BABYMONSTER has the first trophy of his career, still without an encore stage

BABYMONSTER finally paid off for all their efforts as 7 girls got their first career winning trophy. However, because the promotion week at the show was over, YG rookies could not have an encore stage.

On the afternoon of 2/5, the music show M! Countdown has aired with many performances by beloved artists. Notably, the competition that received the most attention was the song SHEESH by BABYMONSTER and SPOT! by Zico x Jennie. As a result, SHEESH won with a total score of 8802 and helped BABYMONSTER receive their first career trophy at M! Countdown.

The victory over two seniors Zico and Jennie, but not only did the YG rookie not cause a controversy, but also made netizens celebrate because after many efforts, the girls received achievements worthy of their talent. The group finally had their first result since their debut.

The title track SHEESH belongs to the genre of Hip-hop combined with electronic music directly written and produced by CHOICE37 - a long-time producer of YG Entertainment - and collaborators. So, immediately after its release, the song received mixed reviews.

It is not difficult to recognize that SHEESH has a "YG" music color with dense electronic sounds, "money" raps, catchy, powerful drops and gradually exploding at the end. This style has been in vogue since 2020 and earlier. However, at the present time, many viewers believe that the formula that YG applies is old, no longer suitable for the tastes of the majority of the public.

Besides, fans admitted that SHEESH immediately reminded them of BlackPink's music. The song is like a messy mashup of works BlackPink has released including "How You Like That", "Love To Hate Me" and "Shut Down". The choice of SHEESH as the theme song was considered a wrong decision by YG because the product did not help BABYMONSTER assert its own musical identity.

But until now, BABYMONSTER's strength and talent are the "lifesaver" for this seemingly forgotten song.

The proof is that before, this song was "no-in" - could not enter any chart. However, when receiving praise for their live vocals, SHEESH excellently increased their rankings on a series of charts and especially reached the Top 10 of the Korean MelOn chart.

However, the unfortunate thing is that despite the victory, the audience did not get to witness the expected encore from the YG rookie. However, to comfort fans, YG has previously released doors for girls, constantly causing public confusion with many top-notch live stages.

Since ancient times, the encore stage (closing stage at music shows ) has always been a measure of K-pop idols' singing ability. Surely K-pop fans are familiar with the fact that idols will have an encore stage if they win No. 1 in weekly music programs on SBS Inkigayo, MBC Music Core, KBS Music Bank,...

This is where artists will comfortably celebrate the victory with their fans, have the opportunity to interact and thank the audience. If the main stage is meticulously staged with the help of MR (accompaniment) including chorus and vocal recording, the encore stage will be completely eliminated, thereby showing the true singing ability of each artist or each band member.

The generational transition period of the K-pop idol wave is coming when a series of idol groups with very young ages are debuted. Despite being put into operation and widely promoted, many recently debuted groups are still disappointing, because they cannot sing live without the "effective" support of the sound system like when performing the main performance. This makes the idol's anxiety and pressure on the encore stage increasing.

In the midst of a series of live and encore singing disasters recently such as LE SSERAFIM, IVE, ILLIT... while BABYMONSTER shows its true warrior ability to the company's BIG 3 title. Because of this, the audience constantly demanded to "wash their ears" with the hope that YG's "little monster" could have the first encore stage. However, this may have to wait until the group's next comeback season.

BABYMONSTER made a spectacular comeback, bringing Sheesh to the top 10 of Melon Vân Anh17:15:48 29/04/2024SHEESH was a song that received a lot of criticism from BABYMONSTER when it first debuted. However, after a period of proving their strength with their ability to sing extremely well live, even using handheld microphones, the 7 girls brought this song back up the charts.