The new group KickFlip has won the Hanteo Chart Initial Press Certification Plaque for their debut album.

KickFlip received an official Initial Press Certification Plaque on January 20 with their first mini-album, ‘Flip it, Kick it!’, recording 276,881 copies in initial press sales (album sales for a week based on the release date) according to the Hanteo Chart, an album sales aggregation site. The ‘Hanteo Chart Official Initial Press Certification Plaque’ is a commemorative plaque that officially certifies an artist‘s record of exceeding a certain amount of album sales based on initial press sales data.

‘Flip it, Kick it!’ is the debut work of JYP’s new group KickFlip, and has garnered much anticipation from K-pop fans in Korea and abroad even before its official release. All six tracks, including the pre-released track ‘Yeah, Yeah’ that heated up the debut atmosphere and the title track ‘Mama Said (What are you trying to become?)’ that was performed powerfully on music shows, as well as ‘WARRIORS’ (Warriors), ‘Knock Knock’ (Nack Nack), ‘Like A Monster’ (Like A Monster), and ‘See You Tomorrow’, received favorable reviews for their high quality.

In particular, the debut track ‘Mama Said (What are you trying to become?)’, which Amaru participated in writing the lyrics for, humorously delivers the message ‘I won‘t care about the obvious nagging and will go my own way’ on top of an addictive melody. The lyrics, which cheerfully, refreshingly, and delightfully take on the nagging they don’t want to hear, convey an exhilarating sense of liberation. Kye-hoon, Amaru, Dong-hwa, Joo-wang, Min-je, K-ju, and Dong-hyun have captured attention with powerful performances and catchy point choreography on various music show stages, announcing the birth of the ‘next-generation K-pop stage hotspot’.

Recently, Kickflip surpassed 1 million subscribers on its official channel on the global short-form mobile video platform TikTok. Short-form videos that stand out with their charm have led to an increase in followers by capturing the hearts of fans, and the total number of cumulative views of content on the channel is approaching 100 million.

Jeon Hyo-jin, Donga.com reporter jhj@donga.com

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