00:00Hey friends, I'm writing this song in connection with the publication of the OWSJ article.
00:06The song mainly says, "Beware of generalizations."
00:11My text criticizes the way in which a country, which is Cambodia, is reduced to a few negative media images.
00:19My message states that he does not deny the violence, scams, or crimes mentioned.
00:24but he refuses to let it be considered the entire identity of a people or a country.
00:29You, the media, quick speeches and more broadly your tendency to simplify complex realities.
00:37As for the phrase "Cambodia, standing under blurred gazes", we can interpret it like this, okay?
00:44"Cambodia, the country is personified here, as if it were becoming a human figure."
00:50Standing up evokes dignity, resistance, and holding on despite judgments, injuries, or caricatures.
01:00Under blurred gazes, others look at Cambodia, but in an imprecise, biased, confused way.
01:07It's not clearly visible.
01:10Stereotypes are being projected onto him.
01:12The external perspective lacks nuance and depth.
01:16Therefore, the phrase, in its overall interpretation, can mean that Cambodia remains there, alive and dignified.
01:23but it is observed with blurred, simplified or unfair perceptions.
01:29The rest of the chorus reinforces exactly what I feel.
01:35Don't reduce a country to your stories.
01:38Here, I reject the simplistic summary, and I think many Cambodians feel the same way.
01:45This is not the dark side of any one people.
01:48Evil does not belong to any one nationality.
01:51It is a structured network.
01:54My text shifts the responsibility to transnational criminal systems.
01:59rather than towards a single country.
02:02We need to look beyond the shortcuts.
02:05I am calling for a more complex and more humane reading.
02:09In short, my song defends Cambodia against a reductive image.
02:14Standing means dignified, resilient.
02:18A blurred gaze means an external judgment that is confused, stereotypical, incomplete.
02:25And finally, I wish you all a wonderful weekend.
02:30So, listen to me.
02:32We must remain united and strong, regardless of the criticism.
02:37We will turn them to our advantage.
02:40Every attack, every doubt, every judgment will only make us stronger.
02:45Right away.
02:46Cambodia, standing under blurred gazes.
03:04Hello everyone, we need to tell the truth
03:08Behind the headlines that the news hides
03:11We show and ignite the flames of fears and struggles.
03:15But what is not said weighs even more heavily
03:18Yes, the pain exists, yes, the danger is there.
03:21But the whole truth doesn't lie solely in that.
03:26People judge too quickly, they sum me up
03:29As if history only had one mirror
03:32Don't reduce a country to your stories.
03:36The world is bigger than all your shortcuts.
03:39It is not the dark side of a single people that we see
03:43It's a structured network that's moving forward in silence.
03:47Cambodia, standing beneath blurred gazes
03:51But to finally understand what is being built
03:57We need to look beyond the shortcuts.
04:09We're talking about scams and online traps
04:12But the boundaries of crime never align
04:16These are networks that have come from so many different places.
04:19With victims who are not being listened to
04:23Through threats, lies, and confinement
04:26Caught in these faceless machines
04:30It is not a flag that carries this evil
04:33It's an opaque, brutal, transferred system
04:37Don't reduce a country to your stories.
04:40The world is bigger than all your shortcuts.
04:43It is not the dark side of a single people that we see
04:47It's a structured network that's moving forward in silence.
04:52Cambodia, standing beneath blurred gazes
04:55But to finally understand what is being built
05:01We need to look beyond the shortcuts.
05:12Yes, measures are being taken, yes, the fight begins
05:17But how do you stop everything when the problem changes its destination?
05:23He crosses borders, hides, and moves around
05:27Profiting from silence, flaws, and hope
05:32Don't reduce a country to your stories.
05:36The world is bigger than all your shortcuts.
05:40There is pain, struggle, and hope.
05:43Multiple truths behind every glance
05:48Cambodia, never simple
05:52Never defined
05:53With a single image
05:57Or by a single noise
06:08Also, more at ease
06:15Also, more at ease
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