– English Lyrics

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

- [munches] Mm. [munches] So good.

I'm actually gonna finish this,

but I'll stop, my last one.

[upbeat music]

Hi, "GQ." This is Jennie and these are my essentials.

[graphics bleep]

These are my vocal essentials.

Grether's Pastilles for throat and voice.

Hydrates your throat.

So I like to just have this instead of gum so much

when I'm in my recording season.

This tastes like blackberry.

It's not too sweet,

and it's a good replacement of candy.

And this little guy here is my steam inhaler.

Oh, I love this device by the way.

So when I'm feeling super tired

after my sessions, you rip this little guy

and then you fill it up at the back, you turn it on

and you put it in your mouth like this and you just breathe.

I think the key is to do it constantly.

There's no immediate feeling better afterwards.

Before this album, I wanted to make sure

that my throat was in a good condition.

You know, like I said, I like to

be cautious about my body.

[graphics bleep]

We got like special effect around my diary.

[diary chimes]

This is my journal that I carry with me.

I bought this in Paris at a museum I was in I think.

I basically like to write down everything

that's going on in my head.

Working on my album, I could not go anywhere without it

because it had all my ideas and thoughts

and all the secret. [giggles]

I look back at it to get inspired sometimes.

I clear my mind by writing them down,

but the problem is, I sometimes don't know what I'm trying

to say because I'm trying to write down

so many things at once.

And then I look back and I try to organize something

that I made comment about my music

and I'm like, "What did I want to change?"

It helps sometimes, but sometimes it makes it even harder

'cause I have to figure out my own code.

- [Crew] Is there any page that's not too personal

that you could show us?

- Oh, my goodness. No.

[Jennie and crew laugh]

I cannot have anyone read this but me.

[graphics bleep]

This is a newer camera of mine.

I am trying to be more active with this one.

I was just in Paris and London

before I came here,

so I had this guy around me all the time.

Some sort of just documenting my way to my album.

And if possible in the future,

I wanna share it with my fans.

I definitely like to photograph a little bit of everything.

I have my team take photos of me while I'm working,

or if I have the time, I would go on a walk

or I like taking photos of the landscape, skies,

and trees, and just capture whichever city that I'm in.

I actually haven't had the time

to look back at all the photos just

because I was traveling so much.

But I'm excited to check the ones from Paris

because there was a moment

where I was walking out from the Chanel show

and a lot of fans were waiting for me outside,

so I wanted to kind of capture that moment and I did.

So I'm excited to check on that one.

[graphics bleep]

This is so important to me.

This little pouch that I carry

[zipper zipping]

is my collection of my Chanel jewelry and my coco crushes.

If you see, I have different sizes

and different rings and watches here,

but I like to style myself with different items depending on

what I'm wearing that day.

And then I bought this cute little bag to go with it.

Now I look for my pouch everywhere I go

and I'm wearing some from the bag today.

I create different combination.

These two are my favorite ones right now.

I got this from my birthday last year.

I like how this ring sparkles up my whole outfit

every time I put it on, it just gives that extra shine.

[graphics bleep]

This has become an important essential of mine

now that I'm working towards my album and my shows.

This is a bruise cream.

I'm bruised up basically everywhere on my body,

especially my legs, my knees.

Not only from the rehearsals though,

I tend to walk into things a lot. [giggles]

Someone from my team got it for me when they saw my legs

after a brutal shoot that we had.

They're like, "Here's a little something

to [giggles] help you with that. [smirks]

[graphics bleep]

This also is such an important travel essential.

This is a shower filter.

I just wanna be careful, especially if you're traveling

around different cities at once.

Just make sure my skin isn't getting any irritation

from just, you know, anything.

So I like to use a filter to shower head. It helps.

This is the current one that I have.

I think this is a Korean brand, Atojet.

There are some hotels that don't fit this filter,

but 95% of the time it fits, so I'm good.

[graphics bleep]

This essential is a sleeping eye mask.

This is a Japanese brand

and when you open this up, it starts heating up

and it gives you this nice warm feeling in your eyes.

And I always like to use it on the plane.

And then I would actually have an earplug and a mask too.

So if you see me on a plane, I look crazy,

but it helps to go to bed.

But the thing is, this is a very important tip

for you, guys.

If you open it, I don't know what the system is

and how it works, but it starts heating up

so you can't reuse it.

So make sure to open this right

before you wanna put it on your eyes

and then you just rip this out and voila.

[graphics bleep]

These are a super important essential of mine.

I do not like to travel without them.

This one is obviously a massage ball

that I pretty much use it for everywhere on my body.

