Change (เปลี่ยน): meaning and key lines
NuNewนุนิว ชวรินทร์
What the song is about
เปลี่ยนbplìan, “Change (Plian)”, is a T-pop song by NuNew (2022). The song NuNew sings in Cutie Pie (2022) when his character, Kuea, steps on stage as the secret singer Kirin and stops pretending: a cover of a 2000s song by the Chiang Mai band ETC. A hurt, honest song about changing yourself for someone who never changes, and deciding to change your heart instead. Its lines teach however much, still the same, the real reason, or not?, to fall out of love, to change your mind, easier and tell me straight.
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Song facts
- Artist
- NuNew
- Released
- 2022
- Style
- T-pop
- Level
- B1 (intermediate)
- Mood
- hurt, defiant, honest
- Views
- about 25M (Oct 2026)
- Video
- Mandee Channel (the series' official channel)
- Lyrics
- Key lines quoted; the full song is in the video
Key lines, explained
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- ฉัน chǎnเปลี่ยน bplìanตัวเอง dtua-eengเท่าไร tâo-raiเธอ toeก็ gâwเหมือนเดิม mǔean-doem
However much I change myself, you're still the same.
เปลี่ยนbplìan = to change: เปลี่ยนตัวเองbplìan dtua-eeng = to change yourself. Verb + เท่าไรtâo-rai, then ก็gâw = however much…, still…: กินเท่าไรก็ไม่อ้วนgin tâo-rai gâw mâi ûan = however much he eats, he doesn't get fat. เหมือนเดิมmǔean-doem = the same as before. Men sing ฉันchǎn for "I" too (a tap says "female speaker"); in conversation a man says ผมpǒm. - ต้นเหตุ dtôn-hèetจริงๆ jing-jingเพราะ práwเธอ toeมี miiใคร kraiรึเปล่า rúe bplàao
Is the real reason that you've got someone else?
ต้นเหตุdtôn-hèet = the cause, the root of a problem: ต้นdtôn = the start (and a tree trunk), เหตุhèet = a cause. จริงๆjing-jing = really, the real one. มีใครmii krai = to have someone: มีใครหรือยังmii krai rǔue yang = are you seeing anyone yet? รึเปล่าrúe bplàao = …or not?, the quick spoken หรือเปล่าrǔue bplàao: it turns a statement into a yes-or-no question. - ถ้าหากว่า tâa hàak wâaเธอ toeหมด mòtรัก rák
If you've fallen out of love…
ถ้าหากว่าtâa hàak wâa = if, longer and more emphatic than ถ้าtâa. หมดmòt = to run out, to be all gone: หมดแล้วmòt láew = it's all gone, sold out; เงินหมดngoen mòt = out of money. หมดรักmòt rák = to have no love left, to fall out of love. - คือ kuueเปลี่ยน bplìanไป bpaiรัก rákคน konที่ tîiรัก rákฉัน chǎn
It's to switch to loving someone who loves me.
The hook, and the one thing he would change. คือkuue = that is, namely: it gives the answer. เปลี่ยนไปbplìan bpai + verb = to switch to (doing) something else: เปลี่ยนไปดื่มชาbplìan bpai dùuem chaa = to switch to tea. คนที่kon tîi + clause = someone who: คนที่รักฉันkon tîi rák chǎn = someone who loves me. - เปลี่ยนใจ bplìan-jaiรัก rákใคร kraiคน konใหม่ màiยัง yangง่าย ngâaiกว่า gwàa
Changing my heart to love someone new would still be easier.
เปลี่ยนใจbplìan-jai, "to change heart", = to change your mind: เปลี่ยนใจแล้วbplìan-jai láew = I've changed my mind. ใครคนใหม่krai kon mài = someone new (ใหม่mài = new). ง่ายngâai = easy, and adjective + กว่าgwàa = more …, -er: ง่ายกว่าngâai gwàa = easier. ยังyang = still, even so. NuNew holds กว่าgwàa for a long time at the end of the chorus. - ถ้า tâaมี miiอะไร à-raiก็ gâwบอก bàwkกับ gàpฉัน chǎnตรงๆ dtrong-dtrongได้ dâiไหม mǎi
If something's wrong, can you just tell me straight?
A line worth keeping. ถ้ามีอะไรtâa mii à-rai, "if there's anything", = if something's up, if anything happens: ถ้ามีอะไรโทรมานะtâa mii à-rai too maa ná = call me if anything comes up. ก็gâw = then. บอกกับฉันbàwk gàp chǎn = tell me. ตรงๆdtrong-dtrong = straight, frankly (ตรงdtrong = straight). Verb + ได้ไหมdâi mǎi = can you…?, a request.
Words you'll learn
- เปลี่ยน bplìan
to change, to exchange
For clothes, plans and trains alike: เปลี่ยนรถไฟbplìan rót-fai change trains.
- เหมือนเดิม mǔean-doem
the same as before; the usual
- ต้นเหตุ dtôn-hèet
the cause, the root (of a problem)
- หมด mòt
all gone, used up; sold out
- รัก rák
to love
For the people and places you really love. For food and hobbies, Thais just say ชอบมากchâwp mâak.
- เปลี่ยนใจ bplìan-jai
to change one's mind
- ง่าย ngâai
easy
Starts with ng, the sound at the end of sing. Doubled, ง่ายๆngâai-ngâai means 'simply, nice and easy'.
- บอก bàwk
to tell, to say (to someone)
บอกbàwk + person: บอกฝนbàwk fǒn tell Fon. บอกว่าbàwk wâa + what was said: แม่บอกว่าอร่อยmâe bàwk wâa à-ràwy Mum says it's delicious.
- ตรงๆ dtrong-dtrong
frankly, straight out
Grammar in this song
However much: verb + เท่าไรtâo-rai … ก็gâw. The first half says how much, the second half (after ก็gâw) says it makes no difference: เปลี่ยนตัวเองเท่าไรเธอก็เหมือนเดิมbplìan dtua-eeng tâo-rai toe gâw mǔean-doem; รอเท่าไรก็ไม่มาraw tâo-rai gâw mâi maa = however long I wait, he doesn't come.
Or not?: หรือเปล่าrǔue bplàao. Put it after a statement to ask yes or no: เหนื่อยหรือเปล่าnùeay rǔue bplàao = are you tired? In quick speech and in songs it shrinks to รึเปล่าrúe bplàao, and in chats to ป่ะbpà.
Switching: เปลี่ยนbplìan. เปลี่ยนใจbplìan jai = to change your mind; เปลี่ยนไปbplìan bpai + verb = to switch to; เปลี่ยนรถbplìan rót = to change buses or trains.
The culture behind it
Cutie Pie (นิ่งเฮียก็หาว่าซื่อnîng hia gâw hǎa wâa sûue, 2022), directed by Kittipat Champa from BamBam's novel, set off what the Thai press called the Zee-NuNew fever. Lian (Zee Pruk) and Kuea (NuNew) have been engaged since childhood because of a promise between their grandparents. To please Lian, Kuea plays the polite, well-behaved fiancé, while he secretly studies automotive engineering, loves motorbikes and, every Thursday night, sings and plays the drums at the Gemini Club as Kirin. When Lian tells him that he doesn't love him, Kuea calls off the engagement, and in episode 2 he shows the club who Kirin really is, singing this song. The series aired on Workpoint TV from February to May 2022.
"เปลี่ยนbplìan" is a cover: it is the title song of the second album of ETC., released in the mid-2000s. ETC. is a band formed by music students of Payap University in Chiang Mai, and the band credits its words and music to Mac Sarun. NuNew went on to sing True Love, which won the Nataraja Award for best drama song.
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