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STAYC (/ˈsteɪsi/; Korean: 스테이씨; RR: Seuteissi, acronym for Star to a Young Culture) is a South Korean girl group formed by High Up Entertainment. The group is composed of six members: Sumin, Sieun, Isa, Seeun, Yoon, and J. Mainly produced by K-pop duo Black Eyed Pilseung, they debuted on November 12, 2020, with the release of their debut single album Star to a Young Culture. From September 2023 to March 2024 they embarked on their first world tour.
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STAYC in July 2024 L–R: J, Sieun, Seeun, Isa, Sumin, and Yoon. | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Seoul, South Korea |
| Genres | K-pop |
| Years active | 2020–present |
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| Members |
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| Website | www |
The group's name, STAYC, is an acronym for "Star to a Young Culture", and is meant to "reflect the act's aim of dominating pop culture".[2]
Sieun was well-known prior to debut as both the daughter of veteran singer Park Nam-jung, and for her roles in dramas such as The Good Wife, Queen for Seven Days, and The Crowned Clown. She won the Youth Acting Award in 2018 SBS Drama Awards for her role in Still 17.[3]
Seeun was known as an actress, appearing in shows like The Guardians and Circle.[2]
Prior to debut, STAYC was known as "High Up Girls", named after their company, High Up Entertainment.[4]
On September 8, it was announced that Black Eyed Pilseung of High Up Entertainment would debut their first girl group.[5] On October 8, High Up Entertainment announced that the group would be debuting in November.[6] The members were officially revealed in pairs via prologue films from October 12 to 14 (in order: Sieun, Isa, Seeun, J, Sumin, and Yoon).[7][8][9] On October 22, the title of their single album was announced to be Star to a Young Culture, with the lead single "So Bad".[10] The teaser schedule was released the same day. The single album was announced to be produced by Black Eyed Pilseung, known for previous K-pop hits such as "TT", "Touch My Body", "Roller Coaster", and "Dumhdurum". The producing duo described the group's sound as "Teen Fresh", a combination of "Teen" and "Fresh", highlighting the group's "unique individual vocal colors".[11] Prior to the album's release, promotions were done through 1theK's YouTube page. These included dance covers of groups such as Blackpink, BTS, and Stray Kids, which received over 1 million views,[12] and a vocal cover of songs by Twice and Red Velvet which received over 2 million views.[13]
On November 12, the music video for the album's lead single "So Bad" was released, receiving over 2.6 million views in the first 24 hours.[14][3] Their album was released on the same day, selling over 4,300 copies on its first day, the most for a debut girl group in 2020.[3] It went on to sell more than 10,000 copies on its first week, becoming the first debut album by a girl group in 2020 to do so.[2] They promoted the album through a V Live debut showcase, promoting both the lead single, "So Bad" and B-side "Like This".[15] The group made their music show debut on November 13, 2020, at Music Bank,[3] which was followed up with performances at Show Champion, Inkigayo, and The Show. The album debuted at number 17 on the weekly Gaon Album Chart. "So Bad" debuted at number 90 on Billboard's K-pop Hot 100, and number 21 on the World Digital Song Sales chart.[16]
On April 1, 2021, STAYC were featured in the YouTube Originals docuseries K-Pop Evolution documenting "their trainee days" and debut process".[17] Eight days later, they released their second single album Staydom and its lead single "ASAP".[18] The music video of "ASAP" was released simultaneously with the album and reached 20 million views in nine days.[19] The single also entered the Billboard K-pop 100 weekly chart.[20][21] Staydom sold 56,198 copies in its first month.
On September 6, the group released their first extended play Stereotype and its lead single of the same name.[22] The music video reached 30 million views in 21 days.[23] The album recorded sales of over 114,000 copies in its first week.[24] On September 14, the group received their first music show trophy on SBS MTV's The Show with an overall score of 8,760 points.[25]
On February 21, 2022, STAYC released their second extended play Young-Luv.com and its lead single "Run2U".[26] The album debuted atop the Gaon Album Chart, becoming their first number one album on the chart.[27] The single peaked at number 4 on the Gaon Digital Chart.
