Ben&Ben enters Korea’s Melon search chart after getting shout-outs from K-pop idols

(Clockwise from left) Ben&Ben, DAY6’s Young K and NCT’s Mark (Twitter/Instagram)

Award-winning Pinoy band Ben&Ben and their song “Leaves” entered South Korean music chart Melon’s real-time search, apparently after getting shout-outs from members of K-pop idol groups. 

Fan accounts on Twitter posted a screenshot of the July 22 search chart showing that the phrases “Ben&Ben” was No. 1 while “Leaves” and “leaf” were No. 2 and 3. “Ben and ben” and “Ben&ben leaves” ranked sixth and seventh. 

“Can’t believe it. we’re trending # 1 in south korea,” according to Ben&Ben’s post on Twitter after seeing the search ranking.

On Instagram Live, K-pop rock band DAY6’s Young K listened to “Leaves” after fans recommended it to him. 

“I did check them out. They’re a band from Philippines. I heard ‘Leaves.’ It was amazing. “Ben&Ben. ‘Leaves.’ It was amazing. Wow, I was surprised,” Young K said of the song. Boy band NCT member Mark also played the song on his VLive broadcast. 

Ben&Ben tweeted, “Thank u for listening to our music, young k of @day6official!!” and “Hey thanks for playing our song “leaves”, Mark of @NCTsmtown_127!”

Earlier, NCT Dream’s Renjun played “Leaves” on his radio show on TBS eFM 101.3MHz, according to a fan’s post. 

“woah! thanks for playing our song renjun Smiling face with smiling eyes @NCTsmtown_DREAM,” Ben&Ben tweeted on July 11. 

Ben&Ben recently released “Nakikinig Ka Ba Sa Akin.” Its music video has garnered more than 600,000 views on YouTube since July 10.