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'WAW Concert: The Movie': Mamamoo to release first movie ever in theatres

Following their first compilation album and Hwasa's first single album, the K-pop group is set to release their first documentary film

Moomoos (Mamamoo’s fandom) rejoice because we are about to see Mamamoo on the big screen. It has been announced that they are about to release ‘Mamamoo 2021 WAW Concert: The Movie’ in theatres. With event cinema becoming popular, more and more K-pop groups are releasing documentaries. We had the likes of Blackpink, BTS, and Monsta X releasing documentary films on the big screen worldwide and now Mamamoo has joined the lineup.

In celebration of their seventh debut anniversary in June, the K-pop girl group went all out. Mamamoo released two albums and had a concert. We first had the ballad album ‘WAW’ followed by their first online concert titled ‘WAW (Where Are We)’. It included a mini-documentary of the girls’ journey since their debut, performances of past hits, and the release of a new song. Following this, the girls released their first compilation album ‘I Say Mamamoo: The Best’. 

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Mamamoo to release movie

The 23-track album had new versions of Mamamoo’s old iconic songs, remixes, hidden tracks and the new song ‘Mumumumuch’. Well, it looks like even though the year is coming to an end, the girls are still busy. For their first theatrical release, Mamamoo is going all out for ‘WAW Concert: The Movie’. Not only will the movie include the entire ‘WAW’ concert, but we are also getting additional footage. With 102-minute duration, it will include performances of 25 of their songs, the preparation of the ‘WAW’ online concert and behind-the-scenes clips. The film, managed by CGV, is set to be released in theatres on December 3.

Hwasa tops international charts

Meanwhile, we got news of Moonbyul and Hwasa going solo. While Moonbyul has announced she is working on her next solo album, Hwasa released her first single album ‘Guilty Pleasure’ with the lead single ‘I’m a B’. The comeback was an immediate success as the music video of ‘I’m a B’ became the most viewed K-pop music video on YouTube in the first 24 hours with 1.7 million views. It was also trending in 30 countries on YouTube. The music video is currently at 3.6 million views.

The song also topped Bugs, entered Genie, MelOn, FLO and international charts. ‘I'm a B’ topped China’s QQ Music Rising Chart while the other tracks were in the top 10. ‘I’m a B’ was #1 on iTunes in 11 countries while all of the album tracks entered the worldwide iTunes chart with ‘FOMO’ at #7. ‘FOMO’ also topped iTunes in 10 countries. Two of the tracks also debuted on US iTunes with ‘I’m a B’ at #44.