&TEAM's music video for 'Back to Life' hits 20 million views in just 3 days, celebrating their Korean debut with a pop-up event.
November/1/2025 14:32
The global group &TEAM from Japan released their first Korean mini-album 'Back to Life' on October 28 (Tuesday), and the music video for the title track 'Back to Life' achieved a total of 20 million views by October 30 (Thursday) at 8 PM, marking their first time reaching this milestone. On the same day, to celebrate the release, the members visited the pop-up ' &TEAM KR 1st Mini Album 'Back to Life' POP-UP' held in the Seongsu-dong area of Songdong-gu, Seoul, where they experienced a space that fully expressed the album's concept. &TEAM took a new step towards realizing 'Japan to Global' by releasing their first Korean mini-album 'Back to Life' on October 28 (Tuesday), finally marking their Korean debut. This album is the latest work that expresses the instinctive and challenging spirit of a wolf, which is the identity of &TEAM. The work depicts the growth of boys who continue to instinctively move forward towards the future despite facing setbacks and trials, making it a bold work that challenges a wide range of musicality. The music video for the title track 'Back to Life' achieved a total of 20 million views on October 30 (Thursday). It gained attention by reaching 10 million views in about 31 hours, which is their shortest record since its release on October 27 (Monday), and it continues to show momentum by achieving 20 million views in just 3 days. Additionally, to commemorate this Korean debut, a pop-up ' &TEAM KR 1st Mini Album 'Back to Life' POP-UP' is being held in the Seongsu-dong area of Songdong-gu, Seoul, from October 28 to November 4 for a limited time. This pop-up space allows fans to not only listen to the songs but also deeply feel &TEAM's charm through visual and experiential elements, featuring a listening zone inspired by the spine of a wolf and signs depicting wolf claw marks, allowing fans to fully enjoy the Wolf DNA that is the identity of &TEAM. On October 30 (Thursday), members FUMA, K, NICHOLAS, YUMA, JO, HARUA, and MAKI visited the pop-up, enjoying taking photos with their original frames at Photoism, shopping with bags, and listening to the album's music in the listening zone, fully expressing the album's concept. They left their signatures and messages to LUNÉ (the name of their fans) on the walls of the store before leaving the pop-up. Furthermore, &TEAM is scheduled to ramp up their Korean activities starting with their appearance on KBS 2TV's 'Music Bank' on October 31.
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