Finding Meaning through Gen Z’s Vulnerability in Tomorrow x Together’s Album The Chaos Chapter: FREEZE.NPM:217010051

Ayu Nikmatul Sarola, Husni Thamrin S.S., M.Hum. (2026) Finding Meaning through Gen Z’s Vulnerability in Tomorrow x Together’s Album The Chaos Chapter: FREEZE.NPM:217010051. Skripsi(S1) thesis, FISS UNPAS.

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Abstract

The purpose of this research is to identify the types of speech acts and their meanings found in the lyrics of Tomorrow x Together’s (TXT) album The Chaos Chapter: FREEZE. TXT is a South Korean boy group under Big Hit Music, known for their lyrical storytelling that often reflects the struggles and emotions of youth. This album was chosen as the object of study because it presents themes of love, confusion, and identity crisis through poetic and expressive lyrics. The research uses a qualitative descriptive method, with data consisting of 40 lyric lines taken from all eight songs in the album, with five representative lines selected from each song. The analysis applies Austin’s (1962) Speech Act Theory to classify illocutionary acts into five categories: verdictives, exercitives, commissives, behabitives, expositives, and Leech’s (1981) Semantic Theory to interpret seven types of meaning: conceptual, sconnotative, social, affective, reflected, collocative, and thematic. The findings show that expositive acts are the most dominant type of speech act, appearing in 19 data, indicating that the lyrics often function to explain or state the speaker’s condition and beliefs. Behabitives and exercitives also appear frequently, reflecting the expression of emotional attitudes and attempts to influence others. In terms of meaning, affective meaning is the most prominent with 19 examples, showing that the lyrics strongly convey emotions such as love, despair, and vulnerability. These results suggest that TXT’s lyrics function not only as artistic expression but also as performative language that communicates layered emotional and semantic messages to listeners. Keywords: Speech Acts, Semantics, Song Lyrics, Tomorrow x Together

Item Type:	Thesis (Skripsi(S1))
Subjects:	S1-Skripsi
Divisions:	Fakultas Seni dan Sastra > Sastra Inggris 2025
Depositing User:	mr FISS-Oman -
Date Deposited:	09 Feb 2026 06:35
Last Modified:	09 Feb 2026 06:35
URI:	https://repository.unpas.ac.id/id/eprint/82208

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