Fairy of Shampoo
Updated: 2 days ago
⋆ Genre [Source: Naver/BigHit]: Dream Pop
⋆ Producing Credits: EL CAPITXN, Slow Rabbit
⋆ Writing/Composing Credits: EL CAPITXN, Slow Rabbit, Jang Kiho, Yeonjun
CONTEXT: “Fairy of Shampoo” is a remake of Light & Salt's 1990 song “Shampoo Fairy,” which tells the story of a young man captivated by a woman he sees appearing in a shampoo commercial. The original song draws from Jang Jung-il's poem of the same name, in which the narrator's fascination with the “shampoo fairy” has been interpreted in relation to capitalism, consumer culture and the idealised images created through mass media. These ideas add another layer beneath the song's dreamlike romance: the woman who relieves the narrator's loneliness is also an image encountered through a screen rather than someone he truly knows. TXT retain this tension between fantasy and distance in their reinterpretation, while Yeonjun contributes a newly written melodic rap verse [highlighted in the lyrics below].
ABOUT/MEANING: “Fairy of Shampoo” captures the dreamlike infatuation of becoming captivated by someone who seems almost too perfect to be real. Seen through a television screen, the “fairy” exists at a distance: the boy does not truly know her, yet her presence enters his lonely world and makes it feel brighter. His attraction therefore develops partly through imagination, transforming someone he can only observe from afar into an idealised figure who offers happiness and emotional escape.
There is both comfort and distance within that fantasy. The fairy can soothe his loneliness, but their connection is shaped largely by imagination and remains removed from the complexities of a real relationship. TXT’s version embraces the sweetness and wonder of this infatuation while retaining the underlying tension between an idealised image and the reality beyond the screen.
Within The Dream Chapter: ETERNITY, this interplay between loneliness, fantasy and reality takes on particular resonance. As relationships become more complicated and familiar sources of belonging feel increasingly uncertain, the idealised connection at the heart of “Fairy of Shampoo” offers a contrasting form of comfort. For a moment, imagination provides a beautiful escape from a reality that has become much harder to navigate.
LYRICS - ENGLISH TRANSLATION
Pushing through the square screen
Gently approaching me
Planting a silver fantasy
She is my own little fairy
Like the early morning fog
Coming closer to me
Her long flowing hair
Whispering with a soft smile
Whenever I see her, I don't feel lonely anymore
Even my sadness disappears far away
She is my fairy of shampoo
From this moment on, I will love her
I thought you only existed in a fairytale
Pushing through the square screen
You gently came to me, a fairy called you
Somehow it feels like you're talking to me
This feeling that words can't explain
It feels like I’m walking on top of those clouds
All of a sudden, in my heart
You've settled, just like
Like the early morning fog
Coming closer to me
Her long flowing hair
Whispering with a soft smile
Whenever I see her, I don't feel lonely anymore
Even my sadness disappears far away
She is my fairy of shampoo
From this moment on, I will love her
The one I used to watch from afar
She has always been my dream
Whenever I see her, I don't feel lonely anymore
Even my sadness disappears far away
She is my fairy of shampoo
From this moment on, I will love her
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