You're So Fine (CNBLUE song)

"You're So Fine" (이렇게 예뻤나; Ireoke Yeppeonna) is a song by South Korean pop rock band CNBLUE. It is the lead single to the band's sixth mini-album Blueming and was released on April 4, 2016.

"You're So Fine"
Single by CNBLUE
from the album Blueming
ReleasedApril 4, 2016 (2016-04-04)
Recorded2015–16
GenrePop rock
Length3:52
LabelFNC Entertainment
Songwriter(s)Jung Yong-hwa
CNBLUE singles chronology
"Supernova"
(2015)		 "You're So Fine"
(2016)		 "Puzzle"
(2016)

Composition

"You're So Fine" is an "upbeat" pop rock track.[1] The song was written and composed by vocalist Jung Yong-hwa, and is composed in the key of A♭ major using common time with a tempo of 118 beats per minute.[2][3] Jung began working on the song while conceiving "Cinderella"; the song lyrics were written in 2016.[4] In crafting the lyrics, Jung paid special attention to detail in order to capture "the warm feeling of brass" in order to portray his personality.[5] He was inspired by the title of a news article which read "Was she this pretty?" to write the song. He felt that it "sounded very nice" when he sang the phrase, which emitted a "warm feeling".[6]

Release and promotion

"You're So Fine" was simultaneously released alongside Blueming on April 4, 2016.[7] CNBLUE began promoting the song on three days later on Mnet's music chart show M Countdown,[8] followed by subsequent comeback performances on Korean Broadcasting System's (KBS) Music Bank,[9] Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation's (MBC) Show! Music Core,[10] Seoul Broadcasting System's (SBS) Inkigayo,[11] SBS MTV's The Show,[12] and MBC Music's Show Champion.[13] On April 12, "You're So Fine" earned its first music show win on The Show.[12] It was followed by back-to-back wins on Show Champion, M Countdown, and Music Bank on the subsequent days.[13][14][15] It went on to earn second consecutive wins on both The Show and Music Bank, earning a total of six music show wins.[16][17] CNBLUE also performed the song during the Show! Music Core special 2016 Incheon Sky Festival.[18]

Music video

Two music video teasers were released on March 31 and April 3, respectively.[19][20] The full music video was released on the following day.[1] Produced by Surplus X Production and directed by Lee HJ, it stars CNBLUE and actress Jung Hye-sung.[1][2]

Critical reception

Writing for Fuse, columnist Jeff Benjamin compared CNBLUE's musical expansion to that of American band Maroon 5. Describing "You're So Fine" as a "disco-tinged" song, he noted that the band integrates "feel-good brass and horns" in which Jung's vocals "fits... like a glove". Benjamin pointed out at the "soulful sound" was already present in K-pop, but expressed that "CNBLUE finds a way to make it sound fresh compared to its contemporaries". He also highlighted similarities with "Hold My Hand" from the band's previous album 2gether (2015).[21] Critic Kim Ji-ha of TV Daily expressed surprise that CNBLUE returned "with a sweet" song.[22]

"You're So Fine" earned CNBLUE a nomination for Best Rock Song at the 2016 Melon Music Awards.[23] It earned the Best Band Performance award at the 2016 Mnet Asian Music Awards,[24] where it was also nominated for Song of the Year.[25]

Commercial performance

"You're So Fine" debuted at number 19 on the Gaon Digital Chart,[26] selling 101,215 downloads and accumulating 1,553,112 streams in its first week.[27][28] By the end of April, the song sold 200,056 downloads and accumulated 4,781,408 streams.[29][30]

Charts
Chart (2016) Peak
position
Gaon Digital Chart 19
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  2. Blueming (liner notes). CNBLUE. FNC Entertainment. 2016. 1049358336.CS1 maint: others (link)
  3. "상세페이지 :: 악보나라" (in Korean). Akbonara. Retrieved April 4, 2016.
  4. 이렇게 예쁜DATE with CNBLUE (April 3, 2016). V (in Korean). Naver Corporation. Retrieved April 15, 2016.
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  6. Jang, Jin-ri (March 28, 2016). '컴백' 씨엔블루, 이번에도 정용화 자작곡 '이렇게 예뻤나'. 10asia (in Korean). Korea Entertainment Media. Retrieved April 15, 2016.
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  17. Shin, So-won (April 22, 2016). 씨엔블루, '뮤직뱅크' 1위…6관왕 달성 "멋진 상 감사해". MyDaily (in Korean). Retrieved April 27, 2016.
  18. Nam, U-jung (September 10, 2016). '쇼음악중심' 씨엔블루, 오랜만에 완전체로 뭉쳤다…'훈훈'. MBN Star (in Korean). Maeil Broadcasting Network. Retrieved September 11, 2016.
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  22. Kim, Han-gil (April 10, 2016). 로맨틱펀치·라붐·DJ IT·씨엔블루·씨소울, 봄내음 물씬 [이번주 뭐 들었니?]. TV Daily (in Korean). Retrieved April 15, 2016.
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