[V Report] Is 7 the ideal number for K-pop boy bands?
Broadcast date: Sept. 26
Starring: Park Hae-jin, Infinite, Apink, Monsta X, GOT7
K-pop groups GOT7, Monsta X and Infinite have something in common: they each have seven members and they also each appeared on the V app on Monday.
GOT7
Rookie boy band GOT7 counted down to midnight Monday when its full-length album “Flight log: Turbulence” was released.
During the broadcast, the group’s members revealed the songs they each liked the best out of the 13 tracks in the album, apart from the lead song “Hard Carry.”
(Naver V app) |
“We’ve been waiting for this release for a very long time,” they said.
The group also thanked fans in every language they could speak, from Thai to French.
More than 160,000 people simultaneously watched the 20-minute long live broadcast. The recorded clip garnered 5 million “hearts” on the V app overnight.
The music video for GOT7’s lead song “Hard Carry” can be viewed on the V app, Naver TV cast and YouTube.
Monsta X
(Naver V app) |
Titled “Safari in Monbebe world,” the video showed the members dressed in animal onesies -- wolf, turtle, rabbit, dog, hamster, bear and bumblebee -- singing a children’s song.
Fans enthusiastically responded to the clip.
One fan with username luv-joey said he watched the video so many times that he lost count. Another called minhee-ssi said she wanted to download and keep the clip forever.
Infinite
(Naver V app) |
The clip, which had no special effects, showed the group’s members dressed in black dancing in sync to the song “The Eye.”
Infinite debuted in 2010 and released its latest album “Infinite Only” on Sept 19.
Naver’s real-time broadcasting app V allows fans to interact with their favorite K-pop stars through live broadcasts. The app is available for Android and iOS. For more information, visit http://www.vlive.tv.
By Lim Jeong-yeo (kaylalim@heraldcorp.com)
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