Object particle -를/을
무도회를 뒤집어
Marks the object of an action: 무도회 (the ball) is what gets flipped.
Pattern: Noun + 를 (vowel ending) / 을 (consonant ending)
Example: 커피를 마셔요. I drink coffee.
Red Velvet “Feel My Rhythm” Korean Lyrics
Feel my rhythm — "let the music carry you to the sky." Sampling Bach's Fugue in G minor, dreamy and elegant, lyrics like poetry.
Full lyrics (Korean, romanization, English translation)
Red VelvetRed VelvetRed Velvet
무도회를 뒤집어mudohoereul dwijipeoTurn the ball upside down
작은 소란을 또 일으켜jakeun soraneul tto ileukyeoCause a little commotion again
This is gonna be a crazy nightThis is gonna be a crazy nightThis is gonna be a crazy night
(To-na-na-na-na-na-night)(To-na-na-na-na-na-night)(To-na-na-na-na-na-night)
등장부터 인사까지 파격적이게deungjangbuteo insakkaji pagyeokjeokigeFrom my entrance to my greeting, strikingly bold
우리 살짝 놀아볼까 솔직하게 Bae baeuri saljjak nolabolkka soljikhage Bae baeShall we play a little, honestly? Bae bae
지금부터 시작해 볼게jigeumbuteo sijakhae bolgeFrom now on, I will start
(Feel my vibe and sway)(Feel my vibe and sway)(Feel my vibe and sway)
꽃가루를 날려kkotgarureul nalryeoLet the pollen flutter
폭죽을 더 크게 터트려pokjukeul deo keuge teoteuryeoSet off the fireworks even louder
우릴 오만과 편견에 가두지 마uril omangwa pyeongyeone gaduji maDon't lock us in pride and prejudice
자유로워 지금jayurowo jigeumBe free, right now
Feel my rhythm Come with meFeel my rhythm Come with meFeel my rhythm, come with me
상상해 봐 뭐든지sangsanghae bwa mwodeunjiImagine anything you want
노래를 따라서 저 달빛에 춤을 춰noraereul ttaraseo jeo dalbite chumeul chwoFollowing the song, dance in that moonlight
바로 지금 (Play my rhythm)baro jigeum (Play my rhythm)Right now (Play my rhythm)
Follow follow my heartbeatFollow follow my heartbeatFollow follow my heartbeat
해가 떠올 때까지haega tteool ttaekkajiUntil the sun rises
Feel my rhythm 멈추지 말아 줘Feel my rhythm meomchuji mala jwoFeel my rhythm, don't stop
이 순간을 놓지 마 Babyi sunganeul notji ma BabyDon't let go of this moment, baby
차는 Old and Classic (Just ride)chaneun Old and Classic (Just ride)The car is old and classic (Just ride)
이제 조금 낯선 다른 차원까지 (Get loud)ije jogeum natseon dareun chawonkkaji (Get loud)Now to a slightly unfamiliar other dimension (Get loud)
상상할 수 없던 곳 시간 속 예고 없이 등장해sangsanghal su eopsdeon got sigan sok yego eopsi deungjanghaeAppear without notice in a place and time you could never imagine
이 밤은 멋지고 우린 Fun and wild and bravei bameun meotjigo urin Fun and wild and braveThis night is amazing, and we're fun and wild and brave
시선을 끄는 네 Motion G-give me a new directionsiseoneul kkeuneun ne Motion G-give me a new directionYour motion draws my gaze, g-give me a new direction
끝없는 Black hole처럼 빠져드는 Sweet emotionkkeuteopsneun Black holecheoreom ppajyeodeuneun Sweet emotionA sweet emotion you fall into like an endless black hole
너를 태운 채 (Sway) 어디로든 떠날래 (Way)neoreul taeun chae (Sway) eodirodeun tteonalrae (Way)With you on board (Sway), I wanna leave anywhere (Way)
온 세상 모든 경계를 다 휘저을래 (Oh yeah)on sesang modeun gyeonggyereul da hwijeoeulrae (Oh yeah)I'll stir up every boundary of the whole world (Oh yeah)
