Beautiful

“There’s a gaze that won’t let go of me. Slightly filled with tears, they are beautiful, your eyes. There’s also sadness in those eyes, I want to know what that all about is. I’ll embrace everything about you, this moment when our lips touch.” –SHINee, Beautiful [translated lyrics]

Sebagai bagian dari promosi album “Chapter 1. Dream Girl – The Misconceptions of You”, SHINee menghadirkan sebuah lagu bertajuk “Beautiful” untuk mengiringi lagu utama mereka, “Dream Girl”. Released as one of the tracks in the album on February 19^th 2013, “Beautiful” was served as the second promotional song. Lagu electro pop ini ditulis liriknya oleh Cha Yong Un, dengan rapper SHINee, Minho, sebagai penulis bagian rap dalam lagu ini. Sementara itu, aransemen musik dan produksi dikerjakan oleh tim komposer DOM, Cha Yong Un, Andrew Choi, Teddy Riley, dan Richard Garcia. Menjadi bagian dari album “The Misconceptions of You”, lagu ini masih membawa konsep mengenai miskonsepsi diri atas orang lain.

There is a saying that, “When you fall in love with someone, anything he/she does is beautiful.” Well, more or less, that saying is told to be true. When people fall in love, they seem blinded by it. When people fall in love, no matter what pain they might feel, or what risk they might face, they won’t bother at all. They would feel like they could handle everything that might come. It’s that kind of feeling. Rasa itulah yang digambarkan dalam lirik lagu “Beautiful”. When we fall in love with someone, everything they do is fine. Bahwa ketika orang tersebut membawa luka dari masa lalunya, kita akan selalu memiliki hati yang lapang untuk menyediakan tempat berobat baginya. Bahwa ketika orang tersebut menyimpan kesedihan dari masa lalunya, kita akan selalu memiliki hati yang luas untuk menyediakan ruang bercerita, berkeluh kesah, dan bersandar baginya. Kita akan selalu siap menjadi sebuah mesin pemberi pelukan dan kehangatan baginya. Keberadaan orang itu sudah lebih dari cukup bagi kita. We feel like we could and we would give everything we have to them.

“Beautiful” ditampilkan pertama kali oleh SHINee dalam comeback showcase mereka pada tanggal 23 Februari 2013. Selanjutnya, lagu ini mereka tampilkan secara live dalam berbagai program acara musik televisi di Korea Selatan. Koreografi dari lagu ini digarap oleh Tony Testa, yang juga berada di balik koreografi unik untuk lagu utama, “Dream Girl”. Ketika pertama kali mendengarkan seluruh lagu dalam album “The Misconceptions of You”, “Beautiful” justru adalah lagu pertama yang berhasil menangkap perhatian saya, bukan “Dream Girl”. Indeed, this upbeat and cheerful song is an ear-catchy track that could turn your mood on. Seperti yang diungkapkan seorang kolumnis situs musik Seoulbeats, “… just as its name states; the vocals are gorgeously soft and glide smoothly atop the instrumental without sinking into it.” Tanggapan positif juga dihadirkan oleh Jeff Benjamin, kolumnis Billboard K-pop, “combine unique electronic production elements over sugary boy band harmonies to create year-round pop music.”

“Beautiful, give all of your scars to me. You’re beautiful, everything will be alright if you’re in my arms. Beautiful, I want to hold you, please come to me. Beautiful, your existence itself is beautiful.” –SHINee, Beautiful [translated lyrics]

* Ditulis sambil mendengarkan lagu “Beautiful” oleh SHINee. Lirik lagu berupa romanisasi dari huruf Hangul Korea, beserta dengan translasinya ke dalam Bahasa Inggris.

“Nal nochi ahnneun nunbichi isseo

(There’s a gaze that won’t let go of me)
Nunmuri saljjak maechyeo areumdawo your eyes

(Slightly filled with tears, they are beautiful, your eyes)

Geu du nun sogen seulpeumdo isseo geuge mwonji da algo sipeo

(There’s also sadness in those eyes, I want to know what that all about is)
Neoui modeun geol gamssa aneulge ipsuri danneun i sungan

(I’ll embrace everything about you, this moment when our lips touch)

Areumdawo ne sangcheokkajido naege jwo

(Beautiful, give all of your scars to me)
Areumdawo neoui geu jonjaega areumdawo girl

(Beautiful, your existence itself is beautiful, girl)

Neoreul modu aneulge neoui modeun geol modeun geol

(I will hold all of you, your everything, everything)
Naega gamssa aneulge neoui modeun geol you’re my girl

(I will embrace you, your everything, you’re my girl)

Ara eosaekhadan geol gakkai deo dagawajwo

(I know that it’s awkward, please come closer to me)

Nae gwitgae da soksagyeojwo neoui yaegil deureulge

(Whisper it all in my ear, I’ll listen to your story)

Areumdawo ne sangcheokkajido naege jwo

(Beautiful, give all of your scars to me)
Neon areumdawo nae pume angimyeon da gwaenchanhajyeo

(You’re beautiful, everything will be alright if you’re in my arms)

Areumdawo neol ango sipeun geol naege wajwo

(Beautiful, I want to hold you, please come to me)
Areumdawo neoui geu jonjaega areumdawo girl

(Beautiful, your existence itself is beautiful, girl)

Nae mam gajangjarikkaji haengbogui mulgyeori kkeuteobsi angyeo
(All the way to the edge of my heart, the waves of happiness embrace me endlessly)

Geudae miso maju hamyeon haneobsi gamgyeokhae nollaun chukbokhae
(When I get to see your smile, I’m endlessly feel touched and amazingly feel blessed)

Jonjaemaneuroneun boyeojugin bujokhae dalkomhan yeolmang sujubeun sumgyeol

(My existence isn’t enough to show you, sweet desire, innocent breathing)

Seororeul hyanghadeon misehan umjigimedo neon areumdawo

(Even our small gestures toward each other, you’re beautiful)
You’re beautiful

I can listen to you girl neoui modeun geol modeun geol

(I can listen to you, girl, your everything, everything)
Neoreul gamssa aneulge neoui modeun geol you’re my girl

(I will embrace you, your everything, you’re my girl)

Areumdawo ne sangcheokkajido naege jwo

(Beautiful, give all of your scars to me)
Areumdawo nae pume angimyeon da gwaenchanhajyeo

(Beautiful, everything will be alright if you’re in my arms)

Neoui geu jonjaega areumdawo

(Your existence itself is beautiful)”