The girl group BABYMONSTER has been drawing attention day after day with their cover stage of "Golden," and they proved exceptional strength by taking both the No. 1 and No. 2 spots in total views for the "2025 MAMA Awards."
On the 2nd, according to YG Entertainment, among the "2025 MAMA Awards" videos posted on Mnet's official YouTube channel BABYMONSTER's special stage "What It Sounds Like+Golden" (6.88 million views) and main stage "WE GO UP+DRIP" (5.67 million views) ranked No. 1 and No. 2, respectively, among all stages at the awards show. Their combined views total more than 12.55 million views.
In particular, the "What It Sounds Like+Golden" stage performed by Parita, Ahyeon and Laura has been overwhelmingly talked about. Because it was anticipated as an all-time great collaboration even before its release, evaluations say the all-round group's unique musical capabilities and that synergy were fully demonstrated, and above all the decision to perform live in the same key as the original provoked an explosive reaction.
In fact, "Golden" has long been known as a high-range, highly difficult song. Among music fans it had been called an "impossible-to-sing-live song," arguing that completing it requires pushing vocal limits to the extreme. Nevertheless, to fully convey the song's narrative and message of hope, they boldly attempted to sing in the original key and executed it without faltering. In addition, Ahyeon hit the final ultra-high ad lib, delivering a thrilling rush.
Styling, crafted with painstaking care for high completeness, also drew major attention. To realistically portray the vivid characters from the work, costumes, hair and makeup were reproduced as closely as possible to the original, further raising audience immersion. As a result, various secondary creations such as reaction videos to these stages, drawings and photos are pouring out across social media and online communities.
Fans' reactions have also been extraordinary. They are praising BABYMONSTER's vocal skills and stage command with comments such as "This is music that is impossible to sing in the original key, so it's unbelievable they pulled it off live," "astonishingly excellent vocal ability," "they couldn't do it any better," and "they have effortless confidence that comes from skill even in the final ad lib."
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