As elaborated in the bottom section of this post, SB19, despite coming from the Philippines, is fundamentally a P-pop group. And as with other popular P-pop songs, “What?” features an encouraging message. In fact if one...
Whenever we’re interpreting songs from half way around the world, there is always the risk of some meanings getting lost in translation. This is not only due to dissimilar cultural lingos/understandings but also the fact that we’re...
At times it can be a bit challenging analyzing songs from the other parts of the world, such as these increasingly-popular K-pop tunes. That is to say that certain meanings may get lost in translation. And...
The addressee of “Celebrity” is actually an unnamed friend of the songstress. Said individual is someone who receives a lot of flak from others due to her unique, out-of-the-ordinary stylistic leanings. But despite such, this is someone whom...
On the surface this track reads as if Bobby is dissing certain haters, even if he has described it otherwise. Indeed as the rapper has explained the tune, he is actually criticizing himself. In other words, the...
The lyrics of Treasure’s “My Treasure” song read sort of like the type of ‘put on a happy face’ tracks we’ve come to expect from male K-pop artists. Perhaps it is also premised in the...
TWICE’s “Cry for Me” finds the narrator addressing a romantic interest. Apparently, the two of them have already broken up. But whereas she, the Speaker, has experienced a fair share of resultant heartbreak, he doesn’t seem...
IZ*ONE’s “Panorama” reads like a love song, although there aren’t any overt references to romances. Rather the wording comes off more like a puppy-love type of scenario, although they can also be interpreted as...
The title of this song (“Abyss”) points to the idea of the singer being lost, if you will. In the aftermath of BTS, the crew which he is part of, becoming the first Korean act...
The expression this song (“Mmmh”) is based on actually reads more like mm hmm, or the way Genius documents it on the track’s original Korean page “mm-mhm”. And similar to mm hmm, it basically comes off as sort of...
