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{{Short description|2023 song by Blackpink}}
{{Short description|2023 song by (G)I-dle}}
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{{Infobox song
| name = Allergy
| name = Allergy
| alt =
| cover = (G)I-dle – Allergy.jpg
| border = yes
| caption = Promotional graphic
| type = song
| type = song
| artist = [[(G)I-dle]]
| artist = [[(G)I-dle]]
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| released = {{start date|2023|05|15}}
| released = {{start date|2023|05|15}}
| recorded =
| recorded =
| studio =
| studio = * Cube Studio
* Ingrid Studio
| genre = [[Pop rock]]
| length =
| genre = [[Pop punk]]
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| length = 2:42
| label = * [[Cube Entertainment|Cube]]
| label = * [[Cube Entertainment|Cube]]
* [[Kakao M]]
* [[Kakao Entertainment|Kakao]]
| composer = * [[Jeon So-yeon|Soyeon]]
| writer = * [[Jeon So-yeon|Soyeon]]
* PopTime
* PopTime
* Daily
* Daily
* Likey
* Likey
| lyricist = * Soyeon
| producer = Soyeon
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| producer =
| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|XZaBkbvteBc|"Allergy"}}|header=Music video|type=song}}
| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|XZaBkbvteBc|"Allergy"}}|header=Music video|type=song}}
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"'''Allergy'''" is a song recorded by South Korean girl group [[(G)I-dle]]. It is the second track on the group's sixth extended play, ''[[I Feel]]'' (2023), which was released on May 15, 2023, through [[Cube Entertainment]]. The track was written, composed, and arranged by [[Jeon So-yeon|Soyeon]] with additional composition and arrangement handled by PopTime, Daily, and Likey. The song expresses the double meaning of wanting to love themselves while they resent themself by comparing themselves to others.

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"'''Allergy'''" ({{Korean|hangul=알러지}}) is a song recorded by South Korean girl group [[(G)I-dle]]. It is the second track on the group's sixth extended play, ''[[I Feel]]'' (2023), which will be released on May 15, 2023, through [[Cube Entertainment|Cube]] and [[Kakao M]]. The track was written, composed, and arranged by [[Jeon So-yeon|Soyeon]] with additional composition and arrangement handled by PopTime, Daily, and Likey. The song expresses the double meaning of wanting to love themselves while they resent themself by comparing themselves to others.


==Background and promotion==
==Background and promotion==
On May 4, 2023, Cube Entertainment officially released a part of the soundtrack for "Allergy" through 'Spoiler Alert: Soyeon' through their official SNS. The video displays Soyeon spending her time in a "lethargic and boring way," she then turns on her laptop and "reads the lecture page titled 'How to be a queen'." She then transforms into "a new liberation zone," after she pressed the register button, the video ends afterward."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Byung-cheol|first=Yoo|date=May 4, 2023|title=(여자)아이들, 'Spoiler Alert : 소연' 공개…소연의 강렬한 변신 ‘기대 UP’|trans-title=(G)I-DLE releases 'Spoiler Alert: Soyeon'... Soyeon's intense transformation 'expectations UP'|url=https://www.wowtv.co.kr/NewsCenter/News/Read?articleId=A202305040377&t=NN|access-date=May 12, 2023|website=Korea Economy TV|language=ko}}</ref> Prior to its release, on May 9, 2023, Cube uploaded individual teaser photos on their social media accounts showing five people and five colors in different places and confirming the song's release date to be May 10.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hyo-jin|first=Jeon|date=May 9, 2023|title=(여자)아이들, 수록곡 ‘알러지’ 콘셉트 사진 공개|trans-title=(G)I-DLE, released concept photos for b-side song 'Allergies'|url=https://sports.donga.com/article/all/20230509/119208620/1|access-date=May 12, 2023|website=[[The Dong-a Ilbo|Sports Donga]]|language=ko}}</ref>
On May 4, 2023, Cube Entertainment released snippets of the song in the form of a teaser video through the group's official [[Social networking service|SNS]], titled "[[Spoiler (media)|Spoiler]] Alert: Soyeon."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ahn |first=Yoon-ji |date=May 4, 2023 |title=(여자)아이들 소연, 퀸카 되기 전..신보 수록곡 일부 공개 |trans-title=(G)I-DLE's So-yeon, before becoming a queen... Some of the songs in the new album are released |url=https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/article/108/0003149816 |access-date=May 16, 2023 |website=Star News |language=ko}}</ref> The video displays Soyeon spending her time in a "[[Lethargy|lethargic]] and boring way." She then turns on her laptop and finds a lecture page titled "How to be a queen." She then transforms into "a new liberation zone," after she presses the register button, the video ends afterward."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Byung-cheol|first=Yoo|date=May 4, 2023|title=(여자)아이들, 'Spoiler Alert : 소연' 공개…소연의 강렬한 변신 '기대 UP'|trans-title=(G)I-DLE releases 'Spoiler Alert: Soyeon'... Soyeon's intense transformation 'expectations UP'|url=https://www.wowtv.co.kr/NewsCenter/News/Read?articleId=A202305040377&t=NN|access-date=May 12, 2023|website=Korea Economy TV|language=ko}}</ref> On May 9, 2023, Cube uploaded five individual teaser photos for each member of the group on their social media accounts, confirming the song's release date to be May 10.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hyo-jin|first=Jeon|date=May 9, 2023|title=(여자)아이들, 수록곡 '알러지' 콘셉트 사진 공개|trans-title=(G)I-DLE, released concept photos for b-side song 'Allergies'|url=https://sports.donga.com/article/all/20230509/119208620/1|access-date=May 12, 2023|website=[[The Dong-a Ilbo|Sports Donga]]|language=ko}}</ref>


