Bop Bop

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Not to be confused with
Bip Bop or Bop Bop!
.

"Bop Bop"
Duplicated face of Inna in front of a black backdrop.
Single by Inna featuring Eric Turner
from the album Inna and Body and the Sun
Released14 July 2015
GenreDance-pop
Length3:25
Label
  • Roton
  • Empire
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Inna singles chronology
"We Wanna"
(2015) 		"Bop Bop"
(2015) 		"Yalla"
(2015)
Eric Turner singles chronology
"Dancing in My Head"
(2012) 		"Bop Bop"
(2015)
Alternative covers
Inna wearing the officer outfit from the music video while leaning on the words "BOP BOP" placed on a black backdrop.
Promotional cover artwork

"Bop Bop" is a song recorded by Romanian singer

Roton and Empire Music. The recording was written by Sebastian Barac, Carl Bjorsell, Marcel Botezan, Julimar J-Son Santos, Thomas Troelsen and Eric Turner, while production was handled by Bjorsell, Troelsen, Turner and Play & Win. A dance-pop
track, "Bop Bop" was described as a departure from the singer's previous work.

While music critics were favorable towards both Inna's and Turner's vocal delivery, the single was awarded with "Best Dance-Pop Song" at the 2015 Radio România Actualități Awards gala. An accompanying music video for the recording—which was heavily aired on Romanian television—premiered on Inna's YouTube channel on 13 July 2015, with it being shot by Dimitri Caceaune, John Perez and David Gal in Bucharest. Promoted by various live performances, "Bop Bop" reached number two on native Airplay 100, and position 94 on the Polish Airplay Top 100.

Composition

"Bop Bop"
A 15-second sample of "Bop Bop", a dance-pop song featuring a "coherent" production and "antrenant" beats.[1][2][3]
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The recording was written by

LGTB website Grupo EGF stated that the rhythm of the recording is "danceable", further explaining that it incorporates a "retro air" and an "interesting mix of sounds".[6] Hitfire saw "Bop Bop" as a departure from Inna's previous work.[1] Echoing this thought, the singer confessed in an interview with Romanian radio station Kiss FM
that;

It is a collaboration with one of my friends from the international music industry, Eric Turner, a very talented guy from Sweden, and with the boys from Play & Win. It is very particular. I consider that I went through all stages, from

club and pop music
, so I considered that I have reached a maturity which allows me to release a song which I like, which makes me move in a club and makes me want to hear it on the radio, and I'm very fulfilled.

Reception and accolades

Upon its release, "Bop Bop" was met with good reviews from

rapper but with another singer,[8] Grupo EGF labelled "Bop Bop" as "contagious" and "mature", further acclaiming Turner's performance.[6] Music website Hitfire wrote that the song's title is "simple", and went on praising the refrain and Inna's vocal delivery.[1] The singer herself saw the single as "cheerful", "crazy" and "energetic".[9]

Commercially, "Bop Bop" debuted at number 64 on Romania's Airplay 100 on 26 July 2015, remaining her fourth charting song that week alongside "Mai stai" (position 47), "Diggy Down" (position 61) and "We Wanna" (position 76).[10] Subsequently, the recording moved up 37 places to number 27 on the following week,[11] and reached its peak position at number two on 11 October 2015.[12] The single also reached number 94 on the Polish Airplay Top 100.[13] Additionally, "Bop Bop" was awarded with "Best Dance-Pop Song" at the 2015 Radio România Actualități Awards gala, where it was nominated alongside "Când vremea e rea" (2015) by Sore and "Falava" (2015) by Andra.[14][15]

Music video

Background and release

The music video for "Bop Bop" was teased on July 9, 2015, featuring a short sequence of Inna and six fellow backup dancer performing synchronized dance moves on a kind of stage or runway. While the dancers were dressed in black and white outfits, the singer sports a sparkling silver top.

director of photography.[9] The clip has no plot.[1]

