7 minutes ago, paddii_ said:

What is this new IVE song? 
Was this announced? 

 

 

It's the opening Theme for Damemane! a Japanese Drama.

4 minutes ago, Xalric said:

 

 

It's the opening Theme for Damemane! a Japanese Drama.

Get those coins, queens!

1 minute ago, Witnessed ET said:

Get those coins, queens!

Now why the song is better than their last album?

 

I just noticed 4th GG don't release full albums in Japan anymore. How did that happen 

None of them has a full album there 

2 minutes ago, Xalric said:

Now why the song is better than their last album?

 

It's good and the melodies are gorgeous but it could fit right into their last album lbr

having said that, they really need to go back to the explosive pop-perfection with their signature high-teen luxury image. This relatable schtick they've been doing is kinda tired now, despite the success.

 

 

3 minutes ago, paddii_ said:

I just noticed 4th GG don't release full albums in Japan anymore. How did that happen 

None of them has a full album there 

They don't care how many songs are on the albums as long as they get the photocard they wanted!

 

Is rainbow going to have an annual reunion at their weddings now?

 

 

At least perform a song there

 

cohesive excellence 

 

 

 

 

the most beautiful and photogenic idol, change my mind 

 

 

1 hour ago, hallucinate said:

 

Nah I'm good... I won't wait, don't worry about me.

 

 

the most goodlooking man in kpop

 

2 hours ago, paddii_ said:

I just noticed 4th GG don't release full albums in Japan anymore. How did that happen 

None of them has a full album there 

ITZY released one.

 

 

 

This lesbian anthem

 

 

32 minutes ago, CrisPop said:

ITZY released one.

 

 

 

I totally forgot about this album 

Bye i wanna buy that damn signed poster version of Meovv's next mini album but it doesn't even ship to Indonesia 

Obsessed with this song atm, kinda K-Bside-SOTY? It's so exquisitely produced and Yeji sounds great!

 

2 hours ago, hallucinate said:

 

king is back

this is so good

 

tho the video/looks could've been better

11 hours ago, Eternium said:

It literally isn't. You can go to Kworb, Korean Sales, Circle, 가이섬, YouTube Music, etc. and get all of the info fresh from the source. You're so lazy with stats and it's why you literally ALWAYS get them wrong.

It's so funny how you always believe every metric is biased against your faves, whether it be Spotify or Charmasters etc., instead of just admitting that your faves lost lol. If aespa has some missing numbers on Chartmasters, then so does SKZ. I know the metric is not 100 % correct, but it does give you an idea who's more popular right now in the streaming era especially when  SKZ leading the gap with 21-2 against aespa.

 

11 hours ago, Eternium said:

He's well aware. They've had two comebacks since Aespa's last comeback and both bombed. So he lashes out. 

The so called comebacks being a Japanese release and 2 unpromoted mixtapes  

 

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Giant is the second Japanese-language studio album and fifth overall by South Korean boy band Stray Kids.

Hop is mixtape, where they released all the solo songs that they had performed months on tour prior to be released officially:

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Hop  is the first mixtape by South Korean boy band Stray Kids, released by JYP Entertainment and Republic Records on December 13, 2024. Marketed as the group's "special album" and first "SKZhop Hiptape" record

Mixtape:Dominate was a digital release for their 7th anniversary and was simply made to introduce new unit songs for their LATAM leg of their tour, since they change the setlist in every continent they perform.:

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Mixtape: Dominate is a single album by South Korean boy band Stray Kids. It was released through JYP Entertainment and Republic Records on March 21, 2025, as the fifth installment of "Mixtape Project" to commemorate the group's seventh anniversary.

 

The last time SKZ had an actual regular Korean comeback that wasn't labeled and marketed as a "mixtape" was in July with "ATE". 

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And claiming SKZ bombed with their mixtapes is insane, when HOP (a mixtape) has outperformed every aespa album globally despite being a mixtape that was released during the end of the year in Christmas season without any promotion  Not only has HOP outsold every aespa album, it's also on it's way to surpass almost every aespa album on streaming, and has outperformed every aespa album on global charts including achieving their 6th consecutive #1 album on the Billboard 200:

 

Weekly charts Weekly chart performance for Hop Chart (2024–2025) Peak position Greek Albums (IFPI)[53] 1 Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[54] 1 Japanese Albums (Oricon)[56] 1 Japanese Combined Albums (Oricon)[57] 1 Polish Albums (ZPAV)[61] 1 Portuguese Albums (AFP)[62] 1 South Korean Albums (Circle)[63] 1 US Billboard 200[68] 1 US World Albums (Billboard)[69] 1 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[66] 2 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[44] 3 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[45] 3 French Albums (SNEP)[51] 3 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[52] 3 Australian Albums (ARIA)[42] 4 Croatian International Albums (HDU)[47] 4 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[43] 7 Japanese Hot Albums (Billboard Japan)[58] 8 Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[64] 9 Italian Albums (FIMI)[55] 13 Lithuanian Albums (AGATA)[59] 17 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[60] 20 Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[48] 22 Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[50] 28 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[49] 35 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[65] 42 Canadian Albums (Billboard)[46] 62 UK Albums (OCC)[67] 91

