Smoke Sprite

"Smoke Sprite"
Single by So!YoON! featuring RM
from the album Episode 1: Love
LanguageEnglish
ReleasedMarch 14, 2023 (2023-03-14)
GenreIndie rock
Length4:02
LabelMagic Strawberry Sound
Songwriters
Composers
  • Te Rim
  • Chi Yoon-hae
  • Hwang So-yoon
  • RM
ProducerHwang So-yoon
So!YoON! singles chronology
"Bad"
(2023) 		"Smoke Sprite"
(2023)
RM singles chronology
"Wild Flower"
(2022) 		"Sprite Smoke"
(2022) 		"Don't Ever Say Love Me"
(2023)
Music video
"'Smoke Sprite' (feat. RM of BTS) Official MV" on YouTube

"Smoke Sprite" is a song by South Korean musician So!YoON! from her second studio album, Episode 1: Love (2023). The song was written by Hwang, Chae Lin Suh and RM of BTS who features on the track as a guest collaborator.[1] The single was released on March 14, 2023 by Magic Strawberry Sound with an accompanying music video to promote the release of the album.[2]

Background

In the summer of 2022, Hwang and RM were working on their individual albums when they met by chance in a recording studio. While sharing their work with each other, Hwang showed RM an early demo of the "Smoke Sprite" instrumental, leading the pair to collaborate on developing the song.[3][4] On the first day of writing the lyrics, RM kneeled down in front of Hwang while suggesting the chorus line "Take on my knees".[5]

On March 9, 2023, Hwang released a teaser video for the single which revealed a 10-second snippet of the chorus, along with a variety of shots from the upcoming music video.[6]

The music video for "Smoke Sprite" portrays Hwang in a series of surreal scenarios, such as floating in a pool of water, running through snowy mountains with a sunburn, and shooting herself with a bow.[7]

Reception

Upon release, "Smoke Sprite" received positive reviews from music critics, with Mary Sirosky of Consequence describing the song as "effortlessly cool".[8]

The Bias List gave it a rating of 8/10, calling it a "much more alternative sound than the glossy K-pop surrounding it".[9] Dr. Colette Balmain of View of the Arts gave "Smoke Sprite" a rating of 4.5/5, discussing the "visual and lyrical eroticism" of the song, and comparing Hwang's use of personas in the music video to Cindy Sherman's Untitled Film Stills.[10]

Chart performance

Chart performance for "Smoke Sprite"
Chart (2023) Peak
position
Hungary (HUN)[11] 39
Japan (JPN Dig)[12] 36
United Kingdom (UK Down)[13] 15
United States (US Dig)[14] 9

References

  1. ^ 새소년 SE SO NEON (2023-03-14). So!YoON! (황소윤) 'Smoke Sprite' (feat. RM of BTS) Official MV. Retrieved 2025-06-04 – via YouTube.
  2. ^ Ziwei, Puah (2023-03-14). "BTS' RM and SE SO NEON's So!YoON! unveil new single 'Smoke Sprite'". NME. Retrieved 2025-06-04.
  3. ^ Yeo, Gladys (2023-03-28). "So!YoON! on new album 'Episode1: Love': "I knew that gender shouldn't hold importance when representing love"". NME. Retrieved 2025-06-14.
  4. ^ Lim, Glenda (2023-03-09). "SE SO NEON's So!YoON! talks new album, co-writing with BTS' RM, and stepping up as a soloist". Bandwagon Asia. Retrieved 2025-06-14.
  5. ^ COSMOPOLITAN. "RM이 새소년 작업실에서 무릎 꿇었다고?" [RM Knelt in Se So Neon's Studio]. Cosmopolitan (in Korean). Retrieved 2025-06-14.
  6. ^ Bowenbank, Starr (2023-03-09). "So!YoOn! Shares Rapid-Fire 'Smoke Sprite' Teaser With RM of BTS: Watch". Billboard. Retrieved 2025-06-04.
  7. ^ Bowenbank, Starr (2023-03-14). "So!YoON!'s 'Smoke Sprite' Video Featuring RM of BTS Is Here: Watch". Billboard. Retrieved 2025-06-14.
  8. ^ "So!YoON! teams up with RM of BTS for effortlessly cool single "Smoke Sprite"". Consequence. 2023-03-14. Retrieved 2025-06-14.
  9. ^ Nick (2023-03-14). "Song Review: So!YoON! – Smoke Sprite (ft. RM)". The Bias List. Retrieved 2025-06-14.
  10. ^ Arts, View of the (2023-03-15). "The Ephemerality of Longing: So!YoON!'s "Smoke Sprite" (feat. RM) Single Review". VIEW OF THE ARTS. Retrieved 2025-06-14.
  11. ^ lightmedia.hu. "Single Top 40 slágerlista: 2023. 11. hét – 2023. 03. 10.-2023. 03. 16" [Single Top 40 Chart: Week 11 of 2023 – 10/03/2023-16/03/2023]. slagerlistak.hu. Retrieved 2025-06-14.
  12. ^ "オリコン週間 デジタルシングル（単曲）ランキング 2023年03月13日～2023年03月19日 31～40位". ORICON NEWS (in Japanese). Retrieved 2025-06-14.
  13. ^ "Official Singles Downloads Chart on 17/3/2023". Official Charts. Retrieved 2025-06-14.
  14. ^ McIntyre, Hugh. "BTS' RM Scores Another Milestone Solo Top 10 Billboard Chart Hit". Forbes. Retrieved 2025-06-14.

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