Lady Gaga and BLACKPINK come together to bring us some good music during this quarantine that we're all suffering through, and we certainly needed it. "Sour Candy" is a song where the singers compare themselves to, you guessed it, sour candy. This metaphor works well because it feels new. Love is always described as sweet. The stereotypically ideal girlfriend is a "sweet" one. But love, and women, can also be sour, but that doesn't make them any worse or less desirable. In this way, the song is a reminder of the nuances of love and of people.
That being said, the song doesn't take itself too seriously. The first line of the chorus, "I'm sour candy, so sweet then I get a little angry, yeah" evokes the mental image of dancing Sour Patch Kids, which really fits the vibe of the music. Upbeat and high energy throughout, this is a song you can and should get up and dance to while you're stuck at home. It may bring a bit of life back into your soul. Gaga and BLACKPINK keep up the sour candy metaphor for the rest of the song, but as they keep going, the image of Sour Patch Kids disappears as the lyrics get more suggestive. It doesn't take a stretch of the imagination to see the meanings behind lines like "Come, come, unwrap me." Right now, a lot of us are probably feeling starved of human touch, and lines like these just hit different.
K-Pop group BLACKPINK adds a refreshing touch to what might've been a regular Lady Gaga song. Not that there's anything wrong with a regular Lady Gaga song, but it's always good to shake things up a bit. The intercutting of Korean lyrics with the English lyrics was an interesting and unexpected twist. And the Korean lyrics don't detract from the English ones. They actually enhance them and give them context in a larger worldview. BLACKPINK added their own touches to the song while keeping the Lady Gaga vibe intact, which is impressive. This song can serve as an introduction to K-Pop for American listeners of Lady Gaga.
Lady Gaga and BLACKPINK come together to bring us some good music during this quarantine that we're all suffering through, and we certainly needed it. "Sour Candy" is a song where the singers compare themselves to, you guessed it, sour candy. This metaphor works well because it feels new. Love is always described as sweet. The stereotypically ideal girlfriend is a "sweet" one. But love, and women, can also be sour, but that doesn't make them any worse or less desirable. In this way, the song is a reminder of the nuances of love and of people.
That being said, the song doesn't take itself too seriously. The first line of the chorus, "I'm sour candy, so sweet then I get a little angry, yeah" evokes the mental image of dancing Sour Patch Kids, which really fits the vibe of the music. Upbeat and high energy throughout, this is a song you can and should get up and dance to while you're stuck at home. It may bring a bit of life back into your soul. Gaga and BLACKPINK keep up the sour candy metaphor for the rest of the song, but as they keep going, the image of Sour Patch Kids disappears as the lyrics get more suggestive. It doesn't take a stretch of the imagination to see the meanings behind lines like "Come, come, unwrap me." Right now, a lot of us are probably feeling starved of human touch, and lines like these just hit different.
K-Pop group BLACKPINK adds a refreshing touch to what might've been a regular Lady Gaga song. Not that there's anything wrong with a regular Lady Gaga song, but it's always good to shake things up a bit. The intercutting of Korean lyrics with the English lyrics was an interesting and unexpected twist. And the Korean lyrics don't detract from the English ones. They actually enhance them and give them context in a larger worldview. BLACKPINK added their own touches to the song while keeping the Lady Gaga vibe intact, which is impressive. This song can serve as an introduction to K-Pop for American listeners of Lady Gaga.