Cherry Pop
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| Single by Alexandra Stan | ||||||||||
| from the album Unlocked | ||||||||||
| Released | 28 May 2014 | |||||||||
| Format | Digital download | |||||||||
| Recorded | 2014 Fonogram Studios (Bucharest, Romania) |
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| Genre | J-pop | |||||||||
| Length | 3:11 | |||||||||
| Label | Roton | |||||||||
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"Cherry Pop" is a song recorded by Romanian recording artist Alexandra Stan for her second studio album Unlocked (2014). It was made available for digital download on 28 May 2015 through Roton as the record's second single. The track was written by the singer, Lukas Hällgren and Erik Lidbom, while production was handled by the latter two. "Cherry pop" was recorded in Bucharest, Romania at the Fonogram Studios, with additional engineering being done at Lidbom's Hotfire Production.
Musically, "Cherry Pop" is of the J-pop genre, but is also influenced by eurodance and house music, and has a dubstep breakdown. An accompanying music video for the track was uploaded on 28 May 2015 on Stan's YouTube channel; Khaled Mokhtar was both the clip's director and director of photography. It was shot in Buftea, Romania and portrays Stan and her background dancers performing choreography created by performer Emil Rengle. The song reached number 64 on the Japan Hot 100 and became the most-sought ringtone on the largest Japanese profile site, Recochoku.
"Cherry Pop" was written by Stan herself, Lukas Hällgren and Erik Lidbom, while production was handled by both Hällgren and Lidbom. It was recorded at the Fonogram Studios in Bucharest, Romania and was additionally mixed and engineered at Lidbom's Hitfire Production in Uppsala, Sweden. Further's work on the track was done during FonoCamp2013, the first Romanian international songwriting camp held in Azuga. Fellow Romanian and international singers were also present at the two-weeks event, such as Delia Matache, Mohombi, Smiley and Deepcentral. Stan described "Cherry Pop" as a J-pop song, noting that while she hadn't worked with the genre "[it] fits my style", as she finds J-pop music "very energetic, it’s got such a positive vibe to it." She also noticed influences to eurodance. An administrator of IasiFun commended the recording as being influenced by house, while also describing the song's instrumentation as "electric" and "vibrant". Anthony Easton, a writer for The Singles Jukebox, described the song as a "popluxe", while Ian Mew compared it to "Bubble Pop!" by South Korean singer Hyuna. According to Popdust, "Cherry Pop" uses dubstep for its breakdown. The main idea for the song was based on Stan's first kiss which, according to her, "tasted like candy".
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