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ASTRO is being suspected to do Sajaegi. You know, the Sajaegi issue has been brought up in the k-pop world again and again, while the word means "Panic Buying". ASTRO is suspected to go on panic buying of its new album "Dream Part 01" to boost its ranking on k-pop album charts. So, let's see how many copies of the boy group's new album have been sold first. And here's the change of ASTRO's album sales in the first week of its release. There are two reasons why ASTRO is suspected to do sajaegi. First, June 3 was Saturday and June 4 was Sunday, while the boy group sold over 14,000 copies of its album on the two days. By the way, it is usually considered that only very popular boy groups can sold over 10,000 copies of their albums during weekend. Well, ASTRO might become one of the popular boy groups before people know it, but it's true it's a little bit strange. Second, as you can see in the picture above, ASTRO's album sales...

Q. You made a comeback with your new mini album. How do you feel? Yoon Sanha: It took a long time for us to make a comeback. We've prepared that much for the album, so please give us your interest and support. MJ: I think we'll be able to show fresh and bright sides of ourselves through the album. Cha Eunwoo: Even though it's a mini album, we prepared for our comeback with painstaking care. I hope we will show our growth through the album. Q. It's notable that a total of 8 tracks are included in your album because mini albums usually contain 4-5 tracks. JinJin: Well, we wanted to include a variety of our stories in our mini album. We'll release our full album after completing our mini album series. Q. What's special about your new album? JinJin: I think we became more manly. You know, we showed off our fresh and cute charm through our previous songs, but this time, we tried to express manliness of a clerk. Cha Eunwoo: There is a big change of our...