Lucas has made his return to the K-Pop scene with his debut record, “Renegade,” with the title track of the same name.
The Hong Kong rapper dropped his debut album on April 1, 2024, at 6 P.M. KST on all streaming platforms. His title track, “Renegade,” is described by SM Entertainment as a “rock-based hip-hop song that embodies the ambition to pursue one’s own path without hesitation, embracing change for a better direction and a stronger inner self.”
The lyrics of “Renegade” express Lucas’ determination to live and direct his life in his own way, no matter what the haters say. Lucas released two music videos—Plan A sees him in a press conference, as if referencing to his past controversies, and Plan B.
Lumis were most definitely impressed with Lucas’ tracks, expressed pride in his “powerful rap” and delivery, and clocked on the haters with the “diss” track. They were also raving about how Lucas’ attitude was during his exhibition and fan-meet.
‘renegade’ mv (plan a+b) has hit over 1.6 million views in less than 2 days! his albums are selling out everywhere. recently, ‘renegade’ got 124k streams on spotify and it’s still going up. his first live stages appearance got 200k views, etc.
he is definitely THAT MAN 🔥 pic.twitter.com/GE1hpzWFbG
— zara 𖤐 (@xuxiluvrs) April 2, 2024
Renegade will be my favourite for entire April
— ChronicleChirps (@ChronicalChirp) April 1, 2024
EVERYONE REMEMBER TO WATCH BOTH VERSIONS
🎯 https://t.co/EZKJWZwABz
🎯 https://t.co/kBuiRyE3VfLUCAS RENEGADE OUT NOW #LUCAS #LUCAS_Renegade @lucas_official pic.twitter.com/KODcw5skIh
— FOR LUCAS ♡ (@LUMISUNION) April 1, 2024
Lucas doing his main character thing in Renegade pic.twitter.com/6i6OWFgFEp
— FOR LUCAS ♡ (@LUMISUNION) April 1, 2024
RENEGADE’S BOUT TO GET THIS STARTED LET EM SING LIKE THE BIRDS IN THE MORNING LIGHT A FLAME IN THE DARKNESS RENEGADEEpic.twitter.com/ybhpQ1igx5
— 🍡 (@prodbyskz) April 2, 2024
STOP, world right now! LUCAS had a meet and greet after his 2nd stage and handed every single one of us a rose. Sweetest boy ever!!! 😭😭😭 He also gifted 5 polas to 5 lucky people. 🥹
I told him, “I love you!” and “Welcome back!” 🥹 I truly cried afterwards, I couldn’t hold it… pic.twitter.com/R7SV2ViZk6
— 🦁🌹🎸🐻 (@kaikidance) April 2, 2024
He look so like a BABY in the Beret 🙁💗 pic.twitter.com/mHucTyPbix
— navi ꔫ fan acc (@vilvluenhsh) April 3, 2024
Lucas you are so fucking attractive pic.twitter.com/fdVD0V6xYj
— ᴊᴇꜱꜱɪ ʳᵉⁿᵉᵍᵃᵈᵉ (@neosbbygrl) April 1, 2024
"Never basic, let haters stay hating
No debatin’, I’m a fan favorite"#LUCAS #루카스#Renegade #LUCAS_RenegadeYou are Xuxi, a fan favourite! pic.twitter.com/sG6Bm2chzY
— Swᵉ | YuLu Neozen (@yulu_neozen) April 1, 2024
Did you guys see the move he made after punching the air?
Keyboard warriors tapping away posting lies about him online. ⌨️
There's so many easter eggs. 😂#LUCAS #LUCAS_Renegade #LUCAS_Renegade_6KST pic.twitter.com/rxK28xT3L6
— adieha • 🐱 (@adieha) April 1, 2024
Lucas once said:
“Never basic, let haters stay hating” ✨✨LUCAS RENEGADE OUT NOW #LUCAS #LUCAS_Renegade @lucas_official pic.twitter.com/izkfXYgEz8
— 𝐍𝐚𝐧𝐚𝜗𝜚 (@eyesmilejenos) April 1, 2024
these lyrics are fire 😯
LUCAS RENEGADE OUT NOW #LUCAS #LUCAS_Renegade @lucas_official pic.twitter.com/ttUBbh0P3Q— natt (@uwukdy) April 1, 2024
FAN FAVORITE
LUCAS RENEGADE OUT NOW #LUCAS #LUCAS_Renegade @lucas_official pic.twitter.com/iArC7iShBJ
— ً (@0125ARCHIVES) April 1, 2024
do the people in the qrts understand this whole song is a fuck you to them or😭 like watching this unfold is so funny when you have an iq higher than room temperature https://t.co/w5MTtQPSpi pic.twitter.com/cUI6fajUVx
— ً (@9onghyun) April 1, 2024
However, other K-Pop fans still weren’t impressed. In fact, others even said that the song was “definitely a skip,” a “yawn,” and one blogger even described it as being “difficult to take seriously when the rapping is so mediocre.”
there's a reason why this is released on april fool's day https://t.co/ShQFsgM1JD
— a (@fruityrene) April 1, 2024
I'm sorry but sm is so right to release this shit ass on April fool https://t.co/kdK6K35re6 pic.twitter.com/0YsjMRq6ir
— Seulgi ACE of suck ass (@_7riize) April 1, 2024
so people stream this rap$t?
— Carmelize (@saltedcarmelize) April 1, 2024
“haters stay hating” and it’s the police knocking at his door https://t.co/T8zOjBMVjH
— megan ☆ dolo !! (@cosmicmahae) April 1, 2024
i guess he came back to remind everyone that hes the OG dozen https://t.co/2zZOfbCm5w pic.twitter.com/xN9ZxQPBYc
— 🐈⬛ (@w00kbun) April 1, 2024
”i’m a fan favourite” I don’t know about that.. https://t.co/IqFkUZ9aQp pic.twitter.com/8KELGDBrt4
— m ౨ৎ (@hueninix) April 1, 2024
He couldn’t even write the lyrics? He didn’t eat with this ‘rap’ he starved… https://t.co/CnLAfwYRrD pic.twitter.com/V2WVFAGt8j
— Vera⁷ ꕥ YUQ1 ꕥ (@btsnonawa) April 1, 2024
to cleanse your ears, here's a GOOD SELF-WRITTEN RAP pic.twitter.com/PCvZVwJ7Id https://t.co/wKtmvhTX5o
— asscoups | CHAEYOUNG DAY (@assscoupss) April 1, 2024
“i’m a fan favourite” ohh..you mean police favourite https://t.co/tzbw3tTWsu pic.twitter.com/1WwGeCUO9s
— ahyeon is home🐻🦋 (@ahyeonshitz) April 1, 2024
the lucas fans arent even defending him on this one like why is he five beats behindpic.twitter.com/80R9LFhSPz https://t.co/nxFksM6qUB
— serenity ⋆ (@chuugyuu) April 1, 2024
ok even if i didn’t hate him… this is such a bad song im crying https://t.co/T8zOjBMVjH
— megan ☆ dolo !! (@cosmicmahae) April 1, 2024
face declined lyrics declined beat declined and the victim card declined too https://t.co/q1cxgv9A5j
— 🎀 (@jisooswar) April 1, 2024
For our part? No comment. Well, congratulations to Lucas on his debut!
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