꽃가루를 날려 (흩날려)kkotgarureul nalryeo (heutnalryeo)Scatter the pollen (fluttering)
Champagne을 더 크게 터트려 (마음껏)Champagneeul deo keuge teoteuryeo (maeumkkeot)Pop the champagne louder (to your heart's content)
더는 어제와 내일에 가두지 마deoneun eojewa naeile gaduji maDon't lock us in yesterday and tomorrow anymore
자유로워 지금jayurowo jigeumBe free, right now
Feel my rhythm Come with meFeel my rhythm Come with meFeel my rhythm, come with me
상상해 봐 뭐든지sangsanghae bwa mwodeunjiImagine anything you want
노래를 따라서 저 달빛에 춤을 춰noraereul ttaraseo jeo dalbite chumeul chwoFollowing the song, dance in that moonlight
바로 지금 (Play my rhythm)baro jigeum (Play my rhythm)Right now (Play my rhythm)
Follow follow my heartbeatFollow follow my heartbeatFollow follow my heartbeat
해가 떠올 때까지haega tteool ttaekkajiUntil the sun rises
Feel my rhythm 멈추지 말아 줘Feel my rhythm meomchuji mala jwoFeel my rhythm, don't stop
이 순간을 놓지 마 Babyi sunganeul notji ma BabyDon't let go of this moment, baby
온 세상이 멈추는 순간on sesangi meomchuneun sunganThe moment the whole world stops
What a what a feeling 어서 내 손을 잡아 (All right)What a what a feeling eoseo nae soneul japa (All right)What a what a feeling, hurry and grab my hand (All right)
본 적 없던 Film 빠져드는 You and Ibon jeok eopsdeon Film ppajyeodeuneun You and IA film I've never seen, a You and I you fall into
Next time 시계를 돌려 어디로 가볼까Next time sigyereul dolryeo eodiro gabolkkaNext time, turn back the clock — where shall we go?
Come on 또다시 시작해 You and ICome on ttodasi sijakhae You and ICome on, start again — you and I
Feel my rhythm Come with meFeel my rhythm Come with meFeel my rhythm, come with me
상상해 봐 뭐든지sangsanghae bwa mwodeunjiImagine anything you want
노래를 따라서 저 달빛에 춤을 춰noraereul ttaraseo jeo dalbite chumeul chwoFollowing the song, dance in that moonlight
바로 지금 (Play my rhythm)baro jigeum (Play my rhythm)Right now (Play my rhythm)
Follow follow my heartbeatFollow follow my heartbeatFollow follow my heartbeat
해가 떠올 때까지haega tteool ttaekkajiUntil the sun rises
Feel my rhythm 끝나지 않는 꿈Feel my rhythm kkeutnaji anhneun kkumFeel my rhythm, an endless dream
이 순간을 놓지 마 Babyi sunganeul notji ma BabyDon't let go of this moment, baby
Vocabulary (106)
| Korean | Romanization | English | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 가두지 | gaduji | confine (don't) | 가두다 (confine) + -지 (negation) |
| 가볼까 | gabolkka | shall we go | 가 보다 (try going) + -ㄹ까 (shall) |
| 경계를 | gyeonggyereul | the boundary (object) | 경계 (boundary) + 를 |
| 곳 | got | place | noun "place" |
| 꽃가루를 | kkotgarureul | pollen (object) | 꽃가루 (pollen) + 를 |
| 꿈 | kkum | dream | noun "dream" |
| 끄는 | kkeuneun | drawing / attracting | 끌다 (attract) + -는 |
| 끝나지 | kkeutnaji | doesn't end | 끝나다 (end) + -지 (negation) |
| 끝없는 | kkeuteopsneun | endless | 끝없다 (endless) + -는 |
| 날려 | nalryeo | scatter | 날리다 (scatter) + -여 |
| 낯선 | natseon | unfamiliar | 낯설다 (strange) + -ㄴ adnominal |
| 내 | nae | my | contraction of 나의 (my) |
