In “sulky baby” (also officially titled “闷闷不乐的宝贝” in Chinese), yeule introduces rock elements into their music for the first time, blending 2000s alt-rock with shoegaze. The track is described as “a conversation with a younger version of themself”, a concept visually represented in the music video d...
[Non-Lyrical Vocals]
[Verse]
Some days I can't believe that I'm still here
Some days I feel like I have no more tears to shed
Instead, I'm emptied out, dead
Desperate for that feeling of excitement
Praying for a planet alignment
Sultry face, sulky in lace
Sex that leaves you effaced
Losing the arms race
Your family's disgrace
The dreams that you chase
Turns into meaningless space
[Pre-Chorus]
A sulky baby losing grip
I'm staring at you from the cliff
I'm looking down, I feel the bliss
I wanna jump, but I see your eyes
[Chorus]
A sulky baby
A sulky baby
A sulky baby
A sulky baby
[Outro]
Sweetness undefeated
I feel your warmth, but I evade it
I wanna eat your face
Can you get me out of this maze?
You hold your weapon armed in gold
You're staring at me so cold
You pull the arrow from your back
And I can feel it pierce into my chest
yeule released sulky baby on Wed May 10 2023.
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Ćmiel keeps a collection of journals that they refer to as ‘scars’ and for “sulky baby” yeule began to sing the scribbled words of their childhood reflections aloud. It came out all in a flood with one of the pages transforming into an early iteration of the new single. The torn pages from their jou...