Before TWS started work on TO US, each of the six members sat down for a one-on-one interview with the agency and answered the same uncomfortable question: what frightens you most? Those answers became the backbone of the group’s new record, and they explain why “Call My Name” sounds like nothing TWS has released before.
The second single album arrived Monday, November 2 at 6 p.m. KST, which is 4 a.m. ET and 1 a.m. PT for US fans, and it lands just nine days after the group closed its first Asia tour. The lead track is not a love song. It is a song about courage, specifically the courage that shows up when someone you trust calls your name.
TO US Is Here, Nine Days After the Tour Wrapped
TO US is TWS’s second single album and carries three songs: the title track “Call My Name,” “We Up,” and “Heavy.” The Korean title of the lead track is 내 이름을 불러줘, rendered in English as “Call My Name.”
The timing says a lot. TWS wrapped 24/7:FOR:YOU at Kaohsiung Arena on October 24, a 15-show run across eight Asian cities that opened at Seoul’s KSPO Dome and also hit Fukuoka, Hyogo, Kanagawa, Macao, Bangkok, and Singapore. The agency says it sold out in most cities. Nine days later, the group is already back with new music.
What shifted is the emotional register. Jihoon said TWS’s earlier songs were about uncontrollable excitement and how it is okay to be awkward, and that this time the members wanted to show a different side of youth: that it is okay to go through trial and error while trying to find courage.
The Album Began With TWS Being Asked What Scared Them
Pledis Entertainment asked each member what frightened him most, when he felt anxious, and who helped him back on his feet. Jihoon said those conversations shaped the entire release.
“This album is precious to us,” Jihoon said. “It started with interviews with each member, and I think it expresses the sincere feelings that came out in those interviews.”
For TWS, the answer to “who helps you back up” was clear: 42, the group’s official fandom. Jihoon said the moment that gives the members the most strength is hearing fans call out their names.
“The moment we first heard the song, we were all of one mind about what we needed to express,” he said. “It was our sincerity, the kind where we’d throw everything we have when we think of our fans.”
The message does not stay inside the fandom. Jihoon said “Call My Name” could speak to anyone questioning themselves or struggling through trial and error, not only 42.
“Our sincerity lies in the message that by fully trusting 42, we are now at the point where we can find the courage to take on new challenges,” he said.
What Fans Should Hear in “Call My Name”
Youngjae, Shinyu, and Dohoon are credited as lyricists on the title track, and it marks Shinyu’s first songwriting credit. He said he skipped dressing up his thoughts and simply wrote down what he genuinely felt at the time.
Dohoon built his lines around trust and faith, describing the song as a story about “an invisible kind of trust.” He pointed to a pre-chorus idea that roughly translates to “I’ll leave myself to you” as the emotional center, and said he thought about his teammates, label staff, and family while writing. Youngjae approached the track as a direct answer to fans who keep calling TWS’s name.
Then there is the sound, which may be the clearest sign of growth. Jazz pianist Yun Seok-cheol plays on the track, layering emotional piano over a driving drum-and-bass rhythm.
“The piano made the emotions feel deeper and more poignant, which also helped add more emotion to the overall track and our performance,” Kyungmin said. He described the song as evoking a beautiful nightscape, with feeling building as it moves.
“We Up” and “Heavy” Finish the Story the Title Track Starts
The two B-sides are not filler. “We Up” is hip-hop based and captures the group’s ambition to reach bigger stages, while “Heavy” is a synth-pop song aimed at listeners who feel weighed down or alone.
Jihoon and Kyungmin summed up the record with four ideas: comfort, trial and error, encouragement, and courage for people who are afraid to take on challenges.
“If there are people doubting what they are doing or going through trial and error because they feel uncertain, I think the lyrics included in the songs on this album, especially ‘Call My Name,’ are words that can comfort them,” Jihoon said. “I hope our message can give some strength to people going through their own pain and struggles that come with growth.”
What Comes Next for TWS, and What Has Not Been Announced
The bigger picture is a group in its third year. TWS debuted in January 2024 under Pledis Entertainment, the label’s first boy group since SEVENTEEN, and calls its sound “boyhood pop,” a term for songs about growing up.
- January 2024: TWS debuts with “Plot Twist,” which goes on to top Melon’s annual chart, the first song by a boy band to do so in six years.
- 2025: “Overdrive” becomes a viral hit on the strength of its choreography.
- Earlier 2026: The EP No Tragedy arrives.
- October 24, 2026: 24/7:FOR:YOU closes in Kaohsiung.
- November 2, 2026: TO US and “Call My Name” are released.
No world tour has been announced, and there are no US dates to wait for yet. Shinyu has said plainly that he wants one, imagining the members visiting new cities together, and Jihoon has echoed that hope. Dohoon has a different milestone in mind: he said winning the biggest award at an awards ceremony, in front of so many other artists, is something he wants to work toward.
Whether this more reflective sound becomes TWS’s default direction is the open question heading into the group’s next era. Jihoon’s own goal stays simple.
“Our relationships are healthy, and I want us to be a healthy team with healthy fans,” he said.