BPM's rookie girl group BADVILLAIN is gaining attention for its concept and song. Is BABYMONSTER's "rival" has been born?
On June 3, Big Planet Made Entertainment (BPM) launched a septet named BADVILLAIN, the sister group of VIVIZ. BADVILLAIN released their first single album, "OVERSTEP," along with the self-titled lead track and two b-sides, "+82" and "Badtitude."
When the MV was released on its official YouTube channel, the team showed unusual popularity, earning 10 million views just 17 hours after its release, becoming the fastest girl group to debut with such views among fifth-generation acts this 2024.
Considering that they come from a small/medium-sized label, This is truly a huge record for the rookie group.
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However, it seemed like the number of views didn't come from fans who fully support them, but BABYMONSTER fans were also closely looking at the group.
Prior to BADVILLAIN's debut, they were accused by the YG group's fandom of copying BAEMON. This is after noticing similarities between the two acts' outfits, teasers, background and song samples used, logo style and more.
no but badvillain's debut is really the epitome of "you can copy my homework but don't make it obvious" of babymonster identity ... pic.twitter.com/G1U4Qbd3V4
— perla ᯓ★YUJU DEBUT ? (@namyujuzs) June 3, 2024
When BPM's girl group also dropped the MV for their debut song, BABYMONSTER's fans noticed the resemblance between them, uploading theories and plagiarism claims on TikTok and X.
Amid suspicions, supporters of BADVILLAIN refuted this and mocked BAEMON's fans for the group's music quality, especially the song, "Sheesh." They emphasized that in terms of the tracklist, BPM's group won, teasing them that this kind of song is what they wished BAEMON would get but didn't.
BADVILLAIN's fans also provided more pieces of evidence proving that the team didn't copy BAEMON.
badvillain getting the last laugh bc this song is so much better than anything babymonster has ever released 🤭pic.twitter.com/WB64cCnOp4
— vi (@sahyoki) June 3, 2024
BABY MONSTER CONCEPT Just because they have red and black in their pictures doesnt mean the concept is the same, they dont look alike https://t.co/PAFjkWumaS
— َ (@BADVNIZ) June 2, 2024
« copy their logo » this is evidence that the BADVILLAIN logo using devil horns was conceptualized before babymonster updated their logo pic.twitter.com/HBMfguJ7Wp
— َ (@BADVNIZ) June 2, 2024
« They copied the red background of the babymonster introduction » so many other groups have used this background baemon didnt invent it, nobody is copying here pic.twitter.com/qLL9Rkpouf
— َ (@BADVNIZ) June 2, 2024
— َ (@BADVNIZ) June 2, 2024
BADVILLAIN’s executive producer revealed that the group’s name and logo was created 4 years ago pic.twitter.com/iLHHu2LlvO
— nugu promoter (@nugupromoter) June 3, 2024
Meanwhile, BAD VILLAIN is a 7-member group comprising Emma from Mnet's "Street Woman Fighter," Chloe Young from 1Million dance crew, HU'E and YunSeo, who became known through MBC's "My Teenage Girl." "Secret weapons" including INA, Vin and Kelly were also introduced.
They received more attention as MC Mong, a veteran singer and producer is the one who created the group under his name for the first time since his debut in 1998.
The song, "BADVILLAIN" is an impressive song with addictive hooks and rapping that expresses confidence in the goal without hesitation, and this music video attracts attention by intuitively revealing the members' identity.
They also hinted at their worldview which is escaping from everything that oppresses their freedom and becoming "villains," people who broke away from the standards set by the world and established their own world.
READ MORE: BPM's Upcoming Girl Group BADVILLAIN Accused of Copying YG's BABYMONSTER
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Written by Eunice Dela Cruz
