I-DLE Tops Global Charts with ‘Girlfriend’ Ahead of Comeback

By Jaewan, Ko

May 13, 2025

I-DLE Tops Global Charts with ‘Girlfriend’ Ahead of Comeback



The group i-dle is on a global popularity march ahead of its comeback.

As of the 12th, the music video of the 8th mini-album 'We are'Girlfriend' from Cube Entertainment (182360) ranked first on the overall chart of China's QQ music video and the Korean chart at the same time. In addition, it ranked No. 1 in Korea and No. 9 in the global popular music video on YouTube, showing the influence of children who are about to be active.

The music video of 'Girlfriend', which was released on the 9th, drew attention by ranking 2nd in YouTube 'Most Viewed Videos in the Last 24 hours' and 3rd in the overall 'Music Video Global Trending'. In addition, a total of nine countries, including Korea, the United States, Japan, Canada, the United Kingdom, Brazil, Indonesia, Taipei, and Australia, also topped the YouTube popularity video charts, proving their impact in the global music market.




I-DLE Tops Global Charts with ‘Girlfriend’ Ahead of Comeback
Soyeon's self-composed song 'Girlfriend' is a song that expresses comfort given to a friend who has experienced a breakup in children's own colors, and the cheerful sound and the members' singing chorus are impressive. The music video attracted attention for its sensuous visual beauty and storyline shot in Paris, France.

Children's 8th mini album 'We are' with 'Girlfriend' will be released on various music sites at 6 p.m. on the 19th.






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