'Lion' and 'Oh My God' are (G)I-dle taking their music to another level. I agree the anti-chorus works really well here, and changing the last chorus by adding the pre-chorus beat to it works amazingly. And the MV is just stunning, it's one of those MVs you want to watch again and again to catch all the amazing shots, the imagery, the symbolism... 1. LION 2. Oh My God 3. HANN (Alone) 4. Put It Straight (Nightmare Version) 5. Put It Straight 6. Señorita 7. MAZE 8. Uh-Oh 9. Light My Fire 10. LATATA 11. Blow Your Mind 12. DON’T TEXT ME 13. Hear Me 14. For You 15. Give Me Your 16. What’s Your Name 17. What’s in your house? 18. Help Me 19. $$$ 20. Relay
Here's another one of my mini-essays: As far as I can tell, the MV works on two levels. On one level it is deeply symbolic story of innocence, temptation and fall into depravity. Soojin has been confirmed to be a seductress demon, and the other girls her victims. She is bound by the purple straps, then gets free. Some resist her charm and remain pure, some fight her off but are tarnished in the struggle, some fall for her and fall hard. There's all this Christian imagery, the white of heaven and red of hell, the crosses, the apple, the Latin (”ab imo pectore”, “from the bottom of the heart”, i.e. with great sincerity), the wine/blood, everything in the video works to support this storyline. On another level, it seems to be a social commentary. The name of the album this song is on is I Trust, and Soyeon has said that it is about staying true to oneself, even under adversity. While the girls have never said so directly outside the lyrics, it seems to paint a picture of lesbian love, particularly in a restrictive, conservative society (such as South Korea). The chorus, in English, uses "she", and even in Korean parts (specifically Soyeon's rap verse) the female pronoun is used (which is not really used in natural Korean, except when you want to be absolutely clear on the gender, like in translations). The song also has an English version (and Chinese, and Japanese too). The English version is much more explicit (though it wasn't written by Soyeon, but by the translator, so one can have doubts about how closely it follows her intention). The height of this storyline is in Soyeon's verse, I feel (”Is this a call from hell? Can’t stop… How in the world am I going to get away from her? […] If this is a sin, I will happily take my punishment”). People sometimes think that she is in a toxic relationship, and that she is trying to get away in order not to get hurt by the other person. I interpret it differently: what she is afraid of is the pressure of the society to conform. Her cry is basically "why could I not have fallen in love with someone I will not be judged over?" She tries to deny her feelings, but in the end accepts that this is who she is, this is what she feels, and she should trust herself over whatever anyone else thinks. Even if she ends up suffering, love is worth it. While it does appear it is about homosexuality, I believe it is actually about any kind of situation where societal pressure makes one deny one’s true self. And if it was actually about homosexuality (or, equally, feminism), they could not admit that outright - Korean industry has blacklisted artists for such things. Soyeon herself said, in an MTV interview, "I didn't want to limit that 'she' to a certain being or a certain definition. So it's open to anything. I believe that all kinds of love are valuable and must be respected. That's why I don't want to limit 'she' to something specific.” There was a bit more to it, look up “Rising Stars (G)I-DLE Are Defining Their Own Genre” on MTV, if interested. I also think that the title is just trolling Nevies. Because almost everyone ends up saying "Oh my god!" when they see it. And then they'll laugh self-consciously. Just how transparent are we, to Soyeon? :) Both this and Lion are indeed film-making masterpieces, really: pure art.
Oh My God was my first introduction to Idle and it's still my favorite thing they've done. It's a phenomenal song. Put it Straight Nightmare Ver. and Lion are close seconds though.
The drop just gets me everytime & the rap, but the whole song is great, the whole video is full of symbolism that could be interpreted in various ways. There's too much to explain though might be best off watching as n explanation video. They have 2 versions of the performance, light & dark both worth watching :)
I knew you would have difficulty. XD Lion and Oh My God are my favs from Idle. And yes, your top 3 is the same as mine. Thank you for your reaction. That make me so happy. I could feel the same emotions as you.
