Bvndit, Be Ambitious!

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Bvndit, Be Ambitious!
Bvndit, Be Amitious cover.png
Single album by
ReleasedApril 10, 2019 (2019-04-10)
Genre K-pop
Length8:11
Language Korean
Label
Producer
  • MosPick
  • Woo Sang Park
Bvndit chronology
Bvndit, Be Ambitious!
(2019)
Be!
(2019)
Singles from Bvndit, Be Ambitious!
  1. "Hocus Pocus"
    Released: April 10, 2019

Bvndit, Be Ambitious! is the debut single album by South Korean girl group Bvndit, released on April 10, 2019 by MNH Entertainment and distributed by Stone Music Entertainment.

Contents

Background

On March 13, 2019, MNH Entertainment, announced they will debut their first girl group called BVNDIT. They launched the band official website and SNS. The group consists of 5 members: Yiyeon, Songhee, Jungwoo, Simyeong, Seungeun. [1] On March 27, 2019 the company announced that the group will debut with their single album called: Bvndit, Be Ambitious!. The album contains three songs: Be ambitious, Hocus Pocus and My Error. [2] [3] Teasers featuring each of the members for their music video were released from March 27 to April 9, 2019. On April 10, the song's music video were released online and through the Naver V App. [4]

Promotion

The music video for the title track "Hocus Pocus", was released on April 10, 2019, in conjunction with the single album which accumulated over 1 million views in its first 24 hours. [5]

Bvndit had their debut showcase on Yes24 Live Hall in Gwangjang-dong, Seoul before the release of the single album. They performed their title track "Hocus Pocus" as well as the intro song of the album "Be, Ambitious!". [6]

The group held their debut stage on April 11 on M Countdown , followed by performances on April 13–14 on Music Bank , Show! Music Core and Inkigayo , respectively. For the performing, they perform also "Be Ambitious!" from their album. [7] [8] [9]

On April 23, the group also made an appearance in Idol Radio to promote their album, receiving praise for being very professional performers after having only just debuted. [10]

Track listing

No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."Be Ambitious!"VICENZO, Fuxxy & Any MasinggaVICENZO, Fuxxy & Any MasinggaVICENZO1:08
2."Hocus Pocus"MosPickMosPickMosPick3:29
3."My Error" (연애의 온도)Park Woo SangPark Woo SangPark Woo Sang3:34
Total length:8:11

Charts

Chart (2019)Peak

position

South Korea (Gaon Album) [11]
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabel
WorldwideApril 10, 2019 Digital download MNH Entertainment, Stone Music Entertainment
South Korea CD, music download

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