Hot interest in CORTIS's comeback was revealed in Spotify pre-save numbers.
CORTIS (Martin, James, Juhun, Sunghyun, Geonho)'s mini album 2 "GREENGREEN" surpassed 500,000 pre-saves on the global audio·music streaming platform Spotify on the 26th. It has been three weeks since pre-saves began after the release schedule was announced on March 6.
During that period, pre-saves increased rapidly. In just four days, on March 10, they recorded 240,000, and in only two weeks the figure nearly doubled. Based on this, their ranking on the "countdown chart global" also rose. After first entering at No. 8 on the March 11 chart, they settled at No. 5 on the March 25 chart.
Pre-save is a service on Spotify that lets users sign up for an alert before an album or single is released. It is considered a key indicator of interest in an artist and their new release or song. This week, alongside CORTIS in the global top 10 for pre-saves were global musicians Kanye West, Ray, and Laufey.
CORTIS proved their global streaming power with their debut album "COLOR OUTSIDE THE LINES." The album's accumulated streams on Spotify exceeded 400 million about six months after release (as of Feb. 26). Their tracks "GO!" and "FaSHioN" each reached 100 million streams 116 days and 132 days after release, respectively. Those figures rank first and second for the shortest time to 100 million streams among songs by K-pop boy groups released in 2025.
Meanwhile, CORTIS will officially release their mini album 2 "GREENGREEN" on May 4. Ahead of that, they plan to release the title track on April 20. Ahead of the new release, eye-catching promotions targeting Millennials and Gen Z drew attention. They hung witty banners across college campuses at the start of the new semester such as "Young creator crew training program (host: CORTIS)" and "You, the one who will have a huge semester, listening to CORTIS's 2nd album," piquing people's interest.
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