She is the third member of TWICE to debut as a solo artist.
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Earlier this year, fans of TWICETzuyu were happy to find out that she would be the next member of the group to make her solo debut.
The clever name About TZU was released on September 6, with the lead track “Run Away”. The album and the intro showed fans a more mature side of the idol, known as the “groupforever maknae.”
At the time of writing, About TZU She has sold 224,449 albums, with her first-day sales placing her among the top 7 solo artists with the highest first-day sales on Hanteo.
Highest 1st Day Sales for a Female K-Pop Soloist on Hanteo:
#1. I’M DROPPING MYSELF — 876k
#2. #JIHYO AREA — 361k
#3. LISA LALISA — 330k
#4. #NAYEON NA — 286k
#5. ROSE R — 282k
#6.YUQI YUQ1 — 261k
#7. #TZUYU aboutTZU — 220k* 🆕
#8. IU LILAC — 216k photo.twitter.com/GPRg4yAyAV— GLOBAL TWICE 🏹 TZUYU IS COMING (@globaltwicee) September 6, 2024
Many were impressed by her sales results, especially considering she is a foreign artist.
A foreign artist did this 😭🔥🙌🏻❤️ https://t.co/pbySVL8anf
— the toxic child Leo (@prince_sonio_) September 6, 2024
She did a great job despite stalled sales. She is also a foreign artist debuting solo in Korea. It’s amazing 👏👏👏 https://t.co/1jb8lFhPwG
— all Tzuyu | TZULO🏹 | (@tzuyu_nation) September 6, 2024
However, its streaming performance on the charts has drawn mixed reactions from fans.
When the album was first released, “Run Away” entered the Korean music platform Bugs chart at No. 1. While many were impressed by this feat, noting that none of TWICE’s recent releases had reached that rank on this specific chart…
TZUYU debuted at #1 on the Bugs Realtime chart at 2:00 PM KST! 🫨🫨🫨🫨🫨photo.twitter.com/3L6G4CdBuo
— TWICE SOCIAL 🏹 (@twicebsocial) September 6, 2024
Ok period bye? When was the last time a song from twice went to number one on Bugs?! Let alone a debut https://t.co/41KfXxay3z
— ONCE FOLLOW ME (@popofthek) September 6, 2024
You don’t know how important it is for a Taiwanese artist to enter the top 1 of a Korean chart 👏🏻🤍 Chou TZUYU we are so proud of you https://t.co/GWOJrIeM9s https://t.co/nmcMR8oMwV
— MinMin #abouTZU #MiSaMo (@SafaNour9913) September 6, 2024
…others raised the issue of his poor ranking on other charts like MelOn and Genie. The idol’s 327th place on MelOn’s daily rankings also sparked surprise.
only in 1 ranking… 😭 damn… https://t.co/8Mc8Nhbl5Y
— Hands(✶) (@DEARKATSBLANK) September 6, 2024
this song is awesome like what the hell happened https://t.co/jwtTNcHzdI
— DARLING I’M A ROCKSTAR (@ijboland) September 7, 2024
@jypnation This is what happens when you don’t promote.🙂🙃 https://t.co/Fux1YnoSJF
— Kyle Mark | NA🦋 | DIVE IN🫧 | suTZU🏹 (@mark296511) September 7, 2024
Its official debut on Spotify reached 853,000 streams and, despite that being an impressive number, it did not enter the charts. SpotlightThe best artists and Spotlight Global charts. This also drew mixed reactions, with some arguing that JYP Entertainment’s lack of promotion affected her performance.
The qrts acting like Tzuyu has NO promotion on any music streaming platform and no ads didn’t happen. She got those numbers WITHOUT any help from her company. She’s not even Korean and she still did great considering her difficult position, like, are you all stupid? https://t.co/QdLK8Dd1wd
— 🔡🕵🏻♀️🏹⁹ (@ericaxtwice) September 7, 2024
BRO TZUYU’S RUN AWAY DEBUTS WITH AROUND 850K STREAMS, BOYS. photo.twitter.com/KpnltgUG97
— ٰ (@soheessences) September 7, 2024
The quotes made me lose my mind, like yeah, 850k is a good number, but at the end of the day this number could have been higher if JYPE actually promoted this album, but anyway, keep streaming. https://t.co/1HquSGZTAS
— ༊࿐ ͎. ｡˚ ° ⊹ ˚. (@j3llydelly) September 8, 2024
While her debut statistics may have created mixed feelings, there’s no denying that it’s an incredible feat for Tzuyu to debut as a foreign artist, and her success can be measured in more ways than just the charts.
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