[OLD] Song of the Week: Where Are You? - Taeil of Block-B

A/N: So here's how this is gonna work.  Basically in this portion I'm going to pick a song - it could be very recent or it could be really old - and write a little bit about it and the person/group that sings it. I'm not doing a review necessarily, because that would seem a little odd to me, but I will talk about the lyrics, mood, and overall feeling of the song, as well as talk a little about the music video if there is one.  With that out of the way, onward and upward.

This week's song is a song that I fell in love with within the first twenty seconds of listening to it.  It's called Where Are You? by Taeil, a member of Korean boy band, Block-B.  While I am not a fan of most of the group's work, this song is amazing.  Knowing what I know about Block-B's style, this song really surprised me.  Most of Block-B's music is hardcore rap.  It's loud, it's boisterous, and it can be kind of obnoxious. While I love a song with a good beat and I LOVE to dance to just about anything, for me hardcore rap rarely does the trick.  Now, when I say hardcore, I do not mean dirty, though they do have a few lyrics that are really stretching the limits a little when it comes to how I judge things.  They don't talk about sex or drugs or anything else that seems to be so popular in America, but they do have a couple songs that are quite...umm...strange, I suppose.

But back to the song at hand.  This is a slow, moody love ballad with a melody that really works in its favor.  It does not have a music video, but I don't think it needs one.  It's quite moving to listen to, and Taeil's voice suits the song wonderfully.  Below are the lyrics*:

I have made you cry again

Tears are falling from your beautiful eyes

We're breaking up again

Your beautiful face is slowly getting further away

I'm thinking it's for the best

This frustrating love is now over

Even if I vowed to never think about you again

Why am I looking at your picture today?

Your expressions and your beautiful smile

That made me smile at times

Your mistakes and your voice

To me, they're so vivid

Your grumbling and your bad habits

That made me cry at times

Your rude tone and past mistakes

I can now understand them

Where are you?

I said I'll be okay

That I will never fall in love again

Even if I vowed to be okay living without you

Why am I thinking about only you today?

Your expressions and your beautiful smile
That made me smile at times
Your mistakes and your voice
To me, they're so vivid
Your grumbling and your bad habits
That made me cry at times
Your rude tone and past mistakes
I can now understand them
Where are you?

Why, when you were trying to fit in with me
When you couldn't look forward to yourself
When you were in so much pain because of my selfishness
Why didn't I know?

Your tears and your deep sigh
When you began to let me go
If you can come to me
You would never let go again
Your grumbling and your bad habits
That made me cry at times
Your rude tone and past mistakes
I can now understand them
Where are you?

Come back

These words might seem a little cheesy just reading them, but they sound amazing when they're in the song.  I listen to this song over and over again, and I highly recommend any fans of Block-B and anybody else looking for a good ballad should give this a listen.

A/N: By the way, in future weeks I'll try to rotate around the three main languages I listen to music in (besides English), which are: Mandarin, Japanese, and Korean.  I might also throw in an English one now and again, because there is some pretty interesting music in English coming out of South Korea and a couple other countries.

*Translation may not be 100% accurate.  Don't fault me; I don't speak Korean.
Translation credited to Kpopfanzone