Performing their last stage for the Beautiful Liar era promotions at KBS Music Bank, MONSTA X has finally bagged their first win for the latest comeback with their 12th EP titled Reason. Fellow K-pop group SF9 was tied with them for the first place for their brand new titular track Puzzle off the 12th mini album The Piece of 9.
While the former group is signed under the Starship Entertainment label, the latter is currently under FNC Entertainment. Interestingly enough, the youngest member of MONSTA X, I.M. no longer holds a contract under the same label as his band mates, but is still very much a part of the group that first debuted in 2015 after having been formed through Mnet’s survival show No Mercy. Since then, the K-pop group has released countless albums, singles, in various languages, exhibiting their stellar discography consisting of endless genres of music.
Their latest comeback had members Joohoney, I.M. and Hyungwon joining forces to pen the Korean lyrics of the title track, while also contributing for other songs on the tracklist. Reason released on January 9, 2023, and had six songs – LONE RANGER, IT’S ALRIGHT, Deny, Crescendo and Daydream in addition to the aforementioned leading track.
Currently, the group comprises of six members – Shownu, Minhyuk, Kihyun, Hyungwon, Joohoney, and I.M., however, the first, also the eldest and the leader of the group i.e. Shownu is completing his mandatory military service, leaving the rest to fill in the gaps for the time being.
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SF9’s album, on the other hand, consists of 6 songs as well including Tight, Stay With Me, Fighter, New World and Love Colour, and of course, Puzzle. Members of both groups have come together for various Radio broadcasts previously and have always been on good terms with each other, which also leads their respective fandoms to celebrate each other’s wins.
During the January 20 Music Bank broadcast, MONSTA X recorded a total of 10,600 points on the leaderboard, while SF9 garnered 6356 points. Other performers of the week on the music show include cignature, H1-KEY, HEEO, woo!ah!, Moonbin&Sanha, Park Hyeon Seo, ILY:1, Espero, NewJeans, Lee Ji-young, Double Decker, and PRIMROSE.
Watch the Group Perform Their Last Stage for Beautiful Liar at KBS Music Bank
Watch SF9 Perform Puzzle at KBS Music Bank
Congratulations, MONSTA X! Tune into today’s winning title track and Puzzle on Spotify.
Are you a fan of both of these K-pop groups? Which of the songs on Reason‘s tracklist is your favourite? Did you participate in the pre-voting session for either of the groups? Let us know your thoughts in the comments section below.
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