Twelve-member girl group LOONA expressed interest in working together with Ariana Grande and The Weeknd in a new interview with RADIO.COM.
Talking to 97.1 AMP show host Yesi Ortiz, the K-Pop girl group under Blockberry Creative shared their latest projects aside from their collaboration dream list. LOONA had the opportunity to catch up with Ortiz shortly before their SoCal Honda Sound Space performance.
Hot on the trail of their latest track "Star," LOONA shares how they stay focused and committed to reaching new heights after reaching the Billboard Mainstream Top 40. With "Star," LOONA is only the second K-Pop girl to enter the US-based all-genre singles chart after BLACKPINK.
"First and foremost, it's Orbits. We can be loved because of Orbits," said member Olivia Hye, referring to the group's equally dedicated fanbase. She adds that LOONA gets help from "lots of people around us, who believe in us, and stay with us from the start until this day," adding that the stellar performance of "Star" is because of all these people.
Also, braving through the pandemic and the restriction on live performances, the hitmaker group looks forward to returning to the stage. Choerry tells RADIO.COM that for the group's first post-pandemic live performance, she loves to do it in Los Angeles, sharing their experience with the previous KCON.
"When we went to LA for KCON we received a lot of good responses and energy from the audiences, so I'd like to visit LA once again," Choerry added.
Looking forward to their future projects, LOONA also shared wanting to work together with Ariana Grande and The Weeknd. Yeojin shares that they previously covered The Weeknd's "Blinding Lights" for their end-of-year performance. Furthermore, the man himself - whose real name is Abel Tesfaye - posted a screenshot of the LOONA performance on his Instagram story.
About LOONA
LOONA made its official debut as a full unit on August 20, 2018 with the EP [+ +], read "Plus Plus." It had "Hi High as the title track and "Favorite" as its lead single. The album found commercial and critical success, debuting immediately at the second spot of the South Korean Gaon Album Chart and ended being the second best-selling debut release by a girl group for the year.
Their debut album was repackaged the following year, being named [X X] ("Multiply Multiply"), and included six additional tracks including their hit single "Butterfly." In the same year, they made their first United States appearance as one of the groups in the Los Angeles KCON 2019.
Since then, they have released two more albums: "[#]" released last February 5, 2020 and "[12:00]" release on October 19, 2020.
