i've been watching some of those youtube videos that are compilations of cringey english lyrics in k-pop songs because it's always funny to see. however, i've noticed that a solid amount of the time, the lyrics actually aren't cringey, are just generic overall pop lyrics, or actually do make sense, and it feels like the creator of the video is just being ignorant on purpose. some examples in these types of videos that made me confused: "feliz navidad, i can feel the evil coming but felix never bad" how is that cringe? it fits the theme of the song, christmas evel, makes sense, and is very clever imo. the chorus to "my turn" by cravity. it's literally just vroom and skrrt. there's nothing to "make sense" of here and i never personally found that cringe at all. they're just mimicking car noises, have some fun 💀. the chorus of "likey" by twice. only including this example because the reason the person put for this one was "i don't like it." ... okay? what are we doing here then cause "i don't like this lyric" was not the theme of the video 😭. "feel like a star but no patrick" i don't even listen to bp but that's not cringey. it's actually pretty good imo. makes total sense as a lyric. "i feel like a million bucks, must be the million bucks" maybe what's cringey here is repeating "million bucks"? idk. i don't even like jessi but this line makes sense if you think about it for more than one second. also, perhaps unpopular, but if done right, i actually find myself enjoying when artists rhyme a word in one line with the same word in the next line. it's kind of fun. "if you're happy and you know it clap your hands" yes, this is genuinely something i saw in one of these videos. don't ask why, i don't know. is this actually considered cringe? am i just used to nct lyrics and that's why i find nothing wrong with this? "i've been playing like tennis, grand slam like tennis" again, maybe it's the repeating tennis at the end? i feel like this makes total sense lmao, it's not cringey imo. and of course every video includes something from soyeon even though it's common knowledge atp that the way she pronounces things and writes things in english is intentional and designed that way (i'm not even an idle stan and i know this because i've heard it mentioned many times before, so there's no way these channels don't also know this since i guarantee they're all much more online than i am). i feel like some of these people need to learn the difference between "this lyric is objectively bad/makes no sense" and "i personally don't like this lyric" lol. also, sometimes it seems like these people are just making fun of the way certain idols pronounce words instead of critiquing the actual lyrics. like yes, having good pronunciation is important, but if you look at a lyric on a page and it makes total sense, it shouldn't be in a "cringe lyrics" compilation just because the person pronounced it a bit odd. of course, there's still a good amount of examples in these videos that are genuinely just really bad english lyrics that make no sense, i'm not saying that every single example in these video is like what i'm complaining about. it's just something i've noticed and wanted to bring up in case anyone else feels this way also or has an entirely differing opinion that they might want to bring up <3 also, to close this out, i just wanted to mention that i will listen to any and every kind of kpop song. i love nct, especially 127, which should give you a good enough idea of the kinds of songs i will enjoy. i love stupid songs that have dumb lyrics. so maybe these lyrics i mentioned above really are absolutely awful crimes against the english language and i just have the taste to think they're silly and enjoy them. that's totally possible, lol. submitted by /u/Winter-Detective2488 [link] [comments]
