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Korea Herald
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Korea Herald
Le Sserafim reaches 300m Spotify streams with ‘Crazy'
Le Sserafim has achieved 300 million streams on Spotify with 'Crazy' as of Wednesday, agency Source Music said Friday, citing the platform. It is the group's fifth song to achieve the feat, following 'Antifragile,' 'Perfect Night,' 'Fearless' and 'Smart.' 'Crazy' is the title track for the group's fourth EP, which was released in August last year. The electronic dance tune made Billboard's Hot 100, entering at No. 76 and staying for another week at No. 99. The single also got Le Sserafim its first entry on the UK Official Singles Top 100, ranking No. 83. The group has concluded the Japan leg of its first international tour, 'Easy Crazy Hot.' The tour will resume in Taipei next month and will end in November with a two-day encore gig at Tokyo Dome, according to the plan it has shared so far.
Korea Herald
04-06-2025
- Business
- Korea Herald
Le Sserafim surpasses 200m views with ‘Fearless' music video
The music video for Le Sserafim's debut song garnered 200 million views on YouTube as of Tuesday, agency Source Music said Wednesday. It is the group's second music video to hit the mark after 'Antifragile,' the title track from the group's second EP. The group's debut single "Fearless' is an alternative pop tune that made both the Billboard Global 200 and Global 200 excl. US. The single amassed 300 million streams on Spotify as of April 2024. The mini album of the same title sold more than 300,000 copies in its first week, a first-ever for a K-pop girl group, and went on to notch the No. 1 spot on Oricon's Daily Album Ranking. The quintet is in the middle of its first international tour and will go live in Kitakyushu, Japan, this weekend.
The Star
16-05-2025
- General
- The Star
Is our semiconductor sector anti-fragile?
THE anti-fragile concept was popularised by author Nassim Nicholas Taleb in his 2012 aptly titled book Antifragile. It refers to anyone or thing that not only withstands shocks, stressors and volatility but actually improves and becomes stronger because of those very problems.
Korea Herald
13-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Korea Herald
Le Sserafim surpasses 400m Spotify streams with ‘Perfect Night'
Le Sserafim logged 400 million streams on Spotify with 'Perfect Night' as of Tuesday, said agency Source Music on Thursday, citing the platform. It's the group's second song to reach the milestone, after 'Antifragile,' and it did so faster than the earlier track. 'Perfect Night' is the quintet's first English-language single and was released as a digital single in October 2023. It ranked No. 19 on Billboard's Bubbling Under Hot 100 and rose to No. 8 and No. 18 on the Global Excl. US and Global 200, respectively. In May, the single earned platinum certification in Japan. The music video for the laid-back tune was a collaboration with Blizzard Entertainment's video game Overwatch 2 and has garnered over 100 million views. On Thursday, the game company announced that it will team up with Le Sserafim again. TWS among 100 rookie artists picked by NME TWS was chosen as one of the most promising 100 artists in the world by NME magazine. The British music publication named the group in the NME 100: Essential Emerging Artists for 2025, published online on Wednesday in the UK. The six-piece act was the only K-pop boy band to make the annual list. Describing the band as a 'charismatic Korean group capturing boyhood through nostalgic, feel-good pop,' the article focused on how TWS differentiates itself from its K-pop peers by 'taking a more grounded approach by exploring what it means to be a young man in the modern world.' 'With their earnest, endearing sound … it's only a matter of time before they charm the socks off the rest of the world,' it added. Meanwhile, the band will host its first fan meetup in Seoul on Feb. 14-16.
