Lift Music 90s On Album Solo Brand New, Xiumin EXO Puncapi Tangga ITunes 33 Negara

Xiumin EXO (Twitter.com/weareoneEXO)

JAKARTA - Xiumin from the K-pop idol group EXO reaffirmed music sentiments from the 1990s and early 2000s in its own style through the first mini solo album titled Brand New. The mini album, which was released on September 26, 2022, contains five songs including How We Do, Feedback, Love Letter and Serenity.

The vocalist-rapper lifted the 90s or Y2K period because he listened to the most songs in his life. "I still really like that music style, so I wanted to make it new with my own style," Xiumin said as quoted by Yonhap, Wednesday, September 28.

When asked about the difference between music from the Y2K period and now, he feels old music to listen to with the mind. "Music at that time was relatively simple and evoked a lot of emotions while it was easy to listen to," he said.

It was only released for two days, Xiumin EXO topped the iTunes charts in 33 countries. Brand New topped the charts of iTunes in Indonesia, Canada, Spain, Brazil, Mexico, Chile, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Malaysia, Russia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Fiji, Peru, Vietnam.

Then in Hong Kong, Kazakhstan, Turkey, South Africa, India, Nigeria, Romania, Poland, Argentina, United Arab Emirates, Laos, Taiwan, Colombia, Sri Lanka, Panama, Azerbaijan and Norway.

Brand New also topped various domestic daily album charts in South Korea including Hanteo Chart and Synnara Record. Meanwhile, Xiumin Brand New's main song rose to first place on the realtime AWA charts in Japan.