"Corny Love Song" () is a song by South Korean singer-songwriter

J. Y. Park Park Jin-young (; born December 13, 1971), also known by his stage names J. Y. Park and The Asiansoul or the initials JYP, is a South Korean singer-songwriter, record producer, record executive, and reality television show judge. Park rose to s ...

under the pseudonym PD J. Y. Park, with vocals provided by trot singer

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. It was released by

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as a digital single on February 10, 2021.

Background

In 2020, on the September 18 episode of singer

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's internet vlog series ''Season B Season'',

unveiled "Corny Love Song", a song that he has written but could not find a suitable singer for. On October 4, Park released a teaser to an upcoming project series titled ''JY Park Hard Drive Release''. The project's synopsis entails Park's pursuit to find singers for songs he had written and stored on his hard drive, with "Corny Love Song" being the first song in the series. On November 24, 2020, singer Kim Tae-woo, under his

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channel GoStar BuStar, released the teaser for the upcoming episode of his internet series, featuring him and Park hosting auditions for the singer of "Corny Love Song". Contestants that participated include singer Geum Jan-di, character

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, comedian Copychu, singers

, KCM, and

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, trio SoonSoonHee, and YouTubers Glowmom, Bright Melodies, and Ji-hyun. In January 2021, Park debuted the series ''JY Park Hard Drive Release'', beginning with "Corny Love Song" which would be sung by Yoyomi. On February 1, JYP Entertainment announced through the release of a teaser poster that "Corny Love Song" will be released on February 10. Two additional teaser posters were released on February 3 and 5. On February 10, the song was released digitally, along with its accompanying music video.

Composition

"Corny Love Song" was written and composed by

. Additionally, Kim Seung-soo assisted in the song arrangement. Musically, the song has been described as a "Countrot" song – a mix of American

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and Korean

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. A vacuum tube microphone and

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were used in the recording to reproduce the analog sound reminiscence of the 1970s.

Credits and personnel

Adapted from

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credits: * PD J. Y. Park - performer *

– vocals * J. Y. Park – lyrics, composition, arrangement * Kim Seung-soo – arrangement

Charts

Release history

References

{{reflist 2021 singles 2021 songs Songs in Korean Country music songs Trot songs JYP Entertainment singles Songs written by Park Jin-young