Love Hangover (Jennie song)
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{{Infobox song
| name = Love Hangover
| cover = Jennie - Love Hangover.png
| alt =
| artist = Jennie featuring Dominic Fike
| album = Ruby
| written =
| type = single
| released = {{start date|2025|1|31}}
| recorded =
| studio = Paradise Sound Recordings (Los Angeles)
| genre = * Pop
| length = 3:00
| label = * Odd Atelier
| writer =
- Dominic Fike
- Ido Zmishlany
- Megan Bülow
- Blaise Railey
- Carly Gibert
- Devin Workman
| producer =
- Jennie
- Ido Zmishlany
| chronology = Jennie
| prev_title = Mantra
| prev_year = 2024
| next_title = ExtraL
| next_year = 2025
| misc = {{Extra chronology
| artist = Dominic Fike
| type = single
| prev_title = Mama's Boy
| prev_year = 2023
| title = Love Hangover
| year = 2025
| next_title =
| next_year =
}}
{{External music video|{{YouTube|23urWKmHS6o|"Love Hangover"}}}}
}}
"Love Hangover" is a song by South Korean singer and rapper Jennie featuring American singer Dominic Fike. It was released through Odd Atelier and Columbia Records on January 31, 2025, as the second single from her debut studio album, Ruby (2025).
Background and release
After her departure from YG Entertainment for solo activities, Jennie founded her own record label named Odd Atelier in November 2023.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/blackpink-jennie-label-company-oa-odd-atelier-1235564939/|title=BLACKPINK's Jennie Begins 'Solo Journey' With New Label and Company OA|last=Peters|first=Michelle|magazine=Billboard|date=December 24, 2023|access-date=January 1, 2024|archive-date=January 1, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240101133631/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/blackpink-jennie-label-company-oa-odd-atelier-1235564939/|url-status=live}} She subsequently signed as a solo artist with Columbia Records in partnership with Odd Atelier in September 2024.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2024/music/news/blackpink-jennie-signs-with-columbia-records-1236137445/|title=Blackpink's Jennie Signs Solo Deal With Columbia Records|last=Aswad|first=Jem|website=Variety|date=September 8, 2024|access-date=September 8, 2024|archive-date=September 8, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240908224918/https://variety.com/2024/music/news/blackpink-jennie-signs-with-columbia-records-1236137445/|url-status=live}} On October 11, 2024, Jennie released "Mantra" through Odd Atelier and Columbia Records as the lead single of her debut studio album Ruby.{{cite magazine|last=Spanos|first=Brittany|title=Jennie Launches New Era With a Pretty Girl 'Mantra'|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/jennie-mantra-single-launches-new-era-1235131229/|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=October 10, 2024|access-date=October 13, 2024|archive-date=October 11, 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20241011053029/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/jennie-mantra-single-launches-new-era-1235131229/|url-status=live}} She began teasing a follow-up by releasing a snippet of a track accompanied by an image of a telephone on her official website. She also posted a photo of a burial site from an underground point of view on Instagram, showing a behind-the-scenes moment from the filming of a then unannounced music video.{{cite web|last=Bakshi|first=Peuli|title=BLACKPINK's Jennie announces release date of Love Hangover from Ruby album following ZEN|url=https://www.pinkvilla.com/entertainment/blackpinks-jennie-announces-release-date-of-love-hangover-from-ruby-album-following-zen-1369441|website=Pinkvilla|date=January 27, 2025|access-date=January 27, 2025|archive-date=January 29, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250129003844/https://www.pinkvilla.com/entertainment/blackpinks-jennie-announces-release-date-of-love-hangover-from-ruby-album-following-zen-1369441|url-status=live}} On January 26, 2025, she officially announced the album's second single titled "Love Hangover" by uploading an image of a heart-shaped gravestone that displayed the track's name and release date of January 31.