"Smart" is a song recorded by South Korean girl group

Le Sserafim Le Sserafim ( ; ; stylized in all caps) is a South Korean girl group formed by Source Music, a sub-label of Hybe Corporation, Hybe. The group consists of five members: Sakura Miyawaki, Sakura, Kim Chaewon, Huh Yunjin, Kazuha, and Hong Eunchae. ...

for their third extended play '' Easy''. It was released as the EP's second single by Source Music on March 5, 2024.

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. On February 7, five track sampler videos were released. A day later, the track listing was released, with "Smart" confirmed as a song on the album. The music videos teaser was released on March 4 and the music video was released the following day, on March 5. On March 20, it was announced that an English version and remixes of the song would be released on March 22.

Composition

"Smart" was written and produced by Score and Megatone of the production collective , 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 Yunjin participating in the writing. The song was described as an

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-inspired

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song. "Smart" was composed in the key of

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, with a

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of 113 beats per minute.

Music video

The music video directed by Yong Seok Choi was released by Source Music on March 5, 2024. In the video, the members " erformthe 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."

Track listing

* Digital download and streaming – Remixes # "Smart" – 2:46 # "Smart" (English version) – 2:46 # "Smart" (smartest remix) – 2:56 # "Smart" (chill remix) – 2:42 # "Smart" (

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remix) – 2:15 # "Smart" ( festival house remix) – 2:25 # "Smart" (sped up version) – 2:09 # "Smart" (slowed + reverb remix) – 3:55 # "Smart" (instrumental) – 2:46

Personnel

Adapted from the album liner notes. *

– lead vocals * Score (13) – production, keyboards, drums digital editing, vocal arrangement * Megatone (13) – production, bass, guitar, digital editing, vocal arrangement * Arineh Karimi – background vocals * Jasmine Lee Maming – background vocals * Jordan "DJ Swivel" Young – mix engineering * Chris Gehringer – mastering * Hwang Min-hee –

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* Lee Yeon-soo – engineering

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References

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