[K-enter] "Squid Game" Season 3 to Premiere in June 2025

So, starting off with K-Enter news, Bella, the date I was talking about has got to do with the third and final season of "Squid Game"?

It seems like just yesterday that we got excited about "Squid Game" season 2. Well, get ready for another new season. The third and final season of "Squid Game" will premiere on June 27th. That's only six months after season 2, which was released in December last year. The reason for a relatively shorter term between the two seasons is because season 3 was filmed along with season 2. Netflix also revealed five still photos from the third season. The new season will take off from Gi-hun's failed confrontation with the Front Man and the despair that he faces after the participants' rebellion against the game's hosts. Meanwhile, the second season of "Squid Game" is currently the most watched Non-English Netflix series. Let's all mark our calendars and see how "Squid Game" ends.

And for our next story we will talk about numerous records set by K-pop artists.

Jung Kook set another new record on the U.S. Billboard chart. According to the latest chart released by Billboard on January 28th, Jung kook's solo single "Seven," released in July 2023, has been in the "Global" chart for a total of 80 weeks. This made Jung Kook the longest-running K-pop solo artist on the chart. "Seven" rose 14 spots to No.101 on the Billboard's "Global 200" chart.

Another BTS member, Jimin, is also performing well on Billboard's main album and song chart. His second solo album "MUSE" ranked 77th on the main album chart "Billboard 200" and the title song "Who" ranked 25th on the main song chart "Hot 100." Although the album was introduced back in July last year, it's seen a rise in the chart compared to the previous weeks.

And now, we have a female artist who also set not one, but two new records?

Rosé achieved remarkable success with her hit single "APT." featuring Bruno Mars. It climbed to 3rd place on the Billboard Hot 100, marking the highest position ever reached by a female K-pop artist. Notably, "APT." has maintained a remarkable streak of 14 consecutive weeks on the chart.

"APT." also reached 1 billion streams on Spotify. Rosé celebrated the milestone on her SNS accounts and Bruno Mars also joined in as he re-posted Rosé's stories. The single surpassed 1 billion streams on Spotify on January 26th, which was 100 days after its release. This made it the fastest song by a K-pop act to hit a billion streams in Spotify's history, breaking the previous record held by BTS Jung Kook with his single "Seven."

Thank you Bella for today's stories.

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