Star to a Young Culture

This article is about the single album by STAYC. For the group, see STAYC.

Star to a Young Culture is the debut single album by South Korean girl group STAYC. It was released on November 12, 2020, by High Up Entertainment and distributed by Kakao M.^[2] The EP consists of two tracks both produced by Black Eyed Pilseung.

Star to a Young Culture
Digital cover
Single album by STAYC
Released	November 12, 2020
Genre	Electropop dance-pop[1]
Length	6:38
Language	Korean
Label	High Up Entertainment
Producer	Black Eyed Pilseung
STAYC chronology
Star to a Young Culture (2020) Staydom (2021)
Singles from Star to a Young Culture
"So Bad" Released: November 12, 2020

Background and promotion

On October 11, High Up Entertainment announced that their first ever girl group "STAYC" would be debuting on November 12, 2020.^[3] All members of the group were announced between September 8 and October 22. The title of their single album was announced to be Star To A Young Culture, with the lead single "So Bad".^[2] The teaser schedule was released the same day. The album was announced to be produced by Black Eyed Pilseung and the duo described the group's sound as "Teen Fresh", a combination of "Teen" and "Fresh", highlighting the group's "unique individual vocal colors".^[4]

To promote the album the group performed their lead single "So Bad" and B-side "Like This" through a VLIVE debut showcase.^[5] The group made their music show debut on November 13, 2020, at KBS Music Bank,^[6] which was followed up with performances at Show Champion, Inkigayo, and The Show.

Singles

"So Bad" was released as the lead single and title alongside the EP on November 12, 2020. The music video for the song received over 2.6 million views in the first 24 hours.^[6] The song debuted at number 90 on Billboard's K-pop Hot 100 later peaking at number 82, and number 21 on the World Digital Song Sales chart.^[7] The song also peaked at number 159 on the Korean Gaon Digital Chart.

Commercial performance

The EP sold over 4,300 copies on its first day, the most for a girl group that made their debut in 2020.^[6] 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.^[8] After debuting at number 17 the EP went on to peak at number 6 on the Korean Gaon Album Chart. The group also managed to get more than 30 thousand streams and more than 10 thousand unique listeners on Genie Music.

Track listing

Star to a Young Culture track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"So Bad"	3:32
2.	"Like This"	3:06
Total length:		6:38

All tracks are written by Black Eyed Pilseung and Jeon Goon, and arranged by Rado

Accolades

Year-end lists

Critic/Publication	List	Work	Rank	Ref.
MTV	The Best K-Pop B-Sides of 2020	"Like This"	3	[9]

Charts

Chart performance for Star to a Young Culture

Chart (2020)	Peak position
South Korean Albums (Gaon) [10]	6

Certification and sales

Sales for Star to a Young Culture

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
South Korea	—	48,439[11]

Release history

Release history for Star to a Young Culture

Region	Date	Format	Label
Various	November 12, 2020	Digital download streaming	High Up Entertainment
South Korea	November 13, 2020	CD

References

1. "STAYC's 'STAYDOM' is a low-key, summer-ready comeback that manages to hit all the right notes". NME. April 12, 2021. Retrieved April 14, 2021.
2. "STAYC(스테이씨) on Twitter". Twitter. @STAYC_official.
3. "STAYC(스테이씨) on Twitter". Twitter. @STAYC_official. Retrieved November 30, 2020.
4. Baek, Ji-eun (11 November 2020). "[일문일답] 블핑승 스테이씨, 인성-비주얼-실력 겸비한 걸그룹 자신". Chosun (in Korean). Retrieved November 30, 2020.
5. "STAYC(스테이씨) on VLIVE". VLIVE. Retrieved November 30, 2020.
6. Dewi, Chintya (24 November 2020). "Black Eyed Pilseung's Girl Group Officially Debuts As "STAYC" By Releasing "So Bad" MV". CULTR. Retrieved November 30, 2020.
7. McIntyre, Hugo (November 26, 2020). "BTS, Aespa, STAYC, Nicki Minaj And Beyoncé: Notable Moves On This Week's World Songs Chart". Forbes. Retrieved November 30, 2020.
8. Herman, Tamar (23 November 2020). "K-pop's STAYC, new six-member girl group with some familiar faces, are out to dominate Korean pop culture". South China Morning Post. Retrieved November 30, 2020.
9. de Luna, Elizabeth (December 29, 2020). "The Best K-Pop B-Sides of 2020". MTV News. Archived from the original on December 29, 2020. Retrieved December 10, 2021.
10. "Gaon Album Chart" (in Korean). Gaon Music Chart.

    • ""Star To A Young Culture" charting". Retrieved December 3, 2020.
11. Cumulative sales of Star to a Young Culture:

    • 31,449 (2020) "Gaon Album Chart December 2020 (see #33)". Gaon Music Chart (in Korean). Archived from the original on January 7, 2021. Retrieved January 7, 2021.