The answer to ‘the conditions for a strong idol team’ is Fifty Fifty

MUSIC May 14, 2025

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‘The conditions of a strong team’ as seen through Fifty Fifty.While the eldest member of the group, Kina(left), has unfortunately gone on hiatus due to health issues, the four members, Moonchanel, Athena, Yewon, and Hana, are perfectly completing their comeback schedule without a hitch and are drawing attention.Their activities on various TV music shows are fully demonstrating their reputation as ‘live goddesses’ by efficiently arranging schedules despite the ‘unexpected variable’ of leader Kina’s absence.Photo courtesy of Attract
‘The conditions of a strong team’ as seen through Fifty Fifty.While the eldest member of the group, Kina(left), has unfortunately gone on hiatus due to health issues, the four members, Moonchanel, Athena, Yewon, and Hana, are perfectly completing their comeback schedule without a hitch and are drawing attention.Their activities on various TV music shows are fully demonstrating their reputation as ‘live goddesses’ by efficiently arranging schedules despite the ‘unexpected variable’ of leader Kina’s absence.Photo courtesy of Attract

The ‘conditions for a strong team’ are common not only in baseball but also in K -pop.

Just as a strong starting pitcher is the ‘common denominator’ of the strong teams that are currently at the top of the professional baseball rankings, Fifty Fifty, who were in the spotlight for their ‘all-member center feel’, are demonstrating their true value on their comeback stage.

While the eldest member of the group, Kina, has unfortunately gone on hiatus due to health issues, the four members, Moonchanel, Yewon, Hana, and Athena, are perfectly carrying out their comeback schedule without a hitch.In particular, their activities on various music shows are fully demonstrating their reputation as ‘live goddesses’ by efficiently arranging performances despite the ‘unexpected variable’ of leader Kina’s absence.

The grand battle on the so-called ‘Ingeupdong’, a popular video chart that ranks among the most popular videos on YouTube, is also notable.The title song of the new album ‘DAY & NIGHT’, ‘POOKIE’, topped the music category of ‘Ingeupdong’ in its first week of release early this month, and is still showing off its prowess by decorating the top ranks as of the 13th, its third week.Accordingly, ‘POOKIE’ has surpassed 11 million cumulative views on YouTube.

The trend of performance on the popular charts released by major domestic pop music platforms is also impressive.The ‘HOT100’ ranking released by Melon is representative.’Pookie’ succeeded in entering the chart immediately after its release, and has maintained the top 30 until the 13th, the third week, and is meeting the ‘conditions for a true hit song’.

Thanks to the positive response to ‘Pookie’, which is considered the definitive version of Fifty Fifty’s unique ‘easy listening sound’, they have decided to continue with follow-up song activities.’Midnight Special’ (MIDNIGHT SPECIAL), which was originally decided as a sub-title song along with ‘Pookie’ before the release of the new album, is that song.

The agency Attract said in relation to this, while ‘Pookie’ maximized the charm of Fifty Fifty, which is represented by the color pink, the new song will “emphasize the beauty of a reversal that has never been shown before by creating a contrast with black.”


Reporter Heo Min- mignon@donga.com

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