BABYMONSTER sets a "huge" achievement that makes fans proud, ILLIT is embarrassed because of revealing bad things

Despite causing a lot of controversy, BABYMONSTER has continued to achieve positive results with the album "Drip". Recently, the group's "brainchild" has also excelled in the popular charts.

After performing live on SBS's "Inkigayo", BABYMONSTER just received big "good news" when they entered the Top 200 Album chart (most popular in the US) for the first time, according to the latest announcement by Billboard.

Accordingly, the new mini album "Drip" of YG's "rookie" debuted at number 149 on the Billboard 200. This is also the first album of the 7 girls to do this. In addition, the group also debuted on Billboard's Artist 100 chart at number 63, marking their first appearance on this chart.

In addition to the Billboard 200, "Drip" currently holds the No. 1 spot on Billboard's Heatseekers Albums chart, No. 11 on the Top Current Album Sales chart, No. 12 on the Top Album Sales chart (meaning it was the 12th best-selling album of the week in the U.S.), and No. 22 on the Independent Albums chart.

Meanwhile, BABYMONSTER's new title track "Drip" debuted at No. 30 on Billboard's Global 200 chart. This is the group's first time entering the Top 30 of the chart. And "Drip" also debuted at No. 16 on the Global Excl. US chart this week. Showing that its appeal is no joke.

Previously, BABYMONSTER marked their comeback with a new stage on the show "Inkigayo". On the show, the group performed two title songs from their newly released album, "Clik Clak" and "Drip".

Starting with "Clik Clak", the 7 female idols immediately attracted attention with YG's signature hip-hop style. Their rap on the minimalist background music also received the attention of the audience. In particular, the moment Luka took off his sunglasses in a daring move made fans "restless".

When performing "Drip", BABYMONSTER radiated positive energy. The group's expressions and performances contributed to the song's appeal. With strong body-shaking movements to the rhythm, the girls stirred up the atmosphere of the show.

The most outstanding thing is that the vocals of the " BLACKPINK sister" group are praised when combined with strong dance moves. The rap voice is also evaluated as sharp and impressive high notes. Showing that YG's "training furnace" cannot be underestimated.

It is known that after a fairly successful comeback, BABYMONSTER is preparing to start comprehensive promotions. The group is participating in SBS's Running Man and also plans to continue to be active on music shows, radio, YouTube and many other platforms.

While the 7 female idols are bringing in positive results for their new albums, their "rivals" are facing a tense situation. Remember last month, Min Hee Jin caused a stir when she provided evidence in court, accusing ILLIT of stealing NewJeans' ideas right from the planning stage.

At that time, ILLIT's management company, Belift Lab, denied the accusation that ILLIT copied NewJeans' plan. But recently, Hankyoreh provided a document comparing Belift Lab's "Rookie Girl Group Project Plan" and Min Hee Jin's "Group 21 Debut Strategy", discovering many similarities in both design and strategy.

According to Hankyoreh, the design similarities are the first thing that is noticeable. Both documents use similar fonts and layouts, as if the same template was applied, with frequent use of circular design elements.

The NewJeans plan was designed and written by Min Hee Jin in May 2020, using Keynote during her time as HYBE's Brand Director. Hankyoreh checked the documents of the "giant's" other subsidiaries and confirmed that each company would have different designs.

In terms of strategy, both groups aim for “empathy” and “desire.” Both documents also use popular American YouTuber Emma Chamberlain as an example. At the same time, they propose similar strategies involving short videos and releasing practical merchandise products.

"It seems like they just changed the term 'influencer' to 'creator' to avoid plagiarism controversy, but the actual strategy is still the same," said a music industry official.

BABYMONSTER caused a fever with his vegetarian singing on stage, ILLIT went viral thanks to his lip-syncing Mẫn Nhi10 months agoWhile BABYMONSTER is causing a stir in the online community with their first fanmeeting stage in Japan that is so fiery and so professional, it is impossible to believe that this is a rookie group; ILLIT is no less competitive when it comes to a controversial lip-syncing performance at a small event.