ZB1 Feel The Pop! You had me at Hello SHOWCASE
The group ZEROBASEONE will challenge the top with easy listening music. This article is an overview of ZB1 Feel The Pop Showcase.
ZEROBASEONE said at a showcase commemorating the release of “You Had Me at Hello” at Blue Square Master Card Hall in Hannam-dong, Yongsan-gu, Seoul, on the afternoon of the 13th, “This year’s goal is to win the grand prize of Mama.” (MAMA Daesang)
On the same day, ZEROBASEONE expressed its feelings about making a comeback in seven months.
Kim Kyuvin said, “This song is a combination of refreshing music and performance that best suits ZB1. We want to be an icon of summer that comes to mind when audience think of summer,” and Kim Jiwoong said, “I’m happy to be able to perform refreshing music that only ZEROBASEONE can perform.”
Seok Matthew said, “We had a lot of fun preparing this album. We’ll show you that energy stage,” and Han Yujin said, “I hope you can get rid of your stress and feel happy after watching our performance.”
Zhang Hao said, “I want to say thank you to Zeroses (ZB1 official fanclub) who are always with us. We will work hard and show good performances this time. Please look forward to ZEROBASEONE who continuously grow,” and Sung Hanbin said, “Thank you for waiting for us during the long break. We prepared it with all our hearts.”
Kim Taerae said, “I’m excited to be able to meet you with our third mini album. I hope you can spend this summer coolly with us,” while Ricky said, “I’m happy that we’re finally making a comeback. We’ll show you the different colors and growth of Zero Base One members.”
Park Gunwook added, “We are looking forward to making a long-awaited comeback. I’m looking forward to see how our fans will react to the performance that will continue from the pre-release to the third album. We’ll show you our powerful and refreshing sides.”
In its third mini-album “You Had Me at Hello,” ZEROBASEONE evokes fans’ sympathy with the story of “You,” who fell in love with you after their fateful first encounter, and the joy of love and overwhelming youth. The album will mark the end of the “Triple Story of Youth at First Sight after Meeting Fate.”
Triology ends with ZB1 Feel The Pop
The first mini-album “Youth in the Shade” contains the backside of youth, and the second mini-album “Melting Point” has become a thorn and takes action with a strong narrative to protect ZEROSE, and the last page of youth in love has finally been completed in this album, ZB1 ‘You Had Me at Hello.’
“It is a story that completes the fateful encounter and confession that lasted from the 1st to the 2nd album,” Sung Hanbin said of the new album. “The story of the youth, which is full of excitement, is told in ZB1’s own style. we will give you energy that is full of freshness and freshness.”
In addition to the title track “ZB1 Feel the Pop,” the album contains seven songs including “Solar Power,” “Dear Eclipse,” “Sweat,” and “Sunday Ride.” and “Hello.”
The title song “Feel the Pop” is a song that expresses the will to give the best time to forget and blow away all the hesitations, worries, and concerns that “you,” the “opponent of fate,” will face with Zero Base One.
Regarding the title track, Zhang Hao said, “The lyrics of ‘Feel The Pop’ give us the pleasure of pop-pop with negative emotions,” and Kim Taerae said, “We tried to show differentiated music from the music that ZEROBASEONE has shown before. We tried to show our own freshness and sexiness.”
In particular, DAY6’s Young K participated in writing the lyrics of “Hello” among the songs in the album, drawing attention. Young K also sent a video letter to ZB1 on the day. “Hello” is a fan song that contains ZB1’s feelings to their fandom, ZEROSE. Saying I want to be with her forever,” Young K said in a video letter, adding, “It was meaningful because I also know what the fans are like to me. I hope ‘Hello’ connects ZB1 and ZEROSE and receives a lot of love.”
ZB1 also mentioned the process of preparing the new choreography. “As the song is so addictive, the choreography has details,” Kim Jiwoong said. “We carefully matched even our fingertips synchronized to show the perfect group dance,” and Zhang Hao said, “It was difficult to melt the sexy and refreshing at the same time. As much as we worked hard, I hope everyone can see what we want to show.”
ZB1 and Their album sales records
During ZEROBASEONE showcase, the members were asked about their physical album sales. ZEROBASEONE sold about 1.24 million copies of its debut album “Youth in the Shade” within a day of its release, becoming the first K-pop group to become a million-selling group with its debut album. It went on to become a double million-selling group with monthly cumulative sales of over 2 million copies of its “Circle Chart.”
“Melting Point,” which was released in November last year, not only surpassed 1.7 million pre-orders, but also sold a total of 1,458,089 copies on the day of its release alone. It then sold 2,131,352 copies in the first week of its release, marking the second consecutive double million seller. They also achieved overwhelming results by sweeping not only 10 Rookie of the Year awards but also various trophies at various award ceremonies last year.
When asked if they felt any pressure while preparing for the new album, Sung Hanbin said, “We got a chance to produce good results through out the first and second albums, and we are thankful to our fans. I thought the reason why our third album is important is that we can secure a perspective to our future. Rather than feeling nervous and pressured, we prepared it with excitement and nervousness of faith that we will run forward. We will continue to show our hard work as ZEROBASEONE.”
Han Yujin also said, “We were able to debut in Japan with a great opportunity because many fans gave us love on the spot. It is all thanks to our fans who care about us and love us.”
In addition, ZEROBASEONE revealed its goal for this year.
“Last year, we won the Rookie of the Year award and several awards, and this time, we want to move closer to the audience with our music and performance,” Sung Hanbin said. “In conclusion, I want to win an award for a song,” adding, “I have practiced and felt that ZEROBASEONE needs to have a big dream to reach that point. I will think of our goal as the grand prize for this year’s event and run hard.” Sung Hanbin mention ZB1 MAMA Daesang as the goal of the year.
Meanwhile, ZB1 Feel The Pop music video will be released on the same day, 6pm.
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