"Bubble" is a song recorded by South Korean girl group

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for their third extended play '' Teenfresh''. It was released as the EP's lead single by High Up Entertainment on August 16, 2023.

Background and release

On July 24, 2023, High Up Entertainment announced STAYC would be releasing their third extended play titled ''Teenfresh'' on August 16. A day later, the promotional schedule was released. It was also announced that "Bubble" would serve as the lead single. On August 9, the first music video teaser for "Bubble" was released. Five days later, the highlight medley teaser video was released. On August 15, the second music video teaser for "Bubble" was released. The song was released alongside the extended play and its music video on August 16.

Composition

"Bubble" was written and composed by duo B.E.P, with Jeon Goon participating in the lyrics writing, Flyt participating in the composition and arrangement, and the duo's Rado participating in the arrangement. It was described as a song characterized by "light synth bass" featuring "addictive hook that he listenerwill not forgot once heyhear it". "Bubble" was composed in the key of

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, with a

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of 132 beats per minute.

Commercial performance

"Bubble" debuted at number 69 on South Korea's

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, in the chart issue dated August 13–19, 2023, ascending to number 21 in the following week.

Promotion

Prior to the release of ''Teenfresh'', on August 16, 2023, the group held a live event to introduce the extended play and its songs, including "Bubble", and to communicate with their fans. The group subsequently performed on two music programs in the first week: KBS's ''

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'' on August 18, and SBS's ''

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'' on August 20. On the second week of promotion, they performed on four music programs:

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's ''

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'' on August 24, ''Music Bank'' on August 25, MBC's ''

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'' on August 26, and ''Inkigayo'' on August 27. On the third week of promotion, they performed on two music programs:

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's '' The Show'' on August 29,

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's ''

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'' on August 30, ''M Countdown'' on August 31, ''Music Bank'' on September 1, ''Show! Music Core'' on September 2, and ''Inkigayo'' on September 3, where they won first place for their appearance in ''The Show'' and ''Music Bank''.

Critical reception

Accolades

"Bubble" won two music program awards in South Korea. It won on the August 29 episode of '' The Show'' and the September 1, 2023, episode of ''

''. "Bubble" won Music Video of the Year at the 2023 Melon Music Awards.

Charts

Weekly charts

Monthly charts

Year-end charts

Release history

References

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