Smart (song)

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"Smart"
Le Sserafim - Smart.png
Remixes cover
Single by Le Sserafim
from the EP Easy
Language
  • Korean
  • English
ReleasedMarch 5, 2024 (2024-03-05)
Genre Amapiano
Length2:46
Label
Songwriter(s)
  • Score (13)
  • Megatone (13)
  • Supreme Boi
  • Arineh Karimi
  • BB Elliot
  • Zzz
  • "Hitman" Bang
  • Paige Garabito
  • Huh Yun-jin
  • Jasmin Lee Maming
  • Teodor Herrgårdh
  • Hadar Adora
  • Charli
  • Lee Eun-hwa (153/Joombas)
Producer(s) 13
Le Sserafim singles chronology
"Easy"
(2024)		"Smart"
(2024)
Music video
"Smart" on YouTube

"Smart" is a song recorded by South Korean girl group Le Sserafim for their third extended play Easy . It was released as the EP's second single by Source Music on March 5, 2024.

Contents

Background and release

On January 22, 2024, Source Music announced that Le Sserafim would be releasing their third extended play titled Easy on February 19. [1] On February 7, five track sampler videos were released. [2] A day later, the track listing was released, with "Smart" confirmed as a song on the album. [3] [4] The music videos teaser was released on March 4 [5] and the music video was released the following day, on March 5. [6] On March 20, it was announced that an English version and remixes of the song would be released on March 22. [7]

Composition

"Smart" was written and produced by Score and Megatone of the production collective 13, with Supreme Boi, Arineh Karimi, BB Elliot, Zzz, "Hitman" Bang, Paige Garabito, Jasmin Lee Maming, Teodor Herrgårdh, Hadar Adora, Charli, Lee Eun-hwa, and Le Sserafim member Huh Yun-jin participating in the writing. [4] The song was described as an Afropop-inspired Amapiano song. [8] "Smart" was composed in the key of C-sharp major, with a tempo of 113 beats per minute. [9]

Music video

The music video directed by Yong Seok Choi was released by Source Music on March 5, 2024. [10] In the video, the members "[perform] the song's accompanying choreography in the middle of a large, empty warehouse adorned with numerous large tapestries of art hung from the ceiling and on the walls." [6]

Track listing

  1. "Smart" – 2:46
  2. "Smart" (English version) – 2:46
  3. "Smart" (smartest remix) – 2:56
  4. "Smart" (chill remix) – 2:42
  5. "Smart" (Miami bass remix) – 2:15
  6. "Smart" (festival house remix) – 2:25
  7. "Smart" (sped up version) – 2:09
  8. "Smart" (slowed + reverb remix) – 3:55
  9. "Smart" (instrumental) – 2:46

Personnel

Adapted from the album liner notes. [11]

Charts

Release history

Release history for "Easy"
RegionDateFormatVersionLabel
VariousFebruary 19, 2024Original
March 22, 2024
  • English
  • Remixes

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