Nxde

"Nxde" (pronounced "nude") is a song by South Korean girl group (G)I-dle. It was released through Cube Entertainment on October 17, 2022, as the lead single of the group's fifth extended play, I Love (2022). It was written, composed, and arranged by Soyeon, with additional composition and arrangement credits by PopTime and Kako. Musically, it is an alternative pop track that samples the aria "Habanera" from Georges Bizet's 1875 opéra comique Carmen. The song utilizes jazzy instrumentations; its lyrics revolve around the notion of expressing one's true self. "Nxde" was met with generally positive reviews from critics, who praised its production, lyricism and noted its themes of female empowerment, self-love, objectification and hypersexualization of women by the media and public. It was a commercial success in South Korea, topping the Circle Digital Chart, and became the group's second number-one single on the chart. Later, the song was certified gold by the RIAJ in Japan. The accompanying music video was created by Soyeon, who heavily took inspiration from Marilyn Monroe and Banksy, while it was directed by Son Seung-hee of High Quality Fish, who directed the group's previous work. "Nxde" received airplay on KMVQ-FM, a radio station in San Francisco, California, within a day of its release, marking the first time a Korean-language song by a K-pop girl group debuted on an American radio station. It peaked at number forty on Billboard's Pop Airplay chart, making (G)I-dle the first act from an independent label to chart with a non-English song.