Stay (Blackpink song)

{{Infobox song

| name = Stay

| cover =

| caption =

| alt =

| language = {{hlist|Korean|English}}

| type = single

| artist = Blackpink

| album = Square Two

| released = {{Start date|2016|11|1}}

| recorded =

| studio = The Black Label (Seoul)

| genre = Folk-pop{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/k-town/7564599/blackpink-two-new-songs-halloween|title=BlackPink Releases Two New Songs on Halloween|first=Tamar|last=Herman|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=December 28, 2016|date=October 31, 2016}}

| length = 3:50

| label = YG

| writer = {{hlist|Teddy}}

| producer = {{hlist|Teddy|Seo Won-jin}}

| title2 = Playing with Fire

| prev_title = Whistle

| prev_title2 = Boombayah

| prev_year = 2016

| next_title = As If It's Your Last

| next_year = 2017

| misc = {{External music video|type= single|{{YouTube|FzVR_fymZw4|"Stay"}}
{{YouTube|Dojlbb44LpA|"Stay (JP Ver.)"}}}}

}}

"Stay" is a song recorded by South Korean girl group Blackpink. It was released on November 1, 2016, together with "Playing with Fire", as the group's second digital single album titled Square Two, through YG Entertainment. The song was written by Teddy and produced by him alongside Seo Won Jin. Commercially, "Stay" peaked at number ten on the Gaon Digital Chart.

Composition

"Stay" was written by YG Entertainment's chief producer Teddy, with co-composition by Seo Won-jin who also handled the arrangement and production of the entire song. The song style of "Stay" is characterized as emotional pop with folk music as its main axis. It begins with the melancholic sound of the harmonica, combined with the lyrical repetition of the guitar and accompaniment of guitar strings, presenting "the loneliness and unease felt after being left alone", with a sorrowful and melancholic country-pop style. Each member's unique vocals accompany the entire song, expressing the anxiety of a lover possibly leaving sooner or later, and the earnest desire to keep the lover by one's side.{{Cite magazine |last=Herman |first=Tamar |date=2016-11-01 |title=BlackPink Releases Two New Songs on Halloween |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/blackpink-two-new-songs-halloween-7564599/ |access-date=2024-03-16 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}

Background and release

On October 27, 2016, teaser images of all four members of Blackpink were released for the second title track "Stay" of their single Square Two.{{Cite news|url=http://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=108&aid=0002566058|title='자신감↑' 블랙핑크, 2연속 '더블 타이틀곡' 확정..'불장난'+'스테이'|access-date=2016-10-27}} On October 30, YG Entertainment released the behind-the-scenes video of the music video for "Stay".{{Cite news|url=http://www.yg-life.com/archives/81716?lang=en|title=With Two Days to go Until its Comeback, BLACKPINK Reveals the Behind-the-scenes Video of its "STAY" MV|access-date=2016-10-30}} The song and its music video were released on November 1 alongside "Playing with Fire".

Commercial performance

"Stay" debuted at number ten on South Korea's Gaon Digital Chart, with 115,531 downloads (landing at number six on the component Download Chart) and 1,651,667 streams (debuting at number 28 on the component Streaming Chart). The song sold 182,138 downloads in the month of November and 61,370 in the month of December, totaling 243,508 downloads sold in 2016.{{Cite web|url=http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/online.gaon?serviceGbn=S1020&termGbn=month&hitYear=2016&targetTime=11&nationGbn=K|website=Gaon Music Chart|publisher=Korea Music Content Association|language=ko|script-title=ko:2016년 11월 Download Chart|trans-title=November 2016 Download Chart|access-date=January 9, 2017|archive-date=June 17, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180617115442/http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/online.gaon?serviceGbn=S1020&termGbn=month&hitYear=2016&targetTime=11&nationGbn=K|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|url=http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/online.gaon?serviceGbn=S1020&termGbn=month&hitYear=2016&targetTime=12&nationGbn=K|website=Gaon Music Chart|publisher=Korea Music Content Association|language=ko|script-title=ko:2016년 12월 Download Chart|trans-title=December 2016 Download Chart|access-date=January 9, 2017|archive-date=June 17, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180617115531/http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/online.gaon?serviceGbn=S1020&termGbn=month&hitYear=2016&targetTime=12&nationGbn=K|url-status=dead}}

In the United States, the song debuted at number four on the Billboard World Digital Songs chart, selling nearly 3,000 copies in its first week of release.{{cite magazine|last1=Benjamin|first1=Jeff|title=Blackpink Earn Second No. 1 on World Digital Songs, Debut on Social 50|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/k-town/7572699/blackpink-playing-with-fire-no-1-world-digital-songs-social-50-chart|magazine=Billboard|access-date=November 10, 2016|date=November 9, 2016|url-access=subscription|archive-date=April 10, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190410005437/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/k-town/7572699/blackpink-playing-with-fire-no-1-world-digital-songs-social-50-chart|url-status=live}}

