Group ENHYPEN completed the dark fantasy of ENHYPEN with the 4th mini album 'DARK BLOOD', which has a unique concept.
ENHYPEN (Jungwon, Heeseung, Jay, Jake, Sunghoon, Sunwoo, Nikki) successfully completed their 'DARK BLOOD' activities after appearing on SBS' 'Inkigayo', which aired on the 18th. 'DARK BLOOD', released on the 22nd of last month, is an album that expresses the preciousness and gratitude of fans felt by ENHYPEN to a fantasy story. A solid storyline and ENHYPEN, which perfectly digested the vampire concept, met to complete a high-quality album.
Through the stage of the title song 'Bite Me', the coupling song 'Bills', and the follow-up song 'Sacrifice (Eat Me Up)', ENHYPEN showed more expressive power and further solidified the formula of 'performance = ENHYPEN'. They presented an alluring performance with 'Bite Me', and expressed the sadness of parting with a soft dance line with 'Bills'. They also showed off their deadly charms with a moderate group dance with "Sacrifice (Eat Me Up)".
'DARK BLOOD' performed well on domestic and international charts. This album sold more than 1.1 million copies on the day of release based on the Hanteo Chart, instantly becoming a 'Million Seller', and sold more than 1.32 million copies in the first week of release (May 22-28), the highest first-week sales record for an Enhyphen album has renewed
In addition, 'DARK BLOOD' went directly to the top of the Japanese Oricon Weekly Album Ranking and Weekly Combined Album Ranking (June 5 / counting period May 22-28), and immediately after its release, Japan, Indonesia, France, Mexico, etc. It topped the iTunes 'Top Album' chart in 30 countries/regions around the world. ENHYPEN reached the top on several charts, continuing the 'Hive 4th Generation Blast'.
Major foreign media also paid attention to ENHYPEN's performance and shed light on the new album. The British NME focused on analyzing the meaning and songs contained in 'DARK BLOOD' and said, "It is clear that 'DARK BLOOD' is just the beginning as a storytelling device. It left enough clues for the next chapter,” revealing expectations for the follow-up to the ‘BLOOD’ series.
Meanwhile, ENHYPEN will meet fans around the world on the world tour 'ENHYPEN WORLD TOUR 'FATE'' starting in Seoul next month.
Reporter Yoon Jun-ho, Ten Asia delo410@tenasia.co.kr