Certifications and sales

Certifications and sales for Hop

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
France (SNEP)[76]	Gold	50,000‡
South Korea (KMCA)[77]	2× Million	2,000,000^
United States (RIAA)[78]	Gold	500,000‡
Summaries
Worldwide (IFPI)	—	1,800,000[73]
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. ‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

 

 

It was literally released 2 weeks before 2024 ended, and still managed to make it to 2024 year-end lists especially IFPI:

 

Year-end chart performance for Hop

Chart (2024)	Position
Global Album Sales (IFPI)[73]	6
South Korean Albums (Circle)[75]	6
Portuguese Albums (AFP)[74]	123
French Albums (SNEP)[72]	188

 

 

Keep in mind that they did all of that with MIXTAPE/special album with zero promotion, and yet, aespa will most likely never be able to pull this with any of their comebacks  

 

Edited April 21, 20251 yr by Pluto6

 

they reheated their own nachos so hard they kinda burnt them

 

and still no lines for Hanjin

 

 

Just now, Pluto6 said:

It's so funny how you always believe every metric is biased against your faves, whether it be Spotify or Charmasters etc., instead of just admitting that your faves lost lol. If aespa has some missing numbers on Chartmasters, then so does SKZ. I know the metric is not 100 % correct, but it does give you an idea who's more popular right now in the streaming era especially when the gap is 21-2.

 

The so called comebacks being a Japanese release and 2 unpromoted mixtapes  

 

Hop is mixtape, where they released all the solo songs that they had performed months on tour prior to be released officially:

Mixtape:Dominate was a digital release for their 7th anniversary and was simply made to introduce new unit songs for their LATAM leg of their tour, since they change things up in every continent they perform.:

 

The last time SKZ had an actual regular Korean comeback that wasn't labeled and marketed as a "mixtape" was in July with "ATE". 

-------------------------

 

And claiming SKZ bombed with their mixtapes is insane, when HOP (a mixtape) has outperformed every aespa album globally despite being a mixtape that was released during the end of the year in Christmas season without any promotion  Not only has HOP outsold every aespa album, it's also on it's way to surpass almost every aespa album on streaming, and has outperformed every aespa album on global charts including achieving their 6th consecutive #1 album on the Billboard 200:

 

Weekly charts Weekly chart performance for Hop Chart (2024–2025) Peak position Greek Albums (IFPI)[53] 1 Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[54] 1 Japanese Albums (Oricon)[56] 1 Japanese Combined Albums (Oricon)[57] 1 Polish Albums (ZPAV)[61] 1 Portuguese Albums (AFP)[62] 1 South Korean Albums (Circle)[63] 1 US Billboard 200[68] 1 US World Albums (Billboard)[69] 1 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[66] 2 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[44] 3 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[45] 3 French Albums (SNEP)[51] 3 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[52] 3 Australian Albums (ARIA)[42] 4 Croatian International Albums (HDU)[47] 4 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[43] 7 Japanese Hot Albums (Billboard Japan)[58] 8 Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[64] 9 Italian Albums (FIMI)[55] 13 Lithuanian Albums (AGATA)[59] 17 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[60] 20 Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[48] 22 Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[50] 28 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[49] 35 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[65] 42 Canadian Albums (Billboard)[46] 62 UK Albums (OCC)[67] 91

Certifications and sales

Certifications and sales for Hop

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
France (SNEP)[76]	Gold	50,000‡
South Korea (KMCA)[77]	2× Million	2,000,000^
United States (RIAA)[78]	Gold	500,000‡
Summaries
Worldwide (IFPI)	—	1,800,000[73]
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. ‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

 

 

It was literally released 2 weeks before 2024 ended, and still managed to make it to 2024 year-end lists especially IFPI:

 

Year-end chart performance for Hop

Chart (2024)	Position
Global Album Sales (IFPI)[73]	6
South Korean Albums (Circle)[75]	6
Portuguese Albums (AFP)[74]	123
French Albums (SNEP)[72]	188

 

 

Keep in mind that they did all of that with MIXTAPE/special album with zero promotion, and yet, aespa will most likely never be able to pull this with any of their comebacks  

will you stop

 

4 minutes ago, Save-Me-Oprah said:

will you stop

 

Not when these hags constantly disrespect my 4th gen leader faves 

 

 

now now who are you this baguette cosplaying as Ningning? 

 

Just now, Pluto6 said:

Not when these hags constantly disrespect my 4th gen leader faves 

what hags are disrespecting Enhypen?