Pop/Stars

"Pop/Stars" (stylized in all caps) is a song by augmented reality K-pop girl group K/DA. It was released as a single on November 3, 2018, as promotion for the 2018 League of Legends World Championship. The single became popular with one of the fastest viewership records for its music video on YouTube.[3] Soyeon and Miyeon from (G)I-dle, Madison Beer and Jaira Burns provided vocals for the song and represented the group as its human counterpart in the live performance at the finals of the tournament.[4] Commercially, the song topped the World Digital Songs chart, making K/DA the fourth K-pop girl group to top the chart and fifth female act overall.[5]

"Pop/Stars"
Single by (G)I-dle, Madison Beer, and Jaira Burns as K/DA
Language
  • English
  • Korean
ReleasedNovember 3, 2018
Format
Genre
Length3:11
Label
(G)I-dle singles chronology
"Hann (Alone)"
(2018)		 "Pop/Stars"
(2018)		 "Senorita"
(2019)
Madison Beer singles chronology
"Home with You"
(2018)		 "Pop/Stars"
(2018)		 "Hurts Like Hell"
(2018)
Jaira Burns singles chronology
"Everybody Else"
(2018)		 "Pop/Stars"
(2018)		 "Numb[2]"
(2019)
Music video
"Pop/Stars" on YouTube

Background and composition

K/DA consists of four virtual characters, whose vocals were provided by Soyeon and Miyeon from (G)I-dle, Madison Beer and Jaira Burns.[4] "Pop/Stars" has a length of three minutes and eleven seconds and a tempo of 170 beats per minute.[6] It is a bilingual song, featuring vocals in English by Beer and Burns, and in both English and Korean by Soyeon and Miyeon.[7] The song was composed by Sébastien Najand.[8]

Critical reception

Julia Alexander of The Verge called the song "a straight up banger."[9]

Music video

The music video for "Pop/Stars" was released alongside the single and was produced by French studio Fortiche Production.[10] It stars characters from the game, and was used to promote new skins for the game.[11] A dance video was also released.[4] The official music video for "Pop/Stars" reached 30 million views on YouTube in five days,[12] and 100 million in one month. On April 2, 2019, the music video reached 200 million views.[13]

Live performance

Soyeon, Miyeon, Madison Beer, and Jaira Burns performed the single at the 2018 League of Legends World Championship opening ceremony. The singers performed alongside holograms of the characters that they portrayed.[7]

Track listing

Digital download[14]

  1. "Pop/Stars" – 3:11

Charts
Chart (2018) Peak
position
Australia Digital Tracks (ARIA)[15] 49
Australia Hitseekers (ARIA)[15] 2
Canada Hot Digital Song Sales (Billboard)[16] 30
China (QQ Music Weekly Chart)[17] 19
Czech Republic (Singles Digitál Top 100)[18] 72
French Downloads (SNEP)[19] 86
Greece International Digital Singles (IFPI)[20] 29
Hungary (Single Top 40)[21] 4
Hungary (Stream Top 40)[22] 21
Japan Hot Overseas (Billboard Japan)[23] 13
Malaysia (RIM)[24] 16
New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ)[25] 6
Scotland (Official Charts Company)[26] 82
Singapore (RIAS)[27] 6
Slovakia (Singles Digitál Top 100)[28] 91
South Korea (Gaon)[29] 39
Sweden Heatseeker (Sverigetopplistan)[30] 4
UK Download (Official Charts Company)[31] 75
UK Indie (Official Charts Company)[32] 17
US Digital Songs (Billboard)[33] 30
US World Digital Songs (Billboard)[5] 1

Release history
Region Release date Format Ref.
Various November 3, 2018 Digital download [14]

References
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  2. Burns, Jaira (January 9, 2019). "New music is finally here tomorrow!! Who's ready? #NUMBpic.twitter.com/uLnhIJ6jEx". Retrieved January 10, 2019 – via Twitter.
  3. "South Korea's newest K-pop hit: A digital band marketing a video game". NBC News. Retrieved January 9, 2019.
  4. Crecente, Brian; Crecente, Brian (November 7, 2018). "Fictional Hologram Band Tops Real-World Charts After Stunning 'League of Legend' Show (Watch)". Variety. Retrieved January 9, 2019.
  5. "'League of Legends' Girl Group Earns Madison Beer, (G)I-DLE & Jaira Burns No. 1 on World Digital Song Sales Chart". Billboard. Retrieved January 9, 2019.
  6. LLC, Blendist. "BPM for K/DA - POP/STARS on songbpm". songbpm.com. Archived from the original on July 8, 2019. Retrieved January 9, 2019.
  7. Liao, Shannon (November 11, 2018). "League of Legends' virtual K-pop band is helping the game attract a whole new audience". The Verge. Retrieved January 9, 2019.
  8. https://dotesports.com/league-of-legends/news/the-minds-behind-k-da-talk-k-pop-influence-holographic-concerts-and-future-skins
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  10. "films – FORTICHE" (in French). Retrieved February 27, 2019.
  11. Lee, Julia (November 5, 2018). "K/DA, Riot Games' pop girl group, explained". Polygon. Retrieved January 9, 2019.
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  29. Gaon Weekly Digital Chart
  30. "Veckolista Heatseeker – Vecka 46, 16 november 2018". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved January 9, 2019.
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  32. "Official Independent Singles Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved May 26, 2019.
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