Vanilla

⋆ 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

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ABOUT/MEANING: 'Vanilla' captures the moment someone unfamiliar steps into an ordinary world and quietly unravels it. The song follows a person who has grown comfortable with the familiar, only to encounter someone whose presence introduces emotions, sensations, and even a version of themselves they never knew existed. Rather than focusing on love itself, it explores the instant before everything shifts - the pull toward something unexplainable but impossible to ignore, and the willingness to leave behind old habits, expectations, and even parts of one's identity in order to embrace that change. Through this transformation, the ordinary becomes something entirely new, showing how one person's presence can reshape not only how you experience the world, but also how you see yourself.

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LYRICS - ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS (translations by @translatingtxt)

I was the pyongyang cold noodles kinda thing

EXPLANATION: Pyongyang cold noodles are known for their simple and mild flavor.

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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Helpful Context (Album Summary): Where 'NO LABELS: PART 01' challenged the labels placed upon Yeonjun, 'NO LABELS: PART 02' reveals the person who exists beyond them. Across six tracks, the album gradually moves from Yeonjun's interactions with others toward his relationship with himself, revealing how every connection and experience becomes part of the person he is still becoming. It embraces the contrasts within him: playfulness and restraint, vulnerability and self-possession, tenderness and ambition, the performer he projects and the person he is behind the spotlight - showing that these sides coexist rather than contradict. Rather than presenting a finished version of himself, the album captures Yeonjun in the ongoing process of understanding and accepting who he is, including the parts of himself he is still learning to embrace. What it ultimately proves is that self-definition was never about isolation: it is about choosing, on his own terms, what and who becomes part of his story.

Help Context (No Labels Series Summary): The NO LABELS series is Yeonjun’s journey of breaking away from every expectation placed upon him and discovering himself beyond a single image. Rather than defining who he is through one concept, one personality, or one role, the series explores the many different versions of Yeonjun that coexist within him - the artist, the performer, the person, and everything in between. Together, both parts create the complete meaning of NO LABELS. The series does not attempt to introduce one final definition of Yeonjun; instead, it proves that he cannot be captured by one adjective or one idea. His confidence and softness, his strength and sensitivity, his stage persona and his everyday self all exist simultaneously. The message is simple: Yeonjun is Yeonjun. His identity does not need to be explained through a label - it only needs to be experienced as it is.