The Korean-Language lyrics for this song are crazy for what can be found/ what is allowed in Korea. The English-Language lyrics are DIFFERNT than the Korean-Language lyrics and that new song is MIND-BLOWING! If Koreans knew what the English version said, they would deport Soyeon.
it's direct first place! This is my favorite song from (G)I-dle even if i LOVE LION, i prefer OH MY GOD ❤️🔥 The song is about sef-co fidence, purity and sin, the contrast between light and dark. 1 - OH MY GOD 2 - LION 3 - Blow your Mind 4 - For you 5 - Put it Straight ( Nightmare) 6 - Put it Straight 7 - Señorita 8 - Hann ( Alone ) 9 - Uh Oh 10 - Light My Fire 11 - Don’t Text Me 12 - Maze 13 - Help Me 14 - Give me your 15 - What’s your Name 16 - Hear me 17 - Dollar 18 - Latata 19 - What’s in your House 20 - Relay
1. Oh My God 2. Lion 3. Uh-Oh 4. Blow Your Mind 5. Senorita 6. Hear Me 7. Give Me Your 8. Light My Fire 9. For You 10. Put It Straights 11. HANN (Alone) 12. Don't Text Me 13. Maze 14. What's In Your House 15. Help Me 16. Relay 17. Latata 18. What's Your Name 19. $$$
You know how wishy washy I am when it comes to picking favorites and ranking songs. My favorites will always depend on my mood and they will change on a regular basis. It's literally impossible for me to commit to rank favorites, except in this case. As I said in my comment under your Lion Reaction, I consider Oh My God and Lion to be peak IDLE and they are the one and two songs, respectively, on my list. Not that their later releases are bad or that I don't like them, it's just that these two hit different, and I love it.
Have you seen Maria from Hwasa solo album? If you love this video I know that one will blow you away... and LMM... and I'm a B... BTW, I find it hilarious that you just happened to look away because of Soyeon's amazing rap and didn't see her licking the barb wire at the end BOTH TIMES! 😂 I kept waiting to see you react to that part, and you missed it both times. 🤣
I hate to admit that I wasn´t in love with the first at first few listens and I remember thinking that the verses sounded outta place in between the choruses but I´m so glad that I made up my mind by now cause this song honestly just slaps. Great concept, great styling (the girls ate that shit up and never looked better doing so) and a definetely a worthy follow-up to Lion. I´m not always in the mood to listen to it, but this song still deserves to be part of every kpop playlist out there. this statement might be a bit far fetched but realistically, this will only be read by like 5 people, so.. who cares really :D FAVS (10-9,4) Put It Straight - 10 HANN - 9,6 Uh-Oh - 9,4 AMAZING (9,3-9,0) LION - 9,2 GREAT (8,9-8,7) Don´t Text Me - 8,8 Oh My God - 8,8
This song and the music video are art! Instantly number 2 for me :) 1. Put It Straight 2. Oh My God 3. HANN 4. For You 5. Don't Text Me 6. Give Me Your 7. MAZE 8. LION 9. Hear Me 10. $$$ 11. What's Your Name 12. What's in your house? 13. LATATA 14. Uh-Oh 15. Señorita 16. Blow Your Mind 17. Light My Fire 18. Help Me 19. Relay
My Ranking 1. *Oh my god 2. Put It Straight 3. Señorita 4. Uh-Oh 5. LION 6. HANN (Alone) 7. Don’t Text Me 8. Maze 9. Light My Fire 10. Blow Your Mind 11. Give Me Your 12. For You 13. Put It Straight (Nightmare Version) 14. LATATA 15. HEAR ME 16. Help Me 17. What’s Your Name 18. What’s In Your House 19. $$$ 20. Relay
I understand why you're not a big lyrics checker (especially in kpop) but in this case since Soyeon has written every title track and basically every non-Minnie, non-Yuqi B-side I think you should at least try to read the translations, even though they're pretty bad!
'Lion' and 'Oh My God' are (G)I-dle taking their music to another level. I agree the anti-chorus works really well here, and changing the last chorus by adding the pre-chorus beat to it works amazingly. And the MV is just stunning, it's one of those MVs you want to watch again and again to catch all the amazing shots, the imagery, the symbolism...
