{"id":173191,"date":"2026-08-07T06:31:49","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T13:31:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=173191"},"modified":"2026-08-07T06:31:49","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T13:31:49","slug":"blackpinks-jennie-takes-second-crown-with-less-than-a-lover-on-m-countdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/blackpinks-jennie-takes-second-crown-with-less-than-a-lover-on-m-countdown\/","title":{"rendered":"BLACKPINK\u2019s Jennie takes second crown with \u201cLess than a Lover\u201d on M Countdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>BLACKPINK<\/strong>\u2019s <strong>Jennie<\/strong> is currently the talk of the town after the release of the first single, <strong><em>\u201cLess than a Lover,\u201d<\/em><\/strong> of her new brand musical project. The idol has channeled her musical creativity to new heights with this experimental single, far from her signature style.<\/p>\n<p>Taking risks pays off as Jennie has taken the top spot on Mnet&#8217;s<em> &#8216;M Countdown,<\/em>&#8216; aired on the afternoon of the 6th, with her new song <em>\u201cLess than a Lover<\/em>.\u201d<strong> Jennie has just claimed a second music win with her single for a second consecutive week<\/strong>, all without making a broadcast appearance yet.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Jennie \u201cLess than a Lover\u201d 2ND Win \ud83c\udfc6 On Mnet Mcountdown 260806\" width=\"1240\" height=\"698\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bg79-_Nu_is?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cLess than a Lover\u201d took first place on the different global charts, including the Billboard Charts, Apple Music\u2019s <em>\u201cTop Songs\u201d<\/em> charts, QQ Music, and NetEase Cloud Music. Ultimately, the single has become a<strong> global phenomenon<\/strong> for its catchy lyrics and sound.<\/p>\n<p>The music awards<strong> recognition<\/strong> is just a reflection of Jennie&#8217;s popularity in the Kpop scene. Promotions are far from over as Jennie will be running at major global festivals, having announced her appearance at Japan&#8217;s <em>\u201cSummer Sonic 2026.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BLACKPINK\u2019s Jennie is currently the talk of the town after the release of the first single, \u201cLess than a Lover,\u201d of her new brand musical project. The idol has channeled her musical creativity to new heights with this experimental single, far from her signature style. Taking risks pays off as Jennie has taken the top [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3102,"featured_media":173192,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,2264,16],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-173191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-entertainment","category-kpop","tag-blackpink"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173191","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=173191"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173191\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":173195,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173191\/revisions\/173195"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/173192"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=173191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=173191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}