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) is a song recorded by South Korean girl group

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for their debut

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'' Beam of Prism''. It was released as the lead single by

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on February 9, 2022. "Bop Bop!" was written by Hwang Yu-bin and Mi Lee-mu (PaperMaker), composed by Lim Soo-ho (PaperMaker), Woong Kim (PaperMaker), Anna Timgren, and PaperMaker, and arranged by Lim Soo-ho (PaperMaker) and Woong Kim (PaperMaker).

Background and release

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, and

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, 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''. On February 2, the track listing was released with "Bop Bop!" announced as the lead single. Four days later, the highlight teaser video was released. On February 7, the first music video teaser was released. On April 28, Viviz released remixes of "Bop Bop!" in collaboration with Belgian DJ

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Composition

"Bop Bop!" was written by Hwang Yu-bin and Mi Lee-mu (PaperMaker), composed and arranged by Lim Soo-ho (PaperMaker), Woong Kim (PaperMaker), with PaperMaker with Anna Timgren. The song was described as a "hybrid" pop dance song with "

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-style rhythm and

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hythm with lyrics about " he group'saspiration to enjoy music". "Bop Bop!" was composed in the

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, with a

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of 126 beats per minute.

Commercial performance

"Bop Bop!" debuted at number 114 on South Korea's

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in the chart issue dated February 6–12, 2022; on its component charts, the song debuted at number 4 and 73 on the Gaon Download Chart and Gaon BGM Chart, respectively. It ascended to number 102 on the Gaon Digital Chart in the following week. On the ''

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, the song debuted at number 78 in the chart issue dated February 26, 2022, ascending to number 60 in the chart issue dated March 19, 2022. In United States, the song debuted at number five on the ''Billboard''

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in the chart issue dated May 14, 2022.

Promotion

Prior to the extended play's release, on February 9, 2022, Viviz held a debut showcase to introduce ''Beam of Prism'' along with its lead single "Bop Bop!". Following the release of the extended play, the group performed "Bop Bop!" on two music programs:

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'' on February 10, and on February 17 where they won the first place, and SBS's ''

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'' on February 20. On April 27, Viviz performed "Bop Bop!" at

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Track listing

* Digital download / streaming – Original # "Bop Bop!" – 3:39 * Digital download / streaming – Yves V remix # "Bop Bop!" (

remix) – 3:12 # "Bop Bop!" (Yves V remix extended) – 4:12 # "Bop Bop!" (Yves V remix instrumental) – 4:12

Accolades

Credits and personnels

* Hwang Yu-bin –

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* Mi Lee-mu (PaperMaker) – lyrics * Lim Soo-ho (PaperMaker) –

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* Woong Kim (PaperMaker) – composition, arrangement * Anna Timgren – composition * PaperMaker – composition, arrangement

Charts

Weekly chart

Monthly charts

Accolades

Release history

References

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