{{cite news|last=Lee|first=Tae-hee|title=Blackpink's Jennie to release 'Love Hangover' prerelease track to solo album 'Ruby,' on Friday|url=https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/2025-01-27/entertainment/kpop/Blackpinks-Jennie-to-release-Love-Hangover-prerelease-track-to-solo-album-Ruby-on-Friday/2230917|work=Korea JoongAng Daily|date=January 27, 2025|access-date=January 27, 2025|archive-date=January 30, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250130234506/https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/2025-01-27/entertainment/kpop/Blackpinks-Jennie-to-release-Love-Hangover-prerelease-track-to-solo-album-Ruby-on-Friday/2230917|url-status=live}} The next day, she revealed the song was a collaboration with American singer Dominic Fike in a teaser photo post of herself lying in a coffin holding blue flowers; she later posted a video of herself in the same location singing along to a snippet of the track.{{cite magazine|last=Jacob|first=Lola|title='Love Hangover' by Jennie featuring Dominic Fike will be released this Friday.|url=https://www.coupdemainmagazine.com/dominic-fike/19963|magazine=Coup de Main|date=January 28, 2025|access-date=January 28, 2025|archive-date=January 31, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250131032354/https://www.coupdemainmagazine.com/dominic-fike/19963|url-status=live}} She further shared a snapshot of herself with Fike captioned "call me back" on January 29.{{cite web|last=Das|first=Hrishita|title='Call me back': BLACKPINK's Jennie sends out flirty shoutout and couple PIC to Dominic Fike ahead of Love Hangover release|url=https://www.pinkvilla.com/entertainment/call-me-back-blackpinks-jennie-sends-out-flirty-shoutout-and-couple-pic-to-dominic-fike-ahead-of-love-hangover-release-1370146|website=Pinkvilla|date=January 30, 2025|access-date=January 30, 2025|archive-date=January 31, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250131032514/https://www.pinkvilla.com/entertainment/call-me-back-blackpinks-jennie-sends-out-flirty-shoutout-and-couple-pic-to-dominic-fike-ahead-of-love-hangover-release-1370146|url-status=live}}
Composition and lyrics
"Love Hangover" is a "slow-burn, midtempo pop" song that is seemingly inspired by Diana Ross' 1976 song of the same name.{{cite magazine|last=Kaufman|first=Gil|title=JENNIE Has a Toxic 'Love Hangover' On New Solo Single With Dominic Fike|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/jennie-love-hangover-solo-single-dominic-fike-listen-1235888598/|magazine=Billboard|date=January 31, 2025|access-date=January 31, 2025|archive-date=January 31, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250131144515/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/jennie-love-hangover-solo-single-dominic-fike-listen-1235888598/|url-status=live}} It has further been described to be a "hazy post-break" track marked with "retro soul flourishes and programmed idiosyncrasies".{{cite magazine|last=Hussein|first=Shahzaib|title=JENNIE Links Up With Dominic Fike On 'Love Hangover'|url=https://www.clashmusic.com/news/jennie-links-up-with-dominic-fike-on-love-hangover/|magazine=Clash|date=January 31, 2025|access-date=January 31, 2025|archive-date=January 31, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250131192014/https://www.clashmusic.com/news/jennie-links-up-with-dominic-fike-on-love-hangover/|url-status=live}}
The lyrics explore the "emotional turmoil of an irresistible yet toxic attraction".{{cite news|title=Jennie to prerelease 'Love Hangover' featuring Dominic Fike|url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/art/2025/01/398_391260.html|work=The Korea Times|date=January 31, 2025|access-date=January 31, 2025|archive-date=January 31, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250131033115/https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/art/2025/01/398_391260.html|url-status=live}} In the chorus, Jennie sings: "We say it’s over/ But I keep fucking with you/ And every time I do, I wake up with this love hangover", expressing her struggle fighting an attraction to someone she hates to love. Dominic Fike comes in the second verse to rap: "She gon' leave me, but she wants to keep me on, what's up with that?", continuing the theme of struggling to break free from a connection that won't let go.
