Kep1er Drops First Teaser For Upcoming 4th Mini Album 'LOVESTRUCK!'
Kep1er has now released the first teaser for their upcoming fourth mini album "LOVESTRUCK!," offering another certified bop to the K-pop community!
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Kep1er Releases First Teaser of Upcoming Comeback 'LOVESTRUCK!'
On March 20, Kep1er has dropped the first teaser for upcoming fourth mini album "LOVESTRUCK," which is aimed for a spring release.
The comeback is slated to release on April 10, at 6 p.m., KST. With "LOVESTRUCK!" looming around the corner for its release, it has now followed their previous comebacks "First Impact," "Doublast," and "Troubleshooter."
Furthermore, on March 15, the group also released their second Japanese single album, "Fly By," which contains Japanese original track "I do, Do you?" and its B-side song "tOgether, fOrever."
Additionally, it also features the Japanese remix of their debut song "WA DA DA," as well as "MVSK" and "We Fresh."
On March 15, Wake One and Swing Entertainment also revealed the official schedule for Kep1er's first Japan concert tour, which showcased the dates and location for their stops.
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On the itinerary, the "WA DA DA" singers will kickstart their Japan tour on Tokyo on May 20 and May 21. Afterwards, it will be trailed with Aichi (June 2, 3) and Hyogo (June 10, 11).
With all of these announcements and activities, Kep1er is sure to make another solid year, despite being one of K-pop's freshly debuted rookies!
Kep1er Ties With BTS & TWICE on Billboard Japan With 'WA DA DA'
In other news, Kep1er has gone toe-to-toe with two of the most popular artists in K-pop, BTS and TWICE.
On August 10, Billboard Japan officially revealed that Kep1er's debut song "WA DA DA" has exceeded 100 million cumulative streams on its Streaming Songs chart. With this feat, Kep1er became the first fourth-generation group to achieve this groundbreaking accomplishment.
They've also become the third K-pop artist and second K-pop girl group to garner 100 million streams on Billboard Japan with at least one song. What makes this achievement impressive is that the "rookie monster" group achieved this feat with their debut song.
Notably, global K-pop group BTS first accomplished this feat in November 2020, when they released their first English song "Dynamite."
Meanwhile, third-generation girl group TWICE achieved this in January 2021 with their song "Feel Special," which was released in September 2019.
"WA DA DA" was released on January 3, 2022, and is the title track of Kep1er's first mini album "First Impact." As of March 20, the MV for "WA DA DA" currently garners 152,472,695 views on YouTube. The group has nine members, comprising of Yujin, Xiaoting, Mashiro, Chaeyun, Dayeon, Hikaru, Huening Bahiyyih, Youngeun, and Yeseo.
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