LE SSERAFIM’s Lyrics Mocked For Name-Dropping IU, Lee Hyori, And More
The HYBE girl group LE SSERAFIM recently made their comeback with the album CRAZY, which features a title track of the same name.
While the title song itself received positive reactions from listeners, the album’s performance overall has been troubling. One of the B-side songs, “Pierrot,” has especially received quite the ridicule for its lyrics.
Particularly, some netizens have criticized the group name-dropping IU and Lee Hyori in the pre-chorus. The line goes: “Let the reins go loose
IU and Lee Hyori, who’s next?”
The song’s first pre-chorus also shouts out K-Pop’s timeless divas, Kim Wan Sun and Uhm Jung Hwa, in a similar context.
Though the lyrics are clearly intended to pay homage to the legacy of these K-Pop artists, many criticized the writing style for being old-fashioned and cringey.
- “IU and Lee Hyori, f**k. LOL, they probably felt embarrassed singing it themselves.”
- “The lyrics are one thing, but their current performance is too bad… NewJeans, aespa, and IVE rank 1st or 2nd all the time despite the competition, but LE SSERAFIM, even though there’s practically no competition on the charts right now, can’t even make it into the top 50? Did the producers get too busy with manipulation? How did the rankings end up like this? LOL”
- “The f*cking ahjussi vibes are making me puke…”
- “Ew…Who wrote the lyrics?”
- “The lyrics are really old-school.”
- “The lyrics…are so bad…”
- “LOOL. What kind of confidence is that?”
- “Didn’t they just put together singers who reinvented themselves and imply that the next ones will be them?”
— “But the lyrics are really…”
“Pierrot,” however, has also received a lot of positive attention from fans, especially for its catchy tune and the clever incorporation of choir-style vocals that gave it a new edge.
What are your thoughts about the track?
