XIA made his debut in 2003 as a member of TVXQ, a boy band produced and formed by South Korean record label and talent agency S.M. Entertainment, having previously been a trainee for six years. He had released four Korean albums, four Japanese albums, thirty Japanese singles and several Korean singles during his first six years in the music industry as TVXQ. In 2009, Kim and fellow TVXQ members Kim Jaejoong and Park Yoochun filed a lawsuit against SM Entertainment, arguing that their exclusive contracts were unilaterally disadvantageous towards the artists and should be invalidated. The Seoul Central District Court ruled in favor of the three and granted an injunction suspending their contracts. The trio reunited and subsequently formed JYJ (formerly known as JUNSU/JEJUNG/YUCHUN in Japan). As JYJ, Kim has released one English album, one Korean album, one Japanese EP, and one Korean EP.
Kim began his solo career in 2010 with the release of Japanese single "Xiah", which peaked at number-two on Japan's Oricon singles chart. The same year, he took the role of Wolfgang in his debut musical Mozart!, receiving critical acclaim and commercial success. After the release of Xiah, Kim's solo music career was sent into hiatus because of a discord between him and his Japanese label Avex Trax that led to the sudden suspension of all his activities in Japan. In May 2012, he released his first full-length Korean solo studio album "Tarantallegra", while being represented by new management agency C-JeS Entertainment. Following the release, he embarked on his first headlining world tour. He returned with his second Korean solo studio album "Incredible", in July 2013.
Flower
XIA Lyrics
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[Intro: Tablo]
Take my hand
You know I’m here with you
Say my name
'Cause lies can’t kill the truth
Tadeureogago isseo
Geojit ane sumgyeowatdeon jinsildeureul
Sumeul jugigo isseo
Jageun ipsul wie kkaejin manheun kkumdeul
Nobody can help me sseogeobeorin
Gieok jeo pyeonwie nareul kkeonaejwo
[Chorus: XIA]
Come take my hand
Come take my hand
Mallabeorin nae simjangeul jeoksyeojwo
Come take my hand
Till the end
Dasi neol wihae saragal su itge
Please take my..
[Verse 2: XIA]
Muchamhi balphyeojin kkot
Looks like love is pain
Kkeokkin nalgaecheoreom
Nal gusokhaneun sumanheun geu sangcheo
Pagodeuneun seulpeun gasi gata
[Chorus: XIA]
Come take my hand
Come take my hand
Mallabeorin nae simjangeul jeoksyeojwo
Come take my hand
Till the end
Dasi neol wihae saragal su itge
Please take my hand
[Rap: Tablo]
It’s all right
Take my hand
I jallan sesangen silsujocha keun joega dwae
Don’t cry tto dasi seganui hwajega doen
Neon jaega doego da saljeom hana tte gane
Your life Your soul Your world
They cannot kill it
Nal bwa jukgo dasi nun tteo I killed it
Nal samkyeotdeon eodum ije naega neoreul samkine
Pokpungui nuneul jjilleo ppuri gipeun kkocheun pine
Ige jilli da kkeutnan geot gatji
Geugan neol deopchin sesange mun hana eopsji
Nuguna da gyeokji I tell you it’t okay
Jageun bichirado eodumi samkijineun mothae
[Chorus]
[XIA] Come take my hand (Tablo~ Just take my hand)
[XIA] Come take my hand (Tablo~ Uh uh uh)
[XIA] mallabeorin nae simjangeul jeoksyeojwo
(Tablo~ Cuz love it pain like a candle in the rain)
[XIA] Come take my hand (Tablo~ Take My Hand)
[XIA] Till the end (Tablo~ Till The End)
[XIA] dasi neol wihae saragal su itge
The song "Flower" by XIA featuring Tablo can be interpreted as a plea to a loved one or a friend to reach out and help the singer of the song who is going through a difficult time. In the first verse, the singer talks about his past regrets and dreams that were left unfulfilled. He then asks for someone to help him and to take his hand. The chorus repeats this plea while the second verse describes love as a painful experience, which is echoed in Tablo's rap verse.
