Despite the lyrical controversy, GOT The Beat scored proud achievements on the charts. In particular, on Korean YouTube, the group even surpassed BTS by setting a new record.
SM Entertainment's project girl group Girls On Top: GOT The Beat has reportedly broken the record for BTS (Bangtan Boys) after their debut. However, some netizens commented cynically.
In early January 2022, GOT The Beat released the song "Step Back." This girl group consists of SM's mainstay idols such as BoA, Girls' Generation's Tae Yeon and Hyoyeon, Red Velvet's Wendy and Seulgi, and Karina and Winter Aespa.
Although their performance has impressed many, the lyrics of the song "Step Back" were criticized for being clichéd and disrespecting women. The difference in ability levels among the members also caused mixed reactions. Winter had received controversy because of his stiff expression when sharing the same stage with his seniors.
Despite the lyric controversy and others, GOT The Beat scored proud achievements on the charts. In particular, on Korean YouTube, the group even surpassed BTS by setting a new record.
Video performance of "Step Back" remains at No. 1 on YouTube Korea's top trending music for 16 consecutive days, breaking the record for the longest-running MV in the top trending first position in Korean YouTube history. Previously, this record was held by BTS with the MV hits "Butter."
Most of the netizens were quite surprised when GOT The Beat achieved such great results on YouTube. While many netizens claimed to be proud, some commented cynically because the name BTS was dragged to be a comparison of the success of other groups.
"Even though they're just a project group that doesn't get much promotion, GOT still attracts great attention thanks to their amazing vocals, dance, and visuals," commented netizens. "I've heard it many times and now I'm addicted," added another netizen.
"BTS was actually mentioned without doing anything. Simply announcing that GOT The Beat is a Korean artist who took first place for a long time is enough," said another. "BTS is the standard so I understand why they are always dragged into comparisons like this," concluded another. (wk/chus)
Although their performance has impressed many, the lyrics of the song "Step Back" were criticized for being clichéd and disrespecting women. The difference in ability levels among the members also caused mixed reactions. Winter had received controversy because of his stiff expression when sharing the same stage with his seniors.
Despite the lyric controversy and others, GOT The Beat scored proud achievements on the charts. In particular, on Korean YouTube, the group even surpassed BTS by setting a new record.
Video performance of "Step Back" remains at No. 1 on YouTube Korea's top trending music for 16 consecutive days, breaking the record for the longest-running MV in the top trending first position in Korean YouTube history. Previously, this record was held by BTS with the MV hits "Butter."
Most of the netizens were quite surprised when GOT The Beat achieved such great results on YouTube. While many netizens claimed to be proud, some commented cynically because the name BTS was dragged to be a comparison of the success of other groups.
"Even though they're just a project group that doesn't get much promotion, GOT still attracts great attention thanks to their amazing vocals, dance, and visuals," commented netizens. "I've heard it many times and now I'm addicted," added another netizen.
"BTS was actually mentioned without doing anything. Simply announcing that GOT The Beat is a Korean artist who took first place for a long time is enough," said another. "BTS is the standard so I understand why they are always dragged into comparisons like this," concluded another. (wk/chus)