Accolades
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| {{dts|February 20, 2025}} | {{Cite web|script-title=ko:제니, 오늘(21일) ‘엑스트라L’ 선공개…컴백 예열|trans-title=Jennie, pre-release of "ExtraL" today (21st)…Preheating our comeback|url=https://isplus.com/article/view/isp202502210003|website=Ilgan Sports|language=ko|last=Kang|first=Joo-hee|date=February 21, 2025|access-date=February 21, 2025|archive-date=February 21, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250221084751/https://isplus.com/article/view/isp202502210003|url-status=live}} |
Music video
File:Jennie - Love Hangover (music video screenshot).png
{{Blockquote|text= Each time I go out on a date, I keep dying when I fall in love. The lyrics are somewhat like that, knowing that I’ll get hurt and that it will be tough, but why do I fall in love again and get drunk with that love? It’s about the hangover of love. When I heard it for the first time, I just really related to it. Anyone who has dated and been in love can easily relate to it.|author=Jennie on how the song's lyrics inspired the music video|source=Hyell's Club{{Cite magazine |last=Bailey |first=Alyssa |date=February 1, 2025 |title=Jennie's 'Love Hangover' Lyrics Capture the Danger and Allure of an On-Off Fling |url=https://www.elle.com/culture/music/a63632918/jennie-love-hangover-lyrics-meaning/|access-date=January 31, 2025|magazine=Elle|archive-date=January 31, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250131193351/https://www.elle.com/culture/music/a63632918/jennie-love-hangover-lyrics-meaning/|url-status=live}}}}
An accompanying music video for "Love Hangover" was released alongside the single on January 31. Directed by duo Bradley & Pablo and shot in Mexico City, the video stars American actor Charles Melton as Jennie's boyfriend and sees the two going on a series of dates that all end in disaster.{{cite magazine|last=Zemler|first=Emily|title=Jennie Taps Dominic Fike for Confessional Single 'Love Hangover'|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/jennie-dominic-fike-love-hangover-single-1235252224/|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=January 31, 2025|access-date=January 31, 2025|archive-date=January 31, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250131074721/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/jennie-dominic-fike-love-hangover-single-1235252224/|url-status=live}} In the opening scene, Jennie gets laid to rest at her funeral in a baby blue casket as her boyfriend grieves. Several flashbacks to their dates show that they each end with Jennie's untimely death, depicting her being eaten by a kaiju that pops out of a movie screen, choking on a martini olive at a restaurant, throwing herself into a bowling accident, and falling from a great height.{{cite web|last=Williams|first=Aaron|title=Jennie Suffers A Series Of Untimely Demises In Her 'Love Hangover' Video With Dominic Fike|url=https://uproxx.com/pop/jennie-dominic-fike-love-hangover-video/|website=Uproxx|date=January 31, 2025|access-date=January 31, 2025|archive-date=January 31, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250131113448/https://uproxx.com/pop/jennie-dominic-fike-love-hangover-video/|url-status=live}} On Lee Hye-ri's YouTube show Hyell's Club, Jennie explained that the concept of the music video was inspired as a dramatic reflection of the song's lyrics, in which she continues to fall in love despite getting hurt and "dying" each time.
