LE SSERAFIM, ILLIT, KATSEYE Release Joint Single 'Iconic by Mistake'
three girl groups, one joint digital single — video june 11, song june 12. nothing about assembling that lineup was an accident, but sure. 'by mistake.'
HYBE looked at three of its biggest girl groups, put them on ONE song, and titled it 'Iconic By Mistake.' the humility is fake and we all know it. LE SSERAFIM, ILLIT and KATSEYE share the credit — the video landed 11 a.m. ET on june 11, with the single following at midnight on the 12th.
the rollout was, respectfully, deranged in the best way. KATSEYE started it on instagram on june 7 with a 20-second clip: baroque piano, a screen buried under white feathers, then a grinding industrial noise that shakes them loose to reveal the title written in cursive made of cartoon teeth, skulls, bones and tombstones. a second teaser zoomed in far enough to find a googly-eyed bird with all three group names spread across its wings. i cannot stress enough that this was for a pop single.
the 30-second video preview kept the fever going — the women on what reads as a spaceship, a golden tooth jammed into an electrical outlet, a windstorm, a genuinely sinister trip to the dentist and a mouth full of glitter. dental horror as a visual concept. sure! why not! it's june!
no producer or writer credits were out at press time, which only made the speculation worse. three groups pulled from across HYBE's roster — two korean, one assembled globally — on a one-off nobody saw coming.
context on where everyone was at: LE SSERAFIM dropped their second studio album in may behind 'Boompala' and 'Celebration,' KATSEYE have a five-song EP due august 14 with 'Pinky Up' already out, and ILLIT released 'It's Me' earlier this year. everyone was mid-era. they did it anyway.
iconic on purpose. the title is a LIE and it's my favorite thing about it.
Reported by Billboard. This article is Aegyo Arena's own write-up of that reporting.
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SHINee's Onew, GFRIEND's Yuju Preview Collab 'Mind Games'
two of the cleanest vocalists in the game on one track — the harmonies are about to be a crime scene.
okay pairing Onew and Yuju was an act of vocal violence and i mean that as the highest compliment.
on September 27, SHINee's Onew and GFRIEND's Yuju shared a sneak peek of their collaboration 'Mind Games,' one of three title tracks from Onew's first solo single album 'Chakgak.' two powerhouse tones on one song — the math is simply unfair.
Onew's warm, effortless clarity next to Yuju's rich, belting range? that's the kind of duet that lives in your head for weeks. the sneak peek alone had the timeline reaching for the replay button.
vocal enthusiasts, this is your Roman Empire now. we are being FED. 🎧
Reported by Soompi. This article is Aegyo Arena's own write-up of that reporting.
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a music show bill this stacked should honestly come with a warning label.
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