JYP’s New Group KickFlip Claims #1 on K-Pop Radar at Debut — Building a Strong Global Fanbase Quickly

JYP Entertainment’s new boy group KickFlip made a stunning debut by securing the top spot on the K-Pop fanbase chart right after making their official entry. The group released their first mini-album, “Flip it, Kick it!”, on January 20, marking their formal debut. The music video for their title track, “Mama Said”, accumulated 9.36 million views during the fourth week of January 2025 (January 16–22) on K-Pop Radar’s tracking period. K-Pop Radar is the only chart dedicated exclusively to K-POP, created using data from major global platforms, and it takes into account factors such as YouTube music video views and follower growth on Spotify, X, and Instagram. KickFlip performed significantly better than the K-POP average across all categories on this chart. On Spotify, their follower increase was 42,000, far exceeding the K-POP average of 1,800. Their Instagram follower count rose by 52,000, which is about 11 times the K-POP average of 4,500. They also saw a 5,700 increase in X followers, drastically surpassing the K-POP average of 172. K-Pop Radar stated, “KickFlip achieved #1 by showing strong performance across all categories,” and added, “As a new group from JYP that has already attracted a lot of attention, their future activities are even more anticipated.” In the same chart week, BABYMONSTER’s “Really Like You” ranked second, while GOT7’s “PYTHON” came in third. NCT WISH’s “Miracle” (5th), ZEROBASEONE’s “Doctor! Doctor!” (8th), and Minnie’s “HER” (9th) from (G)I-DLE also made it into the TOP 10 for the first time. It is rare for a new group in the K-POP market to claim the top spot on the global fanbase chart right after debuting. KickFlip’s success is attributed to JYP’s expertise in idol production combined with their current strong foundation of K-POP global fans.