Thread by @ahgaseaste, ↬ GO生 (JUNE 2020)└ first full album└ album that shows true colors [...]

↬ GO生 (JUNE 2020)
└ first full album
└ album that shows true colors of stray kids - songs they wanted to make, without concept or one main topic as before
1. GO生 (GO LIVE)
2. 神메뉴 (God's Menu)
3. Easy
4. Pacemaker
5. 비행기 (Airplane)
6. 일상 (Another Day)
7. Phobia

8. 청사진 (Blueprint)
9. TA
10. Haven
11. TOP
12. SLUMP
13. Mixtape : Gone Days
14. Mixtape : On Track

↬ title, wordplay:

└ GO生 - GO LIVE
• 生 - kanji, pronounced as "saeng" - life, living, raw
• GO生 - GO LIVE

└ GO生 - pronounced as gosaeng
• 고생 (gosaeng) - hardship, struggles

↬ after going through the struggles, you go and live the life you want

cr. strayksubs

1. GO生 (GO LIVE)
↬ intro
└ about looking for own pace, is fast pace or slow pace better?
└ it doesn't really matter since i'll go my own pace anyway and i'll live as i want
↬ very experimental song

1.2 GO生
↬ word play
└ 놀부 흥부 (Nolbu Heungbu) is a korean folktale about two brothers Nolbu and Hungbu
cr. @/mintho1025
https://twitter.com/mintho1025/status/1268565814543777800?s=19

↬ Turtle & Hare story (where turtle is slower than hare, but wins their race anyway) is shown in Unveil Track video

https://twitter.com/mintho1025/status/1268565814543777800?s=19

1.3 GO生
↬ Lee Know
└ lyrics in second part changes from "i know, you know, we know, we know" to "we know, Lee Know"
↬ this part is singing by Lee Know

1.4 GO生
↬ "yeah, you can just take a plane
I’m going to take the Mugunghwa and travel by train"
└ Mugunghwa is a main regional railway operator in Korea
└ stops at many stations
└ the cheapest class of train
↬ so their pace is not really fast
cr. wikipedia

1.5 GO生
↬ Changbin's Rap
└ 지금 내 시간 내 템포가 금보다 비쌀 때니까
난 시간 따라 가지 않고 날 따라가면 돼
└ My time and my tempo are more valuable than gold
I won’t follow time, you can just follow me
↬ 7 rhymes in 4 seconds

2. 神메뉴 (GOD'S MENU)

↬ title, wordplay:
└ 神메뉴 - God's Menu
• 神 - kanji, pronounced as shin - god
• 메뉴 - menu
└ 神메뉴 - pronounced as shin menu
• 신메뉴 (shin menu) - new menu

↬ album - full course
↬ God's Menu - title track as the main dish with many flavors

2.2 神메뉴
↬ inspired by drama Itaewon Class
└ expressing music as cooking
└ they make their own music, just like a chef who makes dishes

2.3 神메뉴
↬ 네 손님 (ne sonnim) - yes, customer
└ Changbin's version: sweet and polite, in choreography, he bows
└ Hyunjin's version: at attention, in choreography, he salutes, more like a soldier than a waiter

2.4 神메뉴
└ wordplay:
↬ 이게 우리 탕 탕 탕탕 - This is our TANG TANG TANG TANG
└ 탕 translated as tang - bang, gunshot sound
└ 탕 also means soup, so it can be translated as "This is our soup"

2.5 神메뉴
↬ Cookin’ like a chef I’m a 5 star 미슐랭 - Cookin’ like a chef I’m a 5 star Michelin
└ Michelin stars are a rating system used by the Red Michelin Guide to grade restaurants on their quality
└ the maximum number of stars is 3.