A closer look at the lyrics reveals that there is a motif of flowers throughout the song. The title of the song itself is "Flower" and the lyrics mention flower petals being stuck on the singer's lips. This could be interpreted as a metaphor for beauty and purity being silenced or tainted. The bridge of the song also repeats the phrase, "I'm a flower," emphasizing this motif. The use of this motif could symbolize the singer's vulnerability and fragility, but also his potential for growth and resilience.
Line by Line Meaning
Take my hand
Join me in my journey, let me help guide you
You know I'm here with you
You have my support and I will not leave your side
Say my name
Acknowledge that I am here and that we have a connection
'Cause lies can't kill the truth
Truth will always prevail, regardless of any lies that may be told
Tadeureogago isseo
I am wandering around, lost in thought
Geojit ane sumgyeowatdeon jinsildeureul
I am trying to forget the memories that were born out of lies
Sumeul jugigo isseo
I am trying to take deep breaths to calm myself
Jageun ipsul wie kkaejin manheun kkumdeul
There are many dreams and hopes that are trapped in my small hands
Nobody can help me sseogeobeorin
I feel trapped and alone, and no one can help me break free
Gieok jeo pyeonwie nareul kkeonaejwo
Please help me to remember the past in a different way
Mallabeorin nae simjangeul jeoksyeojwo
Heal my wounded heart, put the pieces back together
Till the end
Stay with me until everything is resolved
Dasi neol wihae saragal su itge
Please live for me once again
Muchamhi balphyeojin kkot
The flower that has bloomed painfully in silence
Looks like love is pain
Love can sometimes be a painful experience
Kkeokkin nalgaecheoreom
As if being crucified on a thorn
Nal gusokhaneun sumanheun geu sangcheo
That painful memory that keeps tormenting me
Pagodeuneun seulpeun gasi gata
It feels like a dark and lonely night
It's all right
You don't have to worry, everything will be okay
I jallan sesangen silsujocha keun joega dwae
In this quiet world, the biggest enemy is silence
Don't cry tto dasi seganui hwajega doen
Don't cry, because time will bring changes and new opportunities
Neon jaega doego da saljeom hana tte gane
You have control of your life and you can become anything you want to be
Your life Your soul Your world
Your life, your soul, and your world are yours to control
They cannot kill it
No one can take away your spirit and power
Nal bwa jukgo dasi nun tteo I killed it
Look at me, I'm alive and I've overcome the pain
Nal samkyeotdeon eodum ije naega neoreul samkine
The darkness that surrounded me now envelopes you
Pokpungui nuneul jjilleo ppuri gipeun kkocheun pine
The blossoms are heavy with snow, and their eyes are blooming with sorrow
Ige jilli da kkeutnan geot gatji
All this pain will eventually come to an end
Geugan neol deopchin sesange mun hana eopsji
Even though the world may seem unfair, it is not your only option
Nuguna da gyeokji I tell you it't okay
It doesn't matter what other people say, everything will be alright
Jageun bichirado eodumi samkijineun mothae
Even a small light can dissolve the darkness
Cuz love it pain like a candle in the rain
Love can sometimes be fleeting, like a candle in the rain
Contributed by Jayce M. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
@HanQ28
A lot of people think this song is related to Junsu's own life and the SM company and I agree this time, not because every sad song of his has to do with SM, but the MV and lyrics together actually make me think of that. Ok here's my interpretation upon watching this MV for several times. I believe that the ‘king-Junsu’ who sits on the throne represents SM (or SM's leaders) with great power and superior status. He’s surrounded by dancers (0:57) wearing fancy stage outfits who may represent the current idols in SM.
The savage-looking group of men represent the former idols who have been banished from SM (the all-mighty dream-fulfilling temple viewed by the naive public). They, including the JYJ members, were viewed by the public as the ‘wrong’ ‘guilty’ ones, the ungrateful traitors. SM forced ugly masks on them and sealed their mouths 0:37, silencing them while making up lies to ruin their reputation, ruin their lives.
