Secret Number, new rookie girl group promoting under small label VINE Entertainment debuted just two days ago. Lead single "Who dis?", and Secret Number debut Showcase performance are currently trending in Indonesia.
Multi-national group has one Korean member, two Korean-American members, one Japanese member, and one Indonesian member. Soodam, Jinny, Denise, Lea, and Dita gained netizens attention with their stage presence, vocal, and dancing skills.
Although Soodam were facing bullying scandal in the day of group debut, VINE quickly denied false rumours and suggested that they will take legal actions against people who were trying to attack member.
Jinny, and Denise were both born in USA, and in their teenage years, they're trainees in YG, with Jinny even being in BlackPink pre-debut line-up. Jinny participated in Produce 48, and Denise was a contestant in Kpop Star 5. Both girls left the previous label, and they've decided to pursue another opportunities together.
Japanese member Lea (real name Ogawa Mizuki) was a participant in MIXNINE, she debuted in SKarf in 2012 but sadly two years later her group disbanded (her stage name was Hana).
Last but not least - Dita, Indonesian member which first was training in New York, and then she came to South Korea to develop her dance skills in renowned 1MILLION DANCE Studio.
Their debut song was written by Melanie Fontana, writer who previously worked with such names like Justin Bieber, BTS, Girls' Generation, f(x), Chainsmokers, and TWICE!
Now let's take a look at the numbers. The music video got 3.5 mln views on youtube, and it's trending at #2 on youtube in Indonesia.
Debut on-stage performance on Secret Number Showcase already has more than 800k views on youtube.
Their performance from today's episode of M Countdown EP. 666 gathered more than 300k views in just three hours since it's release. (MPD Cam already has another 100k views).
What about greeting and introduction from debut showcase? Another 400k views!
Those numbers get even more impressive if we take a look, at Dita's introduction. Her video already surpassed 500k views on youtube! We can quickly admit that definitely Dita is a main factor that made Secret Number popularity skyrocket so fast. Dita's family ties were also revealed, she is a niece of superpopular Indonesian model, and actress Dian Sastrowardoyo.
Small on-stage interview in which girl group members talked about how Secret Number was formed also was quite popular with more than 100k views.
Whole debut Showcase segment has a number of views similar to those made by senior girl groups, just for small comparison from latest comebacks numbers are on the same level like Oh My Girl "Nonstop" comeback.
Now we will wait, and see if this only will be a small spark or they will continue to rise popularity. At this point it looks like international netizens are highly interested in them, and they're giving them a lot of praise:
"I love their realistic body. I mean nowadays a lot of girl idol has a unrealistic body, that's make bad stereotype for society. Please keep all the member to stay healthy and in realistic shape. We still always support u guys, no matter what size u guys gonna be"
"Rookie group nowadays doesn't look like a rookie when performing anymore.. This generation will slay"
"Okay I guess I’m adding another group to my stan list"
"Damn! the fact that is it a debut stage feels like incredible for me because they own the stage"
"cant believe i can see Dita in m countdown, im so f'ing proud"
"I really like this group, because each member has a unique voice and has certain characteristics. all members are very talented, and the song is very good. the members are also all very beautiful. I'm in love with this group I've become your fans. Good luck."
"Let's stream till they get more and more recognition and being monster rookie of this year!!"
"I'm so in love with Dita's voice."
"So Lea is Japanese, speaks English and Korean...wow...I really like them all equally...learning more about them has me curious day by day. I’m excited to see them grow!"
"I’v always loved jinny but damn I can’t take my eyes off from Denise she is the youngest but daamnnnnnnn she be slayin!! I mean they all are but Denise wins my heart!!"
"Beyond expectation, they get a lot of fans even just from the first song"
"Guys I know Dita is bringing her nationality to Korea, but please appreciate other members too. They all deserve spotlight, it is okay to have a bias but loving all of them is a must."
"After BTS and Twice, now I'm stanning secret number. Let's stream Who Dis?"
"I know everyone in here were talking about Dita which I'm also proud of her but I just know that Jinny is also here, finally debuted. I'm more than happy for them all."
"Finally I can see Lea on stage again after Mixnine a few years ago. Good luck for your debut. And for Dita, I'm proud to see you successfully debuted in Korea. Love you girls"
"Denise, Dita.. Both of them have unique voice"
"OMG, Jinny got this YG's rap style...It's cool for the rookie GG"
Happy that they're getting some recognition in Indonesia. But isn't obvious that because there's an Indonesian member for the first time in a Kpop group that they're going to get some publicity there because of that? It's the same reason why BlackPink is so big in Thailand because of Lisa, most especially since she's the biggest Thai Kpop idol and BlackPink is successful. Even Sorn was trending in Thailand when she first debuted, but that died out because CLC hasn't found success yet.
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