Spotify announced today that it will release its first-ever EQUAL X Spotify Singles recordings, in celebration of the International Women’s Day on March 8, with K-Pop artist SunMi participating as a representative of Asian artists. This will be SunMi’s first new song of 2022. The title of the track is ‘Oh Sorry Ya’, and it will be exclusively available to listeners around the world on Spotify.
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The EQUAL X Spotify Singles recordings is part of Spotify’s EQUAL initiative to uplift female artists and creators in the music industry. It is in combination with Spotify Singles, an exclusive program of Spotify that provides artists with the opportunity to record new versions of their own songs, the songs of the artist they love, or an original song.
‘Oh Sorry Ya’ is co-produced by SunMi herself and Los Angeles-based female songwriting duo LYRE. The song is expected to catches the ears of listeners with a heavy, yet rhythmic baseline from the beginning. Unlike the serious story in the lyrics, ‘Oh Sorry Ya’ introduces the danceable retro-vibe that listeners can get lost into. ‘Oh Sorry Ya’ is an extension of ‘Borderline’, the sixth track of SunMi’s third mini-album ‘1/6’, that talks about her story from deep inside her heart, dealing with the conflict between the old SunMi and the new SunMi. The vocals play a variation as if two SunMis have a conversation with each other, which presents many different sides of SunMi at the same time.
It’s an honor to be part of this meaningful project on behalf of artists from Asia… The collaboration process with the female producer team LYRE was inspiring, and I am happy to present such a good result. I hope many people listen to this track. SunMi
Spotify provided support in many ways throughout the project, helping SunMi step forward as a global artist… As SunMi’s label, we will continue to do our best to deliver ‘SunMi Pop’ to a wider, global audience. Attributed to a spokesperson from SunMi’s label ABYSS COMPANY
SunMi’s path as a successful female solo artist and her unique take on the K-Pop genre are in line with Spotify’s EQUAL, which celebrates women’s contribution in the music and audio space… As a global leader in the audio and streaming industry, we are committed to fostering equality for women in music. Attributed to a Spotify spokesperson
Spotify’s efforts to amplify the voices of female artists and creators’ communities across the globe can be seen through its launch of the EQUAL campaign in 2021. This campaign promotes gender equality and diversity in the global audio industry. Spotify has showcased various Korean female artists and their music through their playlist “EQUAL Korea”. The “Equal” hub is also launched by the platform for their global listeners to access different types of music by influential female artists, covering genres such as K-Pop, pop, rock, country, hip-hop, R&B, jazz, blues, electronic, fork, indie, and classical music.
SunMi’s ‘Oh Sorry Ya’ will be exclusively available on Spotify on March 8 at 2PM KST.
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