It was a real ‘Gnarly’ situation.

The group Cats Eye succeeded in entering Billboard’s main song chart, ‘HOT 100’, with their new song ‘Nally’.This feat was achieved in just 320 days since their debut.

According to the latest US Billboard chart(dated May 17th)released on the 14th(Korean time), Catseye’s recently released ‘Gnarly’ successfully entered the ‘Hot 100’ at number 92.

‘Nally’ also shined in the detailed indexes released by Billboard.It ranked 39th in ‘Global(Excluding the US)’ and 47th in ‘Global 200’.Thanks to the hit of ‘Nally’, Catseye proudly ranked 11th in ‘Emerging Artist’, which is the same as the ranking of popular singers.

The big battle on Billboard could be guessed from the previously released UK Official, the representative British pop music chart.’Nally’ recently rose to 52nd place on the UK Official’s music ranking ‘Singles Top 100’, signaling a storm in the mainstream pop market.The song also ranked 60th on ‘Weekly Top Songs Global’ released by Spotify, the world’s largest music streaming platform.

Catseye shared their special feelings about entering Billboard’s ‘Hot 100’ for the first time since their debut, saying, “This moment feels so overwhelming that it feels unreal.” Catseye said, “My dream has become reality,” and “It seems like proof that hard work and passion will definitely bear fruit.I hope that our journey can provide some inspiration to all the girls and boys and anyone who is moving towards a bigger dream.”

Cat’s Eye’s success through ‘Nally’ also serves as evidence that the so-called ‘NEW K -pop DNA’, is sufficiently competitive.

Catseye was formed through the global audition project ‘Dream Academy’ jointly planned by HYBE and global label Geffen, and officially debuted after going through a Korean-style training-based performance, vocal, and teamwork-building process.The team applied the ‘K-pop methodology’, but flexibly localized the concept and communication to suit the global market such as North America.


Reporter Heo Min- mignon@donga.com

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