ACE, live full of venom… Successful completion of 4-week promotions for ‘PINATA’

Group ACE has successfully completed promotions for ‘PINATA’.

ACE (Park Jun-hee, Lee Dong-hoon, Wow, Kim Byung-kwan, Kang Yu-chan) ended their approximately 4-week promotions for their third single album ‘PINATA’ with MBC ‘Show! Music Core’ and SBS ‘Inkigayo’ that aired on the 15th.

The title song of the same name as the album, ‘PINATA’, is a song that combines the magnificent and three-dimensional sound inspired by the movie ‘Tenet’ with the energetic voices of the Ace members. Ace‘s intense performance and concept, which expressed a journey to regain emotions, boasted a scale reminiscent of a blockbuster movie.

On various music shows, Ace presented the ‘PINATA’ stage with solid and powerful vocals that did not waver even in the midst of fierce, sharp group dance. All members stick to live performances, and main vocalists Lee Dong-hoon and Kang Yu-chan in particular solidified Ace’s strengths with live performances using hand microphones. In addition, they proved their honed skills and upgraded momentum with a high-difficulty large-scale performance with a multi-member crew.

Ace‘s explosive live and performance also shone through various contents. In the ‘It’s Live’ content, all five members held hand microphones and performed a variation of ‘PINATA’ in a band version, receiving a hot response from K-pop fans. They also showed off their various charms through SNS challenges.

In addition, Ace appeared on Arirang TV‘s music talk show ‘After School Club’ last week to communicate with global viewers. Ace, who returned as a full group after completing their military service for the first time in three years, showed off even more mature chemistry. Ace said, “I’m happy that I have more opportunities to meet fans. It was my first time on stage with a mega crew, and we practiced until 7 in the morning. Still, it was a fun and good experience. I want to be remembered as idols who are good at performing on stage,” sharing his thoughts on this promotion and his future aspirations.

Through this single album ‘PINATA’, Ace received global love by ranking high on the iTunes Top Albums Chart in 14 regions around the world. Ace, who has been on the rise with the same original intention and determination even after 8 years since his debut, plans to continue meeting with fans in various ways until the end of the year.

Jeong Hee-yeon, Donga.com reporter shine2562@donga.com