This result has been foreseen by many netizens even before STAYC's official debut, as the girls were the talk of the town since their formation.
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After some time introducing the members through stunning teaser images, the rookie girl group STAYC has officially join the K-Pop with their long awaited debut product. At 6 PM KST on November 12, STAYC released their debut single album titled 'Star To A Young Culture' together with the music video of the title track 'SO BAD' - a new genre DBS song with a melody combining drum & bass and synthwave, produced by Black Eyed Pilseung and Jun Goon.
There are many reasons why STAYC is considered one of the most anticipated rookie girl groups this year. They are the first group created by the famous producer duo Black Eyed Pilseung - who have made a series of hits for popular girl groups such as 'Likey', 'Cheer Up', 'Fancy' for TWICE, 'I'm So Sick', 'Eung Eung', 'Dumhdurum' for APink... That's why STAYC's debut was soon expected to be a boom.
In fact, after just 1 day of their debut, STAYC has proven their early popularity with a series of impressive achievements. With 4,335 copies sold, the group's 'Star To A Young Culture' has become the debut album with the highest first-day sales among all girl groups debuting in 2020. They are also the only rookie girl group debuting in 2020 to have their debut song entering Bugs' Top 20 real-time chart and Genie's real-time chart.
In addition, 'SO BAD' is also the song by a rookie group debuting in 2020 with the highest ranking on the Melon Daily chart. STAYC's debut song debuted at No. 342 on the Melon Daily chart, surpassing TREASURE's 'Boy', which was at No. 364.
In addition to the debut song's achievements, the members' beauty has continuously become a hot topic on online forums in South Korea. In fact, before their debut, STAYC has been known as the girl group of "all visual" and "all center". They also have famous members in their lineup, such as Park Sieun - the daughter of famous male singer Park Namjung, as well as the former trainee, actor of JYP Entertainment (who appeared in JTBC's 'Mystic Pop-Up Bar', SBS's 'Still 17'...), and Yoon Seeun - a former Play M Entertainment trainee.
With the outstanding visuals of all 6 members, a series of photos taken at their debut showcase has also received a lot of praise from the Korean online community.
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