2.6 神메뉴
↬ more witty lyrics where Stray Kids is a restaurant and their music is a menu:
└ Yes, sir and ma'am (literally client)
└ Anything on the menu will satisfy your all five senses (very diverse music)
└ Wonder what’s our secret ingredient, we don’t use such a thing

2.7 神메뉴
↬ more witty lyrics:
└ Hottest menus that will never cool off, imprint those flavors on your palate
└ On a new grill, cook this track
└ Reached the peak of “taste”

3. EASY
↬ song with a lot of ambition and confidence
└ the message is "everything is easy, everything will work out easily"
↬ even if i have strong doubts, they only make me curious even more

4. PACEMAKER
└ person who sets the pace at the beginning of a race, sometimes in order to help a runner break a record

↬ they are singing to YOU
└ me that is reflected in the mirror
└ those who left good influence in the path to my dream
└ Stays for Stray Kids
└ etc.

4.2 PACEMAKER
↬ like in I am You and Levanter, they are singing about You, it depends on the listener who or what You is
└ in Pacemaker You is someone who is running with them and who they never leave behind
└ setting the pace for You, they go through the race (life?) together

4.3 PACEMAKER
↬ parallels with I am You album
└ My Side and I am You
↬ they are grateful that You exist and is in their lives

4.4 PACEMAKER
↬ concept of I am You album
└ i don't know who am i, but i hope YOU will help me find an answer

5. 비행기 (Airplane)
↬ cheerful, exciting and energetic song
↬ about travel with You, skz can rest without thinking about others, be relaxed and be with You
└ You is called lover and they are falling in love~~
↬ ingredients from track list graphic: fresh, youth, love

6. 일상 (Another Day)
↬ soft song about daily lives, burdens and loneliness
└ holds feelings Han felt last winter, he wanted to comfort the listener
↬ written and composed by Han composed and arranged by Chan without any producers

6.2 일상
↬ Han: My heart was really uneasy. It's nice to comfort someone, but you yourself needs to solve the problem.
└ The lyrics are lined up like it's my story. I listened to it when my head was complicated. I organized a lot of thoughts while i listened to it too.

7. PHOBIA
↬ about phobia of losing You
└ this time You is STAY
└ Chan: you'll never lose us, but we can't force you to stay, you have free will

7.2 PHOBIA
↬ Felix's "STAY" in background
└ is kind of like a cry for help

8. 청사진 (Blueprint)
↬ song with comfortable melody with bright and hopeful feelings
↬ blueprint: a design plan or other technical drawing
└ in song hopeful plan or composition for the future
↬ delivers positive message through lyrics

9. 타 (TA)
↬ exciting song
└ invites you to join to Stray Kids adventure

↬ lyrics: "No matter where we go we’ll just do it(...) just run like Bolt, wherever my legs take me"
└ animated movie Bolt, about dog who spent his entire life on tv set, thinks that he has super powers

9.2 (타) TA
↬ wordplay
└ 올라타올라올라타올라올라타올라
타 타 (ollataollaollataollaollataolla
ta ta) - Get in, get in / burn it up, burn it up, Get in, get in
└ 올라타 (ollata) - get on, ride
└ 타올라 (taolla) - burn
↬타 (ta) - burn, ride, get in

cr. @/acornswiper

10. HAVEN
↬ haven - as safe place, like Stray Kids concerts for stays
└ Chan: concert has this special vibe (...), i've never felt more comfortable in my life, so free, so good (...). You come to have a great time with us, that's the most important thing"

10.2 HAVEN
↬ lyrics
└ "And gather at our hiding place right now" - our hidding place - haven
└ "STEP OUT" - SKZ greeting
└ "We will go UNLOCK you" - Unlock - first concert, tour name
└ "The place your compass is pointing to" - compass - nachimban -> nachimbong - lightstick

10.3 HAVEN
↬ lyrics
└ "Don’t go anywhere" - words Hyunjin said at concert in Seoul, then he started crying
└ "You gotta STAY with me" - STAY, fandom name

10.4 HAVEN
↬ lyrics: "The place your compass is pointing to"
└ they often referring to a Compass. Stray Kids' broken Compass doesn't show north, it is inspired by Jack Sparrow's compass (Pirates of The Caribbean) and points thing you want the most
└ it can brings you to Haven.

back to main thread, you can find mixtapes and soundtracks here in different categories

https://twitter.com/ahgaseaste/status/1238899283845353473?s=19

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