Coma
Updated: 1 day ago
⋆ Genre: Experimental Hip hop
⋆ Producing Credits: Thom Bridges
⋆ Writing/Composing Credits: Kareen Lomax, Thom Bridges, Yeonjun, "hitman" bang
ABOUT/MEANING: “Coma” closes NO LABELS: PART 01 in a state of total immersion. The song begins amid noise, ambition and outside chaos before becoming increasingly consumed by the act of creating and performing. The “coma” becomes a metaphor for that intense absorption: a state so deep that everything beyond the music seems to fall away.
There is an interesting contradiction within that image. Losing himself does not mean losing his identity; by shutting out everything external, Yeonjun seems to become more focused on what remains. Expectations, judgements and perceptions recede into background noise, leaving the instinct to create, move and perform.
That makes “Coma” a fitting conclusion to an album concerned with showing Yeonjun without reducing him to a single definition. PART 01 begins with the commanding presence of “Talk to You” and moves through confidence, reflection, intimacy, movement and defiance before ending with Yeonjun immersed in the thing that connects so many of those different sides: his artistry.
Rather than ending with an answer to who Yeonjun is, “Coma” ends with him too absorbed in being himself to need one.
LYRICS - ENGLISH TRANSLATION (translation credits: @translatingTXT)
You're in my zone, come and follow
Pupils wide and floatin'
You're in my zone, come and follow
Pupils wide and floatin'
You're in my zone, come and follow
Pupils wide and floatin'
You're in my zone, come and follow
Pupils wide and floatin'
X's and O's and all them No's
So many posers in this scene
Just ignore them, block it out
That noisy noise, I'm in deep sleep
Why you mad? Man, why you pressed?
My GGUM you chewed up
Spit it out, back in the new game
WORDPLAY / CONNECTION: The Korean verb 씹다 (ssipda) literally means “to chew,” but can also be used colloquially for bad-mouthing or speaking negatively about someone or something. This creates deliberate wordplay with “GGUM,” Yeonjun’s first solo release: his critics have both figuratively “chewed up” his GGUM and criticised the song itself. The reference is particularly pointed given the divided response “GGUM” received upon release. Rather than distancing himself from his earlier solo work, Yeonjun brings that criticism directly into “Coma” before moving immediately towards his “new game” -acknowledging what was said while refusing to let it determine what he creates next.
Before I wake up, I gotta say
Hits like coma
No one can call out
Full of chaos
Even amidst that, I don't stop
Beat, I'm on that
With that tight stuff
Till the coda
EXPLANATION: A coda is the concluding section of a musical composition. “Till the coda” therefore means continuing with the beat until the piece reaches its end, reinforcing Yeonjun’s determination not to stop once he has entered his performance “zone.”
This shit like coma
You're in my zone, come and follow
Pupils wide and floatin'
You're in my zone, come and follow
Pupils wide and floatin'
(This shit like coma)
You're in my zone, come and follow
Pupils wide and floatin'
You're in my zone, come and follow
Pupils wide and floatin'
(This shit like coma)
Weightless, my vocal tone
Up and above that noisy noise
Exhaling in the dark
Follow the light, step up
Knock, wake that sleepy brain up
Followed by a headache
Still I go, no medic
Cut that, I'm on it (Feel that)
Hits like coma
No one can call out
Full of chaos
Even amidst that, I don't stop
Beat, I'm on that
With that tight stuff
Till the coda
This shit like coma, coma, coma, coma...
This shit like coma
Again, on the stage I hop in
Burn that vibe poppin
Again I proved it, who can stop me?
Can you feel it, yeah this shit like coma
Again on the stage
Burn that vibe poppin'
Fed this scene a new topic
Eyes on me, all them
On the stage, I hop in
Burn that vibe poppin'
Fed this scene a new topic
Eyes on me, yeah this shit like coma
You're in my zone, come and follow
Pupils wide and floatin'
You're in my zone, come and follow
Pupils wide and floatin'
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