Wow cool – Girl group H1 KEY which recently made its conversational debut. Even though before their debut they were criticized and made a fuss because of one of their members, H1-KEY pulled off a surprising feat.
Please note that H1-KEY debuted on January 5 with their debut single “Athletic Girl.” Now, H1-KEY is seeing great results for their debut with the number of viewers watching their music video surpassing 10 million views on YouTube in just 2 weeks after its release.
Furthermore, the music video H1-KEY also ranked 1st on iTunes Video Chart Thailand and 59th on Apple Music Videos Chart. The song titled “Athletic Girl” also topped the iTunes Top K-Pop Songs chart in nine regions, including Turkey, Vietnam, Australia, England, Canada, Indonesia, Taiwan, and the United States. . The song also holds the 2nd position on the iTunes All Songs Chart in Thailand.
Hearing this achievement has garnered pros and cons among netizens. How not, you could say that H1-KEY was threatened not to debut because one of the members, namely Sitala was widely criticized for his father’s background.
In short, the controversy arose because Sitala considered her father a role model in her intro teaser. It was revealed that Sitala’s father was one of those who took part in the anti-democracy campaign in Thailand, making it more difficult for society.
Sitala herself spoke about it on the first day of her debut. Sitala even made it clear that he did not side with any political camp like his father.
He also admitted that he was too young to participate in the campaign against democracy and that he did not understand the situation at all. For this matter, H1-KEY’s achievement is actually judged that their agency is using this controversy to make a profit.
“Companies use controversy as a way to gain popularity. Smart marketing,” one netizen commented. “The song is not good but congratulations to them,” another commented. “This really feels like a small company production. Looks like they used every trick and trend they could find,” another wrote. “I can see why. Their song is so catchy!” another comment.
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