[Today’s K-pop] Seventeen’s 9th EP lands on Billboard 200 at No. 13

Seventeen’s ninth EP “Attacca” entered the Billboard 200 at No. 13, the group’s agency Pledis Entertainment announced Tuesday.

The EP came out on Oct. 22 and is now the group’s highest ranking release yet. Its previous EP “Your Choice” ranked No. 15 on the chart. The EP topped Billboard’s top album sales chart as well as Oricon’s daily and weekly album ranking, and Billboard Japan’s three main charts.

With the EP having sold more than 1.33 million copies in the first week, the 13-member act now has five consecutive albums that have sold more than one million copies.

Wrapping up its promotion for the EP, Seventeen uploaded a live version of lead track “Rock With You” on Tuesday.

On Nov. 14 and 21, the group will hold a livestream concert series, ‘Seventeen Concert .”

Super Junior’s D&E puts out 1st LP

Donghae and Eunhyuk of Super Junior are marking their tenth anniversary as a subunit with the release of their first studio album.

They hosted an online media conference Tuesday to promote the LP titled “Countdown.”

“It has already been ten years, even though we did not formally start the [sub]unit, but rather for a gig for a concert,” said Eunhyuk. The same-aged bandmates agreed that the fact that they are celebrating ten years together as a duo is in itself an achievement.

“We didn’t think we would continue doing this back then,” said Donghae, thanking fans for letting them.

The album’s lead track “Zero,” simply put, is an ode to fans, and says that they are nothing without them, explained Donghae who helped write the lyrics and melody.

They both put a lot of thought into each and every track and are hugely satisfied with the results. But they have not set a specific goal for the album.

“Once you have a certain objective telling yourself to reach certain point when you do something, you tend to be too tied to it,” said the veteran idols, adding that they just want to have fun with the experience.

BTS “Butter” music video tops 600m views 
 

The music video for BTS’ “Butter” has reached 600 million views on YouTube, the group’s label Big Hit Music revealed on Tuesday.

The band now has a total of 11 videos that have reached the milestone: “DNA,” “Boy With Luv (Feat. Halsey),” “Dynamite,” “MIC Drop,” “Fake Love,” “Idol,” “Blood Sweat Tears,” “Fire,” “Dope” and “Save Me” as well as “Butter.” The total number of the group’s music videos with over 100 million views is 35.

“Butter” is the septet’s mega hit summer anthem that stayed atop the Billboard Hot 100 for seven weeks in a row, and spent a total of ten weeks in the top spot, the longest stretch recorded this year.

The video was watched by 3.9 million concurrent viewers when it was released and amassed a total of 108.2 million views on YouTube in 24 hours.

IZ*ONE’s former members to form new group Ive: report

Ahn Yujin and Jang Wonyoung of the disbanded girl group IZ*ONE are likely to become members of a girl group named Ive, slated to debut later this year.

Starship Entertainment announced Tuesday the name and logo of the six-member female band but did not reveal the identities of the members.

The name comes from “I Have” and implies that the band is coming out well-prepared and is ready to show what they have. This is the first time in five years the management company -- home to idol musicians including Sistar, Monsta X, and WJSN -- is forming a girl group.

There have been speculations that Ahn and Jang, both represented by the firm, will be included.

By Hwang You-mee
(glamazon@heraldcorp.com)