"A Boy" (
Korean: 소년이여, Sonyeoniyeo) is a song recorded by the
South Korean rapper
G-Dragon. It was released as the fourth and final single from his debut album Heartbreaker. G-Dragon stated that the song was released as an answer to the plagiarism controversy that surrounded his singles "
Heartbreaker" and "
Butterfly" when several people were telling him to quit singing, with G-Dragon answering that he "will not quit."[1]
Release
Although the end of G-Dragon's music video for "
Breathe" included a teaser the music video for "A Boy", the single was not released as the next single. Instead, G-Dragon released the song "
Butterfly".[2] A couple of weeks after the release of "Butterfly", "Soneoniya" was officially confirmed and released as the fourth and final promotional single for the album. G-Dragon stated that the song's lyrics, which were written by himself,[1] were about the thoughts and struggles he went through as a young boy when he became YG trainee at the age of 13.[3]
Track listing
"A Boy" – 3:29
Music video
Similar to the music video of "Butterfly", "Sonyeoniya"'s music video is heavily composed of computer graphics. Unlike that of his previous music videos (which included either a stylized dance or a storyline), the music featured various changing graphics and G-Dragon singing.[citation needed] The Music Video expresses G-Dragon's emotions and his struggles explained in the lyrics of the song.
