Cookie Jar (Red Velvet song)

It was reported that Red Velvet will have their Japan debut on July after Japan Nikkan Sports and Sankei Sports reported that the group had its first Japanese conference at the Sports Plaza in Musashino, Tokyo.{{Cite news|last=|first=|date=25 June 2018|title=[투데이 연예톡톡] 레드벨벳, 다음 달 일본 정식 데뷔|work=|url=https://imnews.imbc.com/replay/2018/nwtoday/article/4665242_30187.html|access-date=}}{{Cite news|last=|first=|date=|title=|work=|url=https://newsinstar.com/news/article.html?no=18657|access-date=}} Red Velvet confirmed themselves that they will officially debut in Japan during their Redmare concert tour.{{Cite news|last=|first=|date=19 July 2020|title=[Oh! 재팬] 레드벨벳, 7월4일 日 데뷔 확정..'빨간맛' 히트 이을까|work=|url=https://www.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2018/05/16/2018051600526.html|access-date=}}

Musically, "#Cookie Jar" was described as a song that has "groovy bassline and uptempo, twinkling electro-pop melody" that recalls Rookie.{{Cite magazine|title=Red Velvet's First Japanese Single '#Cookie Jar' Is a Full-Blown Sugar Rush: Watch|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/k-town/8462110/red-velvet-cookie-video|access-date=2021-02-01|magazine=Billboard|language=en}}

Following its initial release, "#Cookie Jar" was met with mixed reviews from music critics. Lee Gi-eun of TV Daily called the track "addicting", further adding that "even if you only listen to it once, the merriness of the Red Velvet songs is there".{{Cite news|last=|first=|date=|title=|work=|url=http://tvdaily.asiae.co.kr/read.php3?aid=15296375361366034010|access-date=}}{{Dead link|date=December 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Writing for Billboard, Tamar Herman described the track that "leads up to its funky earworm of a chorus".

The music video features the group members dressed in cute pastel-style outfits and original accessories, showing off unrealistic comic visuals. Following the music video's release, Seok Tae-jin of Insight Korea described the group's "unique, fresh, and bubbly charms", further praising the video for its "dazzling visuals.".{{Cite news|last=|first=|date=22 June 2018|title="이 세상 미모가 아니다"···해외 팬들 '입덕'시킨 레드벨벳 일본 데뷔곡 Mv|work=|url=https://www.insight.co.kr/news/162117|access-date=}} Tamar Herman of Billboard noted Red Velvet's "similarly bubbly, bathing the fivesome in retro looks inspired by the '60s, '70s, and '80s" music video theme.

Credits adapted from the liner notes of #Cookie Jar and Bloom.{{cite AV media notes |title=#Cookie Jar |others=Red Velvet |year=2018 |at=Credits |type=photobook |publisher=SM Entertainment, Avex Trax |location=Japan}}{{cite AV media notes |title=Bloom |others=Red Velvet |year=2022 |at=Credits |type=photobook |publisher=SM Entertainment, Avex Trax |location=Japan}}

Studio

• MonoTree Studio – recording
• SM Yellow Tail Studio – mixing
• Sterling Sound – mastering

Personnel

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• Red Velvet (Irene, Seulgi, Wendy, Joy, Yeri) – vocals, background vocals
• MEG.ME – lyrics
• Efraim Faramir Sixten Fransesco Vindalf Cederqvist Leo – composition
• Mats Koray Genc – composition
• Gavin Jones – composition
• Saima Iren Mian – composition
• Ronny Vidar Svendsen – composition
• Anne Judith Stokke Wik – composition
• Nermin Harambasic – composition
• Hyun Hwang – vocal directing, Pro Tools operation, digital editing, recording
• Keita Joko – digital editing
• Jong-pil Gu (BeatBurger) – mixing
• Chris Gehringer – mastering

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