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Smart (song)

2024 single by Le Sserafim

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"Smart" is a song recorded by South Korean girl group Le Sserafim for their third extended play, Easy. It was released as the EP's second single by Source Music on March 5, 2024.

01Background and release

On January 22, 2024, Source Music announced that Le Sserafim would be releasing their third extended play, Easy, on February 19. On February 7, five track sampler videos were released. A day later, the track listing was released, with "Smart" confirmed as a song on the album. The music videos teaser was released on March 4 and the music video was released the following day, on March 5. On March 20, it was announced that an English version and remixes of the song would be released on March 22.

02Composition

"Smart" was written and produced by Score and Megatone of the production collective 13, with Supreme Boi, Arineh Karimi, BB Elliot, Zzz, "Hitman" Bang, Paige Garabito, Jasmin Lee Maming, Teodor Herrgårdh, Hadar Adora, Charli, Lee Eun-hwa, and Le Sserafim member Huh Yunjin participating in the writing. The song was described as an Afropop-inspired Amapiano song. "Smart" was composed in the key of C-sharp major, with a tempo of 113 beats per minute.

03Music video

The music video directed by Yong Seok Choi was released by Source Music on March 5, 2024. In the video, the members "[perform] the song's accompanying choreography in the middle of a large, empty warehouse adorned with numerous large tapestries of art hung from the ceiling and on the walls."

04Track listing

  • Digital download and streaming, remixes
  1. "Smart", 2:46
  2. "Smart" (English version), 2:46
  3. "Smart" (smartest remix), 2:56
  4. "Smart" (chill remix), 2:42
  5. "Smart" (Miami bass remix), 2:15
  6. "Smart" (festival house remix), 2:25
  7. "Smart" (sped up version), 2:09
  8. "Smart" (slowed + reverb remix), 3:55
  9. "Smart" (instrumental), 2:46

05Personnel

Adapted from the album liner notes.

06Charts

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for "Smart"
Chart (2024) Peak
position
Canada Hot 100 (Billboard) 91
Global 200 (Billboard) 39
Hong Kong (Billboard) 13
Indonesia (Billboard) 22
Japan Hot 100 (Billboard) 46
Japan Combined Singles (Oricon) 44
Malaysia (Billboard) 4
Malaysia (Billboard) 4
Netherlands (Global Top 40) 17
New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ) 21
Saudi Arabia (IFPI) 16
Singapore (RIAS) 4
South Korea (Circle) 8
Taiwan (Billboard) 4
US World Digital Song Sales (Billboard) 9

Monthly charts

Monthly chart performance for "Smart"
Chart (2024) Position
South Korea (Circle) 11

Year-end charts

Year-end chart performance for "Smart"
Chart (2024) Position
South Korea (Circle) 64

07Certifications

Certifications for "Smart"
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Japan (RIAJ) Gold 50,000,000

Streaming-only figures based on certification alone.

08Release history

Release history for "Smart"
Region Date Format Version Label
Various February 19, 2024 Original
March 22, 2024
  • English
  • Remixes
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