LE SSERAFIM Serves Chaos and Charm with "SPAGHETTI"

Oct 29

LE SSERAFIM’s new single “SPAGHETTI” is a playful flex dressed up as a kitchen disaster with sticky hooks, greasy bass, and a concept that refuses to come unstuck. This time around, the group’s track pairs the group’s knife-edge charisma with BTS’s j-hope (as well as a member’s version and English version), whose elastic verse slots in like a final garnish—light, confident, and just a little cheeky. The collaboration also headlines the quintet’s first single album and arrives on the heels of their chart-stamped HOT era, which made them the fastest K-pop girl group to tally four Top 10 entries on the Billboard 200.

Sonically, “SPAGHETTI” leans into alternative funk-pop with clipped guitars, rubbery low end, and a chant-ready refrain that keeps coiling back on itself. It’s a tidy match for LE SSERAFIM’s precision (vocals that grind and arrangements with impact) and a smart use of j-hope’s buoyant cadence, which gives the groove extra lift without overwhelming the core flavor. More importantly, it offers listeners the group’s capacity for a quirky sense of humor and confidence, built to stick in your head.

The music video sharpens the joke into a full concept. Directed by photographer-turned-filmmaker Wontae Go, the clip turns a restaurant into a surreal stage, with the members plating chaos with slow-motion sauce splashes and choreography that leans into the eccentric concept. It’s bright, a little weird, and extremely legible as pop, with costume pivots (like bleached brows and orange hair) selling the visual metamorphosis.

LE SSERAFIM’s last cycle proved their commercial presence, and now “SPAGHETTI” feels like a palate cleanser that keeps the brand sharp without overburdening the runway to the next project. Which is probably going to be just as fun.