==Music and lyrics==
==Music and lyrics==
"Allergy" includes two lyrical references: Shuhua's verses "I also want to dance 'Hype Boy' " playing on the lyric [[NewJeans]]' "[[Hype Boy]]" and "But on the screen, I'd look like tomboy" from their 2022 hit single "[[Tomboy ((G)I-dle song)|Tomboy]]".<ref name="NME">{{cite news |last1=Ziwei|first1=Puah|title=Watch (G)I-DLE's teen movie-inspired music video for ‘Allergy’|url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/gi-dles-allergy-music-video-hype-boy-new-jeans-reference-3441557|access-date=May 12, 2023|work=[[NME]]|date=May 10, 2023}}</ref>
"Allergy" was written, composed, and [[Arrangement|arranged]] by Soyeon, with additional credits from Pop Time, Daily, and Likey.<ref>{{Cite web |title=I feel – (여자)아이들 |url=http://www.melon.com/album/detail.htm?albumId=11240232 |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=[[Melon (online music service)| Melon]] |language=ko}}</ref> The song was originally intended to be a story about love, but due to Soyeon wanting to talk about "[[self-esteem]] and [[confidence]]" as well as the members who are "full" of the latter two, she got inspired by them and changed the theme of the song.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mina |first=Gong |date=May 15, 2023 |title=(여자)아이들 전소연 "영감의 원천=멤버들...모두 자존감 높아" |trans-title=(G)I-DLE's Jeon So-yeon "The source of inspiration = the members... All of them have high self-esteem" |url=https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/article/477/0000428676 |access-date=May 16, 2023 |website=Spotify News |language=ko |via=[[Naver]]}}</ref> Musically, it is a [[pop-punk]] song<ref>{{Cite web |last=Daly |first=Rhian |date=2023-05-18 |title=(G)I-DLE – 'I Feel' review: destined to be their most divisive release yet |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/gidle-i-feel-queencard-review-3444985 |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> with lyrics that expresses the double meaning of wanting to love themselves while they resent themself by comparing themselves to others.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Seon |first=Mi-kyung |date=May 10, 2023 |title='컴백' (여자)아이들, 'Allergy' 뮤직비디오 선공개..하이틴 영화 |trans-title='Comeback' (G)I-DLE, pre-release music video for 'Allergy'...teen movie |url=https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/article/109/0004846881 |access-date=May 18, 2023 |website=OSEN |language=ko}}</ref> It includes two lyrical references: Shuhua's verses "I also want to dance 'Hype Boy'" play on the lyric from [[NewJeans]]'s song "[[Hype Boy]]," and the second reference is in the verses "But on the screen, I'd look like [a] tomboy," referencing the group's 2022 hit single "[[Tomboy ((G)I-dle song)|Tomboy]]."<ref name="NME">{{cite news |last1=Ziwei|first1=Puah|title=Watch (G)I-DLE's teen movie-inspired music video for 'Allergy'|url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/gi-dles-allergy-music-video-hype-boy-new-jeans-reference-3441557|access-date=May 12, 2023|work=[[NME]]|date=May 10, 2023}}</ref>