1. LION
2. Oh My God
3. HANN (Alone)
4. Put It Straight (Nightmare Version)
5. Put It Straight
6. Señorita
7. MAZE
8. Uh-Oh
9. Light My Fire
10. LATATA
11. Blow Your Mind
12. DON’T TEXT ME
13. Hear Me
14. For You
15. Give Me Your
16. What’s Your Name
17. What’s in your house?
18. Help Me
19. $$$
20. Relay
This MV is a masterpiece.
Read the lyrics and watch the symbolism. It's even more 🤯
(G)I-DLE 🖤
Here's another one of my mini-essays:
As far as I can tell, the MV works on two levels. On one level it is deeply symbolic story of innocence, temptation and fall into depravity. Soojin has been confirmed to be a seductress demon, and the other girls her victims. She is bound by the purple straps, then gets free. Some resist her charm and remain pure, some fight her off but are tarnished in the struggle, some fall for her and fall hard. There's all this Christian imagery, the white of heaven and red of hell, the crosses, the apple, the Latin (”ab imo pectore”, “from the bottom of the heart”, i.e. with great sincerity), the wine/blood, everything in the video works to support this storyline.
On another level, it seems to be a social commentary. The name of the album this song is on is I Trust, and Soyeon has said that it is about staying true to oneself, even under adversity. While the girls have never said so directly outside the lyrics, it seems to paint a picture of lesbian love, particularly in a restrictive, conservative society (such as South Korea). The chorus, in English, uses "she", and even in Korean parts (specifically Soyeon's rap verse) the female pronoun is used (which is not really used in natural Korean, except when you want to be absolutely clear on the gender, like in translations). The song also has an English version (and Chinese, and Japanese too). The English version is much more explicit (though it wasn't written by Soyeon, but by the translator, so one can have doubts about how closely it follows her intention). The height of this storyline is in Soyeon's verse, I feel (”Is this a call from hell? Can’t stop… How in the world am I going to get away from her? […] If this is a sin, I will happily take my punishment”). People sometimes think that she is in a toxic relationship, and that she is trying to get away in order not to get hurt by the other person. I interpret it differently: what she is afraid of is the pressure of the society to conform. Her cry is basically "why could I not have fallen in love with someone I will not be judged over?" She tries to deny her feelings, but in the end accepts that this is who she is, this is what she feels, and she should trust herself over whatever anyone else thinks. Even if she ends up suffering, love is worth it. While it does appear it is about homosexuality, I believe it is actually about any kind of situation where societal pressure makes one deny one’s true self. And if it was actually about homosexuality (or, equally, feminism), they could not admit that outright - Korean industry has blacklisted artists for such things.
Soyeon herself said, in an MTV interview, "I didn't want to limit that 'she' to a certain being or a certain definition. So it's open to anything. I believe that all kinds of love are valuable and must be respected. That's why I don't want to limit 'she' to something specific.” There was a bit more to it, look up “Rising Stars (G)I-DLE Are Defining Their Own Genre” on MTV, if interested.
I also think that the title is just trolling Nevies. Because almost everyone ends up saying "Oh my god!" when they see it. And then they'll laugh self-consciously. Just how transparent are we, to Soyeon? :) Both this and Lion are indeed film-making masterpieces, really: pure art.
Nailed it.
Everytime I hear this song/MV....I get Chills....
Oh My God was my first introduction to Idle and it's still my favorite thing they've done. It's a phenomenal song. Put it Straight Nightmare Ver. and Lion are close seconds though.
GREAT taste, Zane!
The drop just gets me everytime & the rap, but the whole song is great, the whole video is full of symbolism that could be interpreted in various ways. There's too much to explain though might be best off watching as n explanation video. They have 2 versions of the performance, light & dark both worth watching :)
IT'S HARD FOR ME WHEN I LISTEN THIS WITHOUT A WORDS" OH MY GOD" JUMP OUT FROM MY HEAD
I love this series soo much, i'm sooo looking forward to more. there will be so many more concept changes for you on the way haha
All these girl groups are amazing, heres another one that will make you drive like a maniac in your car. T-Ara - Sugar Free. Such a club banger!
I knew you would have difficulty. XD
Lion and Oh My God are my favs from Idle. And yes, your top 3 is the same as mine.
