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LABOUM Hits No. 1 On Realtime Music Chart With 2016 Song "Journey To Atlantis" + Members React

Over five years after its release, LABOUM ’s 2016 track “ Journey to Atlantis ” has soared to the top of Korea’s realtime music charts!

On the May 8 episode of MBC’s variety show “ How Do You Play? ”, Yoo Jae Suk asked his new project group MSG Wannabe to sing LABOUM’s “Journey to Atlantis,” referring to it as “a song that I personally really like.”

Shortly afterwards, “Journey to Atlantis”—which had already started climbing back up domestic music charts earlier this year—began rapidly rising on Korea’s realtime music charts. By 4 p.m. KST on May 9, the song had hit No. 1 on Bugs and was Melon’s No. 1 most popular keyword of the day, and it later reached No. 7 on Genie.

Later that evening, LABOUM’s Solbin took to Instagram Stories to share her excitement about the song’s new achievement. Sharing a screenshot of “Journey to Atlantis” at No. 1 on Bugs and No. 9 on Genie, she wrote, “This isn’t a dream, right?…”

Yujeong also posted a screenshot of “Journey to Atlantis” at No. 1 and wrote, “Wow… even if it ends up just being for a brief moment, I’m really happy… I’m filled with nothing but gratitude…”

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Congratulations to LABOUM!

Check out the clips of MSG Wannabe covering “Journey to Atlantis” on “How Do You Play?” below:

Watch the full episode of “How Do You Play?” with English subtitles here:

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Laboum’s “journey to atlantis”, which had its own resurgence, covered on ‘hangout with yoo’ by msg wannabe’s top 8.

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As somebody who has been on the LABOUM discography bandwagon for years now, it has been thrilling to see them getting attention again on the charts following the success of Brave Girls . Specifically, the song “ Journey To Atlantis ” has come to the forefront.

#LABOUM 's Peaks on Gaon Digital Chart: #14 Journey to Atlantis 🔺 #128 Shooting Love #148 What About You #180 Aalow Aalow #195 Pit-A-Pat — images that exploded (@Imgsleadpipe) May 22, 2021

While they may never reach the breakout that Brave Girls had, and I’ve certainly been baited with hope enough times to not jump the gun, it’s certainly notable that Hangout With Yoo helped with the ascent by mentioning it and just recently had the Top 8 of their MSG Wannabe project group ( Simon D , Wonstein , KCM , Parc Jaejung , Ji Seokjin , Kim Jung Min , Lee Sangyi , Lee Donghwi ) cover it on the show.

It was fun, though I gotta admit it did make me appreciate the original more, especially the instrumental.

Regardless even the cover seems to have started well on the charts.

#MSGWANNABE "Journey to Atlantis" (Cover) [8PM KST] #1 Genie [+3] #1 Bugs [+3]— images that exploded (@Imgsleadpipe) May 22, 2021

Hey, anything that gets more people to check out LABOUM is a good thing.

Tags Hangout With Yoo Ji Seokjin Journey To Atlantis KCM Kim Jung Min LABOUM Lee Donghwi Lee Sangyi MSG Wannabe Park Jaejung Simon D Wonstein

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LABOUM to perform viral hit ‘Journey to Atlantis’ on ‘Show! Music Core’

The 2016 song recently began climbing up Korean music charts

South Korean girl group LABOUM have confirmed that they will be returning to South Korean music TV programmes to perform their sleeper-hit ‘Journey to Atlantis’.

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Today (June 4), South Korean news outlet Star News reported that the group will be performing the five-year-old song on MBC’s Show! Music Core on June 5. According to Soompi , LABOUM are set to promote the song again in order to “express their gratitude to both their fans and the public for all the love”.

In South Korea, K-pop artists typically appear on weekly music TV programmes shortly after a release to promote their new projects. These “promotional periods” often last from a few weeks to a month, and artists usually only perform their latest music.

However, LABOUM’s ‘Journey to Atlantis’, recently gained traction after project boyband MSG Wannabe covered the song on comedian Yoo Jae Suk’s variety show, How Do You Play? earlier this year . The subsequently began to climb up music charts, and eventually hit number one on streaming platform Bugs!, as well as the realtime chart on Melon.

LABOUM are not the only group to experience sudden success on music charts with previous releases this year. In February, Brave Entertainment girl group Brave Girls went viral in South Korea with their 2017 song ‘Rollin’’.

‘Rollin’’ was originally released to little fanfare, but surged up South Korean charts after a fan-made compilation video went viral. The group also briefly returned to music shows to perform the track, and are now preparing for a summer comeback .

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LABOUM Reveals They Nearly Disbanded Before 'Journey to Atlantis' Rose to Popularity

LABOUM unveiled that they were close to disbanding but thanks to the sudden fame of their 2016 song "Journey to Atlantis" (or "Fresh Adventure"), their group's future was saved.

LABOUM Shares They Were about to Disband Until 'Journey to Atlantis' Achieves Belated Popularity

On Nov. 4, LABOUM sat down for an interview with SpoTV news and talked about how they almost resulted in their disbandment. These obstacles took place before their five-year-old song "Journey to Atlantis" saw a sudden surge in popularity.

