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"Loco"
Single by Itzy
from the album Crazy in Love
LanguageKorean
ReleasedSeptember 24, 2021 (2021-09-24)
GenreK-pop
Length3:11
Label
Composer(s)
  • Star Wars (Galactika)
  • Atenna (Galactika)
  • Woo Bin (Galactika)
Lyricist(s)
  • Star Wars (Galactika)
  • Sophia Pae
Itzy singles chronology
"In the Morning"
(2021)
"Loco"
(2021)
Music video
"Loco" on YouTube

"Loco" (stylized in all-caps) is a song recorded by South Korean girl group Itzy for their first Korean studio album Crazy in Love. It was released as the lead single on September 24, 2021, by JYP Entertainment. An English version was also included in the album. The song was written by Star Wars (Galactika), and composed by Star Wars (Galactika), Atenna (Galactika), and Woo Bin (Galactika), and arranged by Team Galactika. The English version was written by Star Wars (Galactika) and Sophia Pae.

Background and release

On August 13, 2021, JYP Entertainment announced that Itzy would be releasing their first studio album titled Crazy in Love on September 24, with "Loco" announced as the lead single.[1] On September 7, the group teaser photo was released.[2] On September 20, a highlight medley teaser video was released.[3] On September 22, the music video teaser was released.[4] The song along with the music video was released on September 24.[5]

Composition

"Loco" was written by Star Wars (Galactika), composed by Star Wars (Galactika), Athena (Galactika), and Woo Bin (Galactika), and arranged by Team Galactika. The English version was written by Star Wars (Galactika) with Sophia Pae.[6] "Loco" was composed in the key of C-sharp major, with a tempo of 102 beats per minute.[7]

Commercial performance

"Loco" debuted at position 97 on South Korea's Gaon Digital Chart in the chart issue dated September 19–25, 2021.[8] The song also debuted at position 7, 172, and 57 on Gaon Download Chart, Gaon Streaming Chart, and Gaon BGM Chart, respectively, in the chart issue dated September 19–25, 2021.[9][10][11] The song then ascended to position 26 and 31 on Gaon Digital Chart and Gaon Streaming Chart, respectively, in the chart issue dated October 3–9, 2021.[12][13] The song debuted at position 44, 27, and 4 on Billboard's Global 200, K-pop Hot 100, and World Digital Song Sales, respectively, in the chart issue dated October 9, 2021.[14][15][16] The song debuted at position 5 on Singapore's RIAS's Top Streaming Chart in the chart issue dated September 24–30, 2021.[17] The song also debuted at position 4 on RIAS Top Regional Chart in the chart issue dated September 24–30, 2021.[17]

Promotion

Prior to the album's release, on September 24, 2021, Itzy held a live event called "ITZY #OUTNOW COMEBACK SHOW" on Naver Now to introduce the album and communicate with their fans.[18] Following the release of the album, the group performed "Loco" on four music programs: KBS2's Music Bank on September 24, MBC's Show! Music Core on September 25, SBS's Inkigayo on September 26, and Mnet's M Countdown on September 30.[19][20][21][22] The group also performed on The Kelly Clarkson Show on September 27.[23]

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from Melon.[6]

Studio

Personnel

  • Itzy – vocals, background vocals
  • Star Wars (Galactika) – Korean lyrics, composition, recording
  • Athena (Galactika) – composition, digital editing, synthesizer, keyboard, bass
  • Woo Bin (Galactika) – composition, synthesizer, keyboard, bass
  • Team Galactika – arrangement
  • Chang (Galactika) – drums, keyboard, bass
  • Park Cella Kim – guitar
  • Friday (Galactika) – background vocals, vocal directing
  • e.NA (Galactika) – background vocals
  • OGI (Galactika) – background vocals
  • Sophia Pae – English lyrics, background vocals
  • Aiden – background vocals
  • Um Se-hee – recording, digital editing
  • Park Eun-jung – recording
  • Jaycen Joshua – mixing
  • Jacob Richards – mixing (assistant)
  • Mike Seaberg – mixing (assistant)
  • DJ Riggins – mixing (assistant)
  • Chris Gehringer – mastering

Accolades

Music program awards
Program Network Date (3 total) Ref.
Music Bank KBS2 October 8, 2021 [24]
Inkigayo SBS October 10, 2021 [25]
M Countdown Mnet October 14, 2021 [26]

Charts

Weekly chart performance for "Loco"
Chart (2021) Peak
position
Global 200 (Billboard)[14] 44
Hungary (Single Top 40)[27] 20
Japan (Japan Hot 100)[28] 46
Malaysia (RIM)[29] 11
New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ)[30] 13
Singapore (RIAS)[17] 5
South Korea (Gaon)[12] 26
South Korea (K-pop Hot 100)[31] 23
US World Digital Song Sales (Billboard)[16] 4

Release history

Release history for "Loco"
Region Date Format Label Ref.
Various September 24, 2021 [6]

References

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  2. ^ Yoon Sang-geun (September 7, 2021). "ITZY 컴백 타이틀 'LOCO' 티저..과감한 스타일링 완성" [ITZY comeback title 'LOCO' teaser... Completed bold styling] (in Korean). MT Star News. Archived from the original on September 10, 2021. Retrieved September 28, 2021 – via Naver.
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