Live performances
Jennie uploaded a live performance video of "Love Hangover" to her YouTube channel on February 11, 2025, in which she performs the song solo with her own verse replacing Fike's.{{cite magazine|last=Saulog|first=Gabriel|title=JENNIE Showcases Her Rap Prowess On Live Performance Video of "Love Hangover" – Watch|url=https://billboardphilippines.com/music/news/jennie-showcases-her-rap-prowess-on-live-performance-video-of-love-hangover-watch/|magazine=Billboard Philippines|access-date=February 12, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250314162329/https://billboardphilippines.com/music/news/jennie-showcases-her-rap-prowess-on-live-performance-video-of-love-hangover-watch/|archive-date=March 14, 2025|date=February 12, 2025|url-status=live}} She also included the song on the setlist of her concert tour The Ruby Experience, which commenced in Los Angeles on March 6 at the same time as Ruby{{'}}s release.{{cite magazine|last=Garcia|first=Thania|title=Jennie Brings 'The Ruby Experience' to Los Angeles for a Sweet and Sultry Intro to Her Solo Era: Concert Review|url=https://variety.com/2025/music/news/jennie-ruby-experience-concert-review-1236330927/|magazine=Variety|access-date=March 7, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250308105237/https://variety.com/2025/music/news/jennie-ruby-experience-concert-review-1236330927/|archive-date=March 8, 2025|date=March 7, 2025|url-status=live}} Jennie also performed it at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival on April 13 and 20.{{Cite news|url=https://www.desertsun.com/story/life/entertainment/music/coachella/2025/04/13/blackpink-jennie-coachella-setlist-2025/83076715007/|last=Barraza|first=Paris|title=Coachella 2025: From 'Starlight' to 'ExtraL,' see full setlist for Jennie's solo performance|work=The Desert Sun|date=April 13, 2025|access-date=April 14, 2025|archive-date=April 14, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250414123111/https://www.desertsun.com/story/life/entertainment/music/coachella/2025/04/13/blackpink-jennie-coachella-setlist-2025/83076715007/|url-status=live}}
Credits and personnel
Credits adapted from the liner notes of Ruby{{cite AV media notes|title=Ruby|author=Jennie|year=2025|publisher=Odd Atelier/Columbia Records|id=L200003175|type=liner notes}} and Tidal.{{Cite web|title=Credits / Love Hangover / JENNIE |url=https://listen.tidal.com/album/414613074/credits |access-date=January 31, 2025 |website=Tidal|date=January 31, 2025 }}
Recording
- Recorded at Paradise Sound Recordings LA (Los Angeles, California)
- Mixed at Larrabee Studios (North Hollywood, California)
- Mastered at Sterling Sound (Edgewater, New Jersey)
Personnel
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- Jennie – vocals, producer
- Dominic Fike – featured vocals, songwriter {{small|(Dominic Fike version)}}
- Ido Zmishlany – songwriter, producer, background vocals, drums, bass, synth bass, Rhodes, clavinet, Juno, drum programming
- Megan Bülow – songwriter, background vocals
- Blaise Railey – songwriter, background vocals
- Carly Gibert – songwriter, background vocals
- Devin Workman – songwriter {{small|(Dominic Fike version)}}
- Jelli Dorman – engineer, vocal producer, vocal engineer, vocal programming
- Kuk Harrell – recording engineer, vocal producer, vocal engineer
- Noah Gottdenker – engineer {{small|(Dominic Fike version)}}
- Bryce Bordone – assistant engineer {{small|(Dominic Fike version)}}
- Will Lamoreux – associated performer, viola, violin {{small|(Dominic Fike version)}}
- Manny Marroquin – mix engineer
- Anthony Vilchis – assistant mix engineer
- Trey Station – assistant mix engineer
- Will Quinnell – mastering engineer
{{div col end}}
Charts
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= Weekly charts =
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= Monthly charts =
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|+ Monthly chart performance for "Love Hangover" ! scope="col"| Chart (2025) ! scope="col"| Position |
| scope="row"| South Korea (Circle){{cite web|url=https://circlechart.kr/page_chart/onoff.circle?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=ALL&targetTime=02&hitYear=2025&termGbn=month&yearTime=3|title=Digital Chart – February 2025|website=Circle Chart|language=ko|access-date=March 8, 2025}}
| 45 |
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Release history
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|+ "Love Hangover" release history ! scope="col" | Region ! scope="col" | Date ! scope="col" | Format ! scope="col" | Label ! scope="col" | {{abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |
| scope="row" | Various
| January 31, 2025 | {{hlist|Digital download|streaming}} | {{hlist|Odd Atelier|Columbia}} |
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See also
References
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{{Jennie (singer)}}
{{Dominic Fike}}
Category:Columbia Records singles
Category:Jennie (singer) songs
Category:English-language South Korean songs
Category:Music videos shot in Mexico
Category:Songs written by Dominic Fike
Category:Songs written by Ido Zmishlany
Category:Songs written by Jennie (singer)