Chart "Your Idol" enters top 10 of Billboard Hot 100, "Golden" holds on at #2 (1 Viewer)

[centen]

Source: https://www.billboard.com/lists/alex-warren-ordinary-hot-100-number-one-ninth-week/

Relevant quote:

Meanwhile, “Golden,” by HUNTR/X — the trio of EJAE, Audrey Nuna and REI AMI — holds at its No. 2 Hot 100 high, as “Your Idol,” by Saja Boys — Andrew Choi, Neckwav, Danny Chung, Kevin Woo and samUIL Lee — reaches the top 10, bounding 12-9. The songs, each act’s first top 10, are from the hit Netflix animated film KPop Demon Hunters and its soundtrack, which notches a second week at its No. 2 best on the Billboard 200 albums chart. It rules the Soundtracks chart for a sixth week.

 

[centen]

I like "Your Idol" more than "Soda Pop" so I'm glad to see it get its flowers.

Also, seeing that "Golden" has GAINED an additional 28.9 million streams and is dominating the streaming charts makes me think the Hot 100 is giving too much weight to radio streams these days. I saw on Reddit that it's the lack of radio play only that is keeping "Golden" from #1, just like what happened to Psy's Gangnam Style, even though everyone was streaming that back in the day.

 

[rayhere]

I like "Your Idol" more than "Soda Pop" so I'm glad to see it get its flowers.

Also, seeing that "Golden" has GAINED an additional 28.9 million streams and is dominating the streaming charts makes me think the Hot 100 is giving too much weight to radio streams these days. I saw on Reddit that it's the lack of radio play only that is keeping "Golden" from #1, just like what happened to Psy's Gangnam Style, even though everyone was streaming that back in the day.

ooh I remember way back when everyone knew gangnam style
now everyone knows golden, soda pop, your idol, etc

 

[catonkatonk]

Twice's Strategy has risen to #74, becoming the highest-charting 2024 girlgroup song.
It looks like it is still gaining in popularity and next week will becoming the longest-charting 2024 girlgroup song.


If K-Pop Demon Hunters should teach us anything, it's that k-pop is still not finding its full audience. I'm not saying I Am could have achieved what Golden did...... But I'm not saying it wouldn't have either. Sadly, making people listen with a receptive ear is a very difficult thing.

 

[centen]

Twice's Strategy has risen to #74, becoming the highest-charting 2024 girlgroup song.
It looks like it is still gaining in popularity and next week will becoming the longest-charting 2024 girlgroup song.


If K-Pop Demon Hunters should teach us anything, it's that k-pop is still not finding its full audience. I'm not saying I Am could have achieved what Golden did...... But I'm not saying it wouldn't have either. Sadly, making people listen with a receptive ear is a very difficult thing.

100%. And I think seeing Strategy rising after people were introduced to it in the movie says that even when companies are targeting the western market, they still aren't getting potentially interested listeners to come across the song. It's hard to have something do well if no one knows it exists.

 

[StirFriedPanda]

100%. And I think seeing Strategy rising after people were introduced to it in the movie says that even when companies are targeting the western market, they still aren't getting potentially interested listeners to come across the song. It's hard to have something do well if no one knows it exists.

Truth! I had satellite radio in my truck for a few months and tried the only Korean radio station. They never played good songs.

 

[Moguri]

I like "Your Idol" more than "Soda Pop" so I'm glad to see it get its flowers.

Also, seeing that "Golden" has GAINED an additional 28.9 million streams and is dominating the streaming charts makes me think the Hot 100 is giving too much weight to radio streams these days. I saw on Reddit that it's the lack of radio play only that is keeping "Golden" from #1, just like what happened to Psy's Gangnam Style, even though everyone was streaming that back in the day.

I did not know radio streams are weighted so highly.. to be honest it feels extremly random and very outdated

 

[Moguri]

Twice's Strategy has risen to #74, becoming the highest-charting 2024 girlgroup song.
It looks like it is still gaining in popularity and next week will becoming the longest-charting 2024 girlgroup song.


If K-Pop Demon Hunters should teach us anything, it's that k-pop is still not finding its full audience. I'm not saying I Am could have achieved what Golden did...... But I'm not saying it wouldn't have either. Sadly, making people listen with a receptive ear is a very difficult thing.

100%. And I think seeing Strategy rising after people were introduced to it in the movie says that even when companies are targeting the western market, they still aren't getting potentially interested listeners to come across the song. It's hard to have something do well if no one knows it exists.

I also was thinking about I AM in this context.. it's a shame..

But to be fair, if a song is good and attached to something people really love like Demon hunters like now, it will probably always do better

 

[Moguri]

Truth! I had satellite radio in my truck for a few months and tried the only Korean radio station. They never played good songs.

I might regret asking, but what did they play?

 

[StirFriedPanda]

I might regret asking, but what did they play?

Most ballads but also some Trap. The ballads also kind of sucks and I love ballads. I recognized one song during the entire month and I spend a lot of time driving.

The song I recogized was this but it was sung by some guy. It was beautiful though.

 

[centen]

I also was thinking about I AM in this context.. it's a shame..

But to be fair, if a song is good and attached to something people really love like Demon hunters like now, it will probably always do better

I'm kind of wondering if SME is kicking themselves for not letting Netflix add EXO's Love Me Right to the soundtrack.

 

[StirFriedPanda]

I'm kind of wondering if SME is kicking themselves for not letting Netflix add EXO's Love Me Right to the soundtrack.

What?! SM make a bad decision?! @Selfmate you did it again...

 

[Selfmate]

What?! SM make a bad decision?! @Selfmate you did it again...

hey hey hey I've been kicked out of SME for at least a year now...

 

[centen]

hey hey hey I've been kicked out of SME for at least a year now...

Our LSM would have let them license the song for the OST.

 

[Selfmate]

Our LSM would have let them license the song for the OST.

This LSM would've produced golden!!!

 

[Moguri]

Most ballads but also some Trap. The ballads also kind of sucks and I love ballads. I recognized one song during the entire month and I spend a lot of time driving.

The song I recogized was this but it was sung by some guy. It was beautiful though.

was it really kpop then.. it sounds like something else honestly

 

[Moguri]

I'm kind of wondering if SME is kicking themselves for not letting Netflix add EXO's Love Me Right to the soundtrack.

they seem to enjoy sabotaging all their older artists, so probably they are quite happy with themselfs

 

[StirFriedPanda]

This LSM would've produced golden!!!

Evil can't produce an uplifting song sorry. That's not how it works.

 

[Selfmate]

Evil can't produce an uplifting song sorry. That's not how it works.

what are you talking about I'm in the middle of writing and selling the rights to the SME civil war

 

[StirFriedPanda]

what are you talking about I'm in the middle of writing and selling the rights to the SME civil war

Free the female idols before the fighing starts. We can sacrifice the male ones.