Max Changmin returns with third mini album 'All Of My Life' after 4 years 9 months

4 years 9 months later, six tracks

TVXQ's Max Changmin released his third mini album, All Of My Life, on October 19 — his first solo record in 4 years and 9 months. The album has six tracks: All Of My Life (title track), Hot Blood, The Low, Yeah We Go, Sleeping By The Phone, and 99 (Boiling Point).

A countdown live streamed through the official TVXQ YouTube and TikTok channels on the same day at 5 PM.

Band sound was the brief from the start

Changmin pushed for a specific direction early. "I expressed the opinion that I wanted to fill the album with band sound." Getting the title track right took longer than usual. He typically spends 3 to 4 hours in the recording booth, but this time logged close to 8 hours through repeated re-recordings to fix what wasn't landing.

Yeah We Go is the one track he wrote solo. He's a sports fan, and it shows: "I wrote the lyrics imagining an athlete overcoming tension and pressure in the locker room and running out to the field." Hot Blood is the one he wants to shout with fans in a room. Sleeping By The Phone he described as the right fit for a sentimental autumn night (which, given the October drop, is not an accident).

Seoul live sessions in November

Changmin takes the album to a stage almost immediately. MAX CHANGMIN LIVE SESSION : RESONANCE opens at Seoul's YES24 Live Hall from November 6 to 8. "It will be a performance where you can feel plenty of exciting band sound."