"Sappy" is a song recorded by South Korean

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Red Velvet for their second Japanese

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(EP) of the same name. The song was released as the group's first digital

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from the EP on January 6, 2019, by

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and Avex Trax. Composed by Maria Marcus,

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, and Emyli with lyrics written by MEG.ME, it is an electro-pop and

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song. The song tells about a boy picking between two love interests. It charted at number 13 on the ''

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chart.

Background and composition

On January 5, 2019, it was announced that Red Velvet will be releasing a digital single on January 6 at midnight JST ( UTC+09:00). On the same day,

released a video teaser for the song on its official

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channel. "Sappy" was composed by Maria Marcus,

, and Emyli, while the lyrics were written by MEG.ME. Musically, the song was described as a brassy electro-pop and

track. Tamar Herman of ''

'' noted the switching up of the single's momentum while "vacillating between the boisterous chants of the chorus and the melodic verses that explode with Red Velvet's powerful vocals". Takuo Matsumoto of Real Sound described the rare way for the Red Velvet to make a Japanese single with a pattern A-melody, B-melody, and chorus, emphasizing the "freshness" with elaborated chord progressions and melody lines. It is composed in the

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of F minor, with a

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of 106 beats per minute. Lyrically, the song tells a "Sappy" boy to pick between two love interests.

Promotion and reception

The music video for "Sappy" was released on January 5, 2019. It shows variety of sets where Red Velvet interacts and spends their time playing around with foam while washing cars. Tamar Herman of ''Billboard'' described the "colorful, industrial setting and the peppy, hand-oriented" moves of the choreography, noting that it is a "bit of a throwback" to " Dumb Dumb" (2015). The song debuted at number 13 on the US ''

'' World Digital Song Sales chart.

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of ''Sappy''. Studio * Recorded at MonoTree Studio * Edited at Victor Studio * Mastered for One Up Mastering Personnel * Red Velvet (

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, Seulgi, Wendy, Joy,

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)vocals, background vocals * MEG.MElyrics * Maria Marcuscomposition, track production *

commposition * Emylicomposition * G-highvocal directing, Pro Tools operation, recording * Shigeru Tanidaediting * Jon Rezin mixing * John Horesco mastering

Charts

Release history

References

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