Annyeong! I’m Jaksy Hyo
—your K-pop Korean lyric guide!

Have you ever loved a K-pop song 
but wondered what the 
Korean lyrics really mean?

Let’s learn the feeling,
pronunciation, and hidden nuance together.

Today’s song is ATEEZ’s ‘BAD.

This song is intense, 
flirty, and dizzy
—in Korean, the lyrics
use strong images
to show how completely
someone has
fallen for another person

어지러워 
너의 그 미소 (Huh)
눈이 멀어, 
stuck in 
your halo (Halo)
빠져버려
난 이제 포로

It means
“Your smile 
makes me dizzy. 
I’m blinded
—stuck in your halo.
I’ve fallen in;
now I’m a prisoner.”

홀렸네 
막 아득해 (Uh)
나도 몰라 어떡해 
(Yeah)
네게 빠져 허우적대
허우적대 허우적대 
(Th-th-throw
it back)

It means
“I’m completely
bewitched;
everything feels hazy.
I don’t even 
know what to do.
I’ve fallen for you
and I’m
floundering..”

짜릿해서 난 brr
떨려 넌 향기로운 
amiga (Amiga; Ah)
Bella figura, 
got that peso
(Ah, ah)
미쳐버려, 
olé, mi Dios, so bad

It means
"It’s electrifying
—I go ‘brr.’
I tremble;
you’re a fragrant
friend/beauty. 
You make 
me lose my mind
—olé, my God, 
so bad.

청양고추 
vibe, 
she spicy

It means
"Cheongyang 
chili pepper 
vibe
—she’s spicy."

This is one of 
the most fun Korean
references in the song

It is a famously 
hot Korean chili pepper.
So ‘청양고추 vibe’ means 
she has a fiery, 
spicy energy.

청양 is a place name 
(check out the map),
and 고추 means 
chili pepper.
Together, 
청양고추 is a shortcut to
saying:
‘This person is seriously 
hot and intense!’

난 너만 바래
내가 찾던 
euphoria
(Bad x8)
너에게 바치리
나의
la victoria 
(Bad x 8)

It means
"I want only you
—my long
-sought euphoria.
I will dedicate
my victory
to you."

바래 comes from 바라다: “to wish for” or “to long for.”
해바라기 = 해 (Sun) + 바라 + 기 (Thing)
means sunflower—literally, “a thing that looks toward the sun.”
That’s why it can be a romantic metaphor:
someone who looks lovingly toward only one person.

Great job! Today, 
we learned Korean
for feeling dizzy,
being bewitched, 
floundering in love, 
getting an electric thrill,
and 
having
a ‘Cheongyang chili’
kind of heat.

Which K-pop lyric
should we explore next?
I’ll be back with more
fan-favorite songs, 
one unforgettable line
at a time.
Annyeong!

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Bad by Ateez Offical MV