BABYMONSTER knocked down senior BLACKPINK, was criticized for being crushed, now sets a 'cool' YG record

YG's rookie girl group, considered " BlackPink's little sister" - group BABYMONSTER, has just released a new product with all 7 members. Despite receiving many criticisms from Kpop fans, BABYMONSTER still rose to the top, achieving remarkable achievements.

On April 1, BABYMONSTER 're-debuted' with a full 7-member lineup with the title song Sheesh . After a week of debut, the rookie girl group received many achievements. According to Korea Times, the group's first EP, "BabyMonster", sold 401,287 copies in the first week after it was released last Monday, YG Entertainment said based on a daily album sales tracker. head locally.

This marks the highest first-week sales of a debut album for any K-pop girl group, surpassing the previous record of 380,056 units set just a week ago by ILLIT, a music group. Rookies are also highly anticipated. This record also surpasses that of BLACKPINK.

In the K-pop industry, first-week sales are considered an important measure of an artist's popularity as well as the size of their fandom. YG Entertainment predicts that girl group Babymonster's first-week sales will increase when exported abroad.

Besides, YG's youngest member also achieved impressive numbers on the YouTube platform. MV Sheesh reached 80 million views after one week of posting and is expected to soon be among the fastest MVs to reach 100 million views among Gen4 groups.

Babymonster also performed impressively on global music charts. The debut album charted highly on the Worldwide iTunes Album chart upon release, while the lead track, "Sheesh", charted at number 69 on Spotify's Daily Top Songs Global chart, the highest ranking for with a K-pop girl group this year.

On April 7, BABYMONSTER had their first stage on the weekly music show. Performing in front of a large audience for the first time, the group was praised for their confident and attractive demeanor. The performance received more than 2.5 million views after just one day of posting. Each member's fancam also achieved high views, from 300-500 thousand.

However, the title song Sheesh did not please the audience and experts. The group's digital music streams in Korea are quite low, causing the song to only rank 194th on the Melon chart today, April 8.

British music site NME commented that Sheesh has a pretty good and novel opening. However, when it starts to increase the tempo before the chorus, the song becomes familiar, just like BLACKPINK's previous products. This site believes that YG is repeating the old formula in BLACKPINK's music for BABYMONSTER.

Currently, BABYMONSTER does not really stand out on the Kpop race, especially when competing with many girl groups with bright, feminine styles that are popular recently such as NewJeans, ILLIT, IVE... The online community also Concerned about the future of 7 female idols when The Black Label - YG's subsidiary is also preparing to launch a girl group managed by 'music wizard' Teddy. Without a hit song to play, BABYMONSTER will have a hard time competing with other competitors.

Babymonster is a seven-member girl group consisting of Ruka, Pharita, Asa, Rami, Rora, Chiquita and Ahyeon, from three different countries - Korea, Japan and Thailand. The group debuted with the single "Batter Up" in November 2023 in Ahyeon's absence due to health reasons.

'Little Jennie' succumbs to BABYMONSTER, plunges without brakes, group runs out of saves Trí Nhi06:47:50 04/04/2024Sheesh marks the official debut of Babymonster and the return of member Ahyeon, who has been likened to Little Jennie. Unlike public expectations, BlackPink's junior group did not leave much of an impression.