Ark, breaking its own initial record… remarkable growth

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[Photo courtesy of Mystic Story]
[Photo courtesy of Mystic Story]

The group ARK (ARrC) has shown remarkable growth since their comeback.

ARK (Andy, Choi Han, Doha, Hyunmin, Jibin, Kien, Rioto) released their second mini-album ‘nu kidz: out the box’ on the 18th, and broke their own initial record with sales that increased by about 37% compared to their debut album ‘AR^C’.

‘nu kidz: out the box’ contains a total of 5 songs of various genres based on hip-hop, and ARK is receiving hot attention from fans at home and abroad by presenting diverse content along with their comeback.

First, ARK showed off their skills worthy of being a ‘diamond-type rookie’ with performance videos of the title song ‘nu kidz’ and the sub-song ‘loop.dll’, as well as the content where they performed the track ‘accident ~ at the studio’ as a band live session. boasted. In particular, Ark caught attention by freely changing the rap part into a song depending on the arrangement, showing off a wide musical spectrum.

Ark is recording remarkable growth in various indicators after their comeback. The title song ‘nu kidz’ entered the Singapore iTunes K-POP Song Chart, and proved its high topicality by increasing the number of search terms by 1.5 million views in a week on China‘s largest SNS Weibo.

Ark plans to continue its activities through various contents including music broadcasts.

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

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