# Pop/Stars

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"**Pop/Stars**" is a song by [virtual](/source/Virtual_band) [K-pop](/source/K-pop) girl group [K/DA](/source/K/DA).[2] It was released as a single on November 3, 2018, as promotion for the [2018 League of Legends World Championship](/source/2018_League_of_Legends_World_Championship). The single became popular with one of the fastest viewership records for its music video on [YouTube](/source/YouTube).[3] [Soyeon](/source/Jeon_So-yeon) and [Miyeon](/source/Cho_Mi-yeon) from [(G)I-dle](/source/(G)I-dle), [Madison Beer](/source/Madison_Beer) and [Jaira Burns](/source/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.[4]

Commercially, the song topped the [World Digital Songs](/source/Billboard_charts) chart, making K/DA the fourth K-pop girl group to top the chart and fifth female act overall.[5] The song has been certified platinum by the [Recording Industry Association of America](/source/Recording_Industry_Association_of_America) (RIAA), making K/DA and (G)I-dle the first K-pop girl groups in history to achieve this milestone.

## Background and composition

[K/DA](/source/K/DA) consists of four virtual characters, whose vocals were provided by [Soyeon](/source/Jeon_So-yeon) and [Miyeon](/source/Cho_Mi-yeon) from [(G)I-dle](/source/(G)I-dle), [Madison Beer](/source/Madison_Beer) and [Jaira Burns](/source/Jaira_Burns).[4] "Pop/Stars" has a length of three minutes and eleven seconds and a tempo of 170 beats per minute.[6][unreliable source?] It is a bilingual song, featuring vocals in English by Beer and Burns, and in both English and Korean by Soyeon and Miyeon.[7] The song was composed by Sébastien Najand.[8]

## Critical reception

Julia Alexander of *The Verge* called the song "a straight up banger."[9]

## Music video

The music video for "Pop/Stars" was released alongside the single and was produced by French studio [Fortiche Production](/source/Fortiche_Production).[10] It stars characters from the game, and was used to promote new skins for the game.[11] A dance video was also released.[4] The official music video for "Pop/Stars" reached 30 million views on [YouTube](/source/YouTube) in five days,[12] and 100 million in one month. On April 2, 2019, the music video reached 200 million views.[13] As of April 21, 2025, the music video has 629 million views.

## Live performances

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](/source/Augmented_reality) versions of the characters that they portrayed.[7] During an online concert by [(G)I-dle](/source/(G)I-dle), the six members performed a cover of "Pop/Stars".

During their [Just Me ( )I-dle World Tour](/source/Just_Me_(_)I-dle_World_Tour), the remaining five members added the song to their regular setlist as well.

## Credits and personnel

- Vocals – [Soyeon](/source/Jeon_So-yeon) and [Miyeon](/source/Cho_Mi-yeon) of [(G)I-dle](/source/(G)I-dle), [Madison Beer](/source/Madison_Beer) and [Jaira Burns](/source/Jaira_Burns)[14][15][16]
- Riot Music Team – production, composer, songwriting, vocal production, mix engineer, mastering engineer[16]
- Sebastien Najand – composer, songwriting[17]
- Justin Tranter - executive producer[14][16]
- [Harloe](/source/Harloe) - songwriting, additional vocals[17][14][15][16]
- Lydia Paek - Korean translation[16]
- Minji Kim - Korean translation[16]

## Charts

Chart performance for "Pop/Stars" Chart (2018) Peak position Australia Digital Tracks (ARIA)[18] 49 Australia Hitseekers (ARIA)[18] 2 Canadian Digital Song Sales (Billboard)[19] 30 France Downloads (SNEP)[20] 86 Greece International Digital Singles (IFPI)[21] 29 Hungary (Single Top 40)[22] 4 Hungary (Stream Top 40)[23] 21 Japan Hot Overseas (Billboard Japan)[24] 13 Malaysia (RIM)[25] 16 New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ)[26] 6 Singapore (RIAS)[27] 6 South Korea (Gaon)[28] 39 Sweden Heatseeker (Sverigetopplistan)[29] 4 US Digital Songs (Billboard)[30] 30 US World Digital Song Sales (Billboard)[31] 1

