I was so happy to see SWEET STEADY's short videos after a long time

On a day when I felt unwell and left work early, I made an unexpectedly happy discovery.

I haven't felt this sick since the side effects of my COVID-19 vaccine.

I left work early, collapsed into bed, and aimlessly opened YouTube.

The first thing that lifted my spirits was finding that a personal teaser for my favorite member, Kana Itakura of CUTIE STREET, had been released.

My excitement shot up, and once things settled down, I casually searched for SWEET STEADY's short videos.

The previous situation was a bit complicated.

Actually, for a long time, this was the most-viewed short video on the SWEET STEADY channel.

Even though it was on the SWEET STEADY channel, it was a dance video for CUTIE STREET's signature song “Kawaii dake ja dame desu ka?”.

Moreover, even though there were seven people dancing, the only SWEET STEADY member was Yui Otoi, who represents light blue in the bottom right.

Kana Itakura, my favorite member, was in the center, but I had always felt somewhat conflicted about it.

Among the other high-view videos, there were also things like this.

The camera work by the person filming was fatally bad, and honestly, it was tough to watch as a video from Kawalab, which usually has high social media reach.

SWEET STEADY was being treated poorly—that was the reason it was being talked about and viewed, in a bad way.

But this time, it was different.

Videos related to the SWEET STEADY song “SWEET STEP” recorded over a million views, and videos featuring only SWEET STEADY dominated the top of the rankings.

And that "complicated video" had dropped all the way down to 9th place.

I felt sick, but it made me feel happy.

Steadily and surely, SWEET STEADY's recognition and popularity are growing.