Pop/Stars

"**Pop/Stars**" (stylized in all caps) is a song by virtual K-pop girl group K/DA. It was released as a single on November 2, 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. 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. 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.

## 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. "Pop/Stars" has a length of three minutes and eleven seconds and a tempo of 170 beats per minute. It is a bilingual song, featuring vocals in English by Beer and Burns, and in both English and Korean by Soyeon and Miyeon. The song was composed by Sébastien Najand.

## Critical reception

Julia Alexander of *The Verge* called the song "a straight up banger."

## Lyrics

Hey, hey, hey

Hey-hey-hey, hey, hey

You know who it is

Coming 'round again

You want a dose of this

Right now It's K/DA, uh!

I'm a goddess with a blade

소리쳐봐 내 이름 잊지 못하게

Loud, loud, loud, loud

I could take it to the top

절대 멈추지 못해 내가 끝내주는

Bad gal, gal, gal

And when I start to talk like that (like that)

Oh you won't know how to react

I'm a picture-perfect face

With that wild in my veins

You can hear it in my

Growl, growl, growl, growl

So keep your eyes on me now

무엇을 보든 좋아할 거야

닿을 수 없는 level

나와 대결 원한 널 확신해

We got it all in our hands now

So can you handle what we're all about?

We're so tough

Not scared to show you up

Can you feel the rush now?

Ain't nobody bringing us

Down, down, down, down, down, down

They could try it but we're gonna wear the crown

You could go another round

Round, round, round, round, round, round

Wish you luck but you're not bringing us down

We go hard (hard) 'til we get it, get it

We go hard (hard) we so in it, in it

We pop stars (pop stars), only winning, winning now

Ain't nobody bringing us down, down, down, down!

Hey!

You ready for this? (let's go!)

See 언제든지 내 모습 magic

단 한 번에 내가 잡어

절대 기죽지 않지, uh!

Pow-pow 네가 뭘 알아

견딜 수 없어, 원해도

원하는 게 얼굴에 보여

I'm trouble and you're wanting it

I'm so cold

When I move that way, you gonna be so blown

I'm the realest in the game, uh

Say I'm on fire with a blade

You're about to hear my name

Ringing in your head like, whoa

So keep your eyes on me now

무엇을 보든 좋아할 거야

We're so tough

Not scared to show you up

Can you feel the rush now?

Ain't nobody bringing us

Down, down, down, down, down, down

They could try it but we're gonna wear the crown

You could go another round

Round, round, round, round, round, round

Wish you luck but you're not bringing us down

We go hard (hard) 'til we get it, get it

We go hard (hard) we so in it, in it

We pop stars (pop stars), only winning, winning now

Ain't nobody bringing us down, down, down, down!

Oh, mmm

Oh, 난 멈추지 않아

Oh, oh, we go hard

Oh, oh, we pop stars (stars), stars (stars)

Ain't nobody bringing us

Ain't nobody bringing us

Down, down, down, down, down, down

They could try it but we're gonna wear the crown

You could go another round

Round, round, round, round, round, round

Wish you luck but you're not bringing us down

We go hard (hard) 'til we get it, get it

We go hard (hard) we so in it, in it

We pop stars (pop stars), only winning, winning now

Ain't nobody bringing us down, down, down, down!

## Music video

The music video for "Pop/Stars" was released alongside the single and was produced by French studio *Fortiche Production*. It stars characters from the game, and was used to promote new skins for the game. A dance video was also released. The official music video for "Pop/Stars" reached 30 million views on YouTube in five days, and 100 million in one month. On April 2, 2019, the music video reached 200 million views. As of September 9, 2021, the music video has 460 million views.

## 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 augmented reality versions of the characters that they portrayed.

## Credits and personnel

* Vocals – Soyeon and Miyeon of (G)I-dle, Madison Beer and Jaira Burns
* Riot Music Team – production, composer, songwriting, vocal production, mix engineer, mastering engineer
* Sebastien Najand – composer, songwriting
* Justin Tranter - executive producer
* Harloe - songwriting, additional vocals
* Lydia Paek - Korean translation
* Minji Kim - Korean translation

## Charts

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 US World Digital Songs (*Billboard*) | 1

## References

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4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Jeff Benjamin (November 13, 2018). 'League of Legends' Girl Group Earns Madison Beer, (G)I-DLE & Jaira Burns No. 1 on World Digital Song Sales Chart (en).
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27. ↑ RIAS Top 30 International Streaming Chart, Week 46, 9–15 November 2018 (2018-11-22).
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