==Critical reception==
==Critical reception==
Lee Ye-ju of ''[[Kyunghyang Shinmun]]'' describes the song as "honest" as it "emphasized the relative deprivation the speaker felt through social media."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ye-ju|first=Lee|date=May 11, 2023|title=[스경X초점] 걸그룹이 노래하는 ‘SNS 부작용’|trans-title=[Sugyeong X Focus] 'SNS Side Effects' Singed by Girl Groups|url=https://sports.khan.co.kr/entertainment/sk_index.html?art_id=202305111536003&sec_id=540301&pt=nv|access-date=May 12, 2023|website=[[Kyunghyang Shinmun]]|language=ko}}</ref> Writing for ''Asian Junkie'', IATFB calling the song "a pop-rock romp that throws us back to the early-00s, keeping a straightforward momentum and going for anthemic melodies in the chorus" and calling it "a quality, energy-lifting song and a great table-setter for [''[[I Feel]]''] what's to come. The writer also noted the track's similarity to [[2NE1]]'s "Ugly", commenting that "in terms of sound ("Ugly" was synthier) and lyrical content (the same, "Allergy" is just modernized)".<ref name="AJ">{{cite news |last1=IATFB|first1=|title=Quick Reviews: (G)I-DLE’s “Allergy” is almost like a modernized 2NE1’s “Ugly”|url=https://www.asianjunkie.com/2023/05/09/quick-reviews-gi-dles-allergy-is-almost-like-a-modernized-2ne1s-ugly/|access-date=May 12, 2023|work=Aian Junkie|date=May 10, 2023}}</ref> ''Leisure Byte'' reviewer Hrishita Das, describes the song "speak volumes about how women's empowerment is portrayed in the media during present times. Women are expected to look pretty, wear the trendiest clothes and display confidence every step of the way. Moreover, having a 'perfect' body is a must to look and feel like a 'Queen'. The ones who do not go the extra mile to 'serve' looks are humiliated and treated like an outcast."<ref name="LB">{{cite news |last1=Hrishita Das|first1=|title=Allergy Music Video: (G)I-DLE Give Lessons on How to Be a ‘Queen’ in the Latest Track|url=https://www.leisurebyte.com/allergy-music-video-gi-dle/|access-date=May 12, 2023|work=Leisure Byte|date=May 9, 2023}}</ref>
Lee Ye-ju of ''[[Kyunghyang Shinmun]]'' describes the song as "honest" as it "emphasized the relative deprivation the speaker felt through social media."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ye-ju|first=Lee|date=May 11, 2023|title=[스경X초점] 걸그룹이 노래하는 'SNS 부작용'|trans-title=[Sugyeong X Focus] 'SNS Side Effects' Singed by Girl Groups|url=https://sports.khan.co.kr/entertainment/sk_index.html?art_id=202305111536003&sec_id=540301&pt=nv|access-date=May 12, 2023|website=[[Kyunghyang Shinmun]]|language=ko}}</ref> ''Leisure Byte'' reviewer Hrishita Das, wrote about the song, "speak volumes about how women's empowerment is portrayed in the media during present times. Women are expected to look pretty, wear the trendiest clothes and display confidence every step of the way. Moreover, having a 'perfect' body is a must to look and feel like a 'Queen'. The ones who do not go the extra mile to 'serve' looks are humiliated and treated like an outcast."<ref name="LB">{{cite news |last1=Hrishita Das|first1=|title=Allergy Music Video: (G)I-DLE Give Lessons on How to Be a 'Queen' in the Latest Track|url=https://www.leisurebyte.com/allergy-music-video-gi-dle/|access-date=May 12, 2023|work=Leisure Byte|date=May 9, 2023}}</ref>

