The group ILLIT added another meaningful record in Japan.
According to their agency Belift Lab on the 30th, ILLIT (Yoonah, Minju, Moka, Wonhee, Iroha)'s mini 1st album track "SUPER REAL ME"'s song "Lucky Girl Syndrome" surpassed 50 million cumulative streams as of August and received a "Gold" certification from the Recording Industry Association of Japan in the streaming institutional sector.
The Recording Industry Association of Japan grants monthly certifications by categorizing songs based on cumulative stream counts (streaming institutional sector) as Gold (50 million or more), Platinum (100 million or more), and Diamond (500 million or more).
Released in March last year, "Lucky Girl Syndrome" is a dance-pop song whose playful whistle theme line captures listeners' ears, and it conveys ILLIT's positive power of considering even small things as luck. ILLIT promoted with this song as a follow-up during their debut, driving popularity together with the title track "Magnetic."
This is ILLIT's third Recording Industry Association of Japan streaming certification. Earlier, "Magnetic" received a "double platinum" certification (200 million cumulative streams) about 10 months after its release, which was the shortest time record among female group songs. The first original Japanese song they released in February, "Almond Chocolate," earned a "Gold" certification about five months after its release, setting the fastest record among overseas artists' songs released this year.
Meanwhile, ILLIT's "little monster" music video was named a finalist in the production design category of the Germany "2025 Ciclope Awards" in the music video field. The Ciclope Awards, which began in 2010, is a prestigious international awards ceremony in the advertising and video production field that selects works with outstanding visual quality from numerous entries. Winners will be announced on the 9th of next month (local time).
The music video for "little monster," a track from the mini 3rd album "bomb" released in June, was praised for portraying ILLIT's sincere story reinterpreting the magical girl with inventive direction and a unique atmosphere. The video was created by two directors influential in the global advertising world: creative director Toshihiko Tanabe and film director Show Yanagisawa.
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