Le Sserafim surpasses 400m Spotify streams with ‘Perfect Night'
It's the group's second song to reach the milestone, after 'Antifragile,' and it did so faster than the earlier track.
'Perfect Night' is the quintet's first English-language single and was released as a digital single in October 2023. It ranked No. 19 on Billboard's Bubbling Under Hot 100 and rose to No. 8 and No. 18 on the Global Excl. US and Global 200, respectively. In May, the single earned platinum certification in Japan.
The music video for the laid-back tune was a collaboration with Blizzard Entertainment's video game Overwatch 2 and has garnered over 100 million views. On Thursday, the game company announced that it will team up with Le Sserafim again.
TWS among 100 rookie artists picked by NME
TWS was chosen as one of the most promising 100 artists in the world by NME magazine.
The British music publication named the group in the NME 100: Essential Emerging Artists for 2025, published online on Wednesday in the UK. The six-piece act was the only K-pop boy band to make the annual list.
Describing the band as a 'charismatic Korean group capturing boyhood through nostalgic, feel-good pop,' the article focused on how TWS differentiates itself from its K-pop peers by 'taking a more grounded approach by exploring what it means to be a young man in the modern world.'
'With their earnest, endearing sound … it's only a matter of time before they charm the socks off the rest of the world,' it added.
Meanwhile, the band will host its first fan meetup in Seoul on Feb. 14-16.
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