82 Major ‘Two-letter craze’ is ongoing ‘Tip of the tongue’ and ‘What are you looking at’
The ‘two-syllable craze’ of 82 Major continues. The mega hit ‘Tip of the Tongue’ is coincidental but inevitable, and the follow-up song is also a two-syllable ‘What are you looking at?’ Photo courtesy of Great M
82 Major‘s ‘two-letter craze’ continues. The mega hit ‘Tip of the Tongue’, as if by coincidence or fate, the follow-up song is also the two-syllable ‘What Are You Looking At’.
82 Major, who created their own unique genre called ‘Major Sound’ in just their third year since debut, is making a comeback in six months with their third mini-album. The title of their new album is ‘Silence Syndrome’, and the title song seems to want to continue the momentum of ‘Tip of the Tongue’, which became their hit song, and this time they decided on the two-syllable ‘What Are You Looking At’ (TAKEOVER).
If they succeeded in popularizing their unique musical color ‘Major Sound’ based on rhythmic hip-hop with their previous album ‘X-82’ which included ‘Tip of the Tongue’, they are determined to further solidify that position with their new album ‘Silence Syndrome’.
The appearance of the album has also been greatly improved thanks to the explosive growth in fandom following the song ‘Tip of the Tongue’. With an album as big as a ‘large-scale photo book’ filled with 120 pages of photos, they have flaunted their elevated status by going on ‘pre-orders’, which is considered a measure of popular idols. Pre-orders began on the 25th, 20 days ahead of their official release.
82 Major proved their potential to grow into the next-generation K-pop top tier by ranking 45th in Billboard Album Sales, 37th in Current Album Sales, 24th in Emerging Artists, and 15th in World Sales with their second mini-album ‘X-82’, based on Billboard, which is considered a representative global pop music ranking chart.
At the 1st D AWARDS held on February 22nd, they won ‘double crowns’, including the Rookie of the Year award at the D AWARDS Dreams and the D AWARDS Discovery - Discovery of the Year award.
82 Major‘s 3rd mini album ‘Silence Syndrome’ will be released simultaneously worldwide on April 14th at 6PM.
Reporter Heo Min-nyeong mignon@donga.com
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