun, Vedo, LDN Noise, MZMC, and others. Members Hendery and YangYang also participated in lyric writing for some of the album tracks.

## Commercial performance

Shortly after its release, *Awaken the World* claimed its number one iTunes position in 21 countries and the entire album tracks charted on top ten QQ Music Soaring Songs chart. The album went on to debut at number three on Gaon Album Chart for the week of June 20, 2020. It eventually earned the first top ten debut for the group on the monthly chart by appearing at number three for the month of June 2020, with a cumulative sales of 86,292 copies. The album also appeared at number thirty-three on *Billboard Japan* Hot Albums, making *Awaken the World* the group's first release to chart in Japanese music charts. The physical album subsequently peaked at number nineteen on Oricon Weekly Albums Chart. In the United States, the album debuted at number nine on *Billboard* World Albums chart.

## Audio

*Note: Audio cannot be viewed on mobile devices.*

## Gallery

*Please see Awaken the World/Gallery.*
*This page only shows photos that include the WayV members. For media related to Bad Alive (English Version), please check out its respective page.*

## Videos

*Please see Awaken the World/Videos.*
*This page only shows videos that include the WayV members. For media related to Bad Alive (English Version), please check out its respective page.*

## Promotions

*Please see Awaken the World/Promotions.*

## Merchandise

*Please see Awaken the World/Merchandise.*

## Trivia

* The members are each associated with codes that correspond to a number in binary:
	+ Kun: 1011 (11)
	+ Ten: 1010 (10)
	+ WinWin: 111 (7)
	+ Lucas: 10100 (20)
	+ Xiaojun: 1000 (8)
	+ Hendery: 101100 (44)
	+ YangYang: 10110 (22)
* The game's passwords were to be guessed through the hints given by the members in their dialogue.
	+ Ten: Turn Back Time (*Let's get out. Turn back time.*)
	+ Kun: We Are Your Vision (*This is the way we go together.*)
	+ WinWin: Wayzenni (*You are the key.*)
	+ Lucas: Take Off (*We need to look back to our past.)*
	+ Xiaojun: V (*Please find my sign.*)
	+ Hendery: 7 (*6 more. We all need to get together.*)
	+ YangYang: See the V (*Look for the key that I drew.*)
* The literal translations of the song titles are as follows:
	+ 超时空回 (Turn Back Time): Turn back beyond space and time (*chāo shíkōng huí*)
	+ 执迷 (Unbreakable): Obsessed (*zhí mí*)
	+ 多米诺 (Domino) is the Chinese transliteration of the English word domino (*duōmǐnuò*).
	+ 浪漫发酵 (Up from Here): Fermentation of romance (*làngmàn fāxiào*)
* The English version of Bad Alive was later released as a digital single.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0LJ-57Opok
2. ↑ http://turnbacktime-wayv.com/