It saw a surge in popularity after going viral on video sharing platform TikTok and subsequently peaked at number ten on the Billboard Global 200, becoming the Weeknd's 11th, Jennie's second, and Depp's first top-ten hit.
The song reached number one in Malaysia and the top ten in Greece, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Latvia, Lithuania, MENA, Singapore, UAE, and Vietnam.
In the United States, it became the highest-charting song by a female K-pop soloist on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number 51, and the first to be certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
At the event, Jennie and DJ duo Simi and Haze Khadra played a snippet of the unreleased track, dubbing it a "special song".
Jennie also reposted an Instagram story by Dazed Korea recording her playing the snippet and added tags for The Idol and the Weeknd.
[4] The collaboration was confirmed by Tesfaye on June 20 in a post responding to a troll on Twitter, in which he stated he would be "dropping that Jennie song this weekend".
In the announcement, he revealed the EP's cover art and track listing, which confirmed the song's title as "One of the Girls" and its performers as the Weeknd, Jennie, and Lily-Rose Depp.
[10] "One of the Girls" was written by its producer Mike Dean alongside Abel Tesfaye, Lily-Rose Depp, Ramsey, and Sam Levinson.
Filmfare praised the production and vocals of "One of the Girls", stating that the song has a "seductive feel with subtle synths, powerful bass, and an impressive trap style that complements the lyrics."
"[14] Steffanee Wang of Nylon described the beat as "decadently plush" and noted that the explicit lyrics work better in the context of music rather than in the show.
"[13] However, Zoe Guy of Vulture criticized the song's "eyebrow-scratching lyrics", arguing that it "manages to commit the carnal sin of making sex boring.
"[17] Writing for Pitchfork, Julianne Escobedo Shepherd felt that for a first-time singer Lily-Rose Depp's "light rasp is believable" and agreed that the song "can’t be saved even by Blackpink's Jennie.
[22][23] On January 13, 2024, "One of the Girls" reached number 69 on the Billboard Hot 100, making Jennie surpass her bandmate Rosé's "On the Ground" (2021) for the highest-charting song by a female K-pop solo artist.
[31] The song surpassed 1 billion streams on Spotify and made Jennie the first Korean female solo artist to receive a platinum certification from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
[32] On the Billboard Global 200 chart, "One of the Girls" peaked at number 10 on January 20, 2024, entering the top ten for the first time with 40.6 million streams worldwide during the week.