RESCENE has set a new career high. The group’s fourth mini album “PULSE” sold 602,688 copies in its first week, making the five-member act a first-time half-million seller, according to Hanteo Chart data released on November 10.
The figure covers November 3 to 9, the first seven days after the album’s release on November 3. It is about 5.8 times the first-week sales of the group’s previous mini album, “lip bomb”, which sold 104,406 copies. RESCENE passed that total on the first day alone, moving more than 131,000 copies on release day.
The jump puts RESCENE 11th on the all-time list of girl groups ranked by their best first-week sales, and the total is the highest first-week figure among girl group albums released in the second half of 2026. First-week sales are widely read in the Korean industry as a gauge of a fandom’s size and buying power, which makes the jump a measure of how fast RESCENE’s core fanbase, REMINE, has grown.
The growth has been steep. RESCENE’s early releases sold in the 30,000 to 40,000 range in their first weeks. “Deja Vu” reached 88,200 copies, and “lip bomb” became the group’s first album to pass 100,000 copies in a week. “PULSE” has now multiplied that mark nearly sixfold.
The title track “With” matched the album’s sales on the charts. It reached No. 1 on Melon TOP100 within two hours of release, and also topped Bugs’ real-time chart and Genie’s TOP 200. As of the morning of November 10, “With” was still No. 1 on Melon TOP100, ahead of A2O LITE’s “NEON”.
“PULSE” contains five tracks: “With”, “Finest Thing”, “Inside Out”, “MEME” and “Dragon”. The album captures the moment a song handed to someone comes back to lift the singer up again, with “With” as its title track.
The result caps a breakout year for the group. RESCENE debuted in March 2024 under The Muze Entertainment, with members Woni, Liv, Minami, May and Zena. “LOVE ATTACK”, a song first released in 2024, climbed back up the charts to No. 1 on Melon in July 2026, and RESCENE earned their first music show trophy that month, taking first place on SBS Life’s The Show with “Pretty Girl” on July 14. In October, the group topped Korea’s monthly singer brand reputation rankings, ahead of BTS and Lim Young Woong.
RESCENE also collected four trophies at the 2026 Korea Grand Music Awards on November 7, including the Grand Honors Choice, Best Artist, Berries Global Fan Choice and Best Memory. The Muze Entertainment CEO Lee Joo-heon also won Best Producer at the ceremony. Accepting the awards, the group said, “We know the love you are sending us is more than we deserve, so we will show you even more growth.”
The group’s rising profile is also showing up beyond music. A bread collaboration with convenience store chain CU has sold more than 2 million units in about a month, while the cider brand Narangd saw sales rise 51 percent year on year between July 21 and October 26 after hiring RESCENE as a model. A Domino’s Pizza advertisement featuring the group has passed 160 million combined views on YouTube, and coffee franchise Hollys named RESCENE as its first brand model in 28 years. Korean media have even begun using the term “RESCENE-nomics” for the group’s commercial pull.
The momentum continued on November 10, when Sports Chosun reported that RESCENE took first place on SBS Life’s The Show. The group is in the second week of music show promotions for “PULSE”, with further stages to come.