## Release history

Region Release date Format Ref. Various November 3, 2018 Digital download

## References

1. ["\[싱글\] POP/STARS ((여자)아이들, Madison Beer, Jaira Burns, K/DA)"](https://www.melon.com/album/detail.htm?albumId=10218827) [[Single] POP/STARS ((G)I-DLE, Madison Beer, Jaira Burns, K/DA)] (in Korean). *[Melon](/source/Melon_(online_music_service))*. [Kakao Corporation](/source/Kakao). Retrieved 2019-02-23.

1. Lockyer, Lucas. ["Meet K/DA, the virtual K-pop girl group taking the internet by storm"](http://www.dazeddigital.com/science-tech/article/42207/1/k-pop-virtual-band-k-da-league-of-legends-riot-games). *Dazed*. Retrieved April 25, 2019.

1. ["South Korea's newest K-pop hit: A digital band marketing a video game"](https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/south-korea-s-newest-k-pop-hit-digital-band-marketing-n940636). *NBC News*. November 27, 2018. Retrieved 2019-01-09.

1. Crecente, Brian (2018-11-07). ["Fictional Hologram Band Tops Real-World Charts After Stunning 'League of Legend' Show (Watch)"](https://variety.com/2018/gaming/news/1203022006-1203022006/). *Variety*. Retrieved 2019-01-09.

1. 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"](https://www.billboard.com/pro/kda-pop-stars-madison-beer-gidle-jaira-burns-no-1-world-digital-songs-league-of-legends/). *[Billboard](/source/Billboard_(magazine))*. Retrieved 2020-11-22.

1. LLC, Blendist. ["BPM for K/DA - POP/STARS on songbpm"](https://web.archive.org/web/20190708065107/https://songbpm.com/k-da-pop%3Fq%3DK/DA%2520-%2520pop). *songbpm.com*. Archived from [the original](https://songbpm.com/k-da-pop?q=K/DA%20-%20pop) on July 8, 2019. Retrieved 2019-01-09.

1. Liao, Shannon (2018-11-11). ["League of Legends' virtual K-pop band is helping the game attract a whole new audience"](https://www.theverge.com/2018/11/11/18076272/league-of-legends-virtual-k-pop-new-audience). *The Verge*. Retrieved 2019-01-09.

1. ["The minds behind K/DA talk K-Pop influence, holographic concerts, and future skins"](https://dotesports.com/league-of-legends/news/the-minds-behind-k-da-talk-k-pop-influence-holographic-concerts-and-future-skins). December 2018.

1. Alexander, Julia (2018-11-05). ["The League of Legends world championship opened with an AR K-pop concert"](https://www.theverge.com/2018/11/5/18064106/league-of-legends-opening-ceremony-performance-kda-pop-stars-ar-music-video). *The Verge*. Retrieved 2019-01-09.

1. ["films – FORTICHE"](https://forticheprod.com/films/) (in fr-FR). Retrieved 2019-02-27.

1. Lee, Julia (2018-11-05). ["K/DA, Riot Games' pop girl group, explained"](https://www.polygon.com/2018/11/5/18064726/league-of-legends-kda-pop-stars-video-akali-ahri-evelynn-kai-sa). *Polygon*. Retrieved 2019-01-09.

1. ["(여자)아이들X라이엇 '팝스타' MV 3000만뷰 돌파... 글로벌 인기 '후끈'"](https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=081&aid=0002955337). *Seoul*. November 8, 2018.

1. ["(여자)아이들 미연&소연 참여 'POP/STARS' MV 2억 뷰 달성"](https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=468&aid=0000490172). *SportsSeoul*. April 2, 2019.

1. ["K/DA - POP/STARS - The Shorty Awards"](https://shortyawards.com/11th/kda-popstars). Retrieved 2020-10-30.