On July 19, STAYC released their third single album We Need Love and its lead single "Beautiful Monster".[28] It has been announced that the group will hold their first fan meeting on August 13.[29]
On November 23, STAYC made their Japanese debut with the single "Poppy".[1][30] The single peaked at number 7 on the Oricon Singles Chart.[31]
On January 18, 2023, High Up Entertainment announced that STAYC would be releasing an album in February.[32] On February 14, STAYC released their fourth single album titled Teddy Bear alongside the lead single of the same name.[33] The album debuted at number one on South Korea's Circle Album Chart with 269,367 units sold.[34] The single peaked at number four on Circle Digital Chart and number five on Billboard South Korea Songs.[35][36]
On July 23, it was announced that STAYC would be releasing their third extended play titled Teenfresh on August 16.[37] On July 27, it was officially announced that STAYC would be embarking on their first world tour, also titled Teenfresh.[38] They finished the tour successfully on March 10, 2024, and immediately started working on a new album.[39]
On June 3, 2024, High Up Entertainment announced that STAYC's first studio album Metamorphic would be released on July 1, with the lead single titled "Cheeky Icy Thang".[40][41]
On October 17, High Up Entertainment announced that STAYC would be releasing their fifth single album titled ...l on October 30, with the lead single "GPT".[42][43] The Japanese version of GPT was released on November 13, along with "Tell Me Now".[44]
On February 10, 2025, it was announced that STAYC would be kicking off their second world tour, Stay Tuned, in Seoul on April 12 and 13, while a new album was confirmed to be released in March.[45]
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | Sales |
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| KOR [46] | |||
| Metamorphic |
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| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications | |||
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| KOR [48] |
JPN [49] |
US Sales [50] |
US World [51] | ||||
| Stereotype |
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2 | 25 | — | — | ||
| Young-Luv.com |
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1 | 44 | — | — | ||
| Teenfresh |
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3 | 45 | 40 | 14 |
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| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region. | |||||||
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications |
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| KOR [59] | ||||
| Star to a Young Culture |
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6 |
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| Staydom |
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9 |
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| We Need Love |
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2 |
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| Teddy Bear |
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1 |
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| ...l |
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— | — | — |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region. | ||||
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KOR [64] |
KOR Billb. [A][65] |
NZ Hot [66] |
SGP [67] |
US World [68] | |||
| "So Bad" | 2020 | 159 | 82 | — | — | 21 | Star to a Young Culture |
| "ASAP"[a] | 2021 | 9 | 9 | — | — | — | Staydom |
| "Stereotype" (색안경) | 27 | 17 | — | 22 | 16 | Stereotype | |
| "Run2U" | 2022 | 4 | 3 | 29 | —[B] | 9 | Young-Luv.com |
| "Star" | 170 | — | — | — | — | Our Blues OST | |
