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Group TWS is causing a popularity surge in the United States.

 

TWS (Shinyu, Dohoon, Youngjae, Hanjin, Jihoon, and Kyungmin) will participate in KCON LA 2024 in Los Angeles on the 26th and 28th (local time), marking their ‘first meeting’ with American fans.

 

This year, KCON LA 2024 will be broadcast live across the United States through the American public network ‘CW Network’ for the first time in K-pop festival history. TWS is expected to make a strong impression on global fans through this.

 

Their first stage in the US will be the signature ‘M Countdown’ of KCON LA 2024 held at the Crypto.com Arena on the 27th. TWS will set up a special stage covering BTS Jungkook’s solo song ‘3D’.

 

Following this, TWS will perform on the KCON STAGE at the festival ground set up at the LA Convention Center and Gilbert Lindsay Plaza on the 28th. The members will also hold a MEET & GREET event that day to interact with fans.

 

That’s not all. According to their agency, PLEDIS Entertainment, TWS has received numerous love calls from major US broadcasts and festivals. Their tightly scheduled itinerary starting with KCON LA 2024 is noteworthy.

 

Indeed, TWS will ride the momentum from KCON LA 2024 and appear on ‘iHeartRadio LIVE with TWS’ on the 30th of the same month. This content has previously featured global pop stars like BTS’s Jungkook. For TWS, who has yet to officially debut in the US music market, this will be a significant stage.

 

TWS will conduct an interview with the famous host JoJo Wright of ‘iHeartRadio LIVE’ about their mini 2nd album ‘SUMMER BEAT!’ and perform their representative songs like ‘First Meeting Doesn’t Go as Planned’ and ‘If I’m S, You Be My N’ in front of local fans. This content will be available later through iHeartRadio and social media. The full version can be enjoyed on ‘Meta Horizon’, ‘Oculus’, and ‘Meta Quest TV’ on October 28.

 

Additionally, TWS will perform on the stage of the GRAMMY Museum’s Global Spin Live series at the Los Angeles GRAMMY Museum on the 1st of next month. The performance will take place on the rooftop (Ray Charles Terrace) instead of the usual theater (Clive Davis Theater). This concert sold out quickly as soon as ticket reservations started on the 19th, showcasing TWS’s hot local popularity.

 

TWS has once again proven themselves as this year’s ‘trending rookie’ with balanced achievements both domestically and internationally with their mini 2nd album ‘SUMMER BEAT!’.

 

‘SUMMER BEAT!’ topped the Hanteo Chart and Oricon Chart simultaneously upon release, achieving ‘half million-seller’ status. With this, TWS surpassed a cumulative album sales total of 1 million copies within six months of their debut. The title song ‘If I’m S, You Be My N’ won three crowns on music shows (SBS MTV’s ‘The Show’, MBC M’s ‘Show! Champion’, KBS2’s ‘Music Bank’).

 

Major foreign media and critics are also paying attention to TWS. ‘If I’m S, You Be My N’ was selected by the American broadcaster ‘FOX 13 Seattle’ as one of the ‘Summer Soundtrack: 10 Latest K-Pop Songs Not to Miss’. Their debut song ‘Plot Twist’ was included in the ‘20 Best K-Pop Songs of 2024 (So Far): Critic’s Picks’ announced by Billboard in the US.

 

The long-term popularity of ‘Plot Twist’ has driven TWS’s rapid growth. This song has remained in the top ranks of major domestic music charts for over five months and has been a fixture on YouTube Music’s ‘Weekly Popular Songs’ (announced from July 12 to 18) for 25 weeks.

 

Currently, it is the longest-running popular song on this chart for the year. As a result, TWS topped both the digital and streaming categories in the Circle Chart’s 2024 mid-year review with ‘Plot Twist’, becoming a double crown winner. This is why there is increasing interest in TWS’s US activities, as their global influence grows.