[3] After their comeback with the digital single "Study" in 2013,[4] Stellar revealed on February 10, 2014, they would be releasing their first EP Marionette and announced a song of the same name as its title track.
[8] On February 15, a "no cut" version of the video was released, showing the full choreography for the song entirely filmed in one shot.
They also performed the song during the 7th SGC Super Live in Seoul on September 13, 2014, along with the singles "Mask" and "Study".
[19][21] During the release of the album's promotional material, The Entertainment Pascal received criticism for involving the group on a "stripping game", where the fans had to like posts on Stellar's official Facebook page in order to reveal parts of their bodies in blurred out photos.
Despite the explanation, the game was compared to sexual exploration, which caused the agency to delete all the posts related to the issue.
For most of their stages, portions of the dance had to be toned down as they were considered too vulgar,[2] one of them being the infamously known "butt-rub" move, where the girls scratch their butts to the audience.