According to an announcement from Big Hit Music on January 4th, CORTIS's debut song "GO!" reached over 100 million accumulated streams on Spotify as of January 2nd. This achievement was set just 4 months after its release, helping "GO!" become the fastest song to reach 100 million listens of a male K-pop group debuting in 2025. Currently, CORTIS is also the only rookie group of the debut generation 2025 to reach this milestone with a single song.
CORTIS is a boy group consisting of 5 members Martin, James, Juhoon, Seonghyeon and Keonho, directly under Big Hit Music. It is noteworthy that all 5 members directly participate in the process of composing, producing music, choreographing as well as building image content for "GO!". This is considered an important factor in helping the group create a different impression compared to many rookies at the same time.
Not only achieving impressive results on the online music listening platform, "GO!" also shows clear international reach. The song once appeared on the Billboard Global 200 chart for two consecutive weeks, in the weeks ending on September 27 and October 4, 2025. In the domestic Korean market, "GO!" also recorded a rare achievement when it simultaneously entered Melon's daily, weekly and monthly charts - something not easy to achieve for a male rookie group.
International critics give many positive reviews to "GO!". Billboard ranked the song at 2nd place in the list of "25 best K-pop songs of 2025 voted by the editorial board", and also the highest ranking for a male artist in this ranking. In addition, many reputable platforms and magazines such as NME, Dazed, Apple Music and Spotify also included "GO!" in the list of the most outstanding K-pop songs of 2025.
With an impressive series of achievements, CORTIS continues to be expected at the final awards ceremonies of the season. The group is expected to attend the 40th Golden Disc Awards, held in Taipei (Taiwan, China) on January 10. Previously, CORTIS won at MAMA Awards 2025 and Asia Artist Awards 2025, raising expectations about the ability to continue adding new titles, affirming its leading position among K-pop rookies in 2025.
