''Beam of Prism'' is the debut

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by South Korean girl group

Viviz Viviz (; stylized in all caps) is a South Korean girl group formed by BPM Entertainment. The group consists of former GFriend members: Eunha, SinB, and Umji. The group debuted on February 9, 2022, with their first extended play '' Beam of Prism ...

. It consists of seven tracks, including the

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Bop Bop! "Bop Bop!" (stylized in all caps) is a song recorded by South Korean girl group Viviz for their debut extended play '' Beam of Prism''. It was released as the lead single by BPM Entertainment on February 9, 2022. "Bop Bop!" was written by Hwang Y ...

". The extended play was released by

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on February 9, 2022.

Background and release

On October 6, 2021, it was announced that Eunha,

SinB Hwang Eun-bi (born June 3, 1998), better known by her stage name SinB, is a South Korean singer, dancer and actress. She is known for being a former member of South Korean girl group GFriend and a current member of the trio Viviz. Early life S ...

, and

Umji Kim Ye-won (; born August 19, 1998), better known by her stage name Umji (), is a South Korean singer and dancer. She is a former member of the girl group GFriend, and a current member of the trio Viviz. Early life Umji was born on August 19 ...

, who were former members of

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, has signed with

and would be debuting as a trio. On January 24, 2022, BPM Entertainment announced the trio would be making their debut on February 9, 2022, with the release of their first extended play ''Beam of Prism''. Two days later, the promotional schedule was released. On January 29, the mood sampler video was released. On February 2, the track listing was released with "

" announced as the lead single. Four days later, the highlight teaser video was released. The music video teasers for "Bop Bop!" were released on February 7 and 8.

Composition

" was described as a "hybrid" pop dance song with " latin-style rhythm and

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hythm with lyrics about " he group'saspiration to enjoy music". "Fiesta" was described as a "

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" pop song with "light atmosphere". "Tweet Tweet" was described as a song with "bold lyrics" characterized by "impressive, unique, and fun hythm. "Lemonade" was described as a R&B song with " hythmthat are reminiscent of he

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". "Love You Like" was described as a song in the

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genre with "repetitive chorus" characterized by "the members' simple vocals" with lyrics about "the members' gratitude and love to

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long-awaited fans". Umji also participated in writing of "Love You Like". "Mirror" was described as a song with "emotional orchestral arrangements and lyrical melodies".

Commercial performance

''Beam of Prism'' debuted at number two on South Korea's

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in the chart issue dated February 6–12, 2022; on the monthly chart, the extended play debuted at number eight in the chart issue for February 2022 with 50,000 copies sold. In Japan, the extended play debuted number 42 on the

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in the chart issue dated February 28, 2022.

Track listing

Notes * "Bop Bop!" is stylized in

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Background and release

Composition

Commercial performance

Track listing

Charts

Weekly charts

Monthly charts

Release history

References