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Can't Control Myself (Taeyeon song)

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"Can't Control Myself"
Digital cover
Single by Taeyeon
from the album INVU
LanguageKorean
ReleasedJanuary 17, 2022 (2022-01-17)
Studio
  • SM LVYIN Studio
  • SM Blue Ocean Studio
Genre
Length3:01
Label
Composer(s)
Lyricist(s)
Taeyeon singles chronology
"Little Garden"
(2021) 		"Can't Control Myself"
(2022) 		"INVU"
(2022)
Music video
"Can't Control Myself" on YouTube
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
IZM[1]

"Can't Control Myself" is a song recorded by South Korean singer Taeyeon for her third studio album INVU. It was released on January 17, 2022, by SM Entertainment as a pre-release single from the album. The song is written by Taeyeon with Moon Seol-ri, composed by Celine Svanbäck, and Mich Hansen, alongside Lauritz Emil Christiansen, Jacob Ubizz, and Ryan Jhun, whom also arranged the song.

Background and release

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On January 11, 2022, SM Entertainment announced that Taeyeon will be pre-releasing a digital single titled "Can't Control Myself" prior to the release of a new third studio album in February 2022.[2] On January 15, the music video teaser was released. On January 17, the song along with the video was released.[3] On January 26, the name of the third studio album was announced as INVU and was released on February 14.[4]

Composition

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"Can't Control Myself" was written by Taeyeon alongside Moon Seol-ri, composed by Lauritz Emil Christiansen, Jacob Ubizz, Ryan Jhun, Celine Svanback, and Mich Hansen, and arranged by Lauritz Emil Christiansen, Jacob Ubizz, Ryan Jhun.[5] Musically, the song is described as a rock, garage rock, and pop punk ballad love song that "stimulates emotions with intense sound" with lyrics about "the dangerous love that has lost control" and "[the person] still longs for the other person's heart despite the intuition that they will be hurt".[6][1] The song opens with "breathy guitar riffs layered over Taeyeon's 'emotive' vocalizations" with the chorus featuring "heartfelt punchy guitar riffs and rich bass sounds".[7] "Can't Control Myself" was composed in the key of E major, with a tempo of 85 beats per minute.[8]

Music video

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A scene in the music video, where Taeyeon is seen covered in scratches, standing in front of the bathroom mirror wiping blood off of her face.

The music video directed by Shin Hee-won was released alongside the song by SM Entertainment on January 17.[3][9] The theatre-themed music video portrays Taeyeon and her love interest playing the role of lovers.[7] It starts with the singer covered in scratches, standing in front of the bathroom mirror wiping blood off of her face. In the music video, Taeyeon "struggles to let go of a painful relationship as she rewinds and idealises past memories as part of a fictional play. The lines between her imagined and true selves begin to blur, and her unhappiness begins to show on stage with the singer breaking down in tears and having full-blown emotional breakdowns in front of the audience and cameras."[10][7]

Commercial performance

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"Can't Control Myself" debuted at position nine on South Korea's Gaon Digital Chart on the chart issue dated January 16–22, 2022,[11] ascending to position eight on the chart issue dated February 6–12, 2022.[12] The song also debuted at positions 2, 19, and 11 on the Gaon Download Chart, Gaon Streaming Chart, and Gaon BGM Chart, respectively, on the charts dated January 16–22, 2022.[13][14][15] The song ascended to position 12 on the Gaon Streaming Chart the following week.[16] On the Billboard K-pop Hot 100, the song debuted at position 59 on the chart issue dated January 29, 2022,[17] ascending to nine the following week.[18] In Singapore, the song debuted at position 18 on the RIAS Top Regional Chart on the chart issue dated January 14–20, 2022,[19] ascending to position 17 the following week.[20] In Vietnam, the song debuted at position 27 on the Billboard Vietnam Hot 100 for the chart issue dated January 27, 2022.[21] The song also debuted at position 13 on the US Billboard World Digital Song Sales on the chart issue dated January 29, 2022.[22]

Promotion

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To promote the song, the music video was screened as a 30-seconds advertisement at 87 Megabox movie theaters in South Korea (excluding boutiques) for about a month from January 18, 2022.[23]

Accolades

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"Can't Control Myself" was nominated for Artist of the Year – Global Digital Music (January) at the 12th Circle Chart Music Awards.[24] It also received a Melon Weekly Popularity Award on February 21, 2022.[25]

Credits and personnel

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Credits adapted from liner notes of INVU.[26]

Studio

Personnel

Charts

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Weekly charts

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Release history

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Release dates and formats for "Can't Control Myself"
Region Date Format Label
Various January 17, 2022

