The Chaeryeong song that tells you most about her solo debut
ITZY's Chaeryeong dropped her four-track solo debut Lovesick on November 9. Start with Favorite Reason, the cut she co-wrote, then watch what she does with her head and hair on the title track.
Mina Park
ITZY's Chaeryeong released Lovesick on November 9, her first solo mini album after seven years and nine months in the group. She is the third member to go alone, after Yeji's AIR and Yuna's Ice Cream. Four tracks, about twelve and a half minutes. An English version of the title track and the U.S. physical land November 13.
Start with track four, Favorite Reason. JYP credits Chaeryeong as a lyricist with Lee Yeon of ARTiffect. Young Chance, Rebbi James, Rollie, and Josefin Glenmark wrote the music; Rollie arranged it. At her Seoul media showcase she said thank-yous to fans never felt like enough, so she wrote the feeling into a song instead. The chorus says it outright: "You're my favorite reason to believe in love," and she meant MIDZY. The writing is soft, and the credit is the proof she helped shape the record instead of only singing it.
Then go back to the title track and watch what she does with her head. Choi Si-yu and Wang Se-yun wrote the lyrics; mOnSteR nO.9 and Jonna Hall handled the music. HAEINYSS and YURI, who worked on ITZY's THAT'S A NO NO stage for the TUNNEL VISION Seoul shows, set the choreography to her light lines. In group formations she often held those mannerisms back so the five stayed locked. On Lovesick she tilts, whips her hair, and keeps going. She practiced hard enough to stiffen her neck. The chorus and the "Oh my life" cue in the dance practice or the MV make that choice obvious.
Moonlit Club and Scent sit between those poles. Moonlit Club is the dreamier dance track, Ban Yeji on lyrics, Lee Hae Sol, Sim Eunjee, and ADORA on the music side. Scent is alternative R&B with pitched vocals in the post-chorus, closer to the Gain and Sunmi covers she has already done at fan meetings. She said she picked an easy-listening title first so more people would stick around for whatever she tries next, including producing more of it herself.
The whole EP fits one listen. By the end you have the song she wrote for fans and the title-track dancing she was not free to overdo in ITZY.
