K-netizens were surprised to discover a rare case of a newly released K-Pop song with entirely Korean lyrics!
The song "Skipping Stones" from TOMORROW x TOGETHER's 3rd full album 'The Name Chapter : Freefall', released on October 13, was composed and written by HANRORO, Jin Dong Wook, Maiz, and Revin.
With many K-Pop songs increasingly consisting of a mixture of Korean and English lyrics as to appeal to global audience, it is becoming rarer than ever to come across a newly released K-Pop song that do not include English words or phrases. However, TXT's "Skipping Stones" actually contains no English!
Netizens reacted by commenting,
"This song is so good TT."
"It's not just the fact that the lyrics are entirely Korean.. the message in the lyrics is one that you can deeply relate to.. I love this song."
"The lyrics are so pretty."
"The lyrics, the melody, the chorus, it's all perfect."
"This is my favorite song from the album."
"These lyrics are going to make me cry TT."
"This is closer to TXT's debut sound and sentiment."
"I'm surprised by this. It's a good song."
Have you come across any other newly released K-Pop songs lately with entirely Korean lyrics?
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I think I prefer Kpop songs in Korean, most of the groups vocalists can't hide that English isn't their first language, and many of them don't actually appear to understand what they're singing (or they're not feeling the song in the same way, is probably more likely), it's all a bit random.
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Kpop is a weird mixture of languages, many of the songs are a mixture of Japanese and English, as well as the English/Korean or just English.
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I discovered a long time ago that it doesn't matter what language a song is in, if I can relate to the tune, the lyrics will follow. I have learned to read hangul and understanding is gradually coming as I'm learning more Korean, although nowhere near fast enough yet to do karaoke with it (it cracks me up sometimes to realise that I'm reading a word that is actually just Koreanised English, there's a lot like that).
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Others I know, though, won't listen to anything other than songs in English, I don't know why; so presumably to go for a global audience, and make the most money, the songs have to be in English or they won't get to be popular in the US, which seems to be the market they're all aiming at.