As soon as Hiki made a comeback, he started to climb the charts in earnest.

The title song “Summer” from Hickey’s 4th mini album “Lovestruck” released on the 26th ranked 19th on the Melon Hot 100 chart immediately after its release.It also entered the iTunes album charts in New Zealand and Canada, and the songs included in the album also entered the charts.It is continuing its upward trend by also appearing on the Apple Music Turkey and Hong Kong charts and the Japanese K-pop chart.

In particular, the intense new songs and performances aimed at summer are receiving enthusiastic responses from fans both domestically and internationally.Following the title song of the first mini album, ‘A Rose Bloomed Between Buildings, ‘the title song of the third mini album,’ Let It Burn, ‘is also receiving attention, showing signs of a reverse run.

‘ Lovestruck ‘is a new album released about a year after the release of the 3rd mini album’ LOVE or HATE ‘in June of last year.You can experience not only various genres of music, but also a wider musical spectrum of Highkey than before.

Highkey was recognized for both popularity and musicality when they released the hit song “A Rose Bloomed Between Buildings” from their first mini-album in 2023.They won their first music show win since their debut with the title song “SEOUL” from their second mini-album released in the same year, and rose to the ranks of popular girl groups by recording career highs such as being featured on the digital cover of the UK’s NME.

Meanwhile, Hickey will continue his active comeback promotions by appearing on Mnet’s ‘M Countdown ‘and KBS2’s ‘Music Bank’, and on MBC ‘Show! Music Core’ on the 28th SBS ‘Inkigayo’ on the 29th.


Reporter Kim Gyul- winter@donga.com

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