Thank you for your reaction. That make me so happy. I could feel the same emotions as you.
The Korean-Language lyrics for this song are crazy for what can be found/ what is allowed in Korea. The English-Language lyrics are DIFFERNT than the Korean-Language lyrics and that new song is MIND-BLOWING! If Koreans knew what the English version said, they would deport Soyeon.
it's direct first place! This is my favorite song from (G)I-dle even if i LOVE LION, i prefer OH MY GOD ❤️🔥
The song is about sef-co fidence, purity and sin, the contrast between light and dark.
1 - OH MY GOD
2 - LION
3 - Blow your Mind
4 - For you
5 - Put it Straight ( Nightmare)
6 - Put it Straight
7 - Señorita
8 - Hann ( Alone )
9 - Uh Oh
10 - Light My Fire
11 - Don’t Text Me
12 - Maze
13 - Help Me
14 - Give me your
15 - What’s your Name
16 - Hear me
17 - Dollar
18 - Latata
19 - What’s in your House
20 - Relay
1. Oh My God
2. Lion
3. Uh-Oh
4. Blow Your Mind
5. Senorita
6. Hear Me
7. Give Me Your
8. Light My Fire
9. For You
10. Put It Straights
11. HANN (Alone)
12. Don't Text Me
13. Maze
14. What's In Your House
15. Help Me
16. Relay
17. Latata
18. What's Your Name
19. $$$
You know how wishy washy I am when it comes to picking favorites and ranking songs. My favorites will always depend on my mood and they will change on a regular basis. It's literally impossible for me to commit to rank favorites, except in this case.
As I said in my comment under your Lion Reaction, I consider Oh My God and Lion to be peak IDLE and they are the one and two songs, respectively, on my list. Not that their later releases are bad or that I don't like them, it's just that these two hit different, and I love it.
Have you seen Maria from Hwasa solo album? If you love this video I know that one will blow you away... and LMM... and I'm a B...
BTW, I find it hilarious that you just happened to look away because of Soyeon's amazing rap and didn't see her licking the barb wire at the end BOTH TIMES! 😂 I kept waiting to see you react to that part, and you missed it both times. 🤣
I love you!❤ You're so handsome.😍
I hate to admit that I wasn´t in love with the first at first few listens and I remember thinking that the verses sounded outta place in between the choruses but I´m so glad that I made up my mind by now cause this song honestly just slaps. Great concept, great styling (the girls ate that shit up and never looked better doing so) and a definetely a worthy follow-up to Lion. I´m not always in the mood to listen to it, but this song still deserves to be part of every kpop playlist out there. this statement might be a bit far fetched but realistically, this will only be read by like 5 people, so.. who cares really :D
FAVS (10-9,4)
Put It Straight - 10
HANN - 9,6
Uh-Oh - 9,4
AMAZING (9,3-9,0)
LION - 9,2
GREAT (8,9-8,7)
Don´t Text Me - 8,8
Oh My God - 8,8
5:46 that so funny
This song and the music video are art! Instantly number 2 for me :)
1. Put It Straight
2. Oh My God
3. HANN
4. For You
5. Don't Text Me
6. Give Me Your
7. MAZE
8. LION
9. Hear Me
10. $$$
11. What's Your Name
12. What's in your house?
13. LATATA
14. Uh-Oh
15. Señorita
16. Blow Your Mind
17. Light My Fire
18. Help Me
19. Relay
Absolute TRUTH!
My Ranking
1. *Oh my god
2. Put It Straight
3. Señorita
4. Uh-Oh
5. LION
6. HANN (Alone)
7. Don’t Text Me
8. Maze
9. Light My Fire
10. Blow Your Mind
11. Give Me Your
12. For You
13. Put It Straight (Nightmare Version)
14. LATATA
15. HEAR ME
16. Help Me
17. What’s Your Name
18. What’s In Your House
19. $$$
20. Relay
I understand why you're not a big lyrics checker (especially in kpop) but in this case since Soyeon has written every title track and basically every non-Minnie, non-Yuqi B-side I think you should at least try to read the translations, even though they're pretty bad!
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