In my first two posts, I expressed my opinion about songs by the Korean bands LUCY and The Rose. Today, I chose a song from my favorite K-Pop group, Stray Kids. They debuted in 2017 and have released more than a hundred songs from different genres. Despite their significant musical variety, they are mostly known to produce "noise music", a genre that often includes non-musical sounds, such as electronic static, and that exaggerates features of musicality. For last year's Christmas, they granted their fans an unexpected song about the holiday.
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| Stray Kids in the "Christmas EveL" music video. |
The song "Christmas EveL" was released on November 29th, 2021, as the title track of their album sharing the same name. You can find its English translated lyrics here: Stray Kids - Christmas EveL
Also, here's the link to the official music video: Stray Kids "Christmas EveL" M/V
Summary
"Christmas EveL" describes the perspective of a person who's only able to see Christmas' downsides. In the first verse, the narrator denounces the hostile weather and hints at his disenchantment with that time of the year. In the chorus, Christmas is depicted as a dangerous holiday because of the ice covering the ground, and the narrator indicates how he refuses to celebrate it. In the second verse, the cold weather is criticized in a gloomy way, and the narrator admits no one contacts him, insinuating his loneliness. The song ends with the narrator trying to get in the mood by singing "Feliz Navidad".
My opinion
As a fan of unconventional content, I can not help but appreciate this anti-Christmas song. The title itself announces the song's colors with a pun merging the words "Christmas Eve" and "Evil".
The lyrics describe winter's disadvantages instead of romanticizing the season, an original approach I find interesting. With refreshing sarcarsm, the narrator indicates that "thanks to the slippery roads, there's more traffic". He expresses his severe annoyance with the cold by complaining profusely about it, as I do every year. He also shows his exasperation with romance and people fantasizing about Christmas in a way that reminds me of the Grinch. As an example, the narrator admits he hates "to see those people who stick to each other because it's cold". From his perspective, "there's nothing special" about the holiday, and he can't seem to understand why everyone looks forward to it.
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| Stray Kids ruining a little girl's conception of Santa Claus. |
This contemptuous attitude and hatred for this holiday beloved by so many reflect the narrator's loneliness. He indeed reveals he doesn't "get a single call, only junk messages", which tells a lot about his social environment.
Finally, I enjoy the references to the Christmas musical classics "Jingle Bells" and "Feliz Navidad". The borrowed lyrics are sung in a low and monotonous tone, which effectively destroys their original enthusiasm.
Question
A Christmas-related character is also referenced in the lyrics and pictured as evil. Who is this fictional character from whom the narrator tells us to run?
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