Typa Girl

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"Typa Girl"
Song by Blackpink
from the album Born Pink
LanguageEnglish
ReleasedSeptember 16, 2022
Studio The Black Label Studio (Seoul)
Genre
Length3:00
Label
Composer(s)
Lyricist(s) Bekuh Boom
Audio video
"Typa Girl" on YouTube

"Typa Girl" is a song recorded by South Korean girl group Blackpink. It is the third track on group's second studio album, Born Pink (2022), which was released on September 16, 2022, through YG and Interscope. It is a hip-hop, pop and electronic song with a trap beat and synth. It was written by Bekuh Boom and composed by Boom and Dominsuk. Lyrically, the track sees the group speak confidently about being the type of person that everyone wants.

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"Typa Girl" peaked at number 16 on the Billboard Global 200 and was a top-ten hit in Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Vietnam. It also entered the national charts in countries such as Australia, Canada, France, South Korea, and the United Kingdom. In the United States, the song debuted at number 14 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart.

Background

On July 31, 2022, YG Entertainment officially released the album trailer video on the group's official social media accounts, announcing that the group's new world tour would start in October, following a pre-release single in August and the album itself in September. [1] "Tally" was announced as the third track of Born Pink on September 7, 2022, through the group's official social media accounts. [2] The song was released alongside the album on September 16, 2022 by YG and Interscope. [3]

Lyrics and production

In an interview with Variety , Boom said that she had written the demo for the song in 2021 at The Black Label's studio and she had originally "thought Lisa might use it for her next solo single". She further described it as a "song to empower women". [4]

"Typa Girl" was written and composed by Bekuh Boom with additional composition and arrangement credits from Dominsuk. [5] It is a slow hip-hop, pop, and electronic song [6] [4] [7] that features heavy trap beats and synth. [8] [9] It's incorporates organ, brass sounds, and piano chords in its production. Where it began with a soft piano tune at the intro "that rings like a bell before the hi-hats and snares hit on the beat drop", before it changed into new remastered MIDI sound. [8] [10] [11] In terms of musical notation, the song is written in the key of  G Major with a tempo of 132 beats per minutes. [12] The Korea Herald described it as a "hardcore hip hop", where the lyrics talks about "How can a powerful and wealthy woman captive a man and put him under her spell". [13]

Reception

Writing for Teen Vogue , Devon Abelman praised "Typa Girl" as an empowering anthem that showed off "Blackpink's signature sassy-yet-genius wordplay" and named it one of the 79 best K-pop songs of 2022. [14]

"Typa Girl" debuted at number 16 on the Billboard Global 200 and at number 13 on the Billboard Global Excl. US. [15] In South Korea, the song debuted at number 140 and peaked at number 93 on the Circle Digital Chart, and also peaked at number 20 on Billboard's South Korea Songs chart. [16] [17] "Typa Girl" debuted at number 93 on the UK Singles Chart, the group's eleventh entry on the chart. [18] In the United States, the song did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but did peak at number 14 on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart. It also entered in the top ten in Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, and Vietnam.

Accolades

Award and nominations for "Typa Girl"
YearOrganizationAwardResultRef.
2023 Circle Chart Music Awards Artist of the Year – Global Digital Music (September)Nominated [19]

Live performances and other usage

Blackpink performing "Typa Girl" at Coachella with large feather fans Blackpink Coachella 2023 01.jpg
Blackpink performing "Typa Girl" at Coachella with large feather fans

"Typa Girl" was included on the set list of Blackpink's Born Pink World Tour (2022–23). [20] In April 2023, they performed the song during their headlining set at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, California, featuring new choreography reminiscent of a burlesque performance. [21] For the song, the Blackpink members appeared inside big feather fans carried onstage by the dance crew one by one. The large feather wings were said to be references to Marilyn Monroe's “Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend" performance in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953), as well as the traditional Korean fan dance buchaechum. [21] [22] Blackpink continued to perform "Typa Girl" and its new choreography for the encore leg of the Born Pink World Tour as well during their headlining set in July at BST Hyde Park in London. [23] [24]

American singer-songwriter Tori Kelly covered "Typa Girl" in an acoustic version posted in her TikTok account. [25]

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Born Pink. [26]

Recording

Personnel

Charts

Certifications

Certifications for "Typa Girl"
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil) [46] 2× Platinum80,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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