References

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  1. ^ a b So, Seung-geun (January 2022). "Can't Control Myself". IZM (in Korean). Archived from the original on January 31, 2022. Retrieved January 31, 2022.
  2. ^ Park, Soo-in (January 11, 2022). 태연 'Can't Control Myself'로 컴백, 정규 3집 발매 전 선공개 [Taeyeon's comeback with 'Can't Control Myself', pre-released before 3rd full album release] (in Korean). Newsen. Archived from the original on January 21, 2022. Retrieved January 21, 2022 – via Naver.
  3. ^ a b Cho, Eun-mi (January 17, 2022). 태연, 오늘(17일) 신곡 'Can't Control Myself' 공개..믿고 듣는 보컬퀸 [Taeyeon, the new song 'Can't Control Myself' released today (17th)..Trusted and listened vocal queen] (in Korean). Herald Pop. Archived from the original on January 21, 2022. Retrieved January 21, 2022 – via Naver.
  4. ^ Hong, Se-young (January 26, 2022). 태연, 정규 3집 'INVU' 2월 14일 발표 [공식] [Taeyeon, 3rd Full Album 'INVU' Released on February 14th [Official]] (in Korean). Sports Donga. Archived from the original on January 26, 2022. Retrieved January 26, 2022 – via Naver.
  5. ^ "Can't Control Myself – Taeyeon" (in Korean). Dreamus. SM Entertainment. Archived from the original on January 21, 2022. Retrieved January 21, 2022 – via Melon.
  6. ^ Lee, Da-gyeom (January 12, 2022). 태연, 신곡 '캔트 컨트롤 마이셀프' 작사 참여 [Taeyeon participated in writing lyrics for new song 'Can't Control Myself'] (in Korean). Maeil Business News. Archived from the original on January 21, 2022. Retrieved January 21, 2022 – via Naver.
  7. ^ a b c Dongre, Divyansha (January 17, 2022). "Watch Girls' Generation's Taeyeon's Honest Portrayal of Love in 'Can't Control Myself'". Rolling Stone India. Archived from the original on January 20, 2022. Retrieved January 22, 2022.
  8. ^ "Key & BPM for Can't Control Myself by Taeyeon". Tunebat. Archived from the original on January 21, 2022. Retrieved January 21, 2022.
  9. ^ @lineofsight_dp (January 17, 2022). "TAEYEON 태연 'Can't Control Myself'". Retrieved January 22, 2022 – via Instagram.
  10. ^ Suacillo, Angela Patricia (January 17, 2022). "Taeyeon tells a poignant love story in 'Can't Control Myself' music video". NME (in Korean). Archived from the original on January 23, 2022. Retrieved January 22, 2022.
  11. ^ 2022년 04주차 Digital Chart [Week 4 of 2022 Digital Chart] (in Korean). Korea Music Content Association. January 16–22, 2022. Archived from the original on January 27, 2022. Retrieved January 27, 2022 – via Gaon Chart.
  12. ^ a b 2022년 07주차 Digital Chart [Week 7 of 2022 Digital Chart] (in Korean). Korea Music Content Association. February 6–12, 2022. Archived from the original on February 17, 2022. Retrieved February 17, 2022 – via Gaon Chart.
  13. ^ 2022년 04주차 Download Chart [Week 4 of 2022 Download Chart] (in Korean). Korea Music Content Association. January 16–22, 2022. Archived from the original on January 27, 2022. Retrieved January 27, 2022 – via Gaon Chart.
  14. ^ 2022년 04주차 Streaming Chart [Week 4 of 2022 Streaming Chart] (in Korean). Korea Music Content Association. January 16–22, 2022. Archived from the original on January 27, 2022. Retrieved January 27, 2022 – via Gaon Chart.
  15. ^ 2022년 04주차 BGM Chart [Week 4 of 2022 BGM Chart] (in Korean). Korea Music Content Association. January 16–22, 2022. Archived from the original on January 27, 2022. Retrieved January 27, 2022 – via Gaon Chart.
  16. ^ 2022년 05주차 Streaming Chart [Week 5 of 2022 Streaming Chart] (in Korean). Korea Music Content Association. January 23–29, 2022. Archived from the original on February 17, 2022. Retrieved February 17, 2022 – via Gaon Chart.
  17. ^ "Billboard K-pop Hot 100 – Week of January 29, 2022". Billboard. January 23–29, 2022. Archived from the original on February 1, 2022. Retrieved February 2, 2022.
  18. ^ a b "Billboard K-pop Hot 100 – Week of February 5, 2022". Billboard. January 30 – February 5, 2022. Archived from the original on February 4, 2022. Retrieved February 23, 2022.
  19. ^ "RIAS Top Charts – Week 3 (January 14–20, 2022)". Recording Industry Association Singapore. January 14–20, 2022. Archived from the original on January 25, 2022. Retrieved January 25, 2022.
  20. ^ a b "RIAS Top Charts – Week 4 (January 21–27, 2022)". Recording Industry Association Singapore. January 21–27, 2022. Archived from the original on February 1, 2022. Retrieved February 2, 2022.
  21. ^ a b "Billboard Vietnam Hot 100 – Week of January 27, 2022". Billboard Vietnam (in Vietnamese). Archived from the original on January 17, 2022. Retrieved January 29, 2022.
  22. ^ a b "Billboard World Digital Song Sales – Week of January 29, 2022". Billboard. January 23–29, 2022. Archived from the original on January 25, 2022. Retrieved January 25, 2022.
  23. ^ Ko, Seung-ah (January 14, 2022). 태연 신곡 '캔트 컨트롤 마이셀프' 뮤비, 영화관서 본다 [TAEYEON's new song 'Can't Control Myself' music video to be screened at the cinema!] (in Korean). News1. Archived from the original on January 21, 2022. Retrieved January 21, 2022 – via Naver.
  24. ^ "The Artist of the year - Global Digital Music Nominees". Circle Chart Music Awards. Archived from the original on December 17, 2022. Retrieved December 16, 2022.
  25. ^ 멜론 주간 인기상 [Melon Weekly Popularity Award]. Melon (in Korean). Archived from the original on March 7, 2022. Retrieved February 28, 2022.
  26. ^ Taeyeon (2022). INVU (photobook). South Korea: SM Entertainment; Dreamus. Credits.
  27. ^ 2022년 02월 Digital Chart [February 2022 Digital Chart] (in Korean). Gaon Music Chart. Archived from the original on March 10, 2022. Retrieved March 25, 2022.
  28. ^ "Circle Digital Chart – 2022". Circle Chart (in Korean). Archived from the original on January 13, 2023. Retrieved January 12, 2023.
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