No Help (Inna song)

"No Help"
Single by Inna
Released 6 September 2018
Format Digital download
Genre
Length 3:02
Label Global
Inna singles chronology
"Me Gusta"
(2018)		 "No Help"
(2018)

"Me Gusta"
(2018)		 "No Help"
(2018)

"No Help" is a song by Romanian singer Inna. It was released for digital download on 6 September 2018 by Global Records. Musically, "No Help" is a pop and oriental-influenced dance and tropical house song. During the lyrics, Inna discusses confidence, independence and self-help. The track received positive reviews from music critics, who praised its catchiness and dance nature. For promotion, an accompanying music video was uploaded onto Inna's official YouTube channel simultaneously with the song's release. It was filmed by Bogdan Pǎun in Morocco and Los Angeles. Reviewers praised the outfits and landscapes featured in the visual. Commercially, "No Help" peaked at number 65 on the Romanian Airplay 100 chart.

Background and reception

Inna announced the release of a single on social media one day before distributing "No Help" digitally on 6 September 2018 via Global Records.[1][2] She had shortly before released her self-titled application for sale.[1] Musically, "No Help" has been described as a pop-influenced dance and tropical house song, featuring Inna's "typical Eastern European house beats".[1][3] Valentin Malfroy of website Aficia noted oriental influences in the song.[3] Lyrically, Inna discusses confidence and independence, alluding to the concept of self-help.[1]

Music critics gave positive reviews to "No Help" following its release. Jonathan Currinn of CelebMix called the song "beyond catchy", and compared it to material featured on Inna's fifth studio album Nirvana (2017). He especially found similarities in the album tracks "My Dreams" and "Lights".[1] An editor of Star Gossip Magazine praised the track's dance nature.[4] Commercially, "No Help" debuted at number 73 on Romania's Airplay 100 chart for the week ending 23 September 2018,[5] and ascended to number 65 the next week.[6] It also reached number 40 on the French Club 40 ranking.[7]

Music video

An accompanying music video for the song was uploaded onto Inna's official YouTube channel on 6 September 2018.[8] It was shot in Morocco and Los Angeles by NGM Creative's Bogdan Pǎun, while Alexandru Mureşan was hired as the director of photography and Loops Production as the producers. Make-up was done by Anthony Merante and Anca Buldur, hair styling by Sorin Stratulat, and clothing was provided by RDStyling.[8][9] During the music video, Inna wears multiple outfits while residing in a desert.[8] Currinn of CelebMix found that the "risque" white outfit resembled the singer's past "provocative" music videos. In the same scene, he likened her "puffed up" hair styling to "that old-school pin-up look from half a century ago or so".[1] Inna also wears a beige outfit along with a short-hair wig and cowboy boots. Currinn praised her hair styling,[1] while Rodica Mițu of DC News called it "daring".[10] Inna further sports a "binbag-style" trench coat, as well as a blue sequined jumper with long sleeves.[1] Accompanying Inna in the music video are several extras who—according to Currinn—"set a slight narrative [...], suggesting that they don't quite have self-belief and they are searching for the help they need—one has some binoculars. By the end, they seemed to have gained confidence in themselves".[1] The aforementioned editor stated praised the video for relating well to the song and commended the fact that Inna "really does look good in anything".[1] Website Aficia's Valentin Malfroy stated that the clip mixes "breathtaking landscapes and fatal beauty".[3]

Track listing

  • Digital download[2]
  1. "No Help" – 3:02

Charts

Chart (2018)Peak
position
France (Club 40)[7] 40
Romania (Airplay 100)[6] 65

Release history

Region Date Format Label
Various[2] 6 September 2018 Digital download Global
Turkey[11] 28 September 2018 Yeni Dünya

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Currinn, Jonathan (6 September 2018). "Inna Releases Surprise New Single & Music Video Titled "No Help" After Releasing Official 'Inna' App". CelebMix. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 "No Help – Single by Inna on iTunes". 6 September 2018. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
  3. 1 2 3 Malfroy, Valentin (13 September 2018). "Inna fait grimper la température depuis le désert marocain" [Inna raises the temperature in the Moroccan desert]. Aficia. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
  4. ↑ "Inna lansează single-ul "No Help"" [Inna releases the single "No Help"] (in Romanian). Star Gossip Magazine. 7 September 2018. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
  5. ↑ Arvunescu, Victor (23 September 2018). "Top Airplay 100 – Carla's Dreams şi emoţia de toamnă" [Top Airplay 100 – Carla's Dreams and the emotion of fall] (in Romanian). Un site de muzică. Archived from the original on 23 September 2018. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
  6. 1 2 "Airplay 100 – 30 septembrie 2018". Media Forest. Kiss FM. 30 September 2018. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
  7. 1 2 "Le classement officiel des meilleures diffusions musicales en clubs" (in French). Club 40. Archived from the original on 28 September 2018. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
  8. 1 2 3 "Inna – No Help | Official Music Video". YouTube. 6 September 2018. Retrieved 16 September 2018. Note: Open description for credits.
  9. ↑ Chirilǎ, Raluca (7 September 2018). "Videoclip: Inna – No Help" (in Romanan). InfoMusic. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
  10. ↑ Mițu, Rodica (6 September 2018). "Inna – No Help" (in Romanian). DC News. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
  11. ↑ "No Help – Single by Inna on iTunes". iTunes Store. 28 September 2018. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
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