A super-sized rookie boy group racing toward the top of global K-pop, ALPHA DRIVE ONE (ALD1), is sweeping global attention as soon as it debuted.
ALPHA DRIVE ONE (Rio, Junseo, Arno, Geonwoo, Sangwon, Xinlong, Ansin, Sanghyun) released their debut album and mini-album 1, 'EUPHORIA', at 6 p.m. on the 12th on various music platforms, marking their official start.
Although it is a debut album, ALPHA DRIVE ONE's mini-album 1, 'EUPHORIA', had all tracks including the title track enter Melon's top 100, establishing overwhelming streaming power at debut.
The title track, 'FREAK ALARM', showed a strong presence by ranking high on major domestic and international music charts immediately after release. 'FREAK ALARM' entered Melon's top 100 at No. 31 and reached No. 1 on Melon HOT100 (100 days), Melon HOT100 (30 days), and Melon recent releases chart (1 week); it ranked No. 2 on Melon recent releases chart (4 weeks) and No. 1 on Bugs real-time chart, proving its strength as a debut title track.
ALPHA DRIVE ONE's debut album, 'EUPHORIA', surpassed 1 million streams on Melon in 14 hours and 20 minutes after release, achieving Melon's 'Millions album' honor. This is a record given to albums that reach 1 million streams within 24 hours of release, demonstrating ALPHA DRIVE ONE's high buzz and popularity.
Overseas reactions have also been explosive. 'FREAK ALARM' ranked No. 2 on Japan Line Music real-time top 100, No. 1 on Rakuten Music real-time, and No. 1 on Japan iTunes K-pop top song chart. In addition, it ranked No. 2 on China's largest music platform QQ Music daily digital sales chart. Furthermore, 'EUPHORIA' reached No. 7 on the worldwide iTunes album chart and ranked within the top five in 18 regions worldwide, including Japan, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, Taiwan, and Russia, officially announcing the arrival of a "super-sized rookie."
The music video for ALPHA DRIVE ONE's title track 'FREAK ALARM', released on the team's official YouTube channel on the 12th, surpassed 9.5 million views 17 hours after release, drawing hot reactions from global fans with ALPHA DRIVE ONE's symbolic narrative direction and the members' energy.
ALPHA DRIVE ONE's mini-album 1, 'EUPHORIA', captures the joyful moment when the journeys of eight members, each pursuing dreams in their own way, come together as one team. After a long preparation, they expressed the emotions of the beginning and the overwhelming euphoria in ALPHA DRIVE ONE's own energy and narrative. The debut title track 'FREAK ALARM' likens ALPHA DRIVE ONE's presence, awakened at last as one, to a "first alarm," receiving strong reactions.
Meanwhile, ALPHA DRIVE ONE will begin full-scale music show activities and continue active communication with global K-pop fans through various activities.
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