KEP1ER surprises with first encore, live kills "catastrophe" IVE

Besides IVE, KEP1ER is one of the most noticed rookie girl groups at the moment.

After the "Girls Planet 999" program ended, the winning group named KEP1ER officially debuted on January 3 with the MV WA DA DA and the debut album FIRST IMPACT. The 9 girls selected by fans showed off their visuals and skills through a quality and catchy music product. Possessing a large fan base after the show, KEP1ER is considered a formidable "dinosaur rookie" of Kpop 2022.

WA DA DA is a song produced by famous names behind the hit series of IZ*ONE, ITZY, ENHYPEN. The dance track is based on Big Room House, showing the lovely side and fresh energy of KEP1ER. In particular, the song has an addictive lyrics, creating an impressive performance in the MV.

After 24 hours of release, MV WA DA DA has 7.18 million views on YouTube. The most impressive achievement in this debut of KEP1ER is debut album sales. Specifically, the album FIRST IMPACT sold 150,153 copies in the first day. With this number, KEP1ER has officially surpassed aespa when SM's girl group SAVAGE album only stopped at 147,195 copies on the first day. The group won 1st place in the top female group with the most sold debut album on Hanteo on the first day, far surpassing many famous girl groups like IZ*ONE, BLACKPINK...

After 10 days of promoting WA DA DA, at M!Countdown aired on January 13, rookie KEP1ER had the first win for the debut song. As a girl group that came out of Mnet's Girls Planet 999 show, the fact that KEP1ER won at "home ground" became even more special. The group overcame rival IVE to take home the first trophy of their career.

After a series of controversies about the bad live singing or inappropriate attitude towards IVE's seniors, fans continued to take a closer look at rookie KEP1ER's encore stage. After receiving the trophy and the MCs gave up the stage for them, KEP1ER did not forget to bow to the 2 senior MCs. Especially Miyeon ((G)I-DLE) also sent Yujin a congratulatory hug. Yujin is a former member of the group CLC, from the same CUBE company as Miyeon, so it's not surprising that the two have a close relationship.

As for the live encore, KEP1ER performed well. The group came out from the survival show, so their singing ability has been more or less "trained". Although it was the first winning stage, the members were extremely calm and confident in singing the song WA DA DA completely. Although there were still some incomplete high notes, the group performed extremely seriously, not "covered up" by "tricks" such as pretending to cry or calling fans' names. Many comments took advantage of "kicking" IVE, confirming the vocal, KEP1ER was able to kick the Starship rookie "out of the chicken coop".

In addition to the compliments for KEP1ER, this group also caused a lot of controversy because the new debut had "internal turmoil".

Accordingly, KEP1ER originally came from a group consisting of members who debuted thanks to fan votes, so the broadcast time in the MV is more or less controversial. The individual fan community each member has mixed opinions, demanding fairness for bias.

Chaehyun is a talented former SM trainee who trained to debut with aespa. After that, she left the company, joined Girls Planet 999 and won 1st place. Huening Bahiyyih is a famous member, sister of Huening Kai (TXT). Many comments expressed dissatisfaction when Chaehyun and Huening Bahiyyih appeared again with the wrong length of time with the heat of these two fanatical members.

Not stopping here, netizens are still arguing about the position of 9 girls, especially the only Chinese member - Shen Tieu Dinh.

When she was on the show, Shen Tieu Dinh received a lot of love and sometimes even ranked first. However, on the final night, she was surprised when she dropped to 9th place and became the only Chinese contestant to debut. Although she loves Tieu Dinh very much, the fans also expressed their displeasure when she was constantly ranked in important positions by the company, surpassing a series of higher-ranking faces like IVE..

At the last debut, netizens became even more angry when Tieu Dinh was constantly arranged to sing the opening song and stand in the center of the curtain. Although this is not her fault, but the company's improper arrangement, fans think that this obvious way of pushing is easy to create a backlash and bring many anti-fans to Tieu Dinh.

aespa was smashed by a group of "dinosaur rookies", BLACKPINK also had to "smell smoke" An Nhi11:15:40 05/01/2022Although newly debuted, rookie girl group KEP1ER has recorded a series of great achievements, surpassing many seniors. After the "Girls Planet 999" program ended, the winning group named KEP1ER officially debuted on January 3 with the MV WA DA DA and the debut album FIRST...