This is now the third consecutive comeback that fromis_9 has made it comfortably into the top 20 of the Melon Top 100 list. Supersonic topped out at #5, Like You Better got to #18, and now White Memories just hit #11. That’s over 100,000 unique listeners.
This new single from fromis has a neat history. It’s a seasonal song, and is a remake of a song from 2001, written by Sejun Hwang (who would later go on to found Jellyfish Entertainment) and sung by well-known actor and balladist Kim Minjong. I don’t have a sense of how popular the song itself was… it gets pretty tough to find information on the Internet about Korean music from before 2005 or so. All I could find was the original music video.
But let’s assume it was reasonably well known. There’s a lot of wisdom in remaking a song that a lot of older Koreans would remember from many years ago. It gives the group a chance at being heard by a wider population than the typical kpop crowd. I think it’s another sign that whoever is guiding fromis_9’s direction at ASND is doing a good job.
What a delightful turnaround from a year ago, where us long-time fans were facing an unceremonious and senseless ending.
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