Fans Feel 'Sorry' for Idols Releasing New Music in May Because of THIS Soloist — What Happened?

THIS solo artist made K-pop fandoms feel sorry for other idols after announcing his comeback in May.

Who is he?

Lim Young Woong to Drop Double Single on May 6

After the show-off between 5th-gen teams, 4th-gen and 3rd-gen representatives are now embarking on a fiery "summer battle"!

For May promotion, a star-studded lineup of K-pop groups will compete including EXO D.O.,BTS RM, SEVENTEEN, Stray Kids, ATEEZ, aespa, IVE, NewJeans, ZEROBASEONE, and more.

Meanwhile, ahead of his concert, Korean singer Lim Young Woong gifted fans with the good news that he will be coming back in May.

In a teaser poster uploaded on April 29, Lim stated that he will be dropping a double single on May 6 at 6pm KST.

His pretty hands forming a heart shape and both gave off a lonely yet cozy atmosphere also raised curiosity and expectations of what kind of song he would unveil this time.

In addition to this, anticipation is high as to how will he make a stir in the music industry once again, following his past hits including, "Do or Die," "Grain of Sand," "London Boy," "If We Ever Meet Again" and more.

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Following his comeback, Lim Young Woong will continue to impress fans with his impressive vocals by holding the 2024 Lim Young Woong concert, "IM HERO - THE STADIUM" at Seoul World Cup Stadium on May 25th and 26th.

K-pop Fandoms Rattled After Lim Young Woong's Comeback Announcement in May

When this news spread among Heroic Era (fandom), they were truly delighted and are strongly looking forward to the singer's comeback.

However, K-pop fandoms immediately felt "sorry" for other idols including their faves, who will have to battle with the "final boss."

In particular, Lim Young Woong is known among the K-pop community for having an extremely large fanbase, especially in South Korea.

Aside from being a "digital monster," his fandom is also notorious for their voting power, even beating BTS and BLACKPINK.

There are multiple instances when Lim Young Woong coincided with top K-pop groups and there were only rare chances when he's not the winner. Shockingly, these few times only happened when he was not attending a certain music program.

With this, various fandoms including CARATs (SEVENTEEN fans), Atinys (ATEEZ's), DIVEs (IVE's), Bunnies (NewJeans's), EXO-Ls (EXO's), MYs (aespa's) and more were comforting each other on X platform, and clowning the artists and respective fandoms about the tough battle that they have to encounter just to give their faves their no.1 trophies.

Not only on music shows, but fandoms are also expecting Lim Young Woong to occupy the No.1 spot in various domestic music charts such as MelOn, highlighting that it will also be hard for artists to steal that spot.

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Written by Eunice Dela Cruz