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BigHit Music Unveils New Boy Group CORTIS Ahead of BTS Comeback – Here’s Everything You Need to Know

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ILLIT’s “Billyeoon Goyangi” Is Owning TikTok And We’re All Just Dancing in Their World

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LE SSERAFIM Breaks Yet Another Record Proving their Excellence and Success

August 11, 2025

In a year where streaming milestones are harder to hit than that high note in ANTIFRAGILE, LE SSERAFIM has officially crossed 1 billion Spotify streams in 2025. The self-proclaimed fearless queens...

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ILLIT Made It, and We are Astonished

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BET CEO says network has 'suspended' Soul Train and Hip-Hop Awards

August 11, 2025

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GloRilla Goes Gospel: Why Her Kirk Franklin Collab Is Causing a Ruckus

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Machine Gun Kelly Reveals Taylor Swift’s Candid Super Bowl Moment as Chiefs’ Dreams Crumbled!

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Jelly Roll, Jonas Brothers, & More Unite for Stand Up To Cancer’s Nashville Debut Special!

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A long time coming,’ Canadian artists applaud first-ever Latin category in 2026 Juno Awards

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Laufey & Clairo Just Dropped the Hottest Swiftie Takes (Literally) with Battle Spicy Wings on ‘Hot Ones Versus’

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“I Hated Music”: Yvette Young Gets Candid About Burnout & Tour Pressures

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LE SSERAFIM Breaks Yet Another Record Proving their Excellence and Success

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LE SSERAFIM Hits 1 Billion Spotify Streams in 2025, serving Records and Receipts

In a year where streaming milestones are harder to hit than that high note in ANTIFRAGILE, LE SSERAFIM has officially crossed 1 billion Spotify streams in 2025. The self-proclaimed fearless queens of fourth-gen K-pop aren’t just making noise, they’re setting the tone for the entire industry, and they’re doing it with a level of confidence that borders on magnetic.

This isn’t just another “look what we did” headline. It’s a sign of dominance. Spotify is a global battlefield where countless artists fight for attention, and yet LE SSERAFIM has managed to command streams like a main character running the plot. Their sound, sleek, modern, and unapologetically experimental, has carved them a space where trend-chasing feels irrelevant. Instead, they’re creating the trends everyone else scrambles to copy.

2025 has felt like one long encore for the group. Their releases have been not just songs, but cultural moments, each one met with explosive online reactions, TikTok dance challenges, and fan-made edits that spread like wildfire. Their stages aren’t just performances, they’re spectacles; every move, every look, every beat feels engineered to make you hit replay. It’s this dual mastery of music and visual storytelling that’s transformed casual listeners into loyal followers.

Their brand of artistry blends grit with glamour, a tightrope walk that could go wrong in lesser hands, but LE SSERAFIM has made it their signature. They lean into confidence not as a marketing angle, but as a philosophy. In an industry where perfection is often polished to the point of sterility, they’re selling something real, ambition, personality, and a refusal to shrink themselves for anyone.

The numbers are impressive, sure, but the cultural footprint is even bigger. They’ve sparked trends in fashion with their unapologetically bold stage fits. They’ve dominated timelines with fancams that go viral hours after a performance. And they’ve managed to make every fan feel like part of a bigger movement, one built on energy, inclusivity, and a shared hunger for more.

One billion streams in a single year isn’t just a flex, it’s a warning shot to the competition. LE SSERAFIM isn’t here to play it safe. They’re here to claim their place as one of K-pop’s defining forces, and if the past year is anything to go by, we’ve only seen the opening credits. The rest of this story? It’s going to be on repeat.