"A Boy" (, ''Sonyeoniyeo'') is a song by South Korean rapper
G-Dragon
Kwon Ji-yong (; born August 18, 1988), best known as G-Dragon (), is a South Korean rapper, singer, songwriter, and entrepreneur, known as the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, King of K-pop". Born and raised in Seoul, South Korea, G-Drag ...
from his debut studio album ''
Heartbreaker'' (2009). G-Dragon stated that the song was released as an answer to the plagiarism controversy that surrounded his songs "
Heartbreaker" and "
Butterfly
Butterflies are winged insects from the lepidopteran superfamily Papilionoidea, characterized by large, often brightly coloured wings that often fold together when at rest, and a conspicuous, fluttering flight. The oldest butterfly fossi ...
" when several people were telling him to quit singing, with G-Dragon answering that he "will not quit."
Release
Although the end of G-Dragon's music video for "
Breathe" included a teaser for the music video of "A Boy", the music video for "Butterfly" was released instead.
A couple of weeks after the release of "Butterfly", "A Boy" was officially confirmed and released as the fourth and final music video for the album. G-Dragon stated that the song's lyrics, which were written by himself,
were about the thoughts and struggles he went through as a young boy when he became YG trainee at the age of 13.
[Han, Sang-hee]
G-Dragon to Hold 1st Solo Concert
''The Korea Times''. Retrieved January 2, 2010.
Music video
Similar to the music video of "Butterfly", "A Boy"'s music video is heavily composed of computer graphics. Unlike that of his previous music videos (which included either a stylized dance or a storyline), the music featured various changing graphics and G-Dragon singing. The music video expresses G-Dragon's emotions and his struggles explained in the lyrics of the song.
Charts
References
External links
Official Website
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Songs in Korean
G-Dragon songs
2009 songs
YG Entertainment singles
Songs written by G-Dragon