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Happy New Year, everyone! I hope you all have an amazing 2020 and that you're able to achieve all of your goals this coming decade! ^^

So the Finale FINALLY dropped two weeks ago and I'm just SO proud of how well the girls have been doing this comeback! The list of achievements is LONG and it's crazy to think that they've done all of this in just a few weeks! In 2019, Red Velvet was the only girl group to get a Real Time All Kill, a Certified All Kill, and a Melon Roof Hit. Red Velvet was the fastest SME group to reach 15M+ streams on Spotify. Red Velvet is now tied with Blackpink for the most #1's worldwide on iTunes in 2019 for a girl group. Red Velvet is the only girl group to have three consecutive albums chart at #1 on the US iTunes Album Chart. Red Velvet is the only SME artist to chart in Spotify's top 200 global for 11+ days. Red Velvet is the second most listened to K-Pop girl group on Spotify. Red Velvet peaked at #2 on Billboard's Top 50 Social Chart, which is the highest for a girl group. Red Velvet is now the girl group with the most entries at #1 on the Gaon Weekly Album Chart. Psycho reached 1M+ unique listeners on the Genie Charts in seven days, which is the fastest time ever for a girl group. Red Velvet is the most followed girl group on Melon. The Psycho MV reached 40M+ views in twelve days, which is the fastest for any SME artist release in 2019. Red Velvet reached 100K+ hearts on Melon in seven days, which is the fastest time ever for a girl group. Psycho is the biggest digital debut for a 2019 girl group release on the Gaon Charts. And Psycho broke the all-time high score record on Music Core.

This is just a fraction of noteworthy achievements for Red Velvet and here's to many more! SME has also stated that they'll be focusing on international promotions this year, so I'm really hoping the La Rouge tour makes it way to LA sometime. However, considering Wendy is out of commission right now, plans might change and I'm just going to wait and see without any expectations. Like everyone else, I'm very upset that Wendy was injured so horrifically because of SBS's negligence and my heart broke when I heard the news, especially after reading about the gravity of her injuries. Luckily, the other girls are visiting her a lot and they say she's healing well, which definitely puts me more at ease. Let's send Wendy all of our love and hope that she recovers fully soon!

I've reorganized the Song List a bit, according to the Finale tracklist, and I've also added the Finale to the prize list! And since we're talking about the prize list, I have temporarily added the Best Of - Wendy karma prize. I haven't talked about the Best Of prizes yet, since there wasn't a need to, but now I'll explain how this works. A Best Of prize will be "unlocked" when there are at least three entries featuring a character or a ship. The base karma point prize for that will be 500 points. But with every three entries featuring that character or ship, there will be an extra 500 karma points added to the prize. So for example, as of right now, there are three entries that feature Wendy as a main character, so the prize for the Best Of - Wendy story is 500 karma points. But if there ends up being six entries featuring Wendy, the Best Of - Wendy story prize will be 1000 karma points. And if you'd also like to be a karma donator, please contact me so we can discuss the specifics. I will repay you for your generosity!

Anyway, please continue to write stories, submit entries, and promote the contest! If you have any questions, comments, or concerns, please contact me via the comment box, my wall, or private messages. I respond to all messages within 24 hours. Once again, Happy New Year! Let's make 2020 the best year yet! :)