Some say K-pop isn’t K-pop anymore, that the charts and music of k-pop is far from the populism of the music in Korea, but rather that the huge music company artificially control what K-pop is. Though this could’ve been very true in the past, I disagree with this nowadays.
In the past, means of advertisement was very scarce. The means were only through television and maybe radio, which took lots of money and some social power to do. However, currently, due to the development of the internet, advertisement is available for all musicians of Korea. Now singers don’t have to make a contract with the big companies to get a head start in the music industry. They can spread their music on their own by means of blogs and internet galleries, and if the music is good, it will rise to become popular.
if you push back and push back, you won’t find happiness Today won’t come again At some point, the time has already… Come On and Wake You Up
Put away the fake hope of being like this or that If you just fight and argue all the time, it’s tiring
People go crazy over the habitual competition They are trapped in the same restrictions They get buried without anyone knowing Come On and Wake You Up
Put away all the fake theories that are difficultly packaged If you just kiss up and line things up all the time, you go crazy
Ring Ring Ring-a-Ring-a Ring Ring Ring-a-Ring-a Just singing a song and clapping my hands I want to laugh as I live
* Ring-a-Ring-a-Ring Ring-a-Ring-a-Ring It’s an echo of wanting to live peacefully Ring-a-Ring-a-Ring Ring-a-Ring-a-Ring It’s a melody of you and I wanting to laugh Ring-a-Ring-a-Ring Ring-a-Ring-a-Ring It’s a mirage of an untouchable happiness Ring-a-Ring-a-Ring Ring-a-Ring-a-Ring It’s a dizzy world that goes round and round
Lift up your head, no one is there No one is above you There’s no need to look around in caution Come On and Wake You Up
All those who became sinners and danced and played Here, here, come here and gather together
No matter what anyone says, you are cooler You’re cool for enjoying it In my eyes, you’re cooler Come On And Let Me In
Chattering about this or that, making it seem like it will happen It’s just for people who are tiring
Ring Ring Ring-a-Ring-a Ring Ring Ring-a-Ring-a Just singing a song and clapping my hands I want to enjoy as I live
* Repeat
Where are you busily busily going, time is busily passing Take a rest and let’s go together, let’s go peacefully Everything’s so busily busily passing, busily passing Let’s just sing a song, let’s just play
Where are you busily busily going, time is busily passing Take a rest and let’s go together, let’s go peacefully Everything’s so busily busily passing, busily passing Let’s just sing a song Please Refill the Battery
I lived like such a fool I was living in a rat race It all passes passes passes, the lost time
* Repeat
Ring-a-Ring-a-Ring … x7
The song focuses on the tragic atmosphere of the current society. Tragic, because the society only embraces the people who are academically distinctive, while people who does art and music are easily ignored. The music video shows workaholic ants who are ruled by the queen ant. The ants, though already abundant in food, keep on working due to the influence of the queen ant. The queen ant symbolizes a powerful group in our society that controls our behaviors indirectly, creating an environment to suit their needs making us think it is for our own good and happiness.
The grasshoppers are the ones who refused to obey the queen and decided to live their own life.
This is very similar to the Korean society where competition is over heated. People are judged only by what university they have graduated and aren't even treated human if he did not graduate college. Students in high school are kept away from sports and dreams that they have; they are sent to Hakwons(academies) till midnight everyday. Suicide rate of teens in Korea is first in the world and I feel we are in need of some group or organization like the grasshopper to open the eyes of students and let them enjoy life.
