So Bad (STAYC song)

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"So Bad"
Single by STAYC
from the album Star to a Young Culture
Language
  • Korean
  • English
B-side "Like This"
ReleasedNovember 12, 2020
Recorded2020
Genre
Length
  • 3:32 (Original version)
  • 3:25 (Remix version)
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Black Eyed Pilseung
STAYC singles chronology
"So Bad"
(2020)		"ASAP"
(2021)
Music video
"So Bad" on YouTube

"So Bad" (stylized in all caps) is the debut single released by South Korean girl group STAYC. Co-written and produced by Black Eyed Pilseung, the song was released on November 12, 2020, as the lead single from the group's debut single album Star to a Young Culture . [2] A remix of the song titled "So Bad (Tak Remix)" was released on January 10, 2021. The remix was later included on the group's second single album Staydom . [3]

Contents

Music video

The music video for the song was released on the same day and the song and amassed over 2.6 million views in its first 24 hours of upload. [4] [ citation needed ] The video was directed by Minjun Lee and Hayoung Lee.[ citation needed ]

Plagiarism accusation

On November 16, 2020, Korean netizens noticed that aspects of the "So Bad" music video appeared similar to the music video of "Midnight Sky" by Miley Cyrus. A few days after the accusations, Legend Film, the music video production company, issued an apology. [5] [6]

Commercial performance

The song debuted at number 90 on Billboard's K-pop Hot 100 later peaking at number 82, and number 21 on the World Digital Song Sales chart. [7] The song also entered the Korean Gaon Digital Chart peaking at number 159.

Live performance

To promote the song and the album, STAYC performed "So Bad" and B-side "Like This" through a VLIVE debut showcase. [8] The group made their music show debut on November 13, 2020, at KBS Music Bank,[ citation needed ] and then at Show Champion, [9] Inkigayo, [10] and The Show. [11]

Track listing

Download and streaming
  1. "So Bad" – 3:32
Streaming (Tak Remix)
  1. "So Bad (Tak Remix)" – 3:05

Accolades

"So Bad" received a nomination for New Artist of the Year – Digital at the 2021 Gaon Chart Music Awards. [12] Paper ranked it number 23 in their list of the 40 Best K-pop Songs of 2020. [13]

Charts

Chart performance for "So Bad"
Chart (2020)Peak
position
South Korea (Gaon) [14] 159
South Korea (K-pop Hot 100) [15] 82
US World Digital Song Sales ( Billboard )21

Release history

RegionDateVersionFormatLabel
VariousNovember 12, 2020Original
  • High Up Entertainment
April 8, 2021TAK Remix Streaming

References

  1. ↑ "STAYC's 'STAYDOM' is a low-key, summer-ready comeback that manages to hit all the right notes". NME . April 12, 2021. Retrieved April 14, 2021.
  2. ↑ 김수영 (2020-11-06). "스테이씨, 데뷔곡 'SO BAD' 스포일러…블랙아이드필승 걸그룹 '기대감 UP'" [STAYC, spoilers for our debut song 'SO BAD'...Black Eyed Pilseung's girl group "Expectations Up"]. 한국경제 (in Korean). Retrieved 2025-04-22.
  3. ↑ 김원희 (2021-04-08). "[스경X현장]스테이씨, 'ASAP' 만나고 싶은 자유분방 매력" [STAY, free-spirited charm that you want to meet with "ASAP"]. 스포츠경향 (in Korean). Retrieved 2025-04-22.
  4. ↑ 맹선미 (2020-11-13). "STAYC(스테이씨), 데뷔곡 'SO BAD' 뮤비 200만뷰 돌파 '쾌속 행보'" [STAYC's debut song "SO BAD" has more than 2 million views in the music video]. 비즈엔터. Retrieved 2025-04-22.
  5. ↑ Ham, Na-yan (2020-11-16). [전문] 스테이씨 뮤비 제작사 "표절 논란 인지…부끄럽고 죄송" [[Full text] STAYC music video production company "aware of the plagiarism controversy... We are ashamed and sorry"]. Sports DongA (in Korean). Naver . Retrieved 2021-08-27.
  6. ↑ Kim, Chang-ryeon (2020-11-17). 걸그룹,스테이씨(STAYC)의 뮤직비디오 표절논란 제작업체 사과 [Girl group, STAYC's music video plagiarism controversy, producer apologizes]. News Touch (in Korean). Retrieved 2021-08-27.
  7. ↑ McIntyre, Hugo (November 26, 2020). "BTS, Aespa, STAYC, Nicki Minaj And Beyoncé: Notable Moves On This Week's World Songs Chart". Forbes. Retrieved November 30, 2020.
  8. ↑ "STAYC(스테이씨) on VLIVE". VLIVE. VLIVE. Retrieved November 30, 2020.
  9. ↑ 조성운 (2020-11-18). "'쇼챔피언' 스테이씨, 청순 'LIKE THIS'부터 섹시 'SO BAD'까지" ["Show Champion" STAY, from innocent "LIKE THIS" to sexy "SO BAD"]. 스포츠동아 (in Korean). Retrieved 2025-04-22.
  10. ↑ 김은구 (2020-11-22). "'전원 센터' 스테이씨, '인기가요'서 매력적 'SO BAD' 무대" [STAY at the center of "Inkigayo" and "SO BAD" performance]. 이데일리 (in Korean). Retrieved 2025-04-22.
  11. ↑ 함나얀 (2020-11-17). "'더쇼' 스테이씨, 중독성 강한 'SO BAD'…개성있는 비주얼" ['The Show' STAY, addictive 'SO BAD'...A unique visual]. 스포츠동아 (in Korean). Retrieved 2025-04-22.
  12. ↑ "2021 GCMA New Artist of the Year - Digital Nominees". gaonmusicawards.com. Archived from the original on January 8, 2020. Retrieved January 4, 2021.
  13. ↑ Bell, Crystal (December 18, 2020). "The 40 Best K-pop Songs of 2020". Paper . Retrieved January 1, 2021.
  14. ↑ "Gaon Digital Chart" (in Korean). Gaon Music Chart.
  15. ↑ "Billboard Korea K-Pop 100" . Billboard . Retrieved December 7, 2020.
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