"Allergy" was named the best K-pop songs of 2023 by ''Zenerate''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://realzenerate.com/list-2023kpop/|last=Kim|first=Do-heon|date=December 28, 2023|language=ko|website=Zenerate|script-title=ko:[2023년 결산] 올해의 케이팝 30|trans-title=[2023 Closing] 30 K-Pop of the Year|access-date=December 30, 2023}}</ref>


==Music video==
==Music video==
On May 10, 2023, Cube released the music video for "Allergy", through (G)I-dle's official [[YouTube]] channel.<ref name=video">{{Cite web |last=Jun-ho|first=Yoon|date=May 10, 2023|title=(여자)아이들, 수록곡 'Allergy'(알러지) 뮤직비디오 선공개|trans-title=(G)I-DLE, the pre-release music video for the b-side song 'Allergy'|url=https://tenasia.hankyung.com/music/article/2023051041764|access-date=May 12, 2023|website=TenAsia|language=ko}}</ref> This video recorded 5 million views in less than 24 hours after being released on YouTube, and reaction videos of foreign fans who watched the music video are being produced and uploaded.<ref name="sbs">{{Cite web |last=Kyung-yoon|first=Kang|date=May 10, 2023|title=[뮤직Y] 여자(아이들)·피프티피프티...날아라 '4세대 걸그룹'|trans-title=[Music Y] (G)I-dle and Fifty Fifty... '4th generation girl group'|url=https://ent.sbs.co.kr/news/article.do?article_id=E10010270520|access-date=May 12, 2023|website=[[Seoul Broadcasting System|SBS Entertainment News]]|language=ko}}</ref>
On May 10, 2023, Cube released the music video of the song, through (G)I-dle's official YouTube channel.<ref name="video">{{Cite web |last=Jun-ho|first=Yoon|date=May 10, 2023|title=(여자)아이들, 수록곡 'Allergy'(알러지) 뮤직비디오 선공개|trans-title=(G)I-DLE, the pre-release music video for the b-side song 'Allergy'|url=https://tenasia.hankyung.com/music/article/2023051041764|access-date=May 12, 2023|website=TenAsia|language=ko}}</ref> The video recorded 5 million views in less than 24 hours after being released on YouTube.<ref name="sbs">{{Cite web |last=Kyung-yoon|first=Kang|date=May 10, 2023|title=[뮤직Y] 여자(아이들)·피프티피프티...날아라 '4세대 걸그룹'|trans-title=[Music Y] (G)I-dle and Fifty Fifty... '4th generation girl group'|url=https://ent.sbs.co.kr/news/article.do?article_id=E10010270520|access-date=May 12, 2023|website=[[Seoul Broadcasting System|SBS Entertainment News]]|language=ko}}</ref>


===Synopsis===
===Synopsis===
The video was filmed in the United States and was inspired by the 2018 American movie ''[[I Feel Pretty (film)|I Feel Pretty]].''<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mina |first=Gong |date=May 15, 2023 |title=(여자)아이들 전소연 "'알러지' MV, 교훈 대신 가벼움·코믹함 담았다" |trans-title=(G)I-DLE Jeon So-yeon "'Allergy' MV contains lightness and comedy instead of lessons" |url=https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/article/477/0000428672 |access-date=May 16, 2023 |website=Spotify News |language=ko |via=[[Naver]]}}</ref> The video was described as a critique of social media culture and how it can influence people's lives.<ref name="NME"/> it showcases two sides: a woman who is "perfect" but feels that her life is "empty and hollow," and another who is craves to look like the first woman. However, when the 'perfect' one tries to forget her problems by spending money and socializing with the elite class, she is still held down by her own insecurities created inside her mind.<ref name="LB"/>
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The video was described to be a critique of social media culture and how it can influence people's lives.<ref name="NME"/> In the video it showed two sides: a woman who is perfect but feels that their lives are empty and hollow, and another who craves to look like them and live their fantasy lives. However, the 'perfect' one tries to forget their problems by spending money and socializing with the elite class, they are still held down by their own insecurities created inside their minds.<ref name="LB"/> The video stars Soyeon, as the female protagonist, and [[Cho Mi-yeon|Miyeon]], [[Minnie (singer)|Minnie]], [[Song Yuqi|Yuqi]], and Shuhua as popular girls in school who set out to give Soyeon a makeover. The video begins with Soyeon feeling trapped in an appearance complex - looking in the mirror and making a dissatisfied expression. The daily life of Miyeon, Minnie, Yuqi, and Shuhua, who spend a splendid day, is illuminated in turn, and the story of Soyeon admiring them unfolds, giving the feeling of watching a high-teen movie.<ref name=video"/> On another hand, a few members try to cope with the negative and mean comments on social media that ultimately affects their mental health.<ref name="LB"/> Towards the end of the video, Soyeon was ready to go under the knife in order to change her looks to fit in with her friends.<ref name="NME"/>

