For this week, I watched a lot of Korean TV show series and listened to a lot of Kpop songs. For example, "Knowing Brothers" is one of my favorites series from Korea. It is about the high school concept where the cast members act like students in a classroom while the guests would come as newly transferred students. Together they will play some games and talk about their lives and fun facts. One can only know how funny it is after they watch it. But for this journal, I want to talk about one song I've been intensively listened to that is "Instagram" by DEAN.
I know tomorrow is coming
But I can’t let go of my phone
Sleep just isn’t coming to me, yeah
So I’m on Instagram, Instagram again
So many hotshots here
Some are on vacation
I didn’t press like
Cuz it feels like I’m the only one like this
Inside Instagram, Instagram
It’s a problem
In the whole world
It’s the same love song
But it doesn’t touch me
In my night
There are too many thoughts
It’s complicated
Changing it up so often
I don’t wanna do this
This damn information age
There is definitely a problem
These days, knowing more
Makes you more miserable
As time goes by
It gets harder
Am I the only one?
Don’t wanna go clubbing
Don’t wanna watch a movie, what else is there to do?
I just end up in my neighborhood
There’s a hole in my heart
Nothing can fill it up, yeah
I’m sinking right now
Inside a square ocean
This song is about the melancholy of social media and apps. Right now, most of the people are on their phones whenever they have free time, browsing through their social media accounts and see what everybody else's doing. Even though the melody and chords are simply which make people always overlook the deep meaning behind the whole thing. While many things, photos, videos are posted on social media by many different people, many of which really aren't authentic. By that I mean, many people would hide and conceal their true feelings sometimes and posting things that only make them look good instead of feeling good internally. Therefore, the song and is about how Instagram forces people to compare themselves and their lives to others, how we might hide our true feelings on Instagram and how all of this can lead to feelings of burdening sadness and pointless time-wasting on the app.
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