BESTie's 'Love Options' Enters Melon Top 10 for the First Time, 13 Years After Release
BESTie's 2013 song "Love Options" climbed to No. 9 on Melon's TOP 100 chart on Nov. 9 KST, its first-ever top 10 placement, after a revival driven by short-form videos.
BESTie's "Love Options" has reached Melon's top 10 for the first time, 13 years after the song was released.
According to Melon, the track ranked No. 9 on the platform's TOP 100 chart as of 8 a.m. KST on Nov. 9, Yonhap reported.
The 2013 song began climbing the charts after resurfacing through short-form videos. Yonhap reports it also topped Spotify, Apple Music and iTunes in Taiwan on Nov. 8 and reached No. 4 on Apple Music and No. 6 on iTunes in Hong Kong.
Riding the revival, BESTie (Hyeyeon, Uji, Dahye and Haeryeong) reunited in October for the first time in eight years and returned to MBC's "Show! Music Core" on Oct. 31. Star News and SPOTV News report the stage and full-cam videos from that appearance have passed a combined 11 million views.
Confirmed
- According to Melon, BESTie's "Love Options" (Korean title "연애의 조건") ranked No. 9 on Melon's TOP 100 chart as of 8 a.m. KST on Nov. 9, 2026, its first time in the top 10 (Yonhap, citing Melon).
- The song was originally released in 2013.
Reported by other outlets
- Yonhap reports the song's resurgence began with short-form content, and that on Nov. 8 it ranked No. 1 on Spotify, Apple Music and iTunes in Taiwan, and No. 4 on Apple Music and No. 6 on iTunes in Hong Kong.
- Yonhap reports BESTie reunited last month for the first time in eight years and performed on MBC's "Show! Music Core" on Oct. 31.
- Star News and SPOTV News report the group's "Show! Music Core" stage video and full-cam video have surpassed a combined 11 million views, and that the song ranked No. 3 on QQ Music's popularity chart in China.
- Hankook Ilbo reported in September that the revival started with a fan-made short-form video pairing the song with Hearts2Hearts' "Lemon Tang" choreography.
Analysis
2FC NEWSROOM analysis: The climb shows how short-form video can turn a years-old single into a current chart hit, even without a new release behind it.