And just before they leave, they throw the gold robot head on the ground 0:46. This head may represent Junsu’s past life as an SM idol who appears to be covered by fame and fortune (gold) but inside is more like a machine/robot. Now this machine is broken, this idol life is destroyed and gone. At 1:16, the gold head on the ground shakes its mouth while the song goes "all the dreams are crashed between the lips" (sorry if my translation’s not spot-on). An angry masked man shouts something to the king while the lyric goes “lies can’t kill the truth” 0:52.
After this big amount of symbolism at the beginning, Junsu sings “take me out from those rotten memories” 1:22, again meaning that the first part is a recall of his past history with SM.
Then there goes this interesting little girl (1:55) who, I think, represents truth, goodness and justice. She's looking at ‘king-Junsu’ (SM) and what he's doing but stays silent (for now). King-Junsu stares back at her and tilts his head, not knowing who she is, what she’s thinking or what she’ll do to him, which he will find out one day.
At 2:05, the broken robot head sinks down a pool of liquid and goes into some kind of a factory 2:08 which extracts gold coffee 2:17 from it to be drunk by king-Junsu (SM) . This can relate to how SM not only exploited Junsu and other former idols when they were in the company, but endlessly sue them and do all other kinds of things to extract every last drop of benefit and profit from them, even after their idol lives are already ruined. Meanwhile the song goes ‘the cruelly trampled flower...the countless scars that imprison me…’
The 2:55 part where ‘savage-Junsu’ dances in the dark forest may represent that for a long time, he was exiled from SM and deeply wounded, struggling to recover, to not be judged as the villain, to regain his career and basically to rise above and bloom into a ‘flower’. The lyrics at 3:28 go “you become the world’s hot topic and turn to ashes, they take every piece of you like meat”, while king-Junsu is eating a dish of raw fish meat (the destroyed Junsu in real life).
The MV’s last part is where the table turns, as Junsu sings “your life your soul your world, they cannot kill it. I died and reborn, I killed it”, etc. These lyrics and the whole song may also be a shout-out to encourage the SM idols (like EXO, SNSD, f(x) and more) who currently face so many hardships.
Junsu becomes a golden warrior at 3:37, as the song goes ‘the darkness swallowed me but now I’m swallowing you’. Then the little girl shows up again 3:41, laughing as king-Junsu falls sick from eating the fish (maybe after he’s eaten too many of them for years and years...) and collapses to the ground. The time has finally come for her to witness truth and justice being restored, and the cruel king being punished.
The black-Junsu at the end is a dark knight who rises from the dead and now has the power to fight the powerful. I think Junsu is making a statement in this song and video that SM may still be laughing for now, but things are slowly changing these days, and the time will come for truth/justice to bring back the laughter of those, including Junsu, who never give up the fight.
@annadancer4life
So I know there have already been quite a few analysis’s of this music video, but here is what I think the music video is symbolizing.
So in the beginning we see Junsu essentially in a palace, where he appears to be the king, a god if you will. This, I think, is a hint at his past with DBSK. The full name: DongBangShinKi, in traditional Chinese translates to “the rising gods of the east.” At this point a group of masked men come in and throw the severed head of a mechanical skull to the floor, with golden eyes. The way I see it, the group of men could symbolize either one of two things: first, they are the general public that are below him in all his glory, or second, they represent idols past. I am inclined to believe the latter, as I think that the skull represents the “ugly” side of fame that these failed idols furiously throw before him, in their attempt to unveil what goes on “underneath it all.” One achieves, the external beauty (the gold eyes), but underneath one is but a machine, controlled, with the inability to make their own choices.
At this point Junsu’s eyes are still brown. However, after the head is thrown to the floor, a seemingly innocent girl appears off to the left as he examines the severed head. It is only after his encounter with the girl that you see the melting down of the mechanical head and Junsu then consuming the molten remnants. The significance here lies within the little girl. She, I believe, is the representation of SM Entertainment: appearing pleasant and innocent and encouraging him to consume the head, or the “fame,” in order to achieve his dream. At this point we see his eyes change color to the same gold that the skull had. A part of the lyrics I think represent this theory: “you’ve become the world’s hot topic then you turn into ash, then they take away each piece of you, your life, your soul, your world.”
