"Cheshire" is a song recorded by South Korean girl group

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for their sixth extended play of the

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. It was released as the EP's lead single by

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and

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on November 30, 2022.

Background and release

On November 7, 2022, JYP Entertainment announced Itzy would be releasing their sixth extended play titled ''Cheshire'' on November 30, with the promotional schedule released on the same day. On November 24, the track listing was released with "Cheshire" announced as the lead single. The following day, the track spoiler video was released. The music video teasers was released on November 28 and 29. The song was released alongside its music video and the EP on November 30.

Composition

"Cheshire" was written by Hwang Su-min and Jeong Ha-ri of 153/Joombas, composed and arranged primarily by Timothy Tan and Justin Reinstein along with Ciara Muscat, Josefin Glenmark, Jar (153/Joombas), and JJean for the composition. It was described as a

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song featuring "fresh piano riff and strong bass rhythm" with lyrics that conveys the message of "believing in your own feelings as there is no right answer to your worries and questions about yourself". "Cheshire" was composed in the key of

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, with a tempo of 99 beats per minute.

Commercial performance

"Cheshire" debuted at number 105 on South Korea's

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in the chart issue dated November 27 – December 3, 2022. It ascended to number 89 in the following week. In Singapore, the song debuted number 24 on the RIAS Top Streaming Chart, and number 12 on the RIAS Top Regional Chart in the chart issue dated December 2–8, 2022. In Taiwan, the song debuted at number 16 on the ''

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'' Taiwan Songs in the chart issue dated December 17, 2022. In Netherlands, the song debuted at number 31 on the Dutch Global 40 in the chart issue dated December 5, 2022.

Promotion

Following the release of ''Cheshire'', on November 30, 2022, the group performed "Cheshire" at

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. They subsequently performed on three music programs in the first week: KBS's ''

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'' on December 2, MBC's ''

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'' on December 3, and SBS's ''

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'' on December 4. On the second and final week, they performed on ''Music Bank'' on December 9 where they won first place, ''Show! Music Core'' on December 10, and ''Inkigayo'' on December 11.

Accolades

"Cheshire" received a first place music program award on the December 9, 2022, broadcast of ''

.'' At the

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, "Cheshire" won the Artist of the Year – Global Digital Music (November) award, beating Red Velvet's "

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" and Kara's " When I Move".

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from

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. Studio * JYPE Studio –

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, mixing,

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* Sterling Sound – mastering * Studio Nomad – digital editing Personnel *

– vocals * Song Hee-jin (Solcire) – background vocals * Hwang Su-min (153/Joombas) – lyrics * Jeong Ha-ri (153/Joombas) – lyrics * Timothy Tan –

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, synth, bass, piano/keys, drum * Justin Reinstein – composition, arrangement, synth * Ciara Muscat – composition * Josefin Glenmark – composition * Jar (153/Joombas) – composition * JJean – composition * Goo Hye-jin – recording, digital editing * Lee Tae-seop – mixing * Chris Gehringer – mastering * Kwon Nam-woo – mastering * Choi – digital editing * Mr Cho (Solcire) – digital editing * Noday – vocal directing

Charts

Weekly charts

Monthly charts

Release history

References

{{Itzy Itzy songs 2022 singles 2022 songs Songs in Korean JYP Entertainment singles Republic Records singles