Lady Gaga And Blackpink Are A Little Sweet, Very Spicy On 'Sour Candy'

It's officially Chromatica week, and the bops are raining down! On Thursday (May 28), a day ahead of the release of Lady Gaga's sixth album, the singer revealed the sweet-and-spicy, bilingual dance-hall cut "Sour Candy," the third track off the forthcoming LP and her hotly anticipated teamwork with mega-popular K-pop girl-group Blackpink.


“I’m sour candy, so sweet then I get a little bit upset Blackpink members Jennie and Lisa rap in English on the first verse. "I’m super psycho, make you crazy when I turn the lights low.”


Gaga comes in on the refrain, hammering house the song's core message — don't judge a book by its cover — by comparing herself to Werther's caramel. "I'm hard on the outdoors she croons. Nevertheless in the event you give me time / Then I may would make time for your love." Gaga assures her partner that, even if they can't crack her hard shell, at least she's keeping it real with them. ("You want a real taste, at least I'm not a fake.")


Rumors about the teamwork first swirled immediately after Target leaked the Chromatica tracklist on its site, and Gaga later confirmed the lineup on April 21. The pop star told Japenese outlet TV Groove that she looked forward to working with Blackpink's Jennie, Lisa, Rosé, and Jisoo because “they love powerful girls like us, so and in addition they wanted to celebrate me, and we had a fantastic time with each other with this song." She added, “I was excited to hear them interpret the song in Korean, and told them that the part was so creative and fun.”


"Sour Candy" follows the release of Chromatica's lead single, "Stupid Love," and "Rain on Me," Lady Gaga's wet-and-wild teamwork with Ariana Grande that dropped a week prior, on May 22. Because the first new track from Blackpink in over each year, it might be a sign of more music to come from the cool-girl musical group, who are slated to release a new album later this year.