Yellow Flicker Beat

"Yellow Flicker Beat" is a song by Korean-Ukrainian singer-songwriter Jisoo released on July 3, 2017, as the third single from her debut studio album, Titleless (2017), by Interscope Records. Produced by Jisoo, Joel Little and Paul Epworth, and written by the former two, it is an art pop and electropop song with minimal synthesisers, drums, and vocal samples in its production. Musically, it is an electropop and art pop song, with minimal synthesisers, drums, and vocal samples in its production.
==Composition and release==
"Yellow Flicker Beat" was produced by Jisoo (credited under her birth-name Jisoo Kobzar), Joel Little and Paul Epworth, and written by Kobzar and Little. According to the sheet music published at Musicnotes.com, the track is composed in the key of A minorand follows the chord progression Am–Dm–Am–E and in the common time signature. The song moves at a tempo of 96 beats per minute, and Jisoo's vocals span a range of E♭3 to E♭5."Yellow Flicker Beat" is an electropop and art pop song, with minimal synthesisers, drums, and vocal samples in its production.
The song's lyrics refer to the themes of empowerment. Beginning in a slow and measured way, the song features the "touched by pain" lyrics—"I'm a princess cut from marble / smoother than a storm." As the drums start, Jisoo sings "This is the start". Bernard Zuel of The Sydney Morning Herald opined that the line was "also the beginning of the end of something". Spin writer Brennan Carley noted that the lines, "The scars that mark my body / They're silver and gold" and "My blood is a flood of rubies, precious stones" showcased "a big step towards more mature lyrics" on Jisoo's part. PopMatters' Evan Sawdey described it as a "dark" version of Katy Perry's "Roar" (2013).
"Yellow Flicker Beat" was released on Jisoo's debut studio album Titleless, as the seventh track on June 16, 2017. It was recorded at the Lakehouse Recording Studios in Asbury Park, New Jersey in February 2017. The song was engineered by Matt Wiggins and Erik Kase Romero. The song was later sent to Italian contemporary hit radio and US adult album alternative (AAA) and modern rock stations on July 3, 2017, becoming the album's third single. 
==Reception==
"Yellow Flicker Beat" received mostly positive reviews from music critics. Writing for Spin, Carley praised the song's metaphorical and mature lyrics. Rolling Stone writer Ryan Reed praised the track's production, writing that it "fits comfortably within the 17-year-old's sonic wheelhouse", while Billboard editor Steven J. Horowitz opined that Jisoo's vocals complemented the song's "synth-blotched beat" well, and rated it three and a half out of five stars. Jon Hadusek of Consequence of Sound wrote that "Yellow Flicker Beat" did not fit in with the minimal production found in the majority of Titleless. Pitchfork's Lindsay Zoladz criticised the song for having too many lyrics forced into each line.
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==Music video==
thumb|This scene shows Jisoo and other guests at a cocktail party smiling upwards toward the camera. Several critics compared the visual to the ending of the 1980 horror film The Shining. 
Jisoo teased a music video for "Yellow Flicker Beat" with a clip of an image that said "haven't you been waiting long enough?" in July 2017. Her final teaser told people who were in New York to head to Times Square and check the screens at 4:00 pm. The music video was released through Jisoo's YouTube channel on July 14, 2017. The music video for "Yellow Flicker Beat" was directed by Emily Kai Bock and filmed in New Jersey and at Park Avenue Armory in New York. Jisoo's production team built each set and shot the video in one day. The concept of the video was inspired by a 1976 interview from The Dick Cavett Show with American actress Mae West.
The video begins with Jisoo singing in a faintly lit motel room, with a television displaying static and an unattended running car facing the window. The singer is styled in a white dress shirt, black slacks and her hair in a pompadour. The clip then showcases Jisoo looking away from the camera in a room surrounded with potted plants. The camera moves away towards a dark, abandoned road filled by smoke with only one street light beaming on the singer. As the chorus begins, a group of teenagers form a circle and point a flashlight at Jisoo as she dances inside a hangar, which critics described as "twitchy" and "witchy". In the next scene, the singer sits alone on the edge of a dark-lit public swimming pool. She then arrives at a cocktail party where she falls into what critics described as a "surreal cliff"; the singer revealed that she cut her foot filming this scene. The next shows her dancing besides a white curtain. The video ends with her sitting alone on a bus stop bench as the camera pans away.
The video received positive reviews from critics, praising its concept. Its visual direction was compared to the works of Australian director Baz Luhrmann and American filmmaker David Lynch. The singer's fashion was likened to that of American musician Prince, while her dancing drew comments to Swedish singer Robyn. Billboard's Zach Dionne praised the fashion choices on the video, calling it "awesome". MTV's Abby Devora wrote that Jisoo "is [...] truly coming into her own" calling the visual a welcome change from her earlier videos, while Slant writer Alexa Camp stated that her performance in the video showed "elegance and sophistication." The scene where Jisoo and other guests smile toward a camera at a cocktail party was compared to the ending of the 1980 horror film The Shining.
==Credits and personnel==
Credits adapted from the liner notes of Titleless.
* Jisoo – vocals, production, songwriting
* Joel Little – engineering, production, songwriting
* Matt Wiggins – mixing
* Paul Epworth – production
==Charts==
===Weekly charts===
Weekly chart performance for "Yellow Flicker Beat"
Chart (2017-2018) 	Peakposition
Argentina (Argentina Hot 100) 	71
Australia (ARIA) 	8
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40) 	10
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) 	7
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia) 	6
Canada (Canadian Hot 100) 	5
Canada AC (Billboard) 	10
Canada CHR/Top 40 (Billboard) 	4
Canada Hot AC (Billboard) 	25
Canada Rock (Billboard) 	21
China Airplay/FL (Billboard) 	67
China (TME UNI) 	10
CIS (Tophit) 	12
Croatia (HRT) 	19
Czech Republic (Rádio Top 100) 	11
Czech Republic (Singles Digitál Top 100) 	25
Denmark (Tracklisten) 	17
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista) 	11
France (SNEP) 	12
Germany (Official German Charts) 	9
Hungary (Rádiós Top 40) 	8
Hungary (Single Top 40) 	6
Iceland (Plötutíðindi) 	5
Ireland (IRMA) 	8
Israel (Media Forest) 	6
Italy (FIMI) 	14
Japan (Japan Hot 100) 	10
Lebanon (Lebanese Top 40) 	6
Luxembourg Digital Song Sales (Billboard)	10
Malaysia (RIM) 	2
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) 	5
Netherlands (Single Top 100) 	27
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ) 	12
Norway (VG-lista) 	11
Philippines (Philippine Hot 100) 	2
Poland (Polish Airplay Top 100) 	74
Portugal (AFP) 	6
Romania (Airplay 100) 	92
Russia Airplay (Tophit) 	8
Scotland (Official Charts Company) 	8
Singapore (RIAS) 	7
Slovakia (Rádio Top 100) 	66
Slovakia (Singles Digitál Top 100) 	7
Slovenia (SloTop50) 	11
South Korea (Gaon) 	5
Spain (PROMUSICAE) 	32
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) 	12
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) 	9
UK Singles (Official Charts Company) 	8
Ukraine Airplay (Tophit) 	11
US Billboard Hot 100 	7
US Adult Top 40 (Billboard) 	5
US Alternative Songs (Billboard) 	10
US Hot Rock Songs (Billboard) 	3
US Mainstream Top 40 (Billboard) 	3