You Call It Romance - K.Will ft. Davichi
Yaayyy!! Here's the first 2016 song review for the new year. New year, new songs, more KPOP, more feels.
The first song I listened to this year was: "You Call It Romance" by K.Will. Like other K.Will songs, I like this one a lot. Let's go through my thoughts on the sound, music video, and lyrics. This was also the sequence I followed in analyzing the song.
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Sound and Music
On my initial listen, I thought the song was a great way to start off the new year. It's cute and bubbly. I feel like I'm falling in love when I listen to this song. The music alludes to young love, the type where the character is in high school. Maybe the character, which the singer personifies, has a crush on a good friend? This song probably illustrates their friendship turning into something more.
I do have to note that K.Will's and Davichi's voices match very well. All three of their voices blend together and sort of melts in my ears. That sounds weird, doesn't it? Just listening to their voices alone gives me an image of their voices dancing together. If they were personified, they would be swaying side-by-side holding hands. Of course, the members of Davichi would be trading off K.Will.
Music Video
I actually really like this music video. The sequence of events caught me by surprise along the way. I didn't think she would go with the decision she made.
The music video opens up with a girl receiving candy from a guy. She dreams about what it would be like if she dated this cutie. When they're on a date, it's so sweet! She choses to wear comfortable shoes and decides not to wear heels. This shows that the girl is comfortable around him, and he likes her for who she is. I'm assuming she feels the same for him too.
When she goes home, she gets a bubbly feeling. It's childish and akin to first love as represented by the candy and stuffed animals. She is happy and has butterfly feelings of being in love for the first time.
But then, there's another guy in her heart. For this guy, she feels obligated to be sexy around him. He does give her a little bit of lovely-dovey feelings as evidenced by the candy in the air. However, she's a more mature person around him.
When she's watching TV, she's thinking about who to chose. She has an internal conflict because she has feelings for both of them. At the end, the guy who makes her feel grown-up wins. I was surprised that she didn't end up with the guy who makes her feel like herself. The music video ends with the first guy she thought about giving candy to other girls, and he's totally into the teacher.
I thought she was going to go for the first guy, who makes her feel comfortable!!
I do really like that candy symbolizes love and the feelings associated with it. I also like that when you first watch the mv, seems like the events are really happening to the girl. But if you watch it again, it's more of the thought process in her decision.
Lyrics
K.Will!! You always trick me! I thought this was a happy song! Why are the lyrics so sad?
The lyrics were not too different from what I initially felt when listening to the song.
Like the music video, the song depicts a love triangle. The song is about a guy who is grateful and feels blessed to have the girl he loves. He sounds very genuine in his feelings. However, the girl he loves fools around with another guy. Well, it's not necessarily fooling around. The girl hangs out with another guy, who is supposed to be a friend. The first guy can read between the lines though. He sees she does have feelings for the other guy.
The lyrics makes me want to sympathize with the main guy especially when he says "you're the one who made me feel love again" and that he's fine with just being by her side. He can't help but feel very stupid to love a girl who doesn't return his feelings. He says he'll wait, but those bittersweet feelings could translate into a broken heart.
Is this a K-drama?
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K.Will probably chose to title his song "You Call It Romance" because the guy and the girl have different definitions of romance. His definition is waiting for his feelings to be returned, while hers is a pursuit of love.
On the other hand, the music video tells us that love is something that helps you grow. Even though a relationship can make you feel comfortable and you may want to be a bit childish, a relationship can be more meaningful if the other half helps you to grow. Maturing does not necessarily mean dressing sexy or wearing heels. It means the person helps you and allows you to go about your daily life in self discovery.
Love is about moving on, even though it might hurt with bittersweet feelings attached. You can't be the same person throughout a relationship. It may seem like love becomes normal, and it loses that magical feelings. There will still be inklings of cute, innocent love though. K.Will's trying to ask us, "Isn't it better to find someone who makes you better and supports you?"
Tell us what you think of this song and your interpretation as well! We would love to hear your thoughts.
-Kristine
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