RESCENE Scores First Inkigayo Win as Love Attack Extends Its Chart Reversal

RESCENE has turned one of the year’s most visible K-pop chart reversals into a major broadcast milestone. The five-member girl group won first place on SBS Inkigayo with Love Attack, a song first released as the title track of the group’s 2024 mini album SCENEDROME.

The result gives RESCENE a fresh marker in a run that has been unusual by current idol-release standards: a nearly two-year-old track gaining momentum long after its original promotional cycle, rising on digital charts, and then converting that public interest into a music show trophy.

A delayed breakthrough for Love Attack

On the July 26 broadcast of Inkigayo, RESCENE performed Love Attack after also presenting a special stage for Deja Vu, the title track from the group’s second single album Dearest. The broadcast’s first-place contenders included I.O.I’s Suddenly and aespa’s LEMONADE, placing RESCENE in a competitive field of familiar names and active chart performers.

The final score gave RESCENE the win with 5,486 points. The group’s total was driven most strongly by digital performance, with online music points forming the largest share of the score. That detail underlined the central story behind the trophy: Love Attack did not simply benefit from a brief viral clip or a one-week push, but from sustained listening that translated into the kind of broadcast result many idol teams pursue during active promotions.

The members responded emotionally after the result was announced, thanking their fandom, Remine, as well as general listeners who helped the song travel beyond the group’s existing base. Their remarks framed the moment as both a fan-driven achievement and a broader public breakthrough, a distinction that matters for a group trying to move from promising newcomer status into wider recognition.

From chart reversal to music show validation

Love Attack has become a rare example of a K-pop title track whose biggest commercial chapter arrived well after release. The song entered Melon’s Top 100 at No. 100 last year, later climbed into the mid-chart range, and continued rising until it reached No. 1 on Melon’s Top 100 and daily chart. It has also remained near the top of major domestic music rankings, giving RESCENE a level of digital visibility that can be difficult for newer groups to secure.

That trajectory explains why the Inkigayo trophy carries more weight than a routine music show result. In an environment where many idol campaigns peak during their first week, RESCENE’s win reflects a slower pattern: listeners discovering or returning to a song over time, streaming activity building into chart strength, and television rankings eventually catching up with that demand.

The group had already been gaining broadcast recognition before this latest win. RESCENE previously took first place on SBS Life’s The Show and MBC’s Show! Music Core with the remake single Pretty Girl. With Love Attack now adding an Inkigayo trophy, the group has reached three total music show wins, a notable count for an act still working to define its long-term position among newer-generation girl groups.

Why the result matters for RESCENE

The timing also gives RESCENE more than a single celebratory headline. A delayed hit can reshape how the public understands a group’s catalog, encouraging listeners to revisit earlier releases and pay closer attention to follow-up material. For RESCENE, the pairing of Love Attack and Pretty Girl suggests that the group is not relying on one isolated moment, but building a recognizable lane through bright, melodic pop tracks with strong replay value.

The Inkigayo appearance also helped connect the group’s current and past material. Performing Deja Vu alongside the winning song gave viewers a reminder that RESCENE is still actively releasing new music while an older title continues to dominate conversation. That overlap can be valuable: it lets a group use a surprise hit not only as a retrospective success, but as a bridge into its next promotional phase.

For the wider K-pop industry, the win is another sign that chart reversals remain one of the most powerful forms of momentum when they are backed by sustained listening. Short-form platforms, playlists, live stages, and fan circulation can all contribute to renewed attention, but a trophy on a major weekly program shows that the interest has reached measurable scale.

RESCENE’s challenge now is to turn this attention into lasting audience growth. The group’s latest result gives it a stronger public profile, a clearer success story, and a recent television moment that can anchor future promotion. Whether Love Attack becomes a one-song anomaly or the start of a broader rise will depend on how effectively the group converts this late-breaking hit into recognition for its next releases.