egirl (prod. by Dylan DKR)

from egirl by nmngh

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egirl is a song about cyber-identity and cyber-relationships, and their impact on reality and the self. egirl is my first original song, with instrumentals produced by @Dylan DKR 迪伦昆赵 (www.youtube.com/channel/UCmBJczeNCNCW7i7D9zQlIjQ). I am really grateful to Dylan DKR for his work on this track and for the opportunity to collaborate.

I would also like to thank all the friends that offered encouragement and excitement on the occasions when I forgot/wasn't able to keep this a secret. It was my new year's resolution to produce a whole album, and it took me over half of the year to realize how hard that truly would be for a first-timer working alone. I scaled back my goal to "release one original song" and I am happy to have been able to achieve it. With this out, the ice is broken, and I feel more confident in trying more and bigger original projects in the future.

lyrics

[verse 1]
I don't know your real name
so I just call you babe
but you don't know my real name either
so you call me the same

people said love would be like this, I think
maybe I remembered incorrectly, text me
can't say that you're bringing home a keeper
'cause I got you alone, eating catfish for dinner

[prechorus]
I've gone digital, digital
you like me for my visual, visual
reality is virtual, virtual
tell me everything is gonna be fine

I don't care about your honesty, honesty
'cause that would be hypocrisy, hypocrisy
I love you for the loyalty, loyalty
and I'm logging out for the night

[chorus]
egirl, manic pixie dream girl
that modern fantasy girl, oh no no, oh oh
eager, you say we're getting closer
but I don't really know her, not at all

(you say we're getting closer
but I don't really know her)

[verse 2]
got my priorities but you don't need to know that
my life, my family, it doesn't even matter
like what you see because I only chose to post that
everything you know of me is internet damage

actually, maybe I hate this, I think
maybe this is poisoning me slowly, text me
what are we having for dinner?
I say we're having humble pie for dessert

[prechorus]

[chorus]

(you say we're getting closer
but I don't really know her
I don't really know her)

credits

from egirl, track released November 11, 2020
produced by Dylan DKR
lyrics by nmngh
written & composed by Dylan DKR and nmngh

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about

nmngh

I'm mainly active on YouTube, where I write/perform English versions of lyrics for K-pop songs. A long time ago, I made some mashups and covers on Soundcloud, and even longer ago, I was part of the community singing Vocaloid covers and choruses.

On 11/11/2020, I released my first original song, "egirl". ... more