The group ILLIT added another music show trophy even after officially ending activities for NOT CUTE ANYMORE, boasting undiminished popularity.
ILLIT (Yoonah, Minju, Moka, Wonhee, Iroha) took first place on the Jan. 17 broadcast of MBC Show! Music Core. With this, they achieved a total of three music show wins with the single album title track "NOT CUTE ANYMORE".
Through their agency Belift Lab Inc., ILLIT said, "We were all delighted and happy at the news of this gift-like first place. We are sincerely grateful that 'NOT CUTE ANYMORE' continues to receive so much love," and added, "Thanks to GLLIT (Gllit, fandom name), who supported ILLIT's new attempt, we were able to achieve this valuable result. We will continue to work so we can be a group that people look forward to next."
'NOT CUTE ANYMORE' has steadily climbed the charts even almost two months after its release. The song, which was at No. 30 on Melon's 'Top 100' as of Dec. 13, when ILLIT finished official activities, surged to No. 13 (Jan. 16) after reappearing on music shows about a month later thanks to fans' support.
Their global presence is also clear. 'NOT CUTE ANYMORE' ranked No. 7 on the latest U.S. Billboard chart (Jan. 17) 'Bubbling Under Hot 100,' raising expectations for entry into the main Hot 100. ILLIT's YouTube Music monthly viewers approached 600 million (as of Jan. 15). This counts the number of global users who watched ILLIT's content or listened to their music over the past 28 days and showed explosive growth after the release of 'NOT CUTE ANYMORE.'
ILLIT achieved the feat of ranking third in the 'rookie ranking' in the artist sales category of the 'Oricon annual ranking 2025' (counting period Dec. 9, 2024–Dec. 7, 2025). The 'rookie ranking' totals sales amounts from singles, albums, streaming, music DVDs and so on to determine rankings. They earned sales of about 1.06 billion yen (about 9.9 billion won) by consecutively hitting with their debut song 'Magnetic,' last year's released Japanese original song 'Almond Chocolate,' and their first Japanese single 'Toki Yo Tomare' (original title 時よ止まれ/Toki yo Tomare).
[Photo] Provided by Belift Lab Inc.
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