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Kep1er 'Wa Da Da' defeats IVE 'Eleven' on Mnet's 'M Countdown', first win for rookies

Kep1er's members are the 9 winners of Mnet’s ‘Girls Planet 999’ who have received a lot of attention for their debut album ‘First Impact’

Kep1er is really making name for themselves in the K-pop industry after having a very successful debut with their first album, ‘First Impact’. The nine-member girl group has now bagged their first music show win at Mnet’s 'M Countdown' show. Kep1er performed ‘Wa Da Da’ from their debut mini-album that was released on January 3.

Kep1er's performance on January 13 on the Mnet music show wowed audiences as they went head-to-head with contemporary rookie group IVE who made their debut with the single album ‘Eleven’ back in December 2021. The single was very well received, feted as one of the biggest girl group debuts of 2021. With ‘First Impact’, Kep1er is trying to break all the records set by IVE and is seemingly doing well after they defeated IVE at this week’s ‘M Countdown’ broadcast.

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Kep1er bags first music show win

While Kep1er competed with fellow rookies IVE for the winning title at this week’s Mnet 'M Countdown', the show saw many amazing performances. Solo acts like SHINee’s Minho and Hyolyn performed their comeback stages at M Countdown while rookie boy group Mirae, who made their official comeback on January 13, also performed at the show.

Kep1er has won their first-ever music show win in under 10 days since their debut, which is why members of the group were immensely overjoyed and thanked fans for their victory. Kep1er members told their fans in a heartfelt message, “We will become singers who will never disappoint our fans.”

‘You deserve it'

Fans were so overwhelmed by Kep1er members securing their first-ever music show win so soon after their debut that they couldn't stop trending their wlighting up social media. One fan said, "THEY LOOKED SO HAPPY! WE DID IT KEP1IANS! KEP1ER FIRST WIN!" Another fan said, "Our kep1er’s first win. congratulations, loves! you deserve it so much!" Another fan said, "Congratulations on your first win girls you worked hard and deserve it so much, i'm so proud of all of you."

One fan of Kep1er said, "When u realized that those tears in their eyes are no longer tears from pressure, nervousness, and fear. But tears of happiness, being grateful, and success. It's just the beginning, we still have a long way to go." Another fan said, "Once again, congratulations girls ♡ you deserve it so much!" One more fan said, "I'll just pretend digitals didn't exist. I'm still happy they managed to get their first win despite getting 0 digital points. Congratulations girls!"