Despite receiving many mixed opinions, Baby Monster ‘s debut MV “Batter Up” still recorded “huge” views on YouTube and set a Kpop record.
Baby Monster’s debut is one of the events that Kpop fans pay the most attention to this month. Baby Monster is YG Entertainment’s first girl group in 7 years, since Blackpink (2016), so it is always compared to Blackpink.
Throughout 2023, although not yet officially operational, Baby Monster has attracted a large number of fans thanks to videos posted on the YouTube channel established early.
YG’s new rookie is expected to become a worthy competitor to the current top Gen 4 girl groups such as NewJeans, IVE, aespa…
However, the recently released MV “Batter Up” received mixed opinions. The audience compared Baby Monster with two senior groups, Blackpink and 2NE1.
The MV “Batter Up” was criticized for being outdated in terms of image and style; the music was old, less groundbreaking and not as explosive as its predecessors.
Baby Monster’s “Batter Up” MV received mixed reviews. Photo: YG
In Korea, Baby Monster’s debut performance was disappointing. The song “Batter Up” did not reach the Top 100 of any prestigious music charts such as Melon, Bugs, Flo, Genie…
Meanwhile, Blackpink achieved Perfect All Kill (topped all Korean digital music charts under the iChart system) with their debut song “Whistle” in 2016.
However, despite being “estranged” from the domestic public, Baby Monster’s international achievements are quite impressive. “Batter Up” debuted at number 5 on the global iTunes chart and ranked Top 1 on iTunes in 21 countries, territory.
Recently, YouTube recorded that the MV “Batter Up” reached 22.59 million views after 24 hours of release. With this achievement, Baby Monster became the Kpop group whose debut MV reached the number of views. highest in the first 24 hours.
Top 5 debut MVs of Kpop groups with the highest views in the first 24 hours in history:
1. MV “Batter Up” – Baby Monster: 22.5 million
2. MV “Black Mamba” – aespa: 21.4 million
3. MV “OO” – NMIXX: 19.7 million
4. MV “Dalla Dalla” – ITZY: 17.1 million
5. MV “Fearless” – LE SSERAFIM: 16.1 million
The number of views in the first 24 hours of MV “Batter Up” surpassed Blackpink’s debut MV in 2016 – with MV “Bombayah” reaching 3.3 million views and MV “Whistle” reaching 2.9 million views.
However, Blackpink still holds the record for being the Kpop group whose MV has the highest number of views in the first 24 hours in history, which is the MV “Pink Venom” with 90.4 million views after 24 hours of release.
And in 2016, despite only reaching over 3 million views, Blackpink still broke the record for a debut MV with the highest number of views in the first 24 hours.
It can be seen that after 7 years, the achievements of Kpop groups on YouTube are increasing as most of the MVs of famous groups reached tens of millions of views on the first day. However, Blackpink’s title of “YouTube queen” is still difficult to replace.
