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New Genes is a girl group that debuted in 2022, and 'Hype Boy' is one of the triple title songs of their debut album 'New Genes'. It attracted attention for its sound that combined moombahton and electro pop.
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Taesoo Lee = Girl group New Jeans' hit song 'Hype Boy' has surpassed 800 million streams on Spotify, the world's largest music platform, Adore, the agency, announced on the 1st.
'Hype Boy' was played 802,2045 times as of the 29th of last month.
Among New Jeans' songs, this is the team's third song to reach 800 million streams, following 'OMG', 'Ditto', and 'Super Shy'.
'Hype Boy' is one of the triple title songs of New Jeans' debut album 'New Jeans', and features a refreshing and sophisticated sound that combines moombahton and electro pop.
Upon its release in August 2022, it enjoyed great popularity by hitting major domestic music charts. 'Hype Boy' was also selected as one of the 'Best Songs of the 21st Century' by American music magazine Rolling Stone last year.
The combined cumulative number of views on Spotify for all songs released so far by New Genes is over 8 billion.

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