I'm Not Cool (song)

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"I'm Not Cool"
Single by Hyuna
from the EP I'm Not Cool
Language
ReleasedJanuary 28, 2021 (2021-01-28)
Genre
Length2:54
Label P Nation
Composer(s)
  • Yoo Geon-hyeong
  • Space One
  • Slyme Young
Lyricist(s)
Hyuna singles chronology
"Flower Shower"
(2019)		"I'm Not Cool"
(2021)		"Ping Pong"
(2021)
Music video
"I'm Not Cool" on YouTube

"I'm Not Cool" is a song recorded by South Korean singer-songwriter Hyuna, released on January 28, 2021 under P Nation, simultaneously with the accompanied music video and her seventh EP by the same name, the latter is which the song is from.

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Composition

The song was written by Psy, Hyuna and Dawn. [1] The song is composed in the key E-flat minor and has 116 beats per minute and a running time of 2 minutes and 54 seconds. [2]

Commercial performance

"I'm Not Cool" debuted at number 73 on the South Korean Gaon Digital Chart and the next week the song peaked at number 9, making it Hyuna's first Top 10 entry since her 2016 song How's This?, which peaked at number 5. [3] In the US, the song debuted at number 19 on the Billboard World Digital Song Sales and the next week the song peaked at number 8. [4]

Music video and promotion

On January 26, a first teaser for the music video of "I'm Not Cool" was released. [5] On the next day, the second teaser was released. [6] On January 28, the official music video was released. [7] On January 28, Hyuna held her first comeback stage for the song on Mnet's M Countdown . [8] The next day, Hyuna performed the song on KBS2's Music Bank and You Hee-yeol's Sketchbook . [9] [10] On January 30, Hyuna performed the song on MBC's Show! Music Core [11] and on SBS's Inkigayo the following day. [12]

Accolades

Award and nominations for "I'm Not Cool"
YearOrganizationAwardResultRef.
2021 Mnet Asian Music Awards Best Dance Performance – Solo Nominated [13]
Song of the Year Longlisted [14]
Asian Pop Music AwardsSong of the YearNominated [15]
Best Dance PerformanceNominated
People's Choice Award (Overseas)Won
Top 20 Songs of the Year (Overseas)Won
2022 Gaon Chart Music Awards Song of the Year – JanuaryNominated [16]
Golden Disc Awards Digital Song BonsangNominated [17]
Seoul Music Awards R&B Hiphop AwardWon [18]

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from Melon. [19]

Charts

Chart performance for "I'm Not Cool"
Chart (2021)Peak
position
Billboard Global Excl. U.S. [20] 165
New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ) [21] 25
Singapore (RIAS) [22] 14
South Korea (Gaon) [23] 9
South Korea (Kpop Hot 100) [24] 11
US World Digital Songs (Billboard) [25] 8

Year-end Chart

Chart (2021)Peak
position
South Korea (Gaon) [26] 121

Release history

Release history for "I'm Not Cool"
RegionDateFormatLabel
VariousJanuary 28, 2021
  • P Nation

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