Nothin' 'Bout Me
Updated: 1 day ago
⋆ Genre: Hip Hop
⋆ Producing Credits: Slow Rabbit, Misha
⋆ Writing/Composing Credits: Slow Rabbit, Misha, Yeonjun, "hitman" bang
ABOUT/MEANING: “Nothin’ Bout Me” is loud, confident and unapologetically dismissive of outside judgement. People can watch, speculate and form their own ideas about Yeonjun, but knowing the image he presents does not mean knowing the person himself. Their definitions may exist, but he refuses to let them determine how he understands or expresses who he is.
Importantly, that refusal does not feel defensive. Yeonjun is not trying to convince anyone that their perception of him is wrong or replace it with another carefully constructed definition. Their opinions simply do not have the final say. The authority to decide what belongs to his identity remains his own.
Within NO LABELS: PART 01, this is where the album’s title becomes most literal. After expressing different sides of himself across the preceding tracks, Yeonjun directly confronts the assumption that any outside perspective can capture him completely.
“NO LABELS” is not a demand that people stop seeing Yeonjun in different ways - it is his refusal to let those perceptions become boundaries around who he can be.
LYRICS - ENGLISH TRANSLATION (translating credits: @translatingTXT)
Big boy steppin', I'm rockin' right now
Tip top tippin', yeah, I'm all set
No frame can ever trap me in
So let me say, let me say, let me say, let me say now
Go, I break free from the reins
Go, that's right, without fear
Go, quietly listen
No one can mess with me like that
What you want?
Whatever they say, it's not my problem
What you want?
I'm my own product
What you want?
I take off my label
Even if my body’s sticky, sticky, sticky, go
Baby, you don't know
Nothin' bout me, 'nothing bout me
To me, it's all blah blah blah
Who's to define me?
Nothin' bout me, nothin' bout me
I can't hear you blah blah blah
Nothin' bout me, nothin' bout me
Nothin' bout me, nothin' bout me
Nothin' bout me, nothin' bout me
Nothin' bout me, no one can blah blah blah
Who, who, who, who
Pull up I skrrrt
Soon as I show up, the judges swarm in
Got no time y'all
Move aside, all that talk While you're talking, I'm snoring in my Carnival
CONTEXT: “Carnival” refers to the Kia Carnival, a minivan commonly used to transport Korean entertainers between schedules. While the “judges” are busy talking about him, Yeonjun jokes that he is simply snoring in his Carnival - too unconcerned with their commentary to even stay awake for it.
Even my parents don't judge me
Leave that description box blank, that's my answer
All that talkin'
Shut up
What you want?
Whatever they say, it's not my problem
What you want?
I'm my own product
What you want?
I take off my label
Even if my body’s sticky, sticky, sticky, go
Baby, you don't know
Nothin' bout me, 'nothing bout me
To me, it's all blah blah blah
Who's to define me?
Nothin' bout me, nothin' bout me
I can't hear you blah blah blah
Nothin' bout me, nothin' bout me
Nothin' bout me, nothin' bout me
Nothin' bout me, nothin' bout me
Nothin' bout me, no one can blah blah blah
Who, who, who, who
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