The Light (BGYO song)

"The Light"
Official standard cover art
Single by BGYO
from the album The Light
Language
Released29 January 2021 (2021-01-29)
Recorded2021
Length3:12
Label
Songwriter(s)
  • Distract
  • BGYO (Gelo, Akira, JL, Mikki and Nate)
Composer(s)
  • Rogan
  • Ddank
Producer(s)
  • Rogan
  • Ddank
BGYO singles chronology
"The Light"
(2021) 		"He's Into Her"
(2021)
Music video
"The Light" on YouTube

"The Light" is the debut single of the Filipino boy group BGYO. It was released on 29 January 2021 as a Digital Single by Star Music.[1] Written by the band members Gelo, Nate, Akira, Mikki and JL along with Distract, who has worked with SISTAR, NCT and GOT7; composed and arranged by Rogan and Ddank; mixing, mastering, and digital editing were done by Jang Tae In at Seoul Archive.[2]

"The Light" surpassed 100,000 streams on Spotify in less than two weeks after its release[3] and fifty-three days after, the song became part of Spotify's "RADAR Philippines 2021 Roster".[4]

The music video of "The Light" has received more than a million YouTube views, 6 days after its release, and its the fastest debut music video by a P-pop group to reach 1 Million views in YouTube. It also broke the record for being the "Most Liked Music Video in a Debut Song" by a P-pop group of all time.[5]

  1. ^ For citations about "The Light" being the debut single of BGYO.
    • "WATCH: P-pop group BGYO debuts with 'The Light' music video". news.abs-cbn.com. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
    • Angelo De Cartagena (2 February 2021). "THE LIGHT HAS COME: BGYO WORKS UP A STORM WITH THEIR P-POP DEBUT". nylonmanila.com. Nylonmanila. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
    • ""LISTEN: BGYO's Debut Single 'The Light' Has Finally Been Released"". topnewsphil.com. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
    • "James Reid, BGYO, Fern., Nicole Asensio, and more release new music – listen". bandwagon.asia. 29 January 2021. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
    • "P-POP IDOL GROUP BGYO DEBUTS WITH "THE LIGHT"". arambulolive.com. 30 January 2021. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
    • "WATCH: P-POP GROUP BGYO OFFICIAL DEBUTS WITH "THE LIGHT"". kstreetmanila.com. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  2. ^ "P-pop: BGYO's debut single 'The Light' is finally here". news.abs-cbn.com. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
  3. ^ For citations about "The Light" surpassed 100,000 streams on Spotify.
  4. ^ "Mabuhay! We're so excited to share that we're part of Spotify RADAR Philippines 2021 roster!". twitter.com/. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
  5. ^ For citations about the accolades received by the official music video of "The Light."