{"id":2138429,"date":"2025-11-06T07:20:18","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T07:20:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2138429"},"modified":"2025-11-06T07:20:18","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T07:20:18","slug":"watch-sunmi-spoof-iconic-horror-films-in-new-cynical-music-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/watch-sunmi-spoof-iconic-horror-films-in-new-cynical-music-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch Sunmi spoof iconic horror films in new &#8216;Cynical&#8217; music video"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/sunmi\">Sunmi<\/a> has released a cheeky, albeit creepy at times, music video for \u2018Cynical\u2019 \u2013 check it out below.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"post-content-read-more\">\n<li><strong>READ MORE:\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/features\/music-interviews\/hearts2hearts-focus-interview-sm-entertainment-radar-3902776\">Hearts2Hearts welcome you into their dreamlike universe<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>True to its title, the video sees Sunmi poking fun at several horror tropes, including dressing up as a ghost and sitting atop a police officer\u2019s shoulders \u2013 a nod to the iconic Thai horror film <em>Shutter<\/em> \u2013 and dancing in empty carnival grounds in the dead of night, all while dancing and having fun.<\/p>\n<p>She also references the now legendary \u2018hide and clap\u2019 scene from the first <em>Conjuring<\/em> film in the video, alongside other blink-and-miss-it nods to horror franchises, including <em>The Ring<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the music video for \u2018Cynical\u2019 below.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\uc120\ubbf8(SUNMI) &#039;CYNICAL&#039; MV\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gIqlV9Dh2uU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>\u2018Cynical\u2019 is taken off her solo debut album \u2018Heart Maid\u2019, released via ABYSS COMPANY yesterday (November 5). The album consists of 13 tracks \u2013 all of which she wrote the lyrics for, including the aforementioned \u2018Cynical\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>The other tracks on the album are titled \u2018Maid\u2019, \u2018Sweet Nightmare\u2019, \u2018DDU DDU\u2019, \u2018Mini Skirt\u2019, \u2018Tuberose\u2019, \u2018Bass(ad)\u2019, \u2018BLUE!\u2019, \u2018Balloon In Love\u2019, \u2018Happy af\u2019, \u2018Walking At 2AM\u2019, \u2018Bath\u2019 and \u2018A Long Long Night\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Listen to the album below.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: HEART MAID\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/3VTC0g2EGSIksMcUB4ajFN?si=paOxUhbXTxeJrfEsIr6p_w&amp;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>She first released the track \u2018Balloon In Love\u2019 in June 2024, serving as the first preview of the \u2018Heart Maid\u2019 album. That song marked Sunmi\u2019s first new music release in eight months, following her <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/sunmi-frankensteins-monster-stranger-music-video-3516352\">October 2023 digital single \u2018Stranger\u2019<\/a>. Prior to that, she had dropped the\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/sunmi-heart-burn-music-video-comeback-3258512\">single \u2018Heart Burn\u2019<\/a>, which was named one of\u00a0<em>NME<\/em>\u2019s<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/features\/nme-best-k-pop-songs-of-the-year-2022-3368972\">\u00a025 Best K-pop Songs for 2022<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Before signing with Abyss Company in 2017, Sunmi was signed to\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/brands\/jyp-entertainment\">JYP Entertainment<\/a>\u00a0as a soloist, and a member of girl group Wonder Girls prior. Over her solo career, the singer has released several hits, including \u2018Gashina\u2019, \u2018Noir\u2019 and \u2018You Can\u2019t Sit With Us\u2019.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n  !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n  {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n  n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n  if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n  n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n  t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n  s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n  'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n  fbq('consent', 'revoke');\n  fbq('init', '370979561341328');\n  fbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.nme.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sunmi has released a cheeky, albeit creepy at times, music video for \u2018Cynical\u2019 \u2013 check it out below. 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