Synopsis

Inna (middle) and her backup dancers performing a synchronized choreography in the music video for "Bop Bop".[21]

The video opens with an old-fashioned TV being turned on, and displaying the word "BOP" on its screen. Following this, several photos of women are seen scattered on the floor of a dark-lightened room, which is then followed by Turner appearing to sing the first refrain of the song on the TV's display,[1] wearing black sunglasses and a silver jacket; two fellow females are watching him. Inna is then shown singing to herself in front of a mirror, and subsequently makes appearance sporting an officer outfit consisting of a black hat and a tie. For the second refrain of "Bop Bop", the singer and her backup dancers are portrayed performing a synchronized choreography on a runaway.

Following this, Inna appears wearing a yellow dress while standing on a stair, with her shadow not moving alike to her. When the track's breakdown is played, Inna is presented lying on a XXL-photo of her face, and she and her backup dancers are shown clapping their hands and performing subtle movements. The visual ends with Inna appearing on the TV's display from the beginning, before it is switched off by a woman previously shown. Scenes interspersed through the main plot portray people performing tribal moves while the video's frame is vertically constrained to just the center of the screen, and two lesbian girls touching their bodies and picturing themselves.[21]

Reception and analysis

While Musicserver was generally positive towards the music video,[7] Tony Sokol from American music website KpopStarz called it a "scorcher" and Grupo EGF noticed Lesbian vibe.[6][22] German website Hitfire labelled the outfits used during the clip "interesting", praised the performance of the background dancers, and called the video "recommendable".[1] Jonathan Currinn, writing in his own music website, described the visual as being "fashion involved", and particularly saw Inna's appearance as sexy and confident. Going on, Currinn further likened Turner's appearance on a TV screen to that of Pitbull's in Inna's "Good Time" (2014) and Flo Rida's in The Saturdays's "Higher" (2010), while being positive to the choreography although stating that it "isn't in depth enough".[23] The music video peaked at number two on Media Forest's TV Airplay Chart.[24]

Live performances and other usage

"Bop Bop" was set on the track list of concert tours that promoted her album Inna and its Japanese counterpart Body and the Sun in Europe and Japan.

World Trade Center Mexico, where she additionally sung a cover version of Justin Bieber's "Love Yourself" (2015) and a stripped-down version of "Endless" (2011),[26] and opened the Untold Festival in 2016.[27] For Romanian reality talent show Te cunosc de undeva!, Carmen Simonescu impersonated Inna and delivered a performance of "Bop Bop".[28]

Track listing
  1. "Bop Bop" (featuring Eric Turner) – 3:25
  • Official remixes[30]
  1. "Bop Bop" (featuring Eric Turner) [Deepierro Remix] – 3:27
  2. "Bop Bop" (featuring Eric Turner) [Embody Remix] – 3:24
  3. "Bop Bop" (featuring Eric Turner) [Global B Remix] – 4:15
  4. "Bop Bop" (featuring Eric Turner) [House of Titans Remix] – 3:41
  5. "Bop Bop" (featuring Eric Turner) [Jordan Viper Remix] – 5:14
  6. "Bop Bop" (featuring Eric Turner) [Shandree Remix] – 4:12

Charts

Weekly charts

Release history

Country Date Format Label
France[32] 14 July 2015 Digital download Roton/
Empire
Germany[33]
Italy[34]
Netherlands[35]
Romania[29]
Russia[36]
United Kingdom[37]
United States[38] 24 July 2015

References

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  2. ^ a b "Inna isi lanseaza noul album pe 15 octombrie!" [Inna releases her new studio album on 15 October] (in Romanian). Melty.ro. Archived from the original on 25 December 2015. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
  3. ^ a b c "Inna – Bop Bop", o piesa care o sa-ti placa la nebunie" ["Bop Bop", a track which you will adore] (in Romanian). Kiss FM. 13 July 2015. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
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