Category: K-pop

Butter

“Butter” by BTS

Simply put the title of this BTS song (“Butter”), as you have likely already deduced on your own, is a metaphor. And what it points to is the ‘smoothness’ of the vocalist(s) at hand. Generally...

About K-Pop Music

K-Pop Music

K-pop, as you likely already know, is an abbreviation for Korean pop(ular) music.  For all intents and purposes we can presume that pop music, as we recognize it today, originated in Anglo-America. So in some other...

Hot Sauce

“Hot Sauce” by NCT Dream

Of course the title of this song (“Hot Sauce”) – unless maybe if it were being dropped by Weird Al Yankovic – is a metaphor. Or rather, let’s say that it establishes the motif upon...

"Drunk-Dazed"

“Drunk-Dazed” by ENHYPEN

Just when we thought we finally got our hands on a K-pop song where the artists are portraying bad boys, the lyrics of “Drunk-Dazed” are less than naughty. Or if they are intended to actually point to...

"Kura Kura"

“Kura Kura” by Twice

The title of this track (“Kura Kura”), translated from Japanese, actually reads something like “dizzy dizzy”. And Twice are making this statement in a romantic context. Or let’s say what actually has the vocalist “dizzy” is...

Atlantis

“Atlantis” by SHInee

Just to note this song is not about Atlantis, a mythical island which, according to legend, was buried by the sea. Rather it is romantic in nature and is actually based on a pretty-clever metaphor(s)...

Spider

“Spider” by Hoshi

Hoshi’s “Spider” is a love song, albeit a relatively-complex one. The singer likens his relationship with the addressee, his romantic interest, to being “tangled up” “like a spider”.  That is the notion upon which the...

Film Out

BTS’ “Film Out” Lyrics Meaning

BTS’ “Film Out” is, simply put, a heartbreak song. Its thesis sentiment revolves around the vocalist lamenting the fact that the woman he loves is no longer a part of his life.  The implication is...

After School

“After School” by Weeekly

Perhaps we can say that the title of this song (“After School”) is self-explanatory.  The “after school” which is referred to is literally in relation to after school, as in when classes are officially...