Korean Songs For Father's Day: BTOB, f(x), Insooni, Psy
Andrew Mckinney What better way to say "Happy Father's Day" than by listening to beautiful K-Pop songs about fathers? Some of Korea's most respected artists and idols have sung about their relationship with their fathers. BTOB's "Father" may be one of the most well known songs about fathers, but many people don't realize that Psy also has sung about his father.
BTOB- "Father"
The idol group released the song in 2012, surprising fans with the heartfelt ballad. Although BTOB has a reputation as a dance group, "Father" proved that the boy band could sing about difficult topics like not saying "I Love You" often enough. The video was called a "love message BTOB's sending to all the fathers in the world."
Not only did the idol group show new depth and show how the memebers respect their fathers, fans who have seen and commented on the video expressed their desire to thank their own fathers for helping them find their way in the world.
PSY - "Father"
The song titles may be the same, but the feeling behind BTOB and Psy's songs are very different. Psy's video is an animated short film, showing children doing different activities with their father. An animated Psy is rocking on stage, which his father disapproves of. Even though the song sounds lighthearted and the animation is cute, the lyrics and plot point to the difficult relationship between a son and father who have different values.
The song recognizes how difficult life is for fathers who are trying to make an easy way in the world for their children. Psy sings about recognizing his father's burdens, and at the end of the film the two find something to do together that they both can relate to.
Hopefully, fans who listen to this song will think about all the hardships that their father has gone through to help them get to where they are today.
Insooni- "Father"
Another "Father," Insooni's eerie ballad discusses the hardships of a daughter who wants her father to understand her. The relationship between fathers and their children is always tough, and this sad song relates the feelings of someone who believes that their father no longer actually loves them. The difficult relationship is heartbreaking, but the singer reaches out to her father, telling him that she misses him and just wants to say "I love you."
f(x) - "Sorry (Dear. Daddy)
Luna and Krystal of f(x) sing about the difficult relationship between daughters and their fathers. The melodious ballad has a steady beat that keeps the song grounded, but the emotion behind the singers' voices reveal how hard it is for girls to talk to their fathers.
The refrain "sorry, I'm so sorry," seems to express how a daughter may feel bad about the way that she treats her father, but that the same sort of situation repeats with every father and daughter relationship. Even if its hard, everybody feels this way.
These songs all express the difficulties of relationships between children and fathers, but also the gratitude towards the parents who have helped us grow to where we are today.