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| caption = Promotional graphic for the song{{Efn|The cover art for the "Sour Candy" single is identical to the cover art to ''[[Chromatica]]''<ref>{{cite web |title=Sour Candy - Single |url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/sour-candy-single/1515424457 |website=[[Apple Music]] |accessdate=29 May 2020 |date=28 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Sour Candy |url=https://play.google.com/store/music/album/Lady_Gaga_Sour_Candy?id=Bm54f2gljc7cumu3p65gfny37r4 |website=[[Google Play Music]] |accessdate=29 May 2020 |date=28 May 2020}}</ref>}} |
| caption = Promotional graphic for the song{{Efn|The cover art for the "Sour Candy" single is identical to the cover art to ''[[Chromatica]]''<ref>{{cite web |title=Sour Candy - Single |url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/sour-candy-single/1515424457 |website=[[Apple Music]] |accessdate=29 May 2020 |date=28 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Sour Candy |url=https://play.google.com/store/music/album/Lady_Gaga_Sour_Candy?id=Bm54f2gljc7cumu3p65gfny37r4 |website=[[Google Play Music]] |accessdate=29 May 2020 |date=28 May 2020}}</ref>}} |
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"Sour Candy" | |
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Single by Lady Gaga and Blackpink | |
from the album Chromatica | |
Language |
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Released | May 28, 2020 |
Studio | Calabasas Sound |
Genre | |
Length | 2:37 |
Label | Interscope |
Songwriter(s) | |
Producer(s) |
"Sour Candy" is a song by American singer Lady Gaga and South Korean girl group Blackpink. It was released for digital download and streaming on May 28, 2020, as the first promotional single off Gaga's sixth studio album, Chromatica. The song was written by Gaga, Madison Love, Rami Yacoub, Teddy Park, and its producers Bloodpop and Burns. It is a dance-pop, electropop, bubblegum pop and deep house song with a house, dance and electronic beat and lyrics which compare a relationship to the titular sour candy.
Background and release
In an interview for Japanese entertainment site TV Groove, Gaga talked about the genesis of the song and stated that "when [she] called them and asked if they wanted to write a song with [her], they were so happy and motivated. It was a really exciting collaboration." She added: "I wanted to celebrate them because they love powerful women like us, and they also wanted to celebrate me, and we had a great time together with this song. I was excited to hear them interpret the song in Korean, and told them that the part was so creative and fun. I was impressed when I heard their singing voice."[3] The members of Blackpink later talked about how the song came about: "We listened to each other's music and became fans of each other, so we naturally carried out this project."[4]
"Sour Candy" was announced on April 22, 2020, when Gaga posted the tracklist of her Chromatica album.[5] The release of the song was announced by Gaga via her social media platforms a day before the release of Chromatica.
Composition and lyrics
"Sour Candy" is a 1990s-influenced[6] dance-pop,[7][8][9] electropop,[10] bubblegum pop[11] and deep house[6][12] anthem that follows a "bouncy" house,[7][9] dance[13] and electronic[14] beat with an upbeat production.[15] It was composed in the key of A minor with a tempo of 120 beats per minute.[16] Fans speculate that the song samples "What They Say" by Maya Jane Coles.[17] Its lyrics show Gaga and Blackpink "trading off flirty lines"[6] in English and Korean[13] which use sour candy as a metaphor to "illustrate how they function in a relationship"[10] as well as showing that they are rough on the outside, but sweet and authentic on the inside.[4] Lyrically, the song sees the singers informing a potential lover to accept and not try to change their damage.[4] The '90s house[18] drop features Gaga performing a "speak-rap",[13] while the K-pop group's verses include "tight, almost mechanical melodies".[19]
According to the sheet music published on Musicnotes.com, the song is written in the time signature of common time, and is composed in the key of A minor with a tempo of 120 beats per minute. The vocals range from the tonal nodes of G3 to B4.[20]
