Former NCT member Lucas‘s stats for his new song have been released, and netizens have reacted to the surprising figures.
Lucas | @lucas_xx444/Instagram
On April 1, Lucas released the video for his new song “Renegade.”
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Yet, while the song seemingly gained a lot of attention, stats for the track have been surprisingly low according to various accounts that look at the streaming and sold copies of K-pop idols.
According to @kchartsmaster, the song debuted on the Spotify Counter with 124,777 streams, which many thought wasn’t very high for such an established and famous idol.
“Renegade” by @lucas_official debuts with 124,777 streams on Spotify Counter. pic.twitter.com/FGQjzFs7TT
— Kpop Charts (@kchartsmaster) April 2, 2024
When the stats were shared, netizens shared the shocking nature of the low engagement. Many pointed out other groups with much bigger stream statistics, whether it was debut tracks or songs long after they were released.
cake (246th day) — 126,438 pic.twitter.com/p36LBTjDH4 https://t.co/y6QvY417XF
— jaaa. (@fyedalla) April 2, 2024
Spotify Global ‘Aespa’ debut:
BLACK MAMBA — 730,471 streams pic.twitter.com/IhMpQxjBsP https://t.co/GziokcraVM
— ؘ (@elmalquere) April 2, 2024
Remember how his fans were trying to gaslight everyone into thinking he brought in 50% of the fandom during empathy https://t.co/FywH7SNyai pic.twitter.com/3nC8MiP5Wi
— rai ✩ (@yunjinrinano) April 2, 2024
The Hanteo chart’s numbers also seemed shocking to netizens as it was revealed he had only sold 7000 copies in what seemed like the first 24 hours.
<Renegade> by #LUCAS has now surpassed 7,000 copies sold on Hanteo. pic.twitter.com/ngfD4OS9WZ
— KOREAN SALES (@koreansales_twt) April 2, 2024
Many of the comments were quite malicious, but some pointed out that the low numbers were shocking because it seemed unheard of for any artist from the “Big 4” companies, especially someone like Lucas, who is already a known and established artist.
still no 10k and his fans came at that hed outsell riize and skz be real https://t.co/3jcKhUTq0Z
— wil (@missyooncy) April 2, 2024
super embarrassing considering hes part of the big 4 lol https://t.co/R06OvaHxEU
— cj day 🩷 (@deersweetie) April 2, 2024
you know it’s bad when even big 3 privilege can’t help https://t.co/Dwwx9IMUoW
— ࿏ kyle ࿏ (@kyleshabet) April 2, 2024
that’s not a good thing like… it’s not giving big numbers https://t.co/hUx5x44m6D pic.twitter.com/Vi7wxAxl7B
— •𝐫𝐚𝐞𝐞• yura yura !! (@yura_ricky) April 2, 2024
Even the latest update from Hanteo had fans interested, as the number had not increased much at all, especially from someone with such a huge profile and from one of the biggest K-Pop companies.
<Renegade> by #LUCAS has now surpassed 10,000 copies sold on Hanteo. pic.twitter.com/garZiGV6jw
— KOREAN SALES (@koreansales_twt) April 3, 2024
Lucas’s release has already sparked heavy criticism and divided fans, and it’s not surprising that the alleged stats for “Renegade” have surprised fans, considering the promotions from SM Entertainment.