Fashionable Feminine Idol Shares Ideas After Promoting Only one Album On Day 5 of Launch

THIS idol, who used to simply accept “Daesang” for her solo tune, shared her true emotions after solely promoting 1 album on the fifth day of her comeback launch.

Former SISTAR Soyou Achieves Much less Than 1k Gross sales for ‘Summer time Recipe,’ Only one Album on Day 5

In July, “Summer time Queen” Soyou returned within the music scene together with her second mini-album, “Summer time Recipe.”

Though her digital efficiency was fairly respectable amid sturdy rivals like BTS Jungkook and NewJeans, she sparked considerations for her relatively low bodily gross sales.

(Photograph : instagram|@soooo_you@)

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Whereas most idols and even rookies has greater than 1k gross sales on the primary day of its launch, the Ok-pop icon who has about 14 years of expertise solely amassed 226 album gross sales.

It sadly did not rise and relatively acquired even decrease as the times glided by, promoting as little as 1 album on its fifth day. Her 1st week gross sales solely reached 617 bought copies, whereas her 1st month gross sales did not even attain 1k, solely promoting 897 albums based mostly on Circle Charts.

(Photograph : Soyou (Daum)

When her efficiency got here to Ok-pop followers’ information, they felt unhappy and pity for the star as a result of the truth that she was once overwhelmingly well-liked each as a member of a lady group and as a soloist.

As a member of SISTAR, the quartet created quite a few hits akin to “Contact My Physique,” “Give it to me,” Shake It,” and extra.

In the meantime as a soloist, she was additionally well-known for her solo OST songs akin to Goblin’s “I miss you.” In reality, she additionally obtained a “daesang” (grand prize), the very best type of awards an idol can obtain for her hit observe, “Some.”

Thus, Ok-pop followers are interested by what went incorrect.

Soyou Opens Up on Having Low Album Gross sales of ‘Summer time Recipe’: ‘Am I too previous?’

(Photograph : Soyou (Instagram))

Throughout an interview with Eric Nam, Soyou then addressed the subject and revealed her true emotions of getting low album gross sales.

She confessed:

“Actually, what was a bit disappointing was with ‘Aloha,’ though I am not the kind of individual to concentrate to music charts, I had my hopes. But it surely did not do in addition to I assumed.”

Regardless of this, Soyou mirrored on the adjustments the music trade underwent and comforted herself by asking if she was simply “too previous” to be competing with younger artists.

(Photograph : Soyou (Instagram))

“I felt just like the music charts have modified a lot. It looks like it turned actually diffcult to navigate the music trade. I had some considerations about that.

Additionally, our present juniors are actually younger. I’m wondering if ‘Am I too previous now?”

No matter her frustration, Soyou confirmed her skilled facet by testifying to followers:

“In order that’s why I attempt to discover what I can do finest and what folks like essentially the most with regard to music.”

READ MORE: The place Is SISTAR Now? Standing of the OG ‘Summer time Queen’ Ok-pop Lady Group

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Written by Eunice Dawson.