Minha here so today we'll be talking about Akdong Musician's Melted~!
The Song:
I have to admit. I never thought that a rookie group like Akdong musicians would one day get me crying. :( Really this song is sad. '200%' has a very happy, fun melody but 'Melted' just changes everything.
The Meaning:
The old man looks back on the days he was young, drinking an icy drink as he is now an icy city man.
He remembers how he ran away from home to pursue his dream of photography, innocently taking photos of whatever he found interesting.
However, all the adults did not understand him and were cold to his actions & photo-taking.
During his journey we meet a shopkeeper who judges him for paying with so many cents and buying so little to all thesesad and unkind people in the streets around him.
He finally meets this lady whom he thought was "kind", allowing him to take photos (although after applying makeup not letting him take more pics of the real crying her) and even gives him a ride.
However, she finds some arm candy in a pub and leaves him there to deal with the bill and an angry bartender who seemed pissed off by his own life.
The boy gets beaten up and in the process his camera (symbol of his innocent dreams) was broken.
He then goes to the police for help but they just ignore him because he seemed unimportant (compared to whatever other cases they were dealing with).
He walks away from the city and comes to the countryside. He sees a dog and wants to befriend it but he barks at him.
…until a native american man came out of his trailer (a symbol of people of the past/non city people) and gave him food and drink, even showing appreciation of his photography interests (his dreams).
We finally go back to the boy, now a cold city man but his drink no longer cold - the ice has "melted"; from the warmthhe felt from the kind native american man he once met, from the kindness that may still be found in today’s society.
The English
There's only 10 english words in here which are
1. Too
2. Late
3. Get
4. It
5.Out
6.Why
7.Are.
8.They
9.So
10.Cold
And all of these are pronounced perfectly.
But Chan Hyuk's Too late get it out part is kind of off... I'm not sure why...
I look at its past warmth that has been buried deeply (too late to get it out)
This is what I've got from the english translation. But still... I don't really get it...
4. Something Wrong?
Nope... but I just wish that the world wasn't cold...
5. Anything else?
Again no dancees... but it's fine since it's a sad song. And I really applaud AkMu for this video and also the song, Non of them was starred in Melted. I mean Soo Hyun was starred in 200% and also I love you but in Melted no one was starred but The old man, a couple of fighting women, tin guy, shop keeper, crying lady, crying lady's boyfriend, bartender, police woman, criminals, DOG, american guy, driving guy and alos the boy.
:3 dandandan~ Bye bye~!
Labels: Akmu, KPOP, Reviews, YGFam
