Kim Rahn is the managing editor of The Korea Times. Since joining the company in 2003, she has covered various beats including the presidential office, Seoul city government, the Bank of Korea and the tourism industry. In 2014, she won the Society of Publishers in Asia (SOPA) award for her coverage of the ordeals of migrant women in Korea.
NCT DREAM to release mini-album 'Candy' for winter season
A teaser image for NCT DREAM's upcoming mini-album “Candy” / Courtesy of SM Entertainment
By Kim Rahn
By Kim Rahn
K-pop boy band NCT DREAM will drop a mini-album for the year-end holiday season.
Its agency, SM Entertainment, said on Friday that the group will release the special six-track winter mini-album, titled “Candy,” at 6 p.m. on Dec. 16 to streaming platforms.
The title track with the same name as the album, is a remake of first-generation K-pop boy band H.O.T.'s 1996 hit song.
“NCT DREAM has reinterpreted the original song, which has long been loved, with its own fresh color. We believe 'Candy' will entertain both older and younger generations,” the agency said in a release.
The hard copy of the album will be available starting Dec. 19, and reservations will start on Nov. 21 at both online and offline record shops.
In March, NCT DREAM, a sub-unit of SM's boy band NCT, dropped its second studio album, “Glitch Mode.” It sold 3.61 million copies, making another 3 million mark following its first studio album released in May last year, “Hot Sauce,” which sold more than 3.4 million copies.
The band also held a concert at the Main Stadium of Jamsil Sports Complex in southern Seoul, the largest concert venue in Korea, in September. During the two-day concert that was also livestreamed, it attracted 135,000 audience members from 102 countries, including 60,000 onsite.