10cm – “HELP” M/V

What medicine do I have to take
For me to fall asleep?
Actually, I know but I’m a bit nervous
I don’t want to talk about my complicated problems
But I’m so tired

Wouldn’t there be a world
Where all the people who like to torture me, disappear?
Sometimes, I ran away
Sometimes, I hid
But I always knew the ending

All the lies and things I said all day
All the stupid things I did
I’m trapped in them
Can’t someone take me out?
Before the night is over?

Help, somebody help
Somebody help
Somebody help me please tonight
Somebody help
Somebody help
Somebody help me please tonight

Is everyone the same as me
But just holding it in?
Or am I the only bad person?
Sometimes, I dream
Sometimes, I fly
But I always know the ending

All the lies and things I said all day
All the stupid things I did
I’m trapped in them
Can’t someone take me out?
Before the night is over?

Help, somebody help
Somebody help
Somebody help me please tonight
Somebody help
Somebody help
Somebody help me please tonight

When morning comes again
Will I be able to get up? Somebody help
All the things that I want to change
Will they just stay the same? Somebody help

When morning comes again
Will I be able to get up? Somebody help
All the things that I want to change
Will they just stay the same? Somebody help

When morning comes again
I must get up, somebody help
All the things that haven’t changed
I’m not ready to face them, somebody help

Somebody help

(trans. cr: popgasa)

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10cm – “If You Can Come” (Woman with a Suitcase OST)

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Also here’s 10cm covering H.O.T’s famous song, “Candy.”

I was hunting down my fave 10cm songs for @ashiaisms and I specifically was looking for a live version of one of their songs that was one of the reasons I fell in love with them (and not just for “Americano” which is why everyone – including me – first heard of them), but found this instead. I still haven’t found what I was looking for but it doesn’t matter because this is even better.

(Note: this is also a fun vid because Kwon Jung Yeol usually plays the djembe and Yoon Cheol Jong plays the guitar, but for this it’s the opposite. So wild.)

I really liked the song by Silver Lining that you posted. Do you have any other kindie songs you can recommend?

I’m not going to make this an easy answer because I’m drawing blanks for specific songs. I’ve uploaded a few (but not as much as I’d thought! – or maybe I’m just terrible at tagging things, because I’m convinced I have more uploaded than just those). But like with k-pop, I haven’t kept up with the k-indie scene, either, so I mostly stick with the groups I know and love, like:

There are loads more groups I could probably think of once I start down this rabbit trail, but these are the ones that immediately came to mind.

To find more music and (attempt to) stay up-to-date, I also follow @undergroundkpop and browse Korean Indie. Pastel Music is one of my fave youtube channels for indie since it’s where I’ve found a lot of my fave groups, as well as Happy Robot Records (which I think leans a little more towards indie rock) and soundholicENT. This is another channel with a little more variety, although it hasn’t been updated much recently, but browsing through the older uploads is worth it.

And now I kinda want to re-listen to everything here, as well as get acquainted with new indie stuff. I forgot how much I loved keeping up with everything and making sure my hipster street cred was legit.

I’m sure I have a bunch of followers who might be more happy to weigh in on specific songs, if this is post is too overwhelming. C’mon k-indie fans – got anything to add?