MUSIC
LE SSERAFIM charted on the US Billboard for 5 consecutive weeks
According to the latest chart (as of December 9) released by Billboard, an American music media outlet, on the 5th (local time), LE SSERAFIM (Chaewon Kim, Sakura, Yunjin Heo, Kazuha, Eunchae Hong)'s first English digital single 'Perfect Night' It ranked 11th in ‘Global (excluding the US)’ chart for 5 consecutive weeks.
In addition, 'Perfect Night' was ranked in the 'Global 200' (25th) and 'Canada Hot 100' (74th) for 5 consecutive weeks. This song was on the Billboard charts even at the end of the year when carols were strong.
The English song 'Perfect Night' is also showing strong performance on domestic music charts. This song took first place on the latest (counting period November 27 - December 3) Melon weekly chart and stayed at the top for two consecutive weeks, making it the second consecutive week for a K-pop female artist to top Melon's weekly chart with an English song. Le Seraphim is the first individual or group to reach the summit. This song also maintained first place on the daily chart for 15 consecutive days (November 20 - December 4).
Meanwhile, in 'The 50 best songs of 2023' published by British magazine NME on the 4th, 'Eve, Psyche and Bluebeard's Wife', a song from Le Seraphim's first full-length album, ranked 32nd.
NME introduced, “Inspired by three rebellious women in mythology, ‘Eve, Psyche and Bluebeard’s Wife’ is a song that boldly confronts the taboos of the world through future-oriented EDM sound,” and added, “I” written by Heo Yun-jin. Regarding “m a mess in distress / but we’re still the best dressed,” he said, “It’s one of the best pop lyrics of the year.”
Kim Se-ah, Ten Asia reporter haesmik@tenasia.co.kr
