The rising queens of K-pop, ITZY, dominates quickly following the release of their highly-anticipated album, "Guess Who."
Featuring six all new tracks, "Guess Who" has already made waves even before its April 30 release. It has surpassed 260,000 pre-orders recorded on April 28, making this their best-selling release since "Not Shy" and its 200,000 copies last August 2020.
The album is led by the single "In The Morning," a powerful hip-hop track that perfectly showcases the girl group's fierceness in a concept that highlights tension and suspense.
In fact, shortly after its release, the song generated controversy since its full title translates to "Mafia in the Morning," which some fans believed to be romanticizing the Sicilian Mafia.
ITZY member Ryujin clarified the matter afterward, explaining that the Mafia refers to the popular game also known as "Werewolf."
With "In The Morning," ITZY also managed to secure its soonest music show win, taking home the honor from Mnet's music program "M Countdown!" only six days after their album release.
Furthermore, South Korea's music monitor, Hanteo Chart, reported that "Guess Who" has already garnered sales of 200,130 equivalent copies in its first week of release, covering the week dated April 30 to May 6.
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About ITZY
Shortly after they debuted in February 12, 2019, ITZY has become one of the largest acts for K-pop across the globe, as shown in their massive social media reach of over 15 million followers across different platforms.
Also, the five-member group - Yeji, Lia, Ryujin, Chaeryeong, and Yuna - has already made various appearances in international publications such as TIME, ELLE, Harper's Bazaar, Seventeen, Teen Vogue, and more.
They first rose to prominence shortly after they released their debut single-album "IT'z DIFFERENT," with the lead single "DALLA DALLA." Their debut track managed to rise up to the third spot of the Billboard World Digital Song Sales charts.
It also pulled in more than 17.1 million "day-of" music video views on YouTube, setting a new record for the most viewed K-pop debut music video, as well as being the fastest debut MV to cross the 100 million view mark on the video streaming platform.
This upward trajectory continued with their next single, "WANNABE," which peaked on the World Digital Song Sales Chart. It was also a global success: ranking 2nd in the Kpop Hot 100, topping both the Singapore RIAS Charts and the Malaysian RIM charts, and reaching the sixth spot of the Gaon singles charts.
Stream ITZY's "Guess Who" below:
