ILLIT is continuing its rise as one of the hottest groups of the moment, securing back-to-back appearances on Japan’s major year-end music programs.
According to BELIFT LAB on December 2nd KST, ILLIT has been added to the lineup for TBS’s ‘CDTV Live! Live! Christmas Special’, set to air on December 15th.
‘CDTV Live! Live! Christmas Special’ features special stages by artists who have shown exceptional performances throughout the year. ILLIT has been invited for the second year in a row, proving their strong popularity in Japan. They are the only K-pop girl group appearing in this year’s broadcast lineup.
In addition to ‘CDTV Live! Live! Christmas Special’, the group will also appear on Fuji TV’s FNS ‘Music Festival’ on December 10th, as well as NHK’s 76th NHK ‘Red and White Singing Festival’ on the 31st—Japan’s largest year-end music shows.
ILLIT has made a notable impact this year with their full-fledged expansion into the Japanese music market. Their February release ‘Almond Chocolate’, produced as the theme song for the film ‘I Don’t Like You Based on Your Face Alone’, went viral on local streaming charts and surpassed 50 million cumulative streams within five months, earning a “Gold” certification in the streaming category from the Recording Industry Association of Japan. Their first Japanese single ‘Toki Yo Tomare’, released in September, topped major charts including Oricon and Billboard Japan.
Meanwhile, ILLIT’s recently released first single album ‘NOT CUTE ANYMORE’ is receiving strong reactions from fans in Korea and abroad. The album’s title track of the same name entered Spotify’s Daily Top Songs Global chart (as of November 27th) and continues to perform well on Daily Top Songs charts in South Korea, Japan, Singapore, Malaysia, and more.
The track has been gaining traction especially among listeners in their teens and twenties, who gravitate toward trendy sounds. On Instagram, usage of the song rapidly increased, pushing it to No. 1 on the Reels Trending Audio chart, where it has remained near the top. Within a week of release, short-form videos containing the song surpassed 14,000 uploads.
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