[K-enter] "KPop Demon Hunters" soundtrack on Billboard charts

Bella, the animation film "KPop Demon Hunters" is continuing to make headlines and it is doing impressively well on not only viewers' charts, but listeners' charts.

A total of seven songs from the "KPop Demon Hunters" soundtrack are in the Billboard main single chart "Hot 100."

According to the Billboard chart this week, "Golden" by HUNTR/X, a fictional girl group in the movie, soared to No.23, climbing 58 spots from its debut at No.81 last week. "Your Idol" by Saja Boys, a fictional boy group from the film, jumped 46 places to No.31 in its second week on the chart. Other soundtrack entries include "How It's Done," "Soda Pop," "What It Sounds Like," "Free," and "Takedown."

The soundtrack album also climbed five steps up from last week, reaching No.3 on the main album chart "Billboard 200."

Next, let's move onto a "real" boy group, ATEEZ, an exciting news for their fans?

All the members of ATEEZ have renewed their contract with their agency, KQ Entertainment.

KQ Entertainment announced on Thursday that they have successfully renewed their contract with all eight members of ATEEZ for another 7 years, after 7 years of working together.

ATEEZ debuted back in October 2018 and have been loved globally as they topped the "Billboard 200" chart in 2023 and also performed at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival as a very first K-pop boy group.

Meanwhile, ATEEZ will release their 12th mini album "GOLDEN HOUR : Part.3 'In Your Fantasy Edition'" on Friday and will continue with their tour "ATEEZ 2025 WORLD TOUR 'IN YOUR FANTASY'" in North America and Japan.

Lots of exciting news for ATEEZ fans, or ATINYs We will end off with some sad news for CARATs, or Seventeen fans.

Seventeen members Hoshi and Woozi will enlist and start serving their mandatory military service in September.

According to their agency, Pledis Entertainment, Woozi will enlist on September 15th and Hoshi on September 16th, both as active-duty soldiers in the army.

They will be the third and fourth members of the group to enlist, after Junghan and Wonwoo.

The agency asked the fans to refrain from visiting the entrance ceremony site.

Hoshi and Woozi have been active as representatives of the "96 line," as both were born on 1996, after showcasing their first unit song "Shoot Me" in 2017.

Recently, they dominated music charts with their latest single "BEAM," released in March.

The two will meet with their fans as they kick off their first fan concert tour, "WARNING," in Seoul this weekend.

The fans still have a bit more time left to spend with the two.

I'm sure they will have something in store for CARATs even during their military service, like male idol groups do these days.

Thank you Bella for today's stories.

Let's now go over to our AI anchor Ari, for more on the culture front. Ari!