I. Introduction
Pporappippam is a song recorded by SUNMI.
It was released on June 29, 2020, by Makeus Entertainment as a digital single.
Sunmi wrote and co-produced the song with Frants.
II. Background and Release
On May 21, 2020, it was revealed that Sunmi would be making a comeback in late June or early July.
Sunmi revealed that she was originally working on another song but "because these days people feel down and heavy-hearted, [she] wanted to make something that could help them feel refreshed rather than something deep." The song title, which is a romanization of the Korean words for purple-hued night, was chosen because "the violet-colored sky made her feel an undefinable sense of love and joy, but also because she thought that the color purple best described her''.The music video was released on on June 29, 2020.
It was directed by Ziyong Kim of FantazyLab, styled by stylist Kevin Germanier, and the choreography was completed by dancer Lee Yi-jung.
III. Music and Composition
The song, which was co-composed by Sunmi and Frants, incorporates dance pop and city pop sounds and features rhythmic beats and guitar riffs by singer-songwriter Jukjae. Sunmi mentioned during a press event that she "added the flute sound to the intro and hook" in order "to keep [her] own color." When describing the song, she said that "wanted to sonically express those feelings [which] gives you butterflies in your stomach [when] a breeze cools you down on a summer day at sunset after a hot day and you are looking up to the sky at a café terrace."
Rolling Stone India describes the song as "a fun Eighties-synth heavy pop track that falls neatly into the singer-songwriter's signature style that blends nostalgia with modern pop culture to a strangely haunting effect.''
IV. Tracklist
V. Spotify Playlist
VI. Videos
VII. Concept Pictures
VIII. Commercial Performance
"Pporappippam" debuted in the top eight of realtime music charts.
Recording 341,409 streams on Spotify on the day of its release, the song marks Sunmi's best debut on the streaming platform. The song topped the ITunes Charts in Malta, Saudi Arabia, Sweden, Qatar, Finland and Mongolia.
It debuted at number 5 on Billboard World Digital Songs Chart, making Sunmi the only South Korean female soloist with six songs peaking within the top five.
It also debuted at number 5 on the Gaon Digital Chart making it her eighth consecutive top 10 single on the chart.
