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"Sour Candy"
Promotional graphic for the song. For its release to retailers, the song uses the same cover as the album.[1][2]
Promotional single by Lady Gaga and Blackpink
from the album Chromatica
Language
  • English
  • Korean
ReleasedMay 28, 2020 (2020-05-28)
Studio
Genre
Length2:37
LabelInterscope
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Audio video
"Sour Candy" on YouTube

"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 released on May 28, 2020, a day before the album.[5] Universal Music Australia serviced the song to contemporary hit radio the same day the album was released, on May 29, 2020.[6]

Composition and lyrics

"Sour Candy" is a 1990s-influenced[7] dance-pop,[8] electropop,[9] bubblegum pop[10] and deep house[7][11] anthem that follows a "bouncy" house,[8] dance[12] and electronic[13] beat with an upbeat production.[14] It was composed in the key of A minor with a tempo of 120 beats per minute.[15] On the song, Gaga and Blackpink are "trading off flirty lines" in English and Korean which use sour candy as a metaphor to "illustrate how they function in a relationship"[7][12][9] 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[16] drop features Gaga performing a "speak-rap",[12] while the K-pop group's verses include "tight, almost mechanical melodies".[17]

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.[18]

Critical reception

Joey Nolfi from Entertainment Weekly called the song an "epic collaboration" and "a mouthwatering serve".[12] 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."[19] Claire Shaffer from Rolling Stone found it "a sugar-sweet club track for all our at-home parties.[20] 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."[11] Jem Asward from Variety found it "a sparkling combination of the two artists' styles".[17] 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!"[21]

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".[22] Louise Bruton from The Irish Times found it "the perfect mix of weirded-out pop and euphoria".[23] 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".[24] 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".[25] Sal Cinquemani from Slant Magazine called the song "empty-calorie",[26] while Evan Sawdey from PopMatters thought it was "blissfully short" and one of the "lesser songs" of the Chromatica album.[27]

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes from Chromatica.[28]

Recording locations

Personnel

  • Lady Gaga – vocals, songwriter
  • Jisoo – vocals
  • Jennie - vocals
  • Rosé - vocals
  • Lisa - 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 – mixer
  • E. Scott Kelly – assistant mixer
  • Randy Merill – mastering engineer

Charts

Chart performance for "Sour Candy"
Chart (2020) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[29] 8
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[30] 15
Hot Canadian Digital Song Sales (Billboard)[31] 34
Hungary (Single Top 40)[32] 15
Ireland (IRMA)[33] 11
Italy (FIMI)[34] 46
Japan (Japan Hot 100)[35] 83
Lithuania (AGATA)[36] 5
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[37] 52
New Zealand (RMNZ)[38] 12
Scotland (OCC)[39] 20
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[40] 49
UK Singles (OCC)[41] 17
US Digital Song Sales (Billboard)[42] 25
US Hot Dance/Electronic Songs (Billboard)[43] 8

Release history

Release dates and formats for "Sour Candy"
Region Date Format Label Ref.
Various May 28, 2020
Interscope [5]
Australia May 29, 2020 Contemporary hit radio
[6]

References

  1. ^ "Sour Candy – Single". Apple Music. May 28, 2020. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
  2. ^ "Sour Candy". Google Play Music. May 28, 2020. Archived from the original on May 29, 2020. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ 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)
  5. ^ a b Lady Gaga; Blackpink (May 28, 2020). "Sour Candy – Single by Lady Gaga & BLACKPINK on Apple Music". music.apple.com.
  6. ^ a b "Singles to Radio – The Music Network". The Music Network. May 29, 2020. Archived from the original on May 29, 2020. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
  7. ^ a b c Breihan, Tom (May 28, 2020). "Lady Gaga & BLACKPINK – "Sour Candy"". Stereogum. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
  8. ^ a b Kaufman, Gil (May 28, 2020). "Lady Gaga Unwraps Super Sweet 'Sour Candy' Collab with Blackpink: Listen". Billboard. Archived from the original on May 28, 2020. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
  9. ^ a b Rossignol, Derrick (May 28, 2020). "Lady Gaga And Blackpink Drop Their Sweet Collaboration 'Sour Candy'". UPROXX. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
  10. ^ Caroline, Edwards (May 28, 2020). "Album Review: Lady Gaga // Chromatica". Riot. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
  11. ^ 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.
  12. ^ 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.
  13. ^ Komonibo, Ineye (May 28, 2020). "Lady Gaga & Blackpink's Collab Is Sweet But Sour". Refinery29. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
  14. ^ 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.
  15. ^ "Key & BPM for Sour Candy (with BLACKPINK) by Lady Gaga". TuneBat. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
  16. ^ Megarry, Daniel (May 28, 2020). "Listen to Lady Gaga and BLACKPINK's new club banger Sour Candy". Gay Times. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
  17. ^ 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.
  18. ^ 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.
  19. ^ 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.
  20. ^ 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.
  21. ^ 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.
  22. ^ 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.
  23. ^ Bruton, Louise (May 29, 2020). "Lady Gaga: Chromatica review – A star is reborn in this return to fully fledged pop". The Irish Times. Archived from the original on June 1, 2020. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
  24. ^ 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.
  25. ^ 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.
  26. ^ 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.
  27. ^ Sawdey, Evan (May 29, 2020). "Lady Gaga's 'Chromatica' Hides Its True Intentions Behind Dancefloor Exuberance". PopMatters. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
  28. ^ Chromatica (booklet). Lady Gaga. Interscope. 2020.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  29. ^ "ARIA Australian Top 50 Singles". Australian Recording Industry Association. June 8, 2020. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  30. ^ "Lady Gaga,blackpink: Sour Candy (with Blackpink)" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved June 7, 2020.
  31. ^ "Lady Gaga: Chart History – Hot Canadian Digital Song Sales". Billboard. Archived from the original on October 28, 2019. Retrieved June 3, 2020. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |5= (help)
  32. ^ "Archívum – Slágerlisták – MAHASZ" (in Hungarian). Single (track) Top 40 lista. Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége. Retrieved June 4, 2020.
  33. ^ "Official Irish Singles Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved June 5, 2020.
  34. ^ "Top Singoli – Classifica settimanale WK 23" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved June 5, 2020.
  35. ^ "Billboard Japan Hot 100: June 8, 2020". Billboard Japan. Archived from the original on June 3, 2020. Retrieved June 3, 2020.
  36. ^ "2020 23-os SAVAITĖS (gegužės 29-birželio 4 d.) SINGLŲ TOP100" (in Lithuanian). AGATA. June 5, 2020. Retrieved June 5, 2020.
  37. ^ "Lady Gaga & Blackpink – Sour Candy" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved June 5, 2020.
  38. ^ "NZ Singles Chart". Recorded Music NZ. June 8, 2020. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  39. ^ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved June 5, 2020.
  40. ^ "Veckolista Singlar, vecka 23". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved June 5, 2020.
  41. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved June 5, 2020.
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  43. ^ "Lady Gaga Chart History (Hot Dance/Electronic Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved June 3, 2020.
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