[K-enter] G-Dragon comes back with his 3rd full-length album 'ÜBERMENSCH'...tops charts upon release.

Time for our daily dose of K-enter with Walter Lee. Walter, let's start off with news on the "Übermensch" G-Dragon!

Yes, its the long awaited full return of the king of K-pop, and nothing is slowing him down. "ÜBERMENSCH", the artist's third solo album which dropped on Tuesday was his first in 11 years since "Coup d'Etat" .

"ÜBERMENSCH" includes eight tracks, including "TOO BAD feat. Anderson.Paak", and the pre-released songs "POWER" and "HOME SWEET HOME".

Upon its release, "TOO BAD" topped the real-time charts of major domestic music streaming platforms, receiving a positive response.

Meanwhile that world tour we talked about earlier will kick off on March 29 and March 30 at Goyang Sports Complex.

Positive response indeed. "TOO BAD" is just "TOO GOOD". It was my immediate favorite on the album.

Also, can't wait to hear how the world tour will go Next up another K-pop super star has some BIG news.

When you think of the biggest awards shows, more than likely the Oscars would be on most people's lists. Well, history will be made for the world of K-pop at the 97th Academy Awards in March as BlackPink member Lisa will be the first K-pop singer to perform at the ceremony.

Earlier this month, Lisa released a new song, "Born Again feat. Doja Cat and RAYE". The three artists are expected to perform the song live for the first time at the ceremony.

The 97th Academy Awards will be held on March 2 (local time) in Los Angeles.

It might be the year of BlackPink, so much accomplished already and still yet more to come. Let's stay on the topic of music today and talk about Spotify's "Global Impact List".

On Tuesday, Spotify, the world’s largest music streaming platform, released its "Global Impact List", featuring the 30 most-streamed Korean songs overseas from July to December 2024.

This chart ranks the most-played songs by Korean artists among Spotify users outside of Korea during the second half of last year. According to the list, half of the top 10 songs are solo tracks from BTS members.

The song "Who" from Jimin's solo album "Muse" took the No. 1 spot on the 2024 Global Impact List.

A total of five songs from "Muse" made it onto the chart, with "Be Mine" ranking at No. 5.

Jin secured two spots in the top 10 with "Running Wild" at no. 6, the title track from his first solo album Happy, and "I Will Be There" at no. 8.

V and Park Hyo-shin’s collaboration "Winter Ahead" also made it to no. 9.

Meanwhile, according to Spotify’s 2024 Wrapped year-end campaign released in December last year, BTS was named the most-streamed Korean artist globally, amassing 3.9 billion streams.

BTS has held the title of Spotify’s Most-Streamed K-Pop Artist for seven consecutive years since 2018.

Great achievement. Thanks for that news Walter, don't go anywhere.