1. ["K/DA - POP/STARS - IMDB"](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9242856/fullcredits/?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm). *[IMDb](/source/IMDb)*. Retrieved 2020-10-30.

1. ["K/DA - POP/STARS Credits"](https://nexus.leagueoflegends.com/en-us/2018/11/k-da-pop-stars/). November 4, 2018. Retrieved 2020-10-30.

1. ["Sebastien Najand on Twitter: I produced and co-wrote it with Harloe. This song wouldn't be what it is without her!"](https://twitter.com/snajand/status/1059500725720408064). Retrieved 2020-10-30.

1. ["The ARIA Report: Issue 1499"](https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20181119130000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20181120-0000/Issue1499.pdf). *webarchive.nla.gov.au*. Archived from [the original](http://www.aria.com.au/Issue1499.pdf) on November 19, 2018. Retrieved January 9, 2019.

1. ["Canadian Digital Song Sales: Week of November 17, 2018"](https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-canada-digital-song-sales/2018-11-17/). *[Billboard](/source/Billboard_(magazine))*. Retrieved June 4, 2022.

1. ["Le Top de la semaine : Top Singles Téléchargés – SNEP (Week 45, 2018)"](http://snepmusique.com/les-tops/le-top-de-la-semaine/top-albums/?categorie=Top%20Singles%20T%C3%A9l%C3%A9charg%C3%A9s&annee=2018&semaine=45) (in French). [Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique](/source/Syndicat_National_de_l'%C3%89dition_Phonographique). Retrieved 6 March 2023.

1. ["Charts"](http://www.ifpi.gr/digital_ien.html). November 22, 2018. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20181122154504/http://www.ifpi.gr/digital_ien.html) November 22, 2018 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved January 9, 2019.

1. ["Archívum – Slágerlisták"](http://zene.slagerlistak.hu/single-track-top-40-lista/2018/45). Mahasz. Retrieved January 10, 2019.

1. ["Archívum – Slágerlisták – MAHASZ"](http://zene.slagerlistak.hu/stream-top-40-lista/2018/46). *zene.slagerlistak.hu*. Retrieved January 10, 2019.

1. ["Billboard Japan Hot Overseas – Week of November 19, 2018"](https://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=d_and_a_overseas&year=2018&month=11&day=19) (in Japanese). *[Billboard Japan](/source/Billboard_Japan)*. November 19, 2018. Retrieved January 12, 2019.

1. ["Top 20 Most Streamed International & Domestic Singles in Malaysia"](http://www.rim.org.my/main/images/stories/RIM/chart/46_i_dm.pdf). RIM. Retrieved January 10, 2019.

1. ["The Official New Zealand Music Chart"](https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/hot-singles/2018-11-09). Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 2020-11-22.

1. ["RIAS Top 30 International Streaming Chart, Week 46, 9–15 November 2018"](http://www.rias.org.sg/chart.pdf). November 22, 2018. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20181122163320/http://www.rias.org.sg/chart.pdf) November 22, 2018 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved January 9, 2019.

1. ["Digital Chart – Week 46 of 2018"](http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/online.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=ALL&targetTime=46&hitYear=2018&termGbn=week) (in Korean). *[Gaon Music Chart](/source/Gaon_Music_Chart)*. Retrieved June 4, 2022.

1. ["Veckolista Heatseeker – Vecka 46, 16 november 2018"](https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/215?dspy=2018&dspp=46). Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved January 9, 2019.

1. ["Digital Song Sales: Week of November 17, 2018"](https://www.billboard.com/charts/digital-song-sales/2018-11-17/). *[Billboard](/source/Billboard_(magazine))*. Retrieved June 4, 2022.

1. ["World Digital Song Sales: Week of November 17, 2018"](https://www.billboard.com/charts/world-digital-song-sales/2018-11-17/). *[Billboard](/source/Billboard_(magazine))*. Retrieved June 4, 2022.

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