1. Suzy - Pretending to be Happy (2017)
“I do think I should be incredibly happy…”
Suzy made a similar confession in her song Pretending to be Happy released in January, 2017.
There is this secret that I couldn't tell anyone/ Although I smile, and although everyone may see me looking happy/ I'm scared of the people looking at me, of the things they say about me/ I hate that I'm pretending to be happy, and happier still.
The lyrics tell how she isn't happy unlike how she may seem on the outside. At times the gaze and the expectation of those around can be burdensome.
2. G-Dragon - A Boy (2009)
When commented on his health, he complains. "It's not like I want to be in bad health. It's absurd to tell me to look after my health when they jam-packs my schedule like this." He explained further that "it makes [him] go insane" and that "sometimes the burden of being G-Dragon wears [him] out."
In his first album released in 2009, G-Dragon lays bare a more candid side of him.
People tell me that they want to be me, that I've got so much, that stars have it easy. Walk in my shoes for a day. You will see that everything's not what it seems like.
Stars may seem like they have everything, but as the cliché goes, everyone has his or her burden.
By Gothesun and Arin Kim echo@joongang.co.kr