"Rollin'" - which re-entered music streaming charts in late February - has gone on to become the most-streamed song on streaming services Bugs and Genie Music. The song's newfound popularity has not been limited to YouTube. Some even joke how the song will contribute to peace between the two Koreas: "North Korean soldiers would dance to this song too" and "The Koreas will be reunited LOL." This video was filmed in 2019 and they can still sing in unison," reads one comment, while another reads, "This song made me survive through my military service."īy law, all able-bodied South Korean men must carry out military service for about two years.
"Look how well soldiers taught this song to their juniors. However, things changed when a three-minute clip, showing the girl group performing at various concerts for the Army, the Marine Corps and even the Air Force, with reaction comments rolling across the subtitles, was uploaded on the YouTube channel Viditor in late February. In contrast to the fandom the four-piece act has established among its soldier fans, even getting the nickname "president of the soldiers," the group and the 2017 track with a tropical house flair remained outside of the spotlight in the civilian world. The ascent was driven by the song's popularity on the so-called Millboard chart, a portmanteau of military and Billboard that refers to popular songs among the country's huge population of conscripted soldiers, and a YouTube channel that highlighted this popularity. 1 on domestic music streaming charts - four years after its release.
Brave Girls, a once-forgotten name in the competitive industry where so many acts come and go quickly, saw its 2017 song "Rollin'" soar to No. In today's world where social media is omnipresent, random things that fascinate people - think viral cat videos, TikTok dance challenges, political conspiracies - tend to go viral with the smallest triggers.įor one K-pop girl group, this happened in an unexpected yet dramatic way.
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