A lot has happened in the K-pop scene over the last seven days. A few new songs came out, as well as interesting reports. Here’s a recap of what you might have missed last week.
Return of K-pop December 2022: Super Junior, NCT Dream, NewJeans
Super Junior “Celebrate”
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On December 15, Super Junior returned to the music scene with the second part of their 11th studio album entitled “The Road: Celebration”. The album is led by the song “Celebrate”, which is a pop song celebrating the journey so far, expressing love and thanks to those who have been by Super Junior’s side for a long time.
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“The Road: Celebration” was a major success on the iTunes charts, peaking at number one in 21 regions and landing in the top five of 29 other regions. “Celebration” even topped the iTunes Song charts in 11 regions.
NCT’s “Candy” Dream
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Another new K-pop song that was released in the third week of December 2022 is NCT Dream’s “Candy”, which is a remake of the 1996 H.O.T. song of the same name. The all-new version was met with great love by Korean music lovers, becoming the only third song by a boy band to reach number one on MelOn’s Top 100 in 2022. Furthermore, “Candy” made NCT Dream the only third boy group to reach the top 10 on MelOn’s 24Hits chart in history.
Meanwhile, the single “Candy” topped the iTunes album charts in at least 16 regions, as well as QQ Music’s digital album sales chart.
New “Ditto” Jeans
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Released by NewJeans, “Ditto” is also a new K-pop song. It is a pre-release single, which is the group’s first project since their debut EP “NewJeans”, which was released in early August.
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In just six hours of release, “Ditto” climbed to number one on major Korean real-time charts such as Bugs, Genie and MelOn.
In addition, the pre-release track NewJeans topped the iTunes Song charts in at least seven regions and became the second most searched term on China’s Weibo on the same day it was released.
The hottest K-pop idol news for the third week of December 2022
Two K-pop artists will perform on Dick Clark’s New Year’s Eve
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December 6, TOMORROW X TOGETHER (TXT) announced that they are part of the lineup of artists featured on Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve.
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Nine days later it was revealed that BTS J-Hope will also be one of the performers at the event, which is scheduled to take place on December 31 at 8:00 p.m. EST.
LOONA Won’t Present Comeback Showcase For New ‘0’ Album
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Amid the controversy surrounding Blockberry Creative and Chuu, LOONA is gearing up for a comeback in January next year. But the company announced that the girl group will not be presenting their new album “0”. However, the label did not give a reason.
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Fans suspect that Blockberry Creative is preventing the media from asking LOONA members about a problem with the company, them and Chuu.
Shipping details Dispute between Chuu and Blockberry Creative
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On December 19, Dispatch published a lengthy article detailing the dispute currently ongoing between former LOONA Chuu and Blockberry Creative. The article contained text messages that are believed to be evidence of “Chuu’s abuse of power”, the pay split between LOONA and Chuu, and Chuu’s exclusive deal.
PENTAGON member, former TO1 members reportedly compete in Mnet’s “Boys Planet”.
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On December 19, it was announced that the PENTAGON member would appear on Mnet’s “Boys Planet” as one of the contestants. A day later, it was reported that two former TO1 members would also be competing in the survival show.
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Written by Maria Scott