| "Beautiful Monster" | 44 | 19 | — | —[C] | — | We Need Love | |
| "Poppy" (Korean version) | 2023 | 19 | 12 | — | — | — | Teddy Bear |
| "Teddy Bear" | 4 | 5 | — | — | — | ||
| "Bubble"[b] | 11 | 14 | — | — | — | Teenfresh | |
| "Cheeky Icy Thang" | 2024 | 118 | — | — | — | — | Metamorphic |
| "GPT" | 165 | — | — | — | — | ...l | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region. | |||||||
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Sales | Album | |
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| JPN [71] |
JPN Hot [72] | ||||
| "Poppy"[c] | 2022 | 13 | 99 |
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| "Teddy Bear" (Japanese version) | 2023 | 5 | 45 |
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| "Lit" | 3 | 93 |
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| "Cheeky Icy Thang" (Japanese version) |
2024 | 7 | —[D] |
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| "Meow" | |||||
| "GPT" (Japanese version) | 6 | —[E] |
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| "Tell Me Now" | |||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region. | |||||
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album |
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| KOR Down. [80] | |||
| "So What" | 2021 | 143 | Staydom |
| "Love Fool" (사랑은 원래 이렇게 아픈 건가요) | 190 | ||
| "I'll Be There" | 71 | Stereotype | |
| "Slow Down" | 76 | ||
| "Complex" | 87 | ||
| "Same Same" | 2022 | 91 | Young-Luv.com |
| "247" | 97 | ||
| "Young Luv" | 70 | ||
| "Butterfly" | 101 | ||
| "I Want U Baby" | 117 | ||
| "I Like It" | 75 | We Need Love | |
| "Love" | 66 | ||
| "Not Like You" | 2023 | 36 | Teenfresh |
| "I Wanna Do" | 38 | ||
| "Be Mine" | 46 | ||
| "1 Thing" | 2024 | 58 | Metamorphic |
| "Stay with Me" | 61 | ||
| "Twenty" | 63 | ||
| "Flexing on My Ex" | 64 | ||
| "Fakin'" | 70 | ||
| "Let Me Know" | 71 | ||
| "Give It 2 Me" | 72 | ||
| "Trouble Maker" | 74 | ||
| "Find" | 76 | ||
| "Beauty Bomb" | 78 | ||
| "Nada" | 79 | ||
| "Gummy Bear" | 80 | ||
| "Roses" | 81 |
| Title | Year | Director(s) | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| "So Bad" | 2020 | Lee Min-jun, Lee Ha-young (Moswantd) |
[81] |
| "ASAP" | 2021 | Han Sa-min (Dextor-Lab) |
[82] |
| "Stereotype" | Woogie Kim (Mother Media) |
[83] | |
| "Run2U" | 2022 | [84] | |
| "Beautiful Monster" | Flexible Pictures | [85] | |
| "Poppy" | Novv Kim (Novv) |
[86] | |
| "Poppy (Korean Ver.)" (Performance Video) |
2023 | [87] | |
| "Teddy Bear" | [88] | ||
| "Teddy Bear (Japanese Ver.)" | 88GH (KeepUsWeird) |
[89] | |
| "Bubble" | Naive Creative Production | [90] | |
| "Lit" | Korlio (August Frog) |
[91] | |
| "Cheeky Icy Thang" | 2024 | Soonsik Yang | [92] |
| "Meow" | Hayato Ando | [93] | |
| "GPT" | Vin Kim (Kepler Lab) |
[94] |
| Year | Title | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–present | Stay:See | Behind the scenes of the members' activities | [95][unreliable source?] |
| 2021 | Staycation | Reality show series | [96] |
| 2023 | Pang Pang STAYC | [97] | |
| STAYC's Burden Transaction | Variety show series | [98] |
| Date | City | Country | Venue | |
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| September 23, 2023 | Seoul | South Korea | Olympic Hall | |
| September 24, 2023 | ||||
| North America | ||||
| October 11, 2023 | New York City | United States | Kings Theatre | |
| October 13, 2023 | Chicago | Rosemont Theatre | ||
| October 17, 2023 | San Antonio | Tobin Center | ||
| October 19, 2023 | Dallas | The Factory in Deep Ellum | ||
| October 24, 2023 | Seattle | Showbox SoDo | ||
| October 29, 2023 | Los Angeles | The Novo | ||
| Asia | ||||
| January 14, 2024 | Taipei | Taiwan | Xinzhuang Gymnasium | |
| January 20, 2024 | Hong Kong | China | KITEC | |