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The video took the form of a "[[Teen film|high-teen]]" movie,<ref name="video" /> starting with Soyeon, who is playing the role of an insecure protagonist while [[Cho Mi-yeon|Miyeon]], [[Minnie (singer)|Minnie]], [[Song Yuqi|Yuqi]], and Shuhua are playing the roles of the "popular girls in school" who set out to give Soyeon a [[makeover]]. The video begins with Soyeon feeling trapped in "an appearance complex" – looking in the mirror and making a "dissatisfied expression" towards her own appearance. The video then cuts to show snippets of the daily lives of the popular girls, who spend a "splendid day" in compressing to Soyeon, who admires the latters and wishes to be them.<ref name="video" /> On other hand, the video shows a few members trying to cope with the negative and "mean" comments on social media that ultimately affects their [[mental health]].<ref name="LB" /> Towards the end of the video, Soyeon was ready to go under the knife in order to change her looks and fit in with her friends.<ref name="NME" />


===Reception===
===Reception===
Kang Kyung-yoon writing for ''[[Seoul Broadcasting System|SBS Entertainment News]]'' regarded the video "A story with a clear theme was completed with a 3-4 minute song, and the scene spreading around the world through a complete music video is very meaningful. In this process, the language barrier is not felt at all."<ref name="sbs"/> IATFB of ''Asian Junkie'' opined that the video's combination of theme and music video is "good as any comeback, seemingly set at a 00s teen movie and providing visually striking cues at every corner to help reinforce their messaging and helping to ultimately enhance the "Allergy" experience.<ref name="AJ"/> ''Leisure Byte'''s Hrishita Das noted the vibrant costumes and make-up used in the video that adds the "elegance" of the music video. "The colour pink is thoroughly used to display a more feminine perspective and visual the cliched appeal" and praised the group's music video, camera work in vivid locations that makes the music video stand out more.<ref name="LB"/>
Kang Kyung-yoon writing for ''[[Seoul Broadcasting System|SBS Entertainment News]]'' regarded the video as "a story with a clear theme was completed with a 3–4 minute song, and the scene spreading around the world through a complete music video is very meaningful. In this process, the language barrier is not felt at all."<ref name="sbs"/> ''Leisure Byte'''s Hrishita Das noted the vibrant costumes and make-up used in the video that adds the "elegance" of the music video written, "the colour pink is thoroughly used to display a more feminine perspective and visual the cliched appeal" Hrishita went to praise the group's music video, camera work in vivid locations that makes the music video stand out more.<ref name="LB"/>
==Credits and personnel==
Credits adopted from album liner notes.<ref>{{Cite AV media notes |title=I Feel|others=(G)I-dle |year=2023|type=booklets|publisher=Cube Entertainment}}</ref>

'''Studios'''
* Cube Studio – recording
* Ingrid Studio – recording, [[digital editing]]
* Nmore – digital editing
* Klang Studio – [[Audio mixing (recorded music)|mixing]]
* 821 Sound Mastering – [[Mastering (audio)|mastering]]

'''Song credits'''
* [[(G)I-dle]] – vocals
** [[Jeon Soyeon|Soyeon]] – [[Backing vocalist|background vocals]], producer, lyrics, [[Musical composition|composition]], [[arrangement]]
* Kako – background vocals
* Pop Time – composition, arrangement, keyboard
* Daily – composition, arrangement, keyboard
* Likey – composition, arrangement
* Ryo – guitar,bass
* Choi Ye-ji <small>(최예지)</small> – recording
* Yang Young-eun <small>(양영은)</small> – recording
* Jung Eun-kyung <small>(정은경)</small> – digital editing
* Kang Sun-young <small>(강선영)</small> – [[Audio engineer|engineer]]
* Gu Jong-pil <small>(구종필)</small>
* Kwon Nam-woo <small>(권남우)</small> – mastering
* Yoo Eun-jin <small>(유은진)</small> – assistant mastering