Their case is quite the same as what happened to Brave Girls' "Rollin'," which also skyrocketed to fame in February after a YouTuber uploaded an edited video of the band's performances of the track alongside YouTube comments.

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During the talks with SpoTV News, LABOUM candidly said that they had reached a crisis and so they thought of disbanding. They cited that they are the so-called unknown girl group that did not receive much attention.

LABOUM member Jinyea (formerly called ZN) revealed that they had talked about disbanding and that she was already thinking of changing her career to acting as she wanted to act since before.

LABOUM member Soyeon shared that she was roughly thinking about searching for a different path but she still wanted to continue being a singer. She added that she was looking for opportunities to sing OSTs or feature in other artists' songs.

READ MORE: LABOUM Ascends on Korean Music Charts after Project Group MSG Wannabe Covers 'Journey to Atlantis'

Unlike the other members, LABOUM member Haein stated that she initially thought of leaving the entertainment industry for good. She explained that instead of staying in the entertainment world, she would like to try entering a different field, although she was still in the process of figuring what field it would be.

Amid LABOUM's plan to disband, their 2016 song "Journey to Atlantis" started garnering belated popularity.

The track first gained fame on YouTube charts this past March after a compilation of the group performing the song was shared on a YouTube channel. It was then covered by the project group MSG Wannabe on MBC's variety show "How Do You Play?"

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Following that, LABOUM's "Journey to Atlantis" began rising on Korea's real-time music charts until it successfully hit No. 1 on Bugs and was the No. 1 most popular keyword on MelOn. It later scored No. 7 on Genie.

And because of the unexpected popularity of "Journey to Atlantis," LABOUM was given the chance to perform on music shows once again.

Notably, this year marks the girl group's seventh year in the K-pop industry, and if they did disband before "Journey to Atlantis" became famous, they would have been one of the idol groups who failed to break the infamous "seven-year curse of K-pop."

LABOUM Makes a Comeback as a Four-Member Group with "Blossom"

Because of the belated success of "Journey to Atlantis," LABOUM members signed exclusive contracts with their new agency Interpark Music Plus and released a new mini-album this year.

On Nov. 3 the girl group returned to the music scene as a four-member girl group. Former member Yujeong left the group after her contract expired in September.

On that day, LABOUM released their third EP "Blossom," which contains four songs including the title track "Kiss Kiss." Member Soyeon participated in writing the lyrics, which express a strong feeling of love for someone.

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Fresh Adventure

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"Fresh Adventure" is the fourth single album by LABOUM . It was released on April 6, 2016 with " Journey to Atlantis " as the title track.

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Track list [ ]

• " Intro " - 0:43
• " Journey to Atlantis (상상더하기)" - 4:02
• " 3 Strike Out " - 3:26
• " Caterpillar " - 5:16
• " Journey to Atlantis (상상더하기) (Inst.)" - 4:02

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Video links [ ].

• "Intro" bonus video
• "Journey to Atlandtis" dance practice
• "Caterpillar" song recording making-of
• Highlight medley
• Member teasers: Solbin / Soyeon / ZN / Yujeong / Yulhee / Haein

Netizens don't think LABOUM's 'Journey to Atlantis' deserves the same treatment as 'Rollin'

Netizens are not as excited about  LABOUM 's " Journey to Atlantis " climbing back up on charts as they were about  Brave Girls ' " Rollin' ". 

LABOUM's "Journey to Atlantis" has shot up on charts ever since LABOUM was on ' Hangout With Yoo '. However, it's not getting the same welcome that Brave Girls got when "Rollin'" started shooting up on charts.

The biggest hangup that netizens have about LABOUM is that they have been accused of  sajaegi in the past with ' MISS THIS KISS '. The girls had constantly sold less than 1,000 copies in the first week with their previous releases, but suddenly sold 28,000 copies of 'MISS THIS KISS' in the first week. After, they went back to selling around 1,000 in the first week. 

Not only so LABOUM apparently out-sold  GOT7 without  any fansigns, even though GOT7 is well known for having one of the highest album sales out of idols, combined with the fact that GOT7 had a fansign. It was also pointed out that LABOUM sold more than 35 times their debut album with 'MISS THIS KISS'. This feat is completely unheard of The girls ended up beating  IU on ' Music Bank ' with " Hwi Hwi " because of the high album sales.

Another factor was that when "Rollin'" started sweeping music charts, LABOUM's label continued to try to promote LABOUM along with Brave Girls as what netizens are calling the '1+1' tactic. The two are very similar as they are both frequent performers in military performances, and "Journey to Atlantis" was a well-loved song overseas.

What do you think about LABOUM and "Journey to Atlantis"?

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It sucks, but Laboum definitely deserves the success - they are not responsible for their company's tactics

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As a long time Laboum fan I have to concur with what is written here because it is common sense to concede something untoward did occur during Hwi Hwi promotions. In addition, having Yulhee leave after the Hwi Hwi comeback was not good for the group's momentum (real or otherwise). Their poor sales post Hwi Hwi demonstrate their momentum was manufactured because you do not suddenly lose so many fans (have a drop in sales) from one comeback to the next in such quick time. I still like the group and am a fan of their music but I can certainly understand why netizens might feel the way they do. Exid and Brave Girls comebacks are rare and I didn't think Laboum would be successful in hitching a ride on the Brave Girls gravy train.

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