''Beam of Prism'' is the debut

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by South Korean girl group

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. It consists of seven tracks, including the

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" Bop Bop!". 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,

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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''. 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 " Bop Bop!" 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

" Bop Bop!" 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 he90s". "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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Charts

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Release history

References

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