The dystopian scenes I believe are actually a flash forward, but I will explain that momentarily.
We then witness a very zoned out Junsu, about to eat his meal. He appears to snap out of his trance when he sees the deformed fish before him. This represents him realizing the deformity of his current situation, finally comprehending the unbalanced reality of what has happened, and ultimately realizing his mistake to trust this little girl before him. We then see junsu throwing up blue liquid, as the little girl looks on in glee, laughing at his pain. Ultimately, I believe this to be a representation of Junsu’s past with SM entertainment.
Now going back to the dystopian scenes, in which he is dressed in black and his eyes are back to brown. Like I said before, I think this was a flash forward to what became of him after his encounter with the little girl, and after he threw up the blue liquid and appeared to be consumed in flames.
Then finally we see him, in the last scene, mounted on a warped perception of a horse and dressed in what looks like a warriors uniform, appearing to be ready for battle. This I think is a representation of who he is now, his “current form” so to speak, ready to conquer, a flower rising from the ashes (thus the title). Here is the part of the lyrics that make me believe my interpretation to be correct: “Look at me, I’ve died but I opened my eyes again, I killed it. The darkness swallowed me but now I’m swallowing you. Piercing through the storm of snow, a deeply rooted flower blossoms. This is the truth.”
@shoystify
Googled the lyrics.here it goes:
Take my hand
You know I’m here with you
Say my name
Cuz lies can’t kill the truth
It’s burning up
The truths hidden in lies
It’s being silenced
All the dreams broken on the small lips
Nobody can help me
Take me out from the rotten memories
Come take my hand
Come take my hand
Drench my dried up heart
Come take my hand
Till the end
So I can live for you again
Please take my
The cruelly trampled flower
Looks like love is pain
Like broken wings
The countless scars that imprison me
They’re like sad thorns that dig into me
Come take my hand
Come take my hand
Drench my dried up heart
Come take my hand
Till the end
So I can live for you again
Please take my
It’s all right
Take my hand
In this arrogant world, even mistakes become big sins
Don’t cry
You’ve become the world’s hot topic then you turn into ash
Then they take away each piece of you
Your life Your soul Your world
They cannot kill it
Look at me, I’ve died but I opened my eyes again, I killed it
The darkness swallowed me but now I’m swallowing you
Piercing through the storm of snow
A deeply rooted flower blossoms
This is the truth
It may seem like it’s all over
There wasn’t a single door in this world that smothered you
Everyone goes through this
I tell you it’s okay
Even if it’s a small light, the darkness can’t swallow it
Come take my hand (Just take my hand)
Come take my hand (Uh uh uh)
Drench my dried up heart
(Cuz love is pain like a candle in the rain)
Come take my hand (Take My Hand)
Till the end (Till The End)
So I can live for you again
@am.9206
i dont understand why new gen groups don't take risks in their concept like this anymore. Nowadays they're more about labels like "cute" concept or "sexy" concept. No one is putting in effort towards creating iconic, avant-garde concepts like this anymore. Junsu's makeup, dancing, the entire concept of the video was so ahead of its time compared to what artists today are making. The only person I can think of who's constantly pushing boundaries is Taemin.
@andreasalbert6821
tbh "XIA JUNSU - FLOWER" is so similar to "SISTAR - BAD GUY"
and both JUNSU and SISTAR are legends
@zsaojii
That's because most of them don't have a say in their concept, it's all decided, just as when Junsu was in dbsk.
@nurafifahshuhardi8240
Go and listen mamamoo new song
@tienthanhvu5838
You are wrong, BTS actually took a lot of risk. I don't care if you like them or not, i personally don't but i can't deny their works and creativity as well as the risk they take
@joosclues
BTS and Monsta X
@iojijjk8107
remember when junsu created kpop
@tallula____2632
remember when Junsu being the real God of K-pop
@8SDKTM
Decembe,r 26, 2003 <3
@malenny4347
one of the best comments on YouTube😂😂😂