If Minisode 3: TOMORROW was the long night - a desperate hope that reunion might still be possible - then The Star Chapter: SANCTUARY is the moment the sun begins to rise. This chapter captures what it means to come home - not to the past, but to each other. After seasons of emotional frost and internal distance, the boys* find themselves once again beneath the sky where everything began. Yet this reunion isn’t a return to innocence, it’s something deeper: a conscious choice to reconnect, to heal, and to stay. Inspired in part by The Snow Queen, where love melts frozen hearts after a time of separation, the album portrays the slow thaw of emotional walls and a return to childhood wonder through a matured lens. Here, love is no longer a fantasy or escape - it becomes a sanctuary grounded in mutual trust, quiet understanding, and the courage to be seen. Exploring love in its many forms and stages, SANCTUARY marks a shift from turmoil to peace, reimagining connection not as a way to flee reality, but as the very thing that makes it worth facing. It shows that sanctuary isn’t found by running away - it’s found by choosing to stay, to feel, to remember, and to move forward towards tomorrow.

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*In the context of TXT’s discography, the term ‘boy’/‘boys’ are used to represent both the members themselves as well as serve as generalized protagonists embodying the universal experiences of youth.