New HYBE Boy Group CORTIS Mocked Over Debut Chart Performance

Recently, BIGHIT MUSIC introduced its new boy group CORTIS.

Since their introduction, the group has been a hot topic among netizens, and they have faced some criticism over their visuals and music.

CORTIS | BIGHIT MUSIC

The debut track, “What You Want,” was released on August 18, with the official music video being released the following day.

“What You Want” also debuted on streaming platforms like Spotify, and its first day of streams was recorded. On Spotify, the group received 133,647 streams in its first day and currently has 324,884 after the second, increasing the first-day streams by around 189,237.

This was shared by a popular update account, which has sparked reactions from netizens.

“What You Want” by CORTIS debuts with 133,647 streams on Spotify Counter. pic.twitter.com/NxPZUdeQMl

— Kpop Charts (@kchartsmaster) August 19, 2025

Many reactions mocked the group by sharing the debut streams of other groups, many of which had a higher number than CORTIS.

"In Bloom" by @ZB1_official debuts on Spotify with 723,689 streamspic.twitter.com/PetLBwmILv https://t.co/GIUSOkZRf4

— ִjuridico liyu (@liyuitboy) August 19, 2025

“BOYtude” by idntt debuts with 552,187 streams on Spotify Counter. pic.twitter.com/c5mnySs37F https://t.co/YSxW4ehQvB

— drey (@iveartistas) August 19, 2025

Group from small company outstream and outsell lol https://t.co/DInuryfV2E pic.twitter.com/UtFKm3CJ9C

— skrdddy (@skrdddy) August 19, 2025

Others defended the group, reminding of the short promotion period before the group’s debut and that CORTIS are a rookie group. Others felt that the group would not be able to avoid criticism, stating that if the streams were too high, they’d be accused of “payola.”

Kpoppies expect a rookie bg to pull 1M stream https://t.co/Bq5KdQe3pc pic.twitter.com/NMAc45kMWe

— 𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗺𝗮✰ (@gemmgel) August 20, 2025

Free Cortis for real. They've barely even been out for a week.

People acting like this is bad, when a good number of 5th gen groups also started with smaller numbers.

Anyway, this is still pretty good, and looking forward to seeing them grow. 🤷🏽‍♀️ https://t.co/jZxn8R6tKB pic.twitter.com/ph9stQNfUG

— Olaf🍀 (@oyinkomolafe5) August 20, 2025

w no promo or anything im so proud of them https://t.co/KnRSj6vSqC pic.twitter.com/QDJewlqxpK

— saint is iconik (@lessaintz) August 19, 2025

So are we really gonna complain and compare.

If the streams are low, you'll say flop – if the streams are high, you'll say payola.

Pick a goddamn choice what u really want. https://t.co/N5SuWgjJbg

— jamie 🌞 GO 🚀 (@seonghyeoniz) August 19, 2025

As the group continues to promote their new release, only time will tell how it will affect their performance on the charts.