I'm Not Cool (song)

"I'm Not Cool" is a song recorded by South Korean singer-songwriter Hyuna, released on January 28, 2021 under P Nation, simultaneously with the accompanied music video and her seventh EP by the same name, the latter is which the song is from.

"I'm Not Cool"
Single by Hyuna
from the EP I'm Not Cool
Language	Korean English
Released	January 28, 2021 (2021-01-28)
Genre	Electropop trap
Length	2:54
Label	P Nation
Composer(s)	Yoo Geon-hyeong Space One Slyme Young
Lyricist(s)	Hyuna Psy Dawn
Hyuna singles chronology
"Flower Shower" (2019) "I'm Not Cool" (2021) "Ping Pong" (2021)
Music video
"I'm Not Cool" on YouTube

Composition

The song was written by Psy, Hyuna and Dawn.^[1] The song is composed in the key E-flat minor and has 116 beats per minute and a running time of 2 minutes and 54 seconds.^[2]

Commercial performance

"I'm Not Cool" debuted at number 73 on the South Korean Gaon Digital Chart and the next week the song peaked at number 9, making it Hyuna's first Top 10 entry since her 2016 song How's This?, which peaked at number 5.^[3] In the US, the song debuted at number 19 on the Billboard World Digital Song Sales and the next week the song peaked at number 8.^[4]

Music video and promotion

On January 26, a first teaser for the music video of "I'm Not Cool" was released.^[5] On the next day, the second teaser was released.^[6] On January 28, the official music video was released.^[7] On January 28, Hyuna held her first comeback stage for the song on Mnet's M Countdown.^[8] The next day, Hyuna performed the song on KBS2's Music Bank and You Hee-yeol's Sketchbook.^[9][10] On January 30, Hyuna performed the song on MBC's Show! Music Core^[11] and on SBS's Inkigayo the following day.^[12]

Accolades

Award and nominations for "I'm Not Cool"

Year	Organization	Award	Result	Ref.
2021	Mnet Asian Music Awards	Best Dance Performance – Solo	Nominated	^[13]
		Song of the Year	Nominated	^[14]
	Asian Pop Music Awards	Song of the Year	Nominated	^[15]
		Best Dance Performance	Nominated
		People's Choice Award (Overseas)	Won
		Top 20 Songs of the Year (Overseas)	Won
2022	Gaon Chart Music Awards	Song of the Year – January	Nominated	^[16]
	Golden Disc Awards	Digital Song Bonsang	Nominated	^[17]
	Seoul Music Awards	R&B Hiphop Award	Won	^[18]

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from Melon.^[19]

• Hyuna – vocals, songwriting, composing, chorus
• Psy – songwriting, composing
• Dawn – songwriting
• Yoo Geon-hyeong – producer
• Space One – producer
• Slyme Young – producer

Charts

Chart performance for "I'm Not Cool"

Chart (2021)	Peak position
Billboard Global Excl. U.S.^[20]	165
New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ)^[21]	25
Singapore (RIAS)^[22]	14
South Korea (Gaon)^[23]	9
South Korea (Kpop Hot 100)^[24]	11
US World Digital Songs (Billboard)^[25]	8

Year-end Chart

Chart (2021)	Peak position
South Korea (Gaon)^[26]	121

Release history

Release history for "I'm Not Cool"

Region	Date	Format	Label
Various	January 28, 2021	Digital download streaming	P Nation

References

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6. HyunA (2021-01-27), 현아 (HyunA) - 'I'm Not Cool' MV Teaser 2, retrieved 2021-01-28
7. HyunA (2021-01-28), 현아 (HYUNA) - I'm Not Cool (미니 7집) [온팩 포스터 증정], retrieved 2021-01-28
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