The pun is mightier than - well, anyway...
Dec. 8th, 2012 09:58 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dreamer_easyHere's a complicated little knot of wordplay. In two languages.
G-Dragon's latest single is called "Crayon". The refrain is "Get your cray on". So first you need to know that "cray" is slang for "crazy"; he's singing about partying.
G-Dragon's stage name is itself a piece of wordplay: his real name is 권지용 Kwon Ji-yong, and 용 Yong is Korean for dragon. Geddit?
The lyrics of the song are a mix of Korean and English, not at all unusual in Kpop. When I looked them up, though, I was puzzled by the Korean version of the title: 크레용. That doesn't spell out "crayon", it spells out "crayong".
And then I got it. Cray Yong. *facepalm*
G-Dragon's latest single is called "Crayon". The refrain is "Get your cray on". So first you need to know that "cray" is slang for "crazy"; he's singing about partying.
G-Dragon's stage name is itself a piece of wordplay: his real name is 권지용 Kwon Ji-yong, and 용 Yong is Korean for dragon. Geddit?
The lyrics of the song are a mix of Korean and English, not at all unusual in Kpop. When I looked them up, though, I was puzzled by the Korean version of the title: 크레용. That doesn't spell out "crayon", it spells out "crayong".
And then I got it. Cray Yong. *facepalm*
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Date: 2012-12-09 01:45 am (UTC)I'll investigate the other gentlemen you mention. ;)
btw, the end of BIGBANG's "Monster" gives me the creeps. What is that all about?!
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Date: 2012-12-09 03:46 am (UTC)I posted a couple of Zion.T on my LJ. I like Primary which is another Korean Hip-Hop R&B group. Very Mello and soulful stuff.
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Date: 2012-12-11 09:46 am (UTC)It's not the video which disturbed me - it's pretty pedestrian stuff - but the song itself, especially the last few lines. Is the character who's singing treacherous or pitiful? Or both? It really struck me. Come to think of it, I had a similar reaction when I read a translation of the lyrics of "Keep Your Head Down", which brings me to:
I'm kinda getting into TVXQ although they are quintessential Pop/bob band. They're almost too perfect in the sound and look. But they are very watchable and nice to listen to.
My inner eleven year old is a sucker for science fiction-y stuff like "Android" and "Humanoids". XD "Catch Me" sounds so eighties!