Lady Gaga is just hours away from dropping Chromatica, and to ease the anticipation she
just dropped her collab with Blackpink called “Sour Candy,” buuuuut after a lot of fans
believe that the song sounds oddly similar to another pop song, they’re having mixed
thoughts.
What’s up guys, it’s Sussan Mourad with Clevver News, and the long-awaited collaboration
with the K-Pop QUEENS of Blackpink is officially here, so get excited Monsters!
First it was “Rain On Me” featuring Ariana Grande, and now we’ve been gifted the ultimate
pop power song featuring the K-Pop quartet Blackpink to hold us over for the next few
hours until the release of Gaga’s sixth studio album Chromatica.
Just a day ahead of the album’s release, Gaga surprise-dropped the second of three
collabs on her album, featuring Blackpink, called “Sour Candy” as seen by a short
post via social media.
Gaga shared a clip of the song with the caption, “#SOURCANDY WITH @BLACKPINKOFFICIAL FROM
#CHROMATICA OUT NOW,” so if you haven’t yet added this to your playlist, here’s
a little taste of the sweetness:
“Sour Candy” is no doubt certified pop perfection that goes between Gaga’s vocals
and Blackpink, combining Korean and English lyrics into their verses.
The song is full of sass and spunk, and as Gaga explained to Beats 1 host Zane Lowe,
is all about owning your past damage and accepting yourself for past mistakes that should never
make you unworthy.
Some of the lyrics read, “I’m hot on the outside, but if you give me time, then I could
make time for your love,” and “Ask me to be nice and then I’ll do it extra mean.”
Just seconds after Gaga dropped the song, it didn’t take very long for Blinks to get
the hashtags #BLACKPINK, #SOURCANDY AND #SOURCANDYWITHBLACKPINK trending worldwide, but do we expect any less
support from this fanbase?!
BUT, you guys, fans were VERY quick to notice that yet another pop song was trending, which
is odd considering it was released three years ago…
Katy Perry’s hit “Swish Swish” that features Nicki Minaj off her 2017 Witness
album is gaining traction because a lot of fans believe that Gaga’s “Sour Candy”
basically samples “Swish Swish” due to their similarities.
The similarities lie in the backtrack of both songs as you can hear in “Sour Candy”
which Katy originally sampled from “What They Say” by Maya James Coles.
Take another listen to “Sour Candy” and let me know what you guys think:
And here is “Swish Swish”:
Now are you starting to see where fans are coming from?
Gaga and Katy fans, alike, immediately began comparing the two songs and fans were actually
pretty excited that two of pop music’s reigning QUEENS appear to be sampling the same song.
One fan wrote, “SOUR CANDY SAMPLES A SONG THAT SAMPLED SWISH SWISH BEFORE SO KATY AND
GAGA FINALLY HAD A COLLAB.”
I guess that’s one way of looking at it?
And another user tweeted, “The thought of a DJ mixing Sour Candy into Swish Swish when
we’re allowed back at gay clubs...
FULL BODY CHILLS.”
However, “Sour Candy” is getting some Katy Cats and Monsters a little heated as
some fans are upset that it took this long for “Swish Swish” to finally get the credit
it deserved.
One user wrote, “So are we streaming swish swish to get it the credit it finally deserves?
I like sour candy but people played too much with Swish so Barbz let’s stream.”
Another user attempted to drag Witness, writing, “Sour Candy might sound like Swish Swish
but at least Chromatica won’t have the same fate as Witness.”
Ouch… that one hurt…
One fan even went as far as to point out that this isn’t the first time that they think
Gaga has had similarities to Katy’s work, sharing a photo of a giant semi-truck to promote
Chromatica, like Katy did during her Prism album promotion.
Thankfully there doesn’t seem to be any sort of beef or feuding going down between
Katy and Lady Gaga, so no need to get upset as it seems imitation really is the highest
form of flattery!
Be sure to let me know all your thoughts down in the comments on whether “Sour Candy”
is similar to “Swish Swish” or if you think the similarities are just one big compliment
to Katy.
For more music news, click right over here to hear Rihanna’s version of Selena Gomez’
song “Same Old Love” that went viral earlier this week.
I’m your host Sussan Mourad, see you next time!