CORTIS reached 10 million TikTok followers amid explosive global momentum.
The global short-form video platform TikTok official account follower count for CORTIS (Martin, James, Juhun, Sunghyun, Geonho) surpassed 10 million around 9:30 p.m. on March 17. It took about seven months since the account was created in August last year. It is the only record among K-pop boy groups that debuted in the past five years. The total likes on all posts CORTIS uploaded amount to 600 million. They have been steadily growing their influence on social media since reaching 10 million Instagram followers on Feb. 21.
CORTIS piqued the interest of global Gen Z with witty short-form content, dance challenges and behind-the-scenes activity videos. Among these, the video of the members dancing to a trot-style rearrangement of their debut album track 'FaSHioN' exceeded 52 million views on TikTok alone. Global artists such as BTS member Jungkook and Blackpink member Jennie also filmed and uploaded videos themselves, drawing attention.
Challenges by stars from various fields also followed. Gold medalists from the '2026 Milan–Cortina d'Ampezzo Winter Olympics' who closed in February, Choi Gaon (snowboard halfpipe) and Kim Gil-li (short track), named CORTIS their "favorite K-pop group" and participated in the dance challenge. Singer Epik High, Aden Cho, the voice actor from the animation "K-Pop Demon Hunters," and Hollywood actor Simu Liu also appeared in CORTIS's choreography challenge video for the new song "YOUNGCREATORCREW."
Live stages at home and abroad and word of mouth also helped raise public awareness. Right after performing as a main artist at the "42nd Mynavi Tokyo Girls Collection 2026 SPRING/SUMMER" held in Japan on March 14, CORTIS's new SNS followers increased rapidly. In February, they were invited to perform as the first K-pop headliner at the NBA Crossover concert series in the United States. North American interest continued, including singing the insert song "Mention Me" for the Sony Pictures Animation film "GOAT."
Meanwhile, CORTIS will release mini album 2 "GREENGREEN" on May 4. Ahead of that, they plan to release the new title track on April 20.
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