Critical reception
Joey Nolfi from Entertainment Weekly called the song an "epic collaboration" and "a mouthwatering serve".[13] Michael Roffman from Consequence of Sound said that "'Sour Candy' is another banger from the Oscar winner, proving Chromatica will bring the party to our pandemic."[21] Claire Shaffer from Rolling Stone found it "a sugar-sweet club track for all our at-home parties.[22] Chuck Arnold of the New York Post wrote that "while the lyrics of 'Sour Candy' may be pretty shallow — Jackson Maine probably wouldn't approve — it hardly matters when the beat is this sick. It's just the kind of disco-ball-dizzying track that fans have been missing since Gaga launched to superstardom with 2008's The Fame and 2011's Born This Way."[12] Jem Asward from Variety found it "a sparkling combination of the two artists' styles".[19] Zoe Haylock from New York magazine opined that "when the lyrics can basically all be Instagram captions, you know it's a good pop song!"[8]
Cole Delbyck of HuffPost thought that the song is "fusing Gaga and Blackpink's distinct sounds into one dance-floor-primed [...] bop" and "lives up to the hype surrounding the long in the works collaboration that fans have been filling up their mentions about for years".[23] Louise Bruton from The Irish Times found it "the perfect mix of weirded-out pop and euphoria".[24] Stephen Daw from Billboard complimented the song for managing to give every participants "equal, well-balanced time", although he noted that something was missing from the track that "could have rounded [it] out".[25] Michael Cragg from The Guardian was critical of the song, saying that it "falls disappointingly flat" and "ends up sounding like a dashed off, cheaply produced interlude".[26] Sal Cinquemani from Slant Magazine called the song "empty-calorie",[27] while Evan Sawdey from PopMatters thought it was "blissfully short" and one of the "lesser songs" of the Chromatica album.[28]
Credits and personnel
Credits adapted from Tidal.[29]
- Lady Gaga – vocals, songwriter
- Blackpink – vocals
- Burns – producer, songwriter, bass, drums, keyboards, percussion
- BloodPop – producer, songwriter, bass, drums, keyboards, percussion
- Madison Love – songwriter, backing vocals
- Teddy Park – songwriter
- Rami Yacoub – songwriter
- Benjamin Rice – mixer, recording engineer
- Tom Norris – vox mixer
- Skrrt - mixing engineer
- Scott Kelly – assistant mixer
- Randy Merill – mastering engineer
Charts
Chart (2020) | Peak position |
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Scotland (OCC)[30] | 28 |
Release history
Region | Date | Format | Label | Ref. |
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Various | May 28, 2020 | Interscope | [31] | |
Australia | May 29, 2020 | Contemporary hit radio | [32] |
References
Notes
- ^ The cover art for the "Sour Candy" single is identical to the cover art to Chromatica[1][2]
Citations
- ^ "Sour Candy - Single". Apple Music. May 28, 2020. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
- ^ "Sour Candy". Google Play Music. May 28, 2020. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
- ^ "レディー・ガガ インタビュー! 待望の新作『クロマティカ』で、アリアナ・グランデ、BLACKPINKとのコラボはどうやって実現したの?". tvgroove (in Japanese). May 27, 2020. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
- ^ a b c Bailey, Alyssa (May 28, 2020). "Lady Gaga and Blackpink's 'Sour Candy' Lyrics Are About Owning Your Damage". Elle. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
{{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Roth, Madeline (May 28, 2020). "Lady Gaga Reveals Official Chromatica Tracklist, Featuring Ariana Grande And Blackpink". MTV News. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
- ^ a b c Breihan, Tom (May 28, 2020). "Lady Gaga & BLACKPINK - "Sour Candy"". Stereogum. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
- ^ a b Kaufman, Gil (May 28, 2020). "Lady Gaga Unwraps Super Sweet 'Sour Candy' Collab with Blackpink: Listen". Billboard. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
- ^ a b Haylock, Zoe (May 28, 2020). "Lady Gaga Becomes an Honorary Blackpink Member in New Single 'Sour Candy'". New York. Archived from the original on January 20, 2020. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
