"Kill Bill" (Korean: 킬빌) is a song recorded by South Korean girl group Brown Eyed Girls for their fifth studio album Black Box (2013). Named after the eponymous martial arts films by American director Quentin Tarantino, the electro-pop song was written by the group's long time lyricist Kim Eana and Miryo, while member JeA composed and arranged the song under the moniker Candy Sound. Accompanied with a seven-minute long music video that paid homage to the plot of the inspired film, it was released as the second and final single from Black Box on July 29, 2013 by Nega Network and LOEN Entertainment, to coincide with its parental album release.
| "Kill Bill" | ||||
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| Single by Brown Eyed Girls | ||||
| from the album Black Box | ||||
| Language | Korean | |||
| Released | July 29, 2013 | |||
| Recorded | 2013 | |||
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| Length | 3:26 | |||
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| Songwriter(s) | ||||
| Producer(s) | Candy Sound | |||
| Brown Eyed Girls singles chronology | ||||
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| Music video | ||||
| "KILL BILL(킬빌)" on YouTube | ||||
Upon its release, "Kill Bill" received positive reviews from critics for its "easy-breezy, Western-themed" pop tune and the competence of all members, further praising member Miryo for her rap performance.[1][2] The song also attained commercial success for the group, becoming their sixth top ten entry on the Gaon Digital Chart, while earning the group their second, and to date, highest entry on the Billboard World Digital Songs chart, peaking at number twelve. To further promote the song, Brown Eyed Girls appeared on several South Korea television music programs to perform the track, along with their previous single "Recipe".
Background and release
editFollowing the release of "Recipe" on July 9, 2013 to both critical and commercial success, the group released their first image teaser for their upcoming fifth studio album, titled Black Box, on July 23, 2013.[3][4] A music video teaser was released three days later, confirming the group's next single to be "Kill Bill".[5] Along with the digital release of its parental album, the seven-minute length music video for the single was released on July 29, 2013, while a performance video was later released on August 2, 2013.
Composition
edit"Kill Bill" was written by the group's long time lyricist Kim Eana and member Miryo, while production and arrangement was handled by member JeA under her moniker Candy Sound.[6] A dominant electro-pop and dance-pop track, the song begins with an "addictive whistle hook", thus portraying the old Western movie reflection. It also draws comparisons to the work of Dr. Luke by Jeff Benjamin of Billboard, citing its "crunchy synths and lively guitar strumming" with knocking beat as the prime elements.[1] Running a total length of three minutes and twenty-six seconds, it follows the common verse-chorus form, and is composed in the key of D♭ major with a tempo of 128 beat-per-minute.[7] Lyrically, the song is heavily themed around the titular martial arts film by American director Quentin Tarantino, telling the story of a woman "mocking" the man who did her wrong, further "laughing" at his despair that their relationship is over with the hook "So don't you want to kill me?", performed by member Miryo.
Charts and performance
editThe song was released to various digital outlets in 2013, after which it quickly topped various online charts.[8][9]
References
edit- ^ a b "Brown Eyed Girls' 'Black Box' Album Makes Appeal to Global Mainstream". Billboard. 2013-07-31. Retrieved 2020-08-07.
- ^ "Neo Music Communication IZM". IZM. Retrieved 2020-08-07.
- ^ "브아걸, 5집 티저 사진 공개 . 여전사 이미지는 잊어라?". photo.chosun.com. 28 July 2020. Retrieved 2020-08-12.
- ^ "'비비드한 브아걸'..5집 '블랙박스' 티저 이미지 공개". 이데일리 (in Korean). 2013-07-23. Retrieved 2020-08-12.
- ^ "[Teaser] Brown Eyed Girls(브라운아이드걸스) _ KILL BILL(킬빌) - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2020-08-12.
- ^ "Black Box". Melon (in Korean). Retrieved 2020-08-12.
- ^ "Key & BPM for Kill Bill by Brown Eyed Girls | Tunebat". tunebat.com. Retrieved 2020-08-12.
- ^ (in Korean) Kim, Jae-hwan. 브아걸 ‘아브라카다브라’ 3주연속 1위 (Brown Eyed Girls' "Abracadabra" 3-Week #1) Archived 2009-09-07 at the Wayback Machine. Joins.com/Newsen. August 20, 2009. Retrieved August 31, 2009.
- ^ (in Korean) 브아걸 "당당한 섹시미로 독기 품었죠" (Brown Eyed Girls: "Strong Sexiness Led to Malicious Remarks"). SBS News. July 31, 2009. Retrieved August 31, 2009.