NewJeans member Hanni has shown her huge influence on Spotify with a recent cover performance at Tokyo Dome.

On July 22, Spotify revealed that streams for Matsuda Seiko's ‘Aoi San-Show’ (Blue Coral Reef) soared by about 530% after Hanni’s cover at Tokyo Dome.

NewJeans held their ‘Bunnies Camp 2024 Tokyo Dome’ fan meeting on June 26 and 27. During the event, Hani’s cover of Matsuda Seiko’s ‘Blue Coral Reef’ caught a lot of attention, causing a major spike in streams of the original song on Spotify.

The 1980 hit by Japanese artist Matsuda Seiko saw a remarkable 530% increase in streams in the week following Hanni's performance.

Currently, NewJeans has around 17.6 million monthly listeners on Spotify and has racked up billions of streams. Over the past month, Tokyo, Jakarta, Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, and Taipei had the most streams of NewJeans’ music, while the top countries were the United States, Japan, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Brazil.

Spotify is also celebrating NewJeans' second anniversary with a global campaign. They’ve added special audio messages from the members to the ‘This is NewJeans’ playlist and are offering share card images for fans who have streamed their music the most, so they can show off their achievements on social media.

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Actor Lee Min Ho recently shared an unforgettable and embarrassing moment from his early career, revealing how he became a “falling star” at his first Baeksang Arts Awards.

On the December 25th episode of You Quiz on the Block (Episode 274), Lee Min Ho made a guest appearance and reflected on his rise to fame.

The actor, known for his iconic role as Goo Jun Pyo in Boys Over Flowers, won the Best New Actor award at the Baeksang Arts Awards, but it wasn’t just his victory that grabbed attention.

Lee Min Ho recalled, "I was attending the Baeksang for the first time, and I was so excited. Since I wasn’t going as Goo Jun Pyo, but as Lee Min Ho, I styled my hair in a perm and was ready to go." However, things took an unexpected turn when he tripped and fell on the red carpet.

He sighed, recalling, "That day, I fell. I fell and created so many memes. Even now, I look back and think, 'How did I walk that quickly on the red carpet?'"

Laughing at his own clumsiness, he admitted, "I was moving at the speed of light, no composure, no focus. Honestly, more than the joy of winning the award, that day was chaotic and so embarrassing for me."

Though his win was a highlight, Lee Min Ho humorously shared that the incident of tripping overshadowed the excitement of his achievement.

It’s safe to say that while the fall became a funny meme, it also became a lesson in humility for the actor, and a moment that fans still remember to this day.

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