"A Boy" | ||||
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Single by G-Dragon | ||||
from the album Heartbreaker | ||||
Released | November 9, 2009 | |||
Recorded | 2009 | |||
Genre | K-pop, dance-pop, funk, electro- hip hop | |||
Length | 3:29 | |||
Label | YG Entertainment | |||
Songwriter(s) | G-Dragon, Robin L Cho | |||
G-Dragon singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
"A Boy" on YouTube |
"A Boy" ( Korean: 소년이여, Sonyeoniyeo) is a song recorded by the South Korean rapper G-Dragon. It was released as the fourth and final single from his debut album Heartbreaker. G-Dragon stated that the song was released as an answer to the plagiarism controversy that surrounded his singles " Heartbreaker" and " Butterfly" when several people were telling him to quit singing, with G-Dragon answering that he "will not quit." [1]
Although the end of G-Dragon's music video for " Breathe" included a teaser the music video for "A Boy", the single was not released as the next single. Instead, G-Dragon released the song " Butterfly". [2] A couple of weeks after the release of "Butterfly", "Soneoniya" was officially confirmed and released as the fourth and final promotional single for the album. G-Dragon stated that the song's lyrics, which were written by himself, [1] were about the thoughts and struggles he went through as a young boy when he became YG trainee at the age of 13. [3]
Similar to the music video of "Butterfly", "Sonyeoniya"'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.[ citation needed] The Music Video expresses G-Dragon's emotions and his struggles explained in the lyrics of the song.