Appreciation iKon said I'm Ok in 2019 - #LitUpdate6 ig (2 Viewers)

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for @Nina

so this deserves a thread appreciating it on its own not just a Lit Update thread so hopefully I make one later (which me being me could mean 2026 October)


I actually joined kpop forums in the first place to talk about ikon fun fact

Anyways I showed my same age cousin iKon I'm Ok while I was gone. The music video with subtitles.

I told her it was really relateable except the part about the breakup from B.I. (I never dated)

Please watch the music video with subtitles but anyway here are the english lyrics from there:

I’m OK
Don't comfort me
You don't have to have pity on me
You don't have to stay with me, I'm fine
I’m OK
Don't worry about me
You don't have to mind about me
I'm used to be alone
I’m OK

I don't want to hear any hopeful words
I can hardly fall asleep because the reality is to difficult to handle
I tried to find things that can fill me up, which eventually turns out to be drinks
I become indifferent to any situations
Even though I'm better off by myself, loneliness hits me from time to time
Even though I want to do many different things, I become lethargic
My answer will always be a huge smile if anyone asks how I'm doing

I feel like everyone has turned their back on me
I feel bad for myself, I feel so small
When I become lonely
If you ever witness my tears, please walk past by me

I’m OK
Don't comfort me
You don't have to have pity on me
You don't have to stay with me, I'm fine
I’m OK
Don't worry about me
You don't have to mind about me
I'm used to be alone
I’m OK

I don't want to hear any hopeful words
Why is everyone making it a big deal when I'm fine?
My breakup was a bit tough, left me with a small scratch
I know it is going to be way better after a day or two
Silence means "please be happy"
Tears mean "I truly loved you"
I won't die just because she left me, so please don't look at me as if you're looking at someone who's dying

Just like when the wind blows, the autumn leaves tremble
And just like when the waves occur, the ocean trembles
I trembled because the love past by me
If you ever witness my tears, please walk past by me

You've broken every piece of me when you laughed out
As if my sadness didn't mean anything to you
Leave me alone, don't come to me
I don't want to start anything when i know you're going to leave me in the end

I’m OK
Don't comfort me
You don't have to have pity on me
You don't have to stay with me, I'm fine
I’m OK
Don't worry about me
You don't have to mind about me
I'm used to be alone
I’m OK

You don't know anything
Don't act like you know everything
You say that this is all for me
Well what can I say
I want to be alone
So please leave me alone

So

I liked iKon before I heard the song but for some reason I was scared to listen to it "what if I don't like it"
But then I LOVED it in fact it's my favorite title track of 2019 (I started listening to kpop in 2018 btw)

I guess I'm just a coward or lazy, I know there's something I like but I'm scared or "don't want to do it" anyway my cousin says its just anxiety


anyway like a year before I heard this I was extremely depressed ISPOILER]yes I was diagnosed in high school[/ISPOILER] and that's why it was so relateable for me


I was able to see the hypocrisies caused by these ways of thinking (hypocrisy doesn't always have to be self-serving)

"i'm ok, don't comfort me, don't pity me"
"I feel like everyone has turned their back on me, I feel so small"

"i'm used to be alone i'm ok"
"my answer will always be a huge smile if anyone asks how I'm doing"

"As if my sadness didn't mean anything to you; Leave me alone, don't come to me; I don't want to start anything when I know you're going to leave me in the end"

"Well what can I say; I want to be left alone; so please leave me alone"

saying you're ok, but when everyone thinks you're ok, "why doesn't anyone care?"
I'm used to being alone everyone turned their back on me, but telling everyone you want to be alone then when they listen "why?"

someone thinking ur not ok, "you don't know anything, leave me alone"

lot of hypocrisies in thinking caused by depression

some of the situation is caused by you and your mind turning against you, and a lot of misplaced resentment or anger against other people can be caused by this too

is it always really everyone vs you?

and this just leads to unnecessary resentment against other people as well

etc., would be more detailed on the actual thread appreciating this but

anyways I love the song and it's on my "pick me up (multilingual)" playlist, multilingual because of some korean songs (like this) as I told my cousin

I also told my cousin about Love Me which I really love by them because of the lyrics too (it's a b-side)

B.I. genius songwriter

uh yeah

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[seungfloral]

Underrated song tbh

 

[Nina]

I'm Ok is one of those gems