Girls on Top Song ‘Step Back’ Draws Mixed Opinions For its Lyrics — Here's Why
GOT the Beat (Girls On Top)'s song "Step Back" draws mixed opinions for its lyrics. Keep on reading for all the details.
GOT the Beat Song 'Step Back' Garners Divided Opinions for its Lyrics
News that SM Entertainment is establishing a project girl group called GOT the Beat has sent the K-pop community abuzz. The members are BoA, Girls' Generations Taeyeon and Hyoyeon, Red Velvet's Seulgi and Wendy, and aespa's Karina and Winter. Due to the high-class line-up, many call GOT the Beat a "super girl group."
On January 1, Girls on Top released a special stage video of "Step Back" during the SMTOWN Live 2022 concert, "SMCU EXPRESS@KWANGYA." The girl group will also release the song as a single on January 3, 2022, at 6 PM KST.
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While many are excited about the group's official debut, the song's lyrics are garnering divided opinions with internet users on social media. Many criticized the lyrics for being sloppy and anti-feminist. In addition, many expected an empowering girl crush song due to the group's name GOT, which stands for Girls on Top. Instead, however, the song talks about bringing down another girl while fighting for the man they love.
Some of the lyrics that are drawing backlash read, "Who do you think you are looking at? / How dare you go over my head? / You better shut your mouth and stand back / Or else give it a go / Try climbing your way up here / Did he have a crush on you? / When we played like a baby / When we were young / I am sure you flirted some, flirted some, flirted some, quite some bit / Playing with your childhood memories / Is it that fun?"
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People criticized the song lyrics for being outdated and highly toxic. Many are disappointed in SM Entertainment for not choosing a better song for their idol group, with people accusing the label of riding on the members' vocals and visuals. Some also wondered how the female idols felt performing a song with such lyrics.
Meanwhile, others claimed the song was too difficult to digest due to the overlapping high notes by the vocalists. People also claimed "Step Back" lacked an addictive melody and sounded like several songs patched together.
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Some comments concerning "Step Back" read, "The song is bad, and the lyrics are worse, "The lyrics are cheesy and demeaning to women," "Is this the first joke of the year?" "I wonder what they feel having to sing along with lyrics like that," and "Girls on Top, but the top is nowhere to be seen. They are just bringing down women and fighting over men."
What do you think of the situation? Tell us in the comments below.
Who is GOT the Beat (Girls on Top)?
On December 27, SM Entertainment announced that a female version of SuperM would be formed. GOT the Beat, also known as Girls on Top, is a project girl group that features female SM Entertainment artists joining forces for different units. Many speculate that they could be like NCT, meaning they will have a rotational line-up, but that is currently unconfirmed.
The first unit of GOT the Beat consists of BoA, Taeyeon and Hyoyeon (SNSD), Seulgi and Wendy (Red Velvet), and Karina and Winter (aespa).
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Written by Alexa Lewis
