The credit that turned a tracklist into a dispute
TOMORROW X TOGETHER's ninth mini album, PERFECT STORM, is a BIGHIT MUSIC release, and Koreaboo reported on 25 October that the song titles and credits published ahead of it have caused a strong reaction among fans. The centre of the dispute is 'Angel Bite', the album's title track, which lists CORTIS members Martin, Juhoon and Seonghyeon as songwriters and producers. According to Koreaboo, TXT members' songwriting contributions on the album are limited to B-side tracks.
That contrast is what turned a routine credits announcement into a story. A title track is usually the song that carries a comeback's promotion, so its credits are read as a statement about whose work leads the release. Koreaboo's report frames the reaction around that expectation: fans are not objecting to collaboration in principle, but to the visible gap between a title track written and produced by members of another group and a TXT writing presence confined to the album's B-sides.
How the credits are divided
The published credits give three CORTIS members both writing and production roles on 'Angel Bite'. Koreaboo names them individually, which matters because the objection is specific rather than a vague complaint about outside writers. Named credits make the comparison concrete: readers can see exactly which act is attached to which song, and which roles they hold.
Koreaboo reports that TXT's own songwriting contributions are limited to the B-side tracks, without setting out the details of each one. For fans, that division is the evidence they are working from. The title track is the song most likely to be performed, discussed and judged first, and it is also the song where the group's own writing is absent from the published list. Whether that reflects scheduling, creative choice or label strategy is not established in the report.
The arguments fans made
Koreaboo gathered a range of posts making overlapping points. One argued that in the group's seventh year, the members were still not being allowed to take part in producing their songs. Another asked why CORTIS members were permitted to make music for TXT when TXT members were not making music for themselves, and suggested that if the group's schedule is the obstacle, more free time would be the remedy.
A third named Beomgyu and said the label would rather give a production credit to an idol from a different group.
Other posts were more measured. One accepted that fans could be upset while describing TXT as capable and proven in writing and production, and noting that the title track had no writing credit from them. Another said the frustration would be smaller if both groups had worked on the song. Taken together, the posts are not a single demand. They are variations on a question about opportunity: who gets the chance to build a creative record, and how that chance is documented.
The grievances beyond 'Angel Bite'
The reaction also pulled in earlier complaints, which Koreaboo reports as part of the same wave. Fans cited Yeonjun's work developing choreography for 'Beautiful Strangers', released in 2025, without a formal credit. They also pointed to TXT's group description on BIGHIT MUSIC's website, which they characterised as a generic placeholder, and compared it with a longer biography given to a newer act. One post noted that CORTIS's debut album was sold at a TXT pop-up event.
These are fan claims and interpretations as reported, not findings about the label's conduct. Their relevance is that they show why the credits row escalated. A single title-track credit can be read as an isolated decision; a set of perceived omissions, listed together, is read as a pattern. The report does not establish that any pattern exists, and the individual grievances differ in kind: a choreography credit, a website biography and a retail placement are not the same sort of decision.
But they explain the tone of the response.
The defence from CORTIS fans
CORTIS fans have answered the criticism. Koreaboo reports that they argued the members had previously taken part in other TXT songs, and that any internal decisions about credits would sit beyond the members' control. That defence separates the artists from the process. It also points to a reasonable distinction: a credit lists who worked on a song, not who chose the team around it.
For readers outside the fandom, the exchange is a reminder that credit announcements are read by more than one audience. TXT fans see a missed opportunity for their group; CORTIS fans see a young act being blamed for a decision it did not make. Both readings can coexist with the published facts, which is why the disagreement has not been settled by the credits themselves.
Why this is a label story
Because both groups sit with BIGHIT MUSIC, the comparison lands at company level. Within one label, a credit given to one act and withheld from another is easily read as a signal of investment. That reading is interpretation rather than a confirmed account of how the credits were assigned, but it explains why a tracklist has generated more discussion than the songs.
The two sides of that signal are worth stating plainly. For CORTIS, an early title-track credit is a meaningful opportunity. For TXT, a title track without their writing credits can look like a limit on the creative identity fans expect the group to build. Neither interpretation requires anyone to act in bad faith. The collision is structural: one song, one set of credits, two fandoms reading the same list for different things.
What the album still has to answer
PERFECT STORM will be judged on its music, and the credits dispute does not determine whether 'Angel Bite' works. What it does determine is the frame through which the release will initially be heard. Fans who see the credit list as a slight will bring that reading to the title track; fans who see a routine production choice will bring another. The report offers no statement from BIGHIT MUSIC or the groups on the reaction.
The takeaway is narrow but useful. A published credit is a small piece of information that carries a large amount of meaning for fandoms, especially when it concerns a title track and a group's own creative involvement. The row is not evidence that collaboration is unwelcome in K-pop. It is evidence that fans treat credits as part of an artist's record, and that labels publishing them should expect them to be read closely.