==Charts==
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{{col 2}}
===Weekly charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ Weekly chart performance for "Allergy"
! scope="col"| Chart (2023)
! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
|-
! scope="row"| South Korea ([[Circle Digital Chart|Circle]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://circlechart.kr/page_chart/onoff.circle?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=ALL&targetTime=22&hitYear=2023&termGbn=week&yearTime=3|title=Digital Chart – Week 22 of 2023|website=[[Circle Chart]]|language=ko|access-date=June 8, 2023}}</ref>
| 18
|-
! scope="row"| Taiwan (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/taiwan-songs-hotw/2023-05-27/|title=Taiwan Songs: Week of May 27, 2023|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=May 23, 2023}}</ref>
| 7
|}
{{col 2}}

===Monthly charts===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ Monthly chart performance for "Allergy"
! scope="col"| Chart (2023)
! scope="col"| Position
|-
! scope="row"| South Korea (Circle)<ref>{{cite web |title=Digital Chart – June 2023 |url=https://circlechart.kr/page_chart/onoff.circle?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=ALL&targetTime=06&hitYear=2023&termGbn=month&yearTime=3 |access-date=July 6, 2023 |website=[[Circle Chart]] |language=ko}}</ref>
| 19
|}

===Year-end charts===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ Year-end chart performance for "Allergy"
! scope="col"| Chart (2023)
! scope="col"| Position
|-
! scope="row"| South Korea (Circle)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://circlechart.kr/page_chart/onoff.circle?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=ALL&targetTime=2023&hitYear=2023&termGbn=year&yearTime=3|title=Digital Chart 2023|website=[[Circle Chart]]|access-date=January 12, 2024}}</ref>
| 106
|}
{{col end}}


==References==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
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==External links==
* {{YouTube|u0bkftEuVec|Audio}}
* {{YouTube|SWC8DXoV7ts|Performance video}}
* {{YouTube|PITjb4VZHpQ|Live Clip}}


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Latest revision as of 18:14, 24 March 2024

"Allergy"
Promotional graphic
Song by (G)I-dle
from the album I Feel
Language
  • Korean
  • English
ReleasedMay 15, 2023 (2023-05-15)
Studio
  • Cube Studio
  • Ingrid Studio
GenrePop punk
Length2:42
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Soyeon
Music video
"Allergy" on YouTube

"Allergy" is a song recorded by South Korean girl group (G)I-dle. It is the second track on the group's sixth extended play, I Feel (2023), which was released on May 15, 2023, through Cube Entertainment. The track was written, composed, and arranged by Soyeon with additional composition and arrangement handled by PopTime, Daily, and Likey. The song expresses the double meaning of wanting to love themselves while they resent themself by comparing themselves to others.

Background and promotion[edit]

On May 4, 2023, Cube Entertainment released snippets of the song in the form of a teaser video through the group's official SNS, titled "Spoiler Alert: Soyeon."[1] The video displays Soyeon spending her time in a "lethargic and boring way." She then turns on her laptop and finds a lecture page titled "How to be a queen." She then transforms into "a new liberation zone," after she presses the register button, the video ends afterward."[2] On May 9, 2023, Cube uploaded five individual teaser photos for each member of the group on their social media accounts, confirming the song's release date to be May 10.[3]

Music and lyrics[edit]

"Allergy" was written, composed, and arranged by Soyeon, with additional credits from Pop Time, Daily, and Likey.[4] The song was originally intended to be a story about love, but due to Soyeon wanting to talk about "self-esteem and confidence" as well as the members who are "full" of the latter two, she got inspired by them and changed the theme of the song.[5] Musically, it is a pop-punk song[6] with lyrics that expresses the double meaning of wanting to love themselves while they resent themself by comparing themselves to others.[7] It includes two lyrical references: Shuhua's verses "I also want to dance 'Hype Boy'" play on the lyric from NewJeans's song "Hype Boy," and the second reference is in the verses "But on the screen, I'd look like [a] tomboy," referencing the group's 2022 hit single "Tomboy."[8]

