Why You Can't Ignore CORTIS

CORTIS have been dragged for a short first concert, a livestream that got them called arrogant, and a tour that told K-pop fans to put their phones down. They still sold over four point three million copies of ‘GREENGREEN’, debuted at number three on the Billboard 200, and pulled around sixty thousand people at the Formula One Singapore Grand Prix. So how does a group this new get criticised this loudly and still become impossible to scroll past? Subscribe for more K-pop breakdowns, fandom deep dives and group explainers.    / @everythingkpopkr   We break down everything that makes CORTIS so hard to avoid: the creator-crew setup that has all five members writing, producing and directing their own work, the treadmill debut, the record-breaking album sales, and ‘REDRED’, the hit that kept winning music shows months after promotions ended. Then there’s the side of the story fans argue about most: the ‘Put Your Phone Down’ tour backlash, the attitude discourse, the constant “next BTS” comparisons, and a VMA night where they lost all three categories, two of them to BTS. Martin, James, Juhoon, Seonghyeon and Keonho have had one of the loudest first years in recent K-pop. Love them or doubt them, everyone seems to have an opinion. Are CORTIS overhyped rookies, or the first idol group actually built by its own members? Tell us in the comments. #CORTIS #코르티스 #COER #REDRED #GREENGREEN #BigHitMusic #KPop #Martin #James #Juhoon #Seonghyeon #Keonho