- ^ a b Miller, Shannon (May 28, 2020). "Lady Gaga releases new Chromatica collab with BLACKPINK, "Sour Candy"". The A.V. Club. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
- ^ a b Rossignol, Derrick (May 28, 2020). "Lady Gaga And Blackpink Drop Their Sweet Collaboration 'Sour Candy'". UPROXX. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
- ^ Caroline, Edwards (May 28, 2020). "Album Review: Lady Gaga // Chromatica". Riot. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
- ^ a b Arnold, Chuck (May 28, 2020). "Hear Lady Gaga's new 'Sour Candy' dance track with BLACKPINK". New York Post. Archived from the original on January 20, 2020. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
- ^ a b c d Nolfi, Joey (May 28, 2020). "Hear Lady Gaga, BLACKPINK unwrap 'Sour Candy' in new dance anthem". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on January 20, 2020. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
- ^ Komonibo, Ineye (May 28, 2020). "Lady Gaga & Blackpink's Collab Is Sweet But Sour". Refinery29. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
- ^ Brow, Jason; Norwin, Alyssa (May 28, 2020). "Lady Gaga & BLACKPINK Bring The Girl Power On Upbeat New Track 'Sour Candy'— Listen". Hollywood Life. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
- ^ "Key & BPM for Sour Candy (with BLACKPINK) by Lady Gaga". TuneBat. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
- ^ Wadia, Helena (May 28, 2020). "Fans spot Lady Gaga's new song Sour Candy samples the same track as Katy Perry's Swish Swish". Evening Standard. Archived from the original on January 20, 2020. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
- ^ Megarry, Daniel (May 28, 2020). "Listen to Lady Gaga and BLACKPINK's new club banger Sour Candy". Gay Times. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
- ^ a b Asward, Jem (May 28, 2020). "Lady Gaga Drops Collaboration With Blackpink, 'Sour Candy'". Variety. Archived from the original on January 20, 2020. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
- ^ Germanotta, Stefani; Burns, Matthew; Tucker, Michael; Yacoub, Rami; Love, Madison Emiko; Park, Hong Jun (2020). "Lady Gaga and Blackpink 'Sour Candy' Sheet Music". Musicnotes.com. Retrieved May 30, 2020.
- ^ Roffman, Michael (May 28, 2020). "Lady Gaga and BLACKPINK Drop Collaborative Single "Sour Candy"". Consequence of Sound. Archived from the original on January 20, 2020. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
- ^ Shaffer, Claire (May 28, 2020). "Lady Gaga, Blackpink Share Confectionary Club Track 'Sour Candy'". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on January 20, 2020. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
- ^ Delbyck, Cole (May 28, 2020). "Lady Gaga And Blackpink Are In Your Area With Sweet New Bop 'Sour Candy'". HuffPost. Archived from the original on January 20, 2020. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
- ^ Bruton, Louise (May 29, 2020). "Lady Gaga: Chromatica review – A star is reborn in this return to fully fledged pop". The Irish Times. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
- ^ Daw, Stephen (May 29, 2020). "Ranking All 16 Songs From Lady Gaga's 'Chromatica': Critic's Picks". Billboard. Archived from the original on May 29, 2020. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
- ^ Cragg, Michael (May 29, 2020). "Lady Gaga: Chromatica review – Gaga rediscovers the riot on her most personal album". The Guardian. Archived from the original on May 29, 2020. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
- ^ Cinquemani, Sal (May 29, 2020). "Review: Lady Gaga's Chromatica Is a Concept in Search of an Album". Slant Magazine. Archived from the original on January 20, 2020. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
- ^ Sawdey, Evan (May 29, 2020). "Lady Gaga's 'Chromatica' Hides Its True Intentions Behind Dancefloor Exuberance". PopMatters. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
- ^ "Credits / Chormatica / Lady Gaga". Tidal. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
{{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
- ^ Lady Gaga; Blackpink (May 28, 2020). "Sour Candy - Single by Lady Gaga & BLACKPINK on Apple Music". music.apple.com.
- ^ "Singles to Radio - The Music Network". The Music Network. May 29, 2020. Archived from the original on May 29, 2020. Retrieved May 29, 2020.