First Take: Naul's Memory of the Wind

One of the vocalist of my favorite vocal group probably ever, Naul of Brown Eyed Soul, recently came out with a solo album entitled Principle of My Soul. Its lead single, 'Memory of the Wind' stars actor Lee Ki-woo as the dreamiest prince you will ever find. Seriously.

It's been a while I haven't done a First Take! And I'm glad to break that awful record of mine with this beautiful track. You can't really go wrong with Naul, anyways. Heck, everyone in Brown Eyed Soul is amazing. Naul's voice is definitely distinctive and just pure loveliness. Unlike the soulful beat of Brown Eyed Soul, this song is your classic ballad. We've got the orchestra on full ensemble, a soft but distinctive beat, and Naul's amazing range. I love it when Naul gets soulful, but ballad fits him well too. Like a glove. Or to a tee. And like always, his voice makes my heart cry a little. Or a lot.

First of all, I just want to get this out of my chest even though I already did in the intro, how dreamy is Lee Ki-woo? Seriously, he takes my breath away, I'm not even joking. I've never really been completely into him but man, it's the prince outfit and the horse and the little girl's dream of prince charming. I curse you Disney. And this is how I am now watching Flower Boy Ramyun Shop, all because Lee Ki-woo is dressed in prince garb.

I must say that I can be really horrible at interpretation of videos, especially music videos because sometimes I'm too lazy to read the lyrics. I know, I'm so professional. It was confusing at first but I think I got it. Maybe. So here it goes. The story is about a girl who looked like she had the time of her life having fun with her father. Sadly her father died as he was protecting her from bombs/meteors/deadly objects falling from the sky. Later when she grows up she meets this 'prince' who we assume is her lover. After what it seems like some sort of difficulty leaving her father as the most significant male figure in her life, she continues on getting married to this hottie.

The lyrics (yes, I read it) speaks of hurtful memories that can't be forgotten. Now, usually in life we can't forget these memories. It's a natural human thing to do. All we can do is move on and try to build better memories while still respecting our past. This story speaks of the two significant men in this girl's life. When she was younger, the only man she truly loved was her father. But sadly he died while protecting her from a bomb/meteor/deadly object falling from the sky (why didn't she die too from the shock wave/radiation/fire? Weird I know. I guess they never watched Mythbusters). When she grows up she has her prince charming (who I assume is possibly metaphorical for the purposes of the story), who now becomes the man she loves. Even though she now loves Mr. Prince, she will never forget her father or the tragedy that struck him. But her past isn't dragging her behind. Here's something I need to learn. I personally think the lyrics is talking mostly about the past, so for our girl it's about her story with her father.

The above is my interpretation. But there are still some unanswered questions. Mostly about the fish. Or about the amount glitter the girl is willing to put on her face. Now I did read a brief discussion on YouTube talking about said fish. Apparently it symbolizes the resurrection of Jesus. I don't really know if this is only talking about the video or the actual song, but I didn't see it coming. At least lyrics wise. I wouldn't be surprised if Naul did insert religious connotation in his art because as far as I know he's a devoted Christian. I for one am not so I have no idea about this. So really, I can't comment on it much. If you'd like to discuss about that on the comments then go right ahead. And about the glitter, I don't know, maybe a girl needs a bit of twinkle, twinkle in her life you know. And here I thought Lee Ki-woo was enough eye candy for one.

I'm sorry if my little explanations make you woozy but hey, now we can see how powerful art can be. With one stimulation it can result in many thoughts. If you have more to discuss of this video, again, just leave a comment. I'd love to hear your interpretation of this song or music video. Or you know, you could spazz about Naul or Lee Ki-woo which is great in my book. But if the music video is still confusing, the song itself is beautiful even if you don't know Korean or feel it's too bothersome to read the lyrics.