Do Not Touch

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"Do Not Touch"
Single by MiSaMo
from the EP Masterpiece
LanguageJapanese
ReleasedJuly 14, 2023 (2023-07-14)
Studio JYPE Studios (Seoul)
Genre R&B [1]
Length3:05
Label Warner Japan
Composer(s)
  • Hyuk Shin (153/Joombas)
  • Ashley Alisha (153/Joombas)
  • MRey (153/Joombas)
Lyricist(s)
Producer(s) MRey (153/Joombas)
MiSaMo singles chronology
"Marshmallow"
(2023)		"Do Not Touch"
(2023)		"New Look"
(2024)
Music video
"Do Not Touch " on YouTube

"Do Not Touch" is a song recorded by MiSaMo. It was released as the lead single of their debut extended play Masterpiece . The song was pre-released for streaming and digital download on July 14, 2023.

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Release and promotion

On February 9, 2023, JYP Entertainment announced that the trio would debut as MiSaMo with an extended play on July 26. [2] On June 14, they revealed the tracklist and "Do Not Touch" was confirmed as the lead single. The song was pre-released digitally on July 14 with an accompanying music video. [3] [4]

On July 21, MiSaMo performed "Do Not Touch" for the first time on TV Asahi's Music Station . [5] [6] On August 19, the group performed "Do Not Touch" on Venue101 Presents MiSaMo Masterpiece Show, a special live broadcast of NHK's music program Venue101. [7] They also performed the song on NHK's New Year's Eve television special, Kōhaku Uta Gassen , on December 31. [8]

Composition

"Do Not Touch" is an R&B song [1] that highlights the charm, color and maturity of the three members. Lyrically, it discusses the importance of consent in relationships, and contains the message that everyone is a noble being worthy of respect. [9] [10] Its lyrical concept is a play on the phrase "Do not touch" used as a warning against touching artwork in art galleries. [11] [12] The song is composed in the key of E♭ minor with a tempo of 150 beats per minute. [13]

Music video

The music video for "Do Not Touch", directed by Guzza, was released on July 14, 2023, the same day as the song's release. [14] It opens with MiSaMo posing like statues in a "luxurious castle compound" and is interspersed with black-and-white dance scenes reminiscent of Beyoncé's "Single Ladies" music video. [4] [10] The sets and costumes used in the music video reference several classical paintings, including Botticelli's The Birth of Venus , Jean-Honoré Fragonard's The Swing , and Gustav Klimt's The Tree of Life, Stoclet Frieze . [10] It ends with a shot of the members transforming into a framed painting in an art gallery; the painting is behind a rope barrier with a sign stating "Do not touch". [15]

Credits and personnel

Charts

Chart performance for "Do Not Touch"
Chart (2023)Peak
position
Japan (Japan Hot 100) [16] 58
Japan Combined Singles (Oricon) [17] 45
New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ) [18] 17
US World Digital Song Sales ( Billboard ) [19] 13

Release history

Release history for "Do Not Touch"
RegionDateFormatLabelRef
VariousJuly 14, 2023 [15]

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