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Korea Herald
6 days ago
- Business
- Korea Herald
Le Sserafim surpasses 200m views with ‘Fearless' music video
The music video for Le Sserafim's debut song garnered 200 million views on YouTube as of Tuesday, agency Source Music said Wednesday. It is the group's second music video to hit the mark after 'Antifragile,' the title track from the group's second EP. The group's debut single "Fearless' is an alternative pop tune that made both the Billboard Global 200 and Global 200 excl. US. The single amassed 300 million streams on Spotify as of April 2024. The mini album of the same title sold more than 300,000 copies in its first week, a first-ever for a K-pop girl group, and went on to notch the No. 1 spot on Oricon's Daily Album Ranking. The quintet is in the middle of its first international tour and will go live in Kitakyushu, Japan, this weekend.
Indianapolis Star
30-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Indianapolis Star
All Taylor Swift songs are now 'Taylor's Version.' Swift finally acquires life's work.
All Taylor Swift songs are now officially Taylor's Version. After a long and grueling feud with her previous record label and talent manager Scooter Braun, Swift now owns her masters. The superstar, who was in Indianapolis back in November on her record-breaking Eras Tour, posted a lengthy letter on her website detailing that every aspect of her career including videos, concert films, art, photography and unreleased materials is under her control. "All of the music I've ever made now belongs to me," Swift wrote. Swift credited Shamrock Capital, the private equity firm that purchased the master rights to Swift's first six albums from Scooter Braun's Ithaca Holdings in 2020, for giving her the opportunity to purchase every aspect of her career work. On her Instagram account, Swift posted a photo of herself sitting on the floor surrounded by her first six albums with the comment, 'You belong with me,' a nod to her hit from 2008's 'Fearless' album. Go back to November: Takeaways from Taylor Swift's final U.S. Eras Tour show in Indianapolis Swift gives a final shoutout to her fans for rallying behind her during this process. 'Thanks to you and your goodwill, teamwork, support and encouragement, the best things that have ever been mine … finally actually are," Swift wrote. Swift did confirm that she is still working on and plans to release "Reputation (Taylor's Version)" and her debut album, "Taylor Swift (Taylor's Version)." She teased fans in the letter by adding, "If you're into the idea." Swift explained she kept 'hitting a stopping point' while trying to remake "Reputation," adding, 'all that defiance, that longing to be understood while feeling purposely misunderstood, that desperate hope, that shame-born snarl and mischief. To be perfectly honest, it's the one album in those first six that I thought couldn't be improved upon by redoing it.' Swift did note that her self-titled country-rooted debut from 2006 – has been rerecorded and added 'I love how it sounds now.' Story continues after photo gallery. Swift has very publicly spoken about how important it is to her to own her own music, but for several years, she did not own the master recordings of her first six albums. Although they were for sale in 2019, Swift claimed she was not notified they were for sale until they had already been sold, USA TODAY reported. That is what led to her re-recording these albums. "Artists should own their own work for so many reasons, but the most screamingly obvious one is that the artist is the only one who really knows that body of work," Swift wrote on X, formerly Twitter when she announced her first re-recorded album, "Fearless (Taylor's Version)." More on Taylor Swift: Here's 13 things to know about Taylor Swift Since she has songwriting credits on every song in her discography, nothing prevented her from re-recording new versions of all her songs as long as enough time has passed since the original version's release. You can tell which version of her songs are hers because she has added "(Taylor's Version)" to each track and album title. She has re-released four so far: "Fearless (Taylor's Version)," "Red (Taylor's Version)," "Speak Now (Taylor's Version)" and, most recently, "1989 (Taylor's Version)." The only two albums Swift has yet to re-release are her debut, "Taylor Swift," and "Reputation," which fans theorize she did on purpose, leaving only her name and reputation left to reclaim.
Korea Herald
17-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Korea Herald
Le Sserafim tops Oricon chart with 5th EP
Le Sserafim debuted atop Oricon's Daily Album Ranking with its fifth EP 'Hot,' agency Source Music said Monday. All six albums from the group, from its debut EP 'Fearless' to its previous mini album 'Crazy,' have claimed the top spot on the chart. The new EP came out Friday and sold over 567,000 copies on its release day, raising expectations for it to become the group's second million-selling album following the first LP 'Unforgiven,' which logged 1.25 million copies in sales. 'Hot' is the final installment of its autobiographical trilogy along with the EPs 'Easy' and 'Crazy.' On April 19, Le Sserafim will kick off its 'Easy Crazy Hot' tour with a two-day concert in Incheon. So far, it has confirmed 17 shows for 10 cities in Asia and will announce plans for North America soon.
