Vanilla
Updated: 1 day ago
⋆ Genre: Rap Rock
⋆ Producing Credits: Slow Rabbit, "hitman" bang, Misha, Pete Nappi
⋆ Writing/Composing Credits: Slow Rabbit, "hitman" bang, Kareen Lomax, Peter Nappi, Ellie Suh (153/Joombas), Jiggy (153/Joombas), SUAN (153/Joombas), Lee Eunhwa (153/Joombas), Han Seongeun (153/Joombas), Im Suran (lalala studio), Jeon Yuli (153/Joombas), I Rhythm (153/Joombas), danke, sokodomo
ABOUT/MEANING: “Vanilla” captures the moment an unfamiliar person enters an ordinary world and quietly begins to transform it. The speaker has grown comfortable with what he knows, only for this new presence to awaken emotions and sensations that feel impossible to explain or ignore. What once seemed familiar suddenly feels different because he is beginning to feel different within it.
The song is therefore as much about discovery as attraction. Rather than simply falling for someone, the speaker encounters a version of himself that could only emerge through knowing them. Moving towards that feeling means loosening his attachment to familiar habits and assumptions - not because his previous self was false, but because he is discovering that it was never the full extent of who he could be.
That makes “Vanilla” a fitting opening to NO LABELS: PART 02. Where PART 01 focused on expressing the different sides of Yeonjun he already recognised, “Vanilla” begins the second part with something less certain: the possibility that encounters with other people can reveal parts of ourselves we could never discover alone.
LYRICS - ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS (translations by @translatingtxt)
I was the pyongyang cold noodles kinda thing
EXPLANATION: Pyongyang naengmyeon (평양냉면) is known for its particularly subtle, mild flavour, making it a fitting metaphor for someone who sees their former self as relatively plain or understated.
I was the shirt buttoned up all the way to the collar
Whatever I wore, regular fit
Crossing the crosswalk when it's green
Before you came into the picture
I was a well-behaved cat
Learned snacking late in life
I've gotten a taste of it
True vanilla scent
Going crazy
What even have you done to me?
A fantasy I didn't even know I had
This jolting feeling
I won't ask you to take responsibility
When you're next to me
It doesn't matter anymore who I was
I'm a lil vanilla
(Get me, get me, get me right)
Shawty, get me right
(Get me, get me, get me right)
I'm a lil vanilla
(Get me, get me, get me right)
Get right, get right
I'm a lil vanilla
(Get me, get me, get me right)
Shawty, get me right
(Get me, get me, get me right)
Oh lil vanilla
(Get me, get me, get me right)
Get right, get right, get right, right, right
You nurture it
Turning delusions into reality
Leading me when I hesitate
Just go ahead and ruin me
Dragging around ripped pants
Jaywalking
Following your words and your style
What even have you done to me?
Give my everyday life an award, please
This feeling of a loose screw
I won't ask you to take responsibility
When you're next to me
It doesn't matter anymore who I was
I'm a lil vanilla
(Get me, get me, get me right)
Shawty, get me right
(Get me, get me, get me right)
I'm a lil vanilla
(Get me, get me, get me right)
Get right, get right
I'm a lil vanilla
(Get me, get me, get me right)
Shawty, get me right
(Get me, get me, get me right)
Oh lil vanilla
(Get me, get me, get me right)
Get right, get right, get right, right, right
I'm a lil vanilla
Shawty, get me right
I'm a lil vanilla
Get right, get right
I'm a lil vanilla
Shawty, get me right
Oh lil vanilla
Get right, get right, get right, right, right
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