MAMAMOO member Hwasa has cemented her status as a formidable solo artist by achieving the first Perfect All-Kill (PAK) of 2025 for a female soloist with her hit song, “Good Goodbye.”
This monumental achievement, announced on November 30 at 10:30 a.m. KST by Instiz’s iChart, signifies a complete dominance over South Korea’s major music charts and is a rare feat in the highly competitive K-Pop landscape.
The Road to a Perfect All-Kill: Definition and Criteria
The Perfect All-Kill status is widely regarded as one of the highest honors a song can achieve on the Korean music charts.
It is an exceptionally difficult goal, requiring a song to not only top the daily charts but also maintain its dominance across all real-time, daily, and weekly metrics.
First, a song must earn a Certified All-Kill. This means reaching the No. 1 position simultaneously on the following major charts:
- The Daily Chart and Top 100 Chart of Melon.
- The Daily Chart and Realtime Chart of Genie.
- The Daily Chart and Realtime Chart of Bugs.
- The YouTube Music Top Songs Chart.
- The Daily Chart of VIBE.
- The Realtime Charts of FLO and iChart.
The distinction of a Perfect All-Kill (PAK) is achieved when a song maintains the Certified All-Kill status and, critically, also climbs to the No. 1 spot on the iChart’s Weekly Chart.
This specific achievement confirms the song’s enduring and unchallenged popularity over an entire week of charting, proving sustained public engagement rather than a brief peak.
Hwasa’s “Good Goodbye” successfully cleared all these metrics, marking its status as the year’s first female solo track to reach this peak.
Context of the Achievement and Viral Momentum
Hwasa’s latest success is largely attributed to the immense viral momentum generated by her stunning performance at the 46th Blue Dragon Film Awards.
The televised performance amazed viewers and seemingly drove massive public interest back to her song, leading to a significant surge in streaming and downloads across all platforms.
MAMAMOO’s Hwasa (Credit: YouTube)
This demonstrates the powerful influence of televised performances and media exposure in shaping chart success, especially for established artists who command both vocal talent and stage presence.
Furthermore, “Good Goodbye” is only the fourth song overall to achieve a Perfect All-Kill status in 2025.
This places Hwasa’s achievement in an elite category alongside only a few other top-tier releases of the year, underscoring the scarcity of this particular milestone. The three other tracks that achieved a PAK earlier in 2025 were:
- IVE’s “REBEL HEART.”
- BIGBANG’s G-Dragon’s “Too Bad” (featuring Anderson .Paak).
- HUNTR/X’s “Golden” (from the “KPop Demon Hunters” soundtrack).
This places Hwasa in highly distinguished company, further highlighting the widespread critical and commercial acclaim for her music.
The song’s music video, which notably features actor Park Jeong Min, has also contributed to its visibility and popularity.
The successful run of “Good Goodbye” not only marks Hwasa as the leading female soloist of the year in terms of chart performance but also reaffirms her creative and commercial power as an artist capable of dominating all facets of the demanding digital music market in Korea.
On November 27, 2025, the legal battle between former ADOR CEO Min Hee Jin and the entertainment giant HYBE continued with the third hearing at the Seoul Central District Court’s 31st Civil Division.
The hearing focused on the lawsuit concerning the termination of the shareholders’ agreement and Min Hee Jin’s claim to exercise her put option against HYBE.
In a dramatic turn, Min Hee Jin personally appeared in court to provide her testimony as a party to the case, where she became visibly emotional, shedding tears while recounting the circumstances of her recruitment by HYBE’s Chairman, Bang Si Hyuk.
Her testimony shed light on the initial, highly personal nature of their professional relationship, contrasting sharply with their current legal dispute.
The Recruitment: Desperate for “SM Personified”
Min Hee Jin detailed the speed and fervor of Bang Si Hyuk’s recruitment efforts immediately following her resignation from SM Entertainment, where she had served as Creative Director for years.
Min Hee Jin officially resigned from SM on December 31, 2018. She testified that Bang Si Hyuk reached out to her just two days later, on January 2, 2019.
When she questioned how he knew of her departure so quickly, Bang Si Hyuk allegedly responded by admitting that he had “informants” within SM who had relayed the news of her resignation.
He stated that he had viewed her as the “SM personified” and had never expected her to leave, expressing his immense relief and excitement when he heard the news.
He immediately and aggressively began courting her, emphasizing his urgent desire to “recruit [her] as talent” for his company, which was then known as Big Hit Music, the predecessor of HYBE.
Bang Si Hyuk’s Vision and Lack of Confidence in Girl Groups
Min Hee Jin’s testimony also revealed the specific business challenges that drove Bang Si Hyuk to seek her out.
He openly shared his corporate vision, which was rooted in a profound “distrust of the existing entertainment industry” and an explicit “criticism of SM Entertainment,” expressing a desire to reform the business model.
Crucially, Bang Si Hyuk conveyed his lack of confidence in successfully launching a girl group.
He referenced his previous, unsuccessful attempt with the group GLAM, which he had co-managed with So Sung Jin of Source Music.
Because of this past failure, he told Min Hee Jin that he “had no confidence in girl groups” and consequently understood that he “needed [her]” expert creative and strategic direction.
At the time, Min Hee Jin confirmed she was also entertaining a competing offer from Kakao Entertainment, positioning her as a highly sought-after industry veteran.
The Plea and Min Hee Jin’s Motivation
To emphasize the lengths to which Bang Si Hyuk went to secure her, Min Hee Jin recounted an extraordinary moment during a meal with the Chairman.
By chance, her parents called her, and Bang Si Hyuk reportedly seized the opportunity to communicate his sincerity directly to her father.
Min Hee Jin testified that he told her father,
“I will make sure your daughter can do what she wants and do it well,” and repeatedly emphasized, “I really want her to come to our company.”
She described the situation as one where he was “practically getting down on his knees to ask” her to join.
Bang Si Hyuk also claimed to have been a “long-time fan” of her creative work and genuinely wanted to collaborate.
Moved by this level of commitment and perceived sincerity, and believing that a company run by someone who “believed in me and allowed me to do what I wanted” would be the right fit, Min Hee Jin ultimately chose to join HYBE, swayed by Bang Si Hyuk’s promise of “unlimited support.”
Min Hee Jin’s testimony concludes by mentioning the heartache her parents felt after the current dispute with HYBE began, underscoring the deep personal investment made in her career move.