I like to step on them when I'm brushing my teeth

and just roll it around until it doesn't hurt.

So I usually carry two of these

and then I will put them in my calves

and I walk around in my house

and it helps to kind of just loosen up the muscles

and depuff your calves. [giggles]

Yeah, I cannot travel without them, specially on the plane.

You get sore backs and sore shoulders and everything.

So I kind of just like roll around with my ball in the seat.

[graphics bleep]

These are my traveling essentials.

I would not travel without my glasses, my sunglasses,

and some sort of a hat

because my hair gets really messy after a flight.

I have really bad eyesight,

so I need my reading glasses everywhere I go.

This one I bought in London, I remember.

Oh, and this one is a collection from the collaboration

that I did with Gentle Monster.

It's called [speaks in foreign language].

It's French and I cannot pronounce it,

but I wanted to name it that way. [giggles]

[graphics bleep]

My next essentials are my snacks.

[snacks clatter]

I think it's very self explanatory what they are.

So I'm such a big fan of salt and vinegar.

I don't know if everyone is

but me growing up in New Zealand,

this was my favorite thing to eat, so it still is.

They're different category snacks for me.

This one, if I want to keep things light

or in the morning, I just... [clicks]

I think I should eat one.

Yeah, people think it's crazy of me to eat this so much.

It tastes like baby food.

[crew and Jennie laugh]

But the thing is like no added sugar,

no artificial preservatives, nothing.

You know, it's healthy.

So I like to eat like a baby, I guess. [munches]

Mm. [munches] So good.

I'm actually gonna finish this,

but I'll stop, my last one.

[upbeat music continues]

Thanks, "GQ." Bye.

[lips smack]

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
essential /ɪˈsenʃl/ B2	noun - a thing that is absolutely necessary
hydrate /ˈhaɪdreɪt/ B2	verb - cause to absorb water
replacement /rɪˈpleɪsmənt/ B1	noun - the action of replacing someone or something
inhaler /ɪnˈheɪlər/ B2	noun - a device for administering medicine by inhalation
cautious /ˈkɔːʃəs/ B2	adjective - careful to avoid potential problems
journal /ˈdʒɜːrnl/ A2	noun - a daily record of news and events of a personal nature
inspired /ɪnˈspaɪərd/ B1	adjective - filled with the urge to do or feel something
organize /ˈɔːrɡənaɪz/ A2	verb - to arrange in a structured order
active /ˈæktɪv/ A2	adjective - engaging in physical pursuits
documenting /ˈdɒkjumentɪŋ/ B2	verb - recording in detail
photograph /ˈfəʊtəɡrɑːf/ A1	verb - to take a picture of
landscape /ˈlændskeɪp/ B1	noun - all the visible features of an area of land
irritation /ˌɪrɪˈteɪʃn/ B2	noun - the state of feeling annoyed or physical inflammation
bruise /bruːz/ B2	noun - a blue, brown, or purple mark that appears on the skin after an injury
preservative /prɪˈzɜːrvətɪv/ C1	noun - a substance used to preserve food

Key Grammar Structures

• I'm actually gonna finish this, but I'll stop, my last one.

  ➔ Future intention with 'going to' vs 'will'

  ➔ The speaker uses 'gonna' (going to) for a planned action and 'will' for a spontaneous decision to stop.

• I like to just have this instead of gum so much when I'm in my recording season.

  ➔ Adverb placement and prepositional phrases

  ➔ The placement of 'just' modifies the verb 'have', while 'instead of' acts as a complex preposition.

• I wanted to make sure that my throat was in a good condition.

  ➔ Past tense for polite/softened reporting

  ➔ Using 'wanted' instead of 'want' reflects a previous mindset or softens the statement.

• I basically like to write down everything that's going on in my head.

  ➔ Phrasal verbs and relative clauses

  ➔ 'Write down' is a phrasal verb, and 'that's going on...' is a relative clause.

• I'm trying to be more active with this one.

  ➔ Present Continuous for temporary trends

  ➔ The speaker uses 'am trying' to describe an ongoing, temporary effort.

• If you see me on a plane, I look crazy, but it helps to go to bed.

  ➔ First Conditional structure

  ➔ This is a first conditional sentence: 'If' + present simple (see), followed by the result (look).

• I have really bad eyesight, so I need my reading glasses everywhere I go.

  ➔ Cause and effect with 'so'

  ➔ 'So' acts as a conjunction connecting the cause (bad eyesight) to the consequence (need glasses).

• They're different category snacks for me.

  ➔ Noun adjuncts (using nouns as adjectives)

  ➔ 'Category' acts as an adjective modifying the noun 'snacks'.