Group KARA's special album title song 'WHEN I MOVE' was selected as the best K-pop song of the year by the US Billboard.
According to 'The 25 Best K-Pop Songs of 2022: Staff Picks' announced on the Billboard official website on the 20th (local time), Kara's new song 'WHEN I MOVE' ranked 19th out of 25 songs.
Kara, who returned as a full group after 7 years and 6 months, swept domestic and foreign charts at the same time as their comeback. All songs from the special album 'MOVE AGAIN' entered major domestic music sites, and the title song 'WHEN I MOVE' stayed at the top of the Bugs daily chart for 6 days. The song, which was on the rise, ranked first on the Bugs weekly chart (counting period from December 5 to 11) and ranked 12th on the Melon Top 100 chart.
Notable achievements were also made in Japan. 'WHEN I MOVE' was ranked at the top of Japan's iTunes K-pop song chart, as well as album and music video charts. In particular, the Japanese version of the music video for 'WHEN I MOVE' topped the Top 100 real-time music video chart of Line Music, Japan's largest music site, before the official album was released.
Meanwhile, KARA will start with the Japanese signboard music program TV Asahi's 'Music Station Ultra Super Live 2022' on the 23rd, followed by Nippon TV's 'Sukkiri' on the 27th, Nippon TV's 'Music Award 2022' on the 28th, and TBS' CDTV Live on the 31st! live!' The year-end special, Fuji TV's 'run for money on the run' on the 31st, appeared one after another and continues to be hotly popular.
Written by Kim No EulTranslated by Lee So Yun