Live performances

Blackpink performed their comeback stage for "Stay" and "Playing with Fire" on November 6 on SBS's Inkigayo, and on Mnet's M Countdown on November 10, 2016.{{Cite news|url=http://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=109&aid=0003422497|title=[단독] 블랙핑크, 11월6일 '인기가요'+10일 '엠카' 연속 컴백 확정|access-date= 6 November 2016| date = 29 October 2016}}

On October 23, 2021, Blackpink performed "Stay" as part of the YouTube Originals special Dear Earth, in which they delivered a speech about the importance of dealing with climate change.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/k-town/9650177/blackpink-stay-speech-dear-earth/|last=Iasimone|first=Ashley|title=BLACKPINK Perform 'Stay,' Deliver Speech for 'Dear Earth' Special|magazine=Billboard|date=October 23, 2021|access-date=October 23, 2021}}

Music video

The music video for "Stay" was directed by Han Sa-min, who previously directed "Gotta Be You" by 2NE1 and "Sober" by Big Bang. It was released on Blackpink's official YouTube channel at midnight on November 1, 2016 KST. In 2021, it surpassed 300 million views, becoming Blackpink's 16th video to reach this milestone.{{cite web|url=https://sp.yna.co.kr/view/ASP20211212000600883|title=El videoclip de 'Stay' de BLACKPINK supera los 300 millones de visualizaciones en YouTube|trans-title=Blackpink's music video for "Stay" surpasses 300 million views on YouTube|work=Yonhap News Agency|access-date=December 12, 2021|date=December 12, 2021|language=es}}

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from Melon.{{cite web|title=STAY – BLACKPINK|url=https://www.melon.com/song/detail.htm?songId=30069774|website=Melon|access-date=November 5, 2016|archive-date=November 5, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161105032504/https://www.melon.com/song/detail.htm?songId=30069774|url-status=live|language=ko}}

Blackpink{{spaced ndash}} vocals
Teddy{{spaced ndash}} composer, lyricist, arranger
Seo Won-jin{{spaced ndash}} composer, arranger

Charts

=Weekly charts=

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" \|+Weekly chart performance for "Stay"
scope="col"\| Chart (2016) ! scope="col"\| Peak position
scope="row"\| South Korea (Gaon Digital Chart){{cite web\|url=http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/online.gaon?serviceGbn=ALL&termGbn=week&hitYear=2016&targetTime=45&nationGbn=T\|title=Gaon Digital Chart (Week 45)\|accessdate=November 18, 2016}} \| 10
scope="row"\| US World Digital Songs (Billboard){{cite magazine\|url=http://www.billboard.com/biz/search/charts?f[0]=ts_chart_artistname%3Ablackpink&f[1]=itm_field_chart_id%3A1106&f[2]=ss_bb_type%3Achart_item&type=2&artist=blackpink\|title=Chart Search "Blackpink"\|magazine=Billboard\|accessdate=November 18, 2016}} \| 4

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"

|+Weekly chart performance for "Stay"

scope="col"| Chart (2016)

! scope="col"| Peak
position

scope="row"| South Korea (Gaon Digital Chart){{cite web|url=http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/online.gaon?serviceGbn=ALL&termGbn=week&hitYear=2016&targetTime=45&nationGbn=T|title=Gaon Digital Chart (Week 45)|accessdate=November 18, 2016}}

| 10

scope="row"| US World Digital Songs (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/biz/search/charts?f[0]=ts_chart_artistname%3Ablackpink&f[1]=itm_field_chart_id%3A1106&f[2]=ss_bb_type%3Achart_item&type=2&artist=blackpink|title=Chart Search "Blackpink"|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=November 18, 2016}}

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=Monthly charts=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" \|+Monthly chart performance for "Stay"
scope="col"\| Chart (2016) ! scope="col"\| Peak position
scope="row"\|South Korea (Gaon){{cite web\|url=http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/online.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=ALL&targetTime=11&hitYear=2016&termGbn=month\|title=Gaon Digital Chart (November)\|accessdate=May 5, 2017}} \| 27

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"

|+Monthly chart performance for "Stay"

scope="col"| Chart (2016)

! scope="col"| Peak
position

scope="row"|South Korea (Gaon){{cite web|url=http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/online.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=ALL&targetTime=11&hitYear=2016&termGbn=month|title=Gaon Digital Chart (November)|accessdate=May 5, 2017}}

| 27

Release history

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" \|+ Release dates and formats for "Stay" ! scope="col"\| Region ! scope="col"\| Date ! scope="col"\| Format ! scope="col"\| Label ! scope="col"\| {{abbr\|Ref.\|Reference}}
scope="row"\| Various \| November 1, 2016 \| {{hlist\|Digital download\|streaming}} \| scope="row"\|{{hlist\|YG Entertainment}} \| align="center" \|

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|+ Release dates and formats for "Stay"

! scope="col"| Region

! scope="col"| Date

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scope="row"| Various

| November 1, 2016

| {{hlist|Digital download|streaming}}

| scope="row"|{{hlist|YG Entertainment}}

| align="center" |