"A Boy" ( ko, 소년이여, ''Sonyeoniyeo'') is a song recorded by the

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. It was released as the fourth and final single from his debut album ''

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''. G-Dragon stated that the song was released as an answer to the plagiarism controversy that surrounded his singles "

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" when several people were telling him to quit singing, with G-Dragon answering that he "will not quit."

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 "

". 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, were about the thoughts and struggles he went through as a young boy when he became YG trainee at the age of 13.Han, Sang-hee
G-Dragon to Hold 1st Solo Concert
''The Korea Times''. Retrieved January 2, 2010.

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. The Music Video expresses G-Dragon's emotions and his struggles explained in the lyrics of the song.

References

External links

Official Website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Boy 2009 singles Korean-language songs G-Dragon songs 2009 songs YG Entertainment singles Songs written by G-Dragon