Critical reception[edit]

Lee Ye-ju of Kyunghyang Shinmun describes the song as "honest" as it "emphasized the relative deprivation the speaker felt through social media."[9] Leisure Byte reviewer Hrishita Das, wrote about the song, "speak volumes about how women's empowerment is portrayed in the media during present times. Women are expected to look pretty, wear the trendiest clothes and display confidence every step of the way. Moreover, having a 'perfect' body is a must to look and feel like a 'Queen'. The ones who do not go the extra mile to 'serve' looks are humiliated and treated like an outcast."[10]

"Allergy" was named the best K-pop songs of 2023 by Zenerate.[11]

Music video[edit]

On May 10, 2023, Cube released the music video of the song, through (G)I-dle's official YouTube channel.[12] The video recorded 5 million views in less than 24 hours after being released on YouTube.[13]

Synopsis[edit]

The video was filmed in the United States and was inspired by the 2018 American movie I Feel Pretty.[14] The video was described as a critique of social media culture and how it can influence people's lives.[8] it showcases two sides: a woman who is "perfect" but feels that her life is "empty and hollow," and another who is craves to look like the first woman. However, when the 'perfect' one tries to forget her problems by spending money and socializing with the elite class, she is still held down by her own insecurities created inside her mind.[10]

The video took the form of a "high-teen" movie,[12] starting with Soyeon, who is playing the role of an insecure protagonist while Miyeon, Minnie, Yuqi, and Shuhua are playing the roles of the "popular girls in school" who set out to give Soyeon a makeover. The video begins with Soyeon feeling trapped in "an appearance complex" – looking in the mirror and making a "dissatisfied expression" towards her own appearance. The video then cuts to show snippets of the daily lives of the popular girls, who spend a "splendid day" in compressing to Soyeon, who admires the latters and wishes to be them.[12] On other hand, the video shows a few members trying to cope with the negative and "mean" comments on social media that ultimately affects their mental health.[10] Towards the end of the video, Soyeon was ready to go under the knife in order to change her looks and fit in with her friends.[8]

Reception[edit]

Kang Kyung-yoon writing for SBS Entertainment News regarded the video as "a story with a clear theme was completed with a 3–4 minute song, and the scene spreading around the world through a complete music video is very meaningful. In this process, the language barrier is not felt at all."[13] Leisure Byte's Hrishita Das noted the vibrant costumes and make-up used in the video that adds the "elegance" of the music video written, "the colour pink is thoroughly used to display a more feminine perspective and visual the cliched appeal" Hrishita went to praise the group's music video, camera work in vivid locations that makes the music video stand out more.[10]

Credits and personnel[edit]

Credits adopted from album liner notes.[15]

Studios

  • Cube Studio – recording
  • Ingrid Studio – recording, digital editing
  • Nmore – digital editing
  • Klang Studio – mixing
  • 821 Sound Mastering – mastering

Song credits

  • (G)I-dle – vocals
  • Kako – background vocals
  • Pop Time – composition, arrangement, keyboard
  • Daily – composition, arrangement, keyboard
  • Likey – composition, arrangement
  • Ryo – guitar,bass
  • Choi Ye-ji (최예지) – recording
  • Yang Young-eun (양영은) – recording
  • Jung Eun-kyung (정은경) – digital editing
  • Kang Sun-young (강선영) – engineer
  • Gu Jong-pil (구종필)
  • Kwon Nam-woo (권남우) – mastering
  • Yoo Eun-jin (유은진) – assistant mastering

Charts[edit]

References[edit]

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  2. ^ Byung-cheol, Yoo (May 4, 2023). "(여자)아이들, 'Spoiler Alert : 소연' 공개…소연의 강렬한 변신 '기대 UP'" [(G)I-DLE releases 'Spoiler Alert: Soyeon'... Soyeon's intense transformation 'expectations UP']. Korea Economy TV (in Korean). Retrieved May 12, 2023.
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  13. ^ a b Kyung-yoon, Kang (May 10, 2023). "[뮤직Y] 여자(아이들)·피프티피프티...날아라 '4세대 걸그룹'" [[Music Y] (G)I-dle and Fifty Fifty... '4th generation girl group']. SBS Entertainment News (in Korean). Retrieved May 12, 2023.
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