Shall we think about the Korean word ‘excellent’? From the moment you pronounce the word, a strong wind moves forward as if to show off, and your lips stretch forward. The strong wind that escapes passes through the two ‘ㄹ’ and is blocked by the tongue near the roof of the mouth, and the ‘ㅇ’ consonant traps the escaping wind in the mouth.
We usually praise someone who has taken something with raw energy and polished it into something beautiful, calling it ‘excellent.’ And adults often tell children with unbridled energy that they need to become ‘great’ people. The capturing energy contained in the word ‘great’ helps children refine their potential little by little.
A sculptor carves a stone, which could originally be anything, into a certain shape. So, it is confined to a certain form. So, a block of stone becomes a sculpture and becomes ‘great’. When a completed sculpture is released to society, it is evaluated by numerous people. The song to introduce today is “Bucket Dream (Feat. Naji)” by Daul (DAUL).
“Bucket Dream (Feat. Naji)” is ‘great’. In particular, the impact of the clap sound used in even beats is amazing. DAUL’s heavy groove and Naji’s dynamic top line balance well and maintain a good balance. It’s also impressive that the rich chorus and elements placed in the right places capture the point of a song that could otherwise have been boring.
The word ‘bucket dream’ doesn’t appear in the dictionary, so I thought about what ‘I don’t want to be your bucket dream’ means. A bucket list is about writing down things you really want to do, right? So, doesn’t this mean that I want to live a life that I take the lead in, rather than your ‘greatness’? Then it occurs to me that I might not like the idea of putting music in my writing.
If you’re feeling particularly frustrated today, how about listening to DAUL’s “Bucket Dream (Feat. Naji)”?