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↬ MIXTAPE (JANUARY 2018)
└ made in survival show called Stray Kids (autumn 2017)
└ songs about trainee life, about anxiety and fears teenagers can have
1. Hellevator
2. Grrr 총량의 법칙
3. 어린 날개 (Young Wings)
4. YAYAYA
5. Glow
6. School Life
7. 4419
└ made in survival show called Stray Kids (autumn 2017)
└ songs about trainee life, about anxiety and fears teenagers can have
1. Hellevator
2. Grrr 총량의 법칙
3. 어린 날개 (Young Wings)
4. YAYAYA
5. Glow
6. School Life
7. 4419
1. HELLEVATOR
└ first song for Stray Kids
└ song about hardships of being lost, trainee in big company and about long way to debut
↬ tittle: hell and elevator combined
└ hell - depression, hate, life as hell
└ elevator - chance to escape judgement, to debut, new beginning
└ first song for Stray Kids
└ song about hardships of being lost, trainee in big company and about long way to debut
↬ tittle: hell and elevator combined
└ hell - depression, hate, life as hell
└ elevator - chance to escape judgement, to debut, new beginning
2. GRRR 총량의 법칙 (LAW OF A TOTAL MADNESS)
└ song about being mad, rebellious and being not understood
↬ in the beginning of the song male announcer reporting news about youth crime
^v source: @/haetbitskz
└ song about being mad, rebellious and being not understood
↬ in the beginning of the song male announcer reporting news about youth crime
^v source: @/haetbitskz
2.2 GRRR
↬ 총량의 법칙 - Law of total madness
└ phrase from book It's OK Even If It's Uncomfortable
└ different people deal with their madness in different way
↬Title: Grrr 총량의 법칙
↬Original phrase: 지랄 총량의 법칙
└ 지랄 (jiral) - bullshit
└ replaced with word Grrr
↬ 총량의 법칙 - Law of total madness
└ phrase from book It's OK Even If It's Uncomfortable
└ different people deal with their madness in different way
↬Title: Grrr 총량의 법칙
↬Original phrase: 지랄 총량의 법칙
└ 지랄 (jiral) - bullshit
└ replaced with word Grrr
2.3 GRRR
↬ small wordplay in chorus
└ 말 붙이지마 (mal butijima) - don’t talk to me
└ 마주치지마 (majuchijima) - don't bump into me/confront me
↬ small wordplay in chorus
└ 말 붙이지마 (mal butijima) - don’t talk to me
└ 마주치지마 (majuchijima) - don't bump into me/confront me
3. 어린 날개 (Spread My Wings)
└ known better as Young Wings (direct translation)
↬ song that express minds of teenagers who are afraid of becoming adults, but at the same time they are pretending to be mature, because they don't want to look young.
└ known better as Young Wings (direct translation)
↬ song that express minds of teenagers who are afraid of becoming adults, but at the same time they are pretending to be mature, because they don't want to look young.
3.2 어린 날게
↬ they are not ready to be adults yet and they want to "spread their wings" and do what they want to do as young people should, but at the same time they are aware about their responsibilities and worries.
↬ they are not ready to be adults yet and they want to "spread their wings" and do what they want to do as young people should, but at the same time they are aware about their responsibilities and worries.
3.3 어린 날개
↬ syllable 척 as rhyme not in the end of the verse:
이렇듯 어른인 척 다 큰 척
다른 의미의 척척박사가
Pretending to be an adult, like I’m all grown up
Like I know what everything means
└ 척 - act of pretending
└ 척척박사가 - person who knows everything (slang)
↬ syllable 척 as rhyme not in the end of the verse:
이렇듯 어른인 척 다 큰 척
다른 의미의 척척박사가
Pretending to be an adult, like I’m all grown up
Like I know what everything means
└ 척 - act of pretending
└ 척척박사가 - person who knows everything (slang)
4. YAYAYA
↬ song where Stray Kids are calling their future self, who already achieved their dream and they are successful singers.
↬ song where Stray Kids are calling their future self, who already achieved their dream and they are successful singers.
4.2 YAYAYA
↬ onomatopoeia
└ pop, pop, pop - using sound-like words to get catchy lines and rhymes
↬ Changbin's rap
└ pop, upbeat charm
└ 점 - dot
└ 바빠다 - busy
↬ onomatopoeia
└ pop, pop, pop - using sound-like words to get catchy lines and rhymes
↬ Changbin's rap
└ pop, upbeat charm
└ 점 - dot
└ 바빠다 - busy
5. GLOW
↬ song about trainee-life, Stray Kids are looking for a dream (debut), so they can glow
└ tiring trainee life
↬ song about trainee-life, Stray Kids are looking for a dream (debut), so they can glow
└ tiring trainee life
5.2 GLOW
↬ look at the stars that shine brighter in this darkness that we are
↬ look at the stars that shine brighter in this darkness that we are
5.3 GLOW
↬ "there's always the one person that falls while running"
└ after literal fall will be left only small scar on knee
└ then after a fall, failure, one person is left behind and there's emptiness, because this person fail as a trainee and is leaving company
↬ "there's always the one person that falls while running"
└ after literal fall will be left only small scar on knee
└ then after a fall, failure, one person is left behind and there's emptiness, because this person fail as a trainee and is leaving company
6. SCHOOL LIFE
↬ song about students who are tired of repeating everyday life, they have hope that tomorrow will be different
↬ song about students who are tired of repeating everyday life, they have hope that tomorrow will be different
6.2 SCHOOL LIFE
↬ "mom's nagging to get up is like the sound of a midsummer's night mosquito"
└ sound of mosquito in the background
↬ "mom's nagging to get up is like the sound of a midsummer's night mosquito"
└ sound of mosquito in the background
7. 4419
↬ about nostalgic memories and time spent with friends in the bus no. 4419
└ written by Chan, Hyunjin and Seungmin, they all rode this bus when they were younger
↬ about nostalgic memories and time spent with friends in the bus no. 4419
└ written by Chan, Hyunjin and Seungmin, they all rode this bus when they were younger
7.2 4419
↬ memories about a friend who left
↬ memories about a friend who left
7.3 4419
↬ Chan wrote it having GOT7's BamBam in mind, he left Chan, when he debuted in GOT7
└ they had the same dream, so after friend's debut, Chan has hope that he will meet him again someday.
↬ Chan wrote it having GOT7's BamBam in mind, he left Chan, when he debuted in GOT7
└ they had the same dream, so after friend's debut, Chan has hope that he will meet him again someday.
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