Girl band QWER is making waves with their comeback! According to the Hanteo Chart, QWER (Chodan, Magenta, Hina, Siyun) sold an impressive 22,655 copies of their mini album Algorithm's Blossom on its first day, which was released on the 23rd.

This achievement marks their highest first-day sales ever, showing an amazing increase of about ten times compared to their debut single Harmony from Discord.

With these first-day numbers, QWER is already on track to break their own first-week sales record, moving closer to becoming a major band with strong public recognition and a dedicated fanbase. Since the album just released, the final first-week sales are expected to rise even more.

Algorithm's Blossom tells the story of QWER creating a new destiny together, centered around the theme "the flower blossomed by algorithms." The band shares their journey of blooming while embracing love and pain across eight tracks, including the title track My Name is Clear.

In their comeback, QWER has charted all tracks from the album on Melon's HOT100, with My Name is Clear hitting number one on Bugs' real-time chart. The song also reached second place on Melon's HOT100 and twenty-first on Melon's TOP100, marking a successful triple hit.

The music video for My Name is Clear has already surpassed 3 million views, ranking first on YouTube's trending videos and in top music trends.

QWER continues to show impressive growth on various charts with each comeback, solidifying their status as a "favorite girl band."

Their mini album's title track Addicted to Worry has stayed on Melon's monthly chart for five months, hinting that My Name is Clear will also perform well on major domestic charts.

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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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