K-Pop Lyrics Explained: The Not So Hidden Meaning Behind DREAMCATCHER's 'Maison'

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Welcome to the sixteenth article of our series, "K-Pop Lyrics Explained" where we analyze the lyrics to some of your favourite songs. From new releases to old classics, OSTs to non-Korean songs, we have all bases covered. If you'd like to request a song to be featured in this series, leave a comment down below!

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This week, we're diving deep into a song that rings true, now more than ever: DREAMCATCHER's latest title track, 'Maison' from their second full-length album "Apocalypse : Save us". Quite self-evidently, 'Maison' (French for 'home') serves as a fair warning against a not-so-distant apocalyptic future that awaits us if we continue to plague the Earth with apathetic overconsumption.

 

The lyrics directly correlate to and resonate with a global sentiment of crisis evoked by the unfathomable dangers of climate change through the story of celestial saviors who take it upon themselves to revive the Earth when it is abandoned by the very people who call it home. Gaia transforms into the Grim Reaper as an emblem of the earthly wasteland and chaos reigns in Satan's form. It is now up to the super

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