How long was there between you writing the song and it being released to the world? We wrote the song and sent it to the label late March or early April last year and then the song came out in August, which actually is pretty quick in music. The only tricky bit was getting the lyrics right. There were about five lines that we had to change. But, again, we got it done quite quickly, because we kind of knew exactly what we needed to do and we gave them lots of options.
The vocals were the next piece to get done. I received vocal stems from them, which is You probably won't even hear them, but they're all in there tucked away. Absolutely insane. I've never seen anything like it.
The morning before the song came out, they found out who had written it, so Jess and I, our Instagrams, Twitters and everything just went absolutely berserk. I tweeted something a few weeks ago and it had something like 75, retweets on it — bear in mind, I'm not really a Twitter person at all and I don't really tweet much. Their fans are the most incredible fanbase you could ever ask for really. Head to GQ 's Vero channel for exclusive music content and insider access into the GQ world, from behind-the-scenes insight to recommendations from our editors and high-profile talent.
Seeing Blackpink live is proof K-pop is the future. SuperM are the stylish K-pop superheroes destined for world domination. So what was it like to record the song and specifically tailor it for BTS? Stewart explains, "Because they're such an animated fun, almost like happy-go-lucky group, they brought this animation to it. That's what the song needed, because all the lyrics were fun. You know, sing song, ping pong, King Kong. You can't take yourself too seriously to sing those lyrics.
He says they went back and forth with BTS' camp a few times to change lyrics as needed, because some of the original lines weren't PG or made references that didn't land. Ultimately, the music producer felt it was "incredible" that the superstars effortlessly sang it in English when only one member, RM , speaks the language fluently.
Stewart adds that he used voice notes to give tips on enunciating certain words. He adds, "It was just one of those difficult things [because] obviously I couldn't be in the same room as them. So, I mean, hats off to them again. To help keep your account secure, please log-in again. You are no longer onsite at your organization.
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