| February 16, 2024 | Singapore | The Star Theatre | ||
| Europe | ||||
| March 3, 2024 | London | United Kingdom | Troxy | |
| March 5, 2024 | Paris | France | Salle Pleyel | |
| March 8, 2024 | Berlin | Germany | Verti Music Hall | |
| March 10, 2024 | Warsaw | Poland | Progresja | |
| Award ceremony | Year | Category | Nominee / Work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asia Artist Awards | 2021 | New Wave Singer Award | STAYC | Won | [99] |
| Female Idol Popularity Award | Nominated | [100] | |||
| 2023 | Best Musician Award | Won | [101] | ||
| Asia Model Awards | 2021 | Rookie of the Year | Won | [102] | |
| Asia Star Entertainer Awards | 2024 | The Best Star | Won | [103] | |
| Asian Pop Music Awards | 2021 | Best New Artist (Overseas) | Nominated | [104] | |
| Brand Customer Loyalty Award | 2021 | Best Female Rookie Award | Won | [105] | |
| 2022 | Female Idol (Rising Star) | Won | [106] | ||
| Brand of the Year Awards | 2021 | Female Rookie Idol Award | Nominated | [107] | |
| Circle Chart Music Awards | 2021 | New Artist of the Year - Digital | "So Bad" | Nominated | [108] |
| 2022 | Discovery of the Year – Hot Trend | STAYC | Won | [109] | |
| Artist of the Year (Digital Music) – September | "Stereotype" | Nominated | [110] | ||
| 2023 | World Rookie of the Year | STAYC | Won | [111] | |
| Song of the Year – February | "Run2U" | Nominated | [112] | ||
| 2024 | New Icon of the Year | "Teddy Bear" | Won | [113] | |
| The Fact Music Awards | 2021 | Next Leader Award | STAYC | Won | [114] |
| Fan & Star Choice Award (Artist) | Nominated | [115] | |||
| Golden Disc Awards | 2022 | Digital Song Bonsang | "ASAP" | Won | [116] |
| Rookie of the Year Award | STAYC | Won | [117] | ||
| Seezn Most Popular Artist Award | Nominated | [118] | |||
| 2024 | Digital Song Bonsang | "Teddy Bear" | Won | [119] | |
| Digital Daesang | Nominated | ||||
| Hanteo Music Awards | 2023 | Artist of the Year (Bonsang) | STAYC | Won | [120] |
| K-Global Heart Dream Awards | 2023 | K-Global Bonsang (Main Prize) | Won | [121] | |
| Korea Culture Entertainment Awards | 2021 | K-Pop Star Award | Won | [122] | |
| Korea First Brand Awards | 2022 | Female Idol Rising Star Award | Nominated | [123] | |
| Korean Music Awards | 2022 | Best K-pop Song | "ASAP" | Nominated | [124] |
| Rookie of the Year | STAYC | Nominated | [125] | ||
| Melon Music Awards | 2021 | 1theK Original Content Award | Won | [126] | |
| Best Female Group | Nominated | ||||
| Netizen Popularity Award | Nominated | ||||
| New Artist of the Year | Nominated | ||||
| Top 10 Artist | Nominated | ||||
| 2022 | Global Rising Artist | Won | [127] | ||
| Artist of the Year | Longlisted | [128] | |||
| Top 10 Artist | Nominated | ||||
| 2023 | Music Video of the Year | "Bubble" | Won | [129] | |
| Top 10 Artist | STAYC | Nominated | [130] | ||
| Mnet Asian Music Awards | 2021 | Best Dance Performance – Female Group | "ASAP" | Nominated | [131] |
| Best New Female Artist | STAYC | Nominated | |||
| Song of the Year | "ASAP" | Longlisted | |||
| Worldwide Fans' Choice Top 10 | STAYC | Nominated | |||
| MTV Europe Music Awards | 2021 | Best Korean Act | Nominated | [132] | |
| Seoul Music Awards | 2021 | K-wave Popularity Award | Nominated | [133] | |
| Popularity Award | Nominated | ||||
| Rookie of the Year | Nominated | ||||
| 2022 | Best Performance | Won | [134] | ||
| K-wave Popularity Award | Nominated | [135] | |||
| Main Award (Bonsang) | Nominated | ||||
| Popularity Award | Nominated | ||||
| U+Idol Live Best Artist Award | Nominated | [136] |
| Publisher | Year | Listicle | Placement | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forbes | 2021 | Korea Power Celebrity 40 (Rising Star) | Placed | [137] |
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