| 내일에 | naeile | in tomorrow | 내일 (tomorrow) + 에 (in) |
| 너를 | neoreul | you (object) | 너 (you) + object particle 를 |
| 네 | ne | your | contraction of 너의 (your) |
| 노래를 | noraereul | the song (object) | 노래 (song) + 를 |
| 놀아볼까 | nolabolkka | shall we play | 놀다 (play) + -아 보다 + -ㄹ까 |
| 놓지 | notji | let go (don't) | 놓다 (let go) + -지 |
| 다 | da | all | adverb meaning "all" |
| 다른 | dareun | different | determiner "different" |
| 달빛에 | dalbite | in the moonlight | 달빛 (moonlight) + 에 (in) |
| 더 | deo | more | adverb "more" |
| 더는 | deoneun | no more | 더 + topic particle, "no longer" |
| 돌려 | dolryeo | turn back | 돌리다 (turn) + -여 |
| 뒤집어 | dwijipeo | turn upside down | 뒤집다 (flip) + -어 |
| 등장부터 | deungjangbuteo | from the entrance | 등장 (entrance) + 부터 (from) |
| 등장해 | deungjanghae | appear | 등장하다 (appear) + -아 |
| 따라서 | ttaraseo | following | 따르다 (follow) + -아서 |
| 때까지 | ttaekkaji | until | 때 (time) + 까지 (until) |
| 떠날래 | tteonalrae | wanna leave | 떠나다 (leave) + -ㄹ래 (will) |
| 떠올 | tteool | rise | stem of 떠오르다 (rise) |
| 또 | tto | again | adverb "again" |
| 또다시 | ttodasi | once again | 또 + 다시, "yet again" |
| 마 | ma | don't | "-지 마" = don't, imperative of 말다 |
| 마음껏 | maeumkkeot | to one's heart's content | adverb "to your heart's content" |
| 말아 | mala | don't | 말다 (not do) in -지 말아 |
| 멈추는 | meomchuneun | stopping | 멈추다 (stop) + -는 adnominal |
| 멈추지 | meomchuji | don't stop | 멈추다 (stop) + -지 |
| 멋지고 | meotjigo | cool and | 멋지다 (cool) + -고 (and) |
| 모든 | modeun | all / every | determiner "all, every" |
| 무도회를 | mudohoereul | the ball (object) | 무도회 (ball/dance party) + 를 |
| 뭐든지 | mwodeunji | anything | 뭐 (what) + 든지 (no matter) |
| 바로 | baro | right / exactly | adverb "right now / exactly" |
| 밤은 | bameun | the night (topic) | 밤 (night) + topic particle 은 |
| 본 | bon | seen | 보다 (see) + -ㄴ past adnominal |
| 볼게 | bolge | I'll see | 보다 + -ㄹ게 (intention) |
| 봐 | bwa | look / try | 보다 (see) + -아 |
| 빠져드는 | ppajyeodeuneun | falling into | 빠져들다 (fall into) + -는 |
| 살짝 | saljjak | lightly | adverb "lightly / softly" |
| 상상할 | sangsanghal | to imagine | 상상하다 + -ㄹ adnominal |
| 상상해 | sangsanghae | imagine | 상상하다 (imagine) + -아 |
| 세상 | sesang | the world | noun "the world" |
| 세상이 | sesangi | the world (subject) | 세상 + subject particle 이 |
| 소란을 | soraneul | a commotion (object) | 소란 (commotion) + 을 |
| 속 | sok | inside | noun "inside" |
| 손을 | soneul | the hand (object) | 손 (hand) + 을 |
| 솔직하게 | soljikhage | honestly | 솔직하다 (honest) + -게 adverbial |
| 수 | su | way (can) | in -(으)ㄹ 수 있다, expresses ability |
| 순간 | sungan | moment | noun "moment" |
| 순간을 | sunganeul | the moment (object) | 순간 + object particle 을 |
| 시간 | sigan | time | noun "time" |
| 시계를 | sigyereul | the clock (object) | 시계 (clock) + 를 |
| 시선을 | siseoneul | the gaze (object) | 시선 (gaze) + 을 |
| 시작해 | sijakhae | start | 시작하다 (start) + -아 |
| 않는 | anhneun | not (doing) | 않다 (not) + -는 adnominal |
| 어디로 | eodiro | where to | 어디 (where) + direction particle 로 |
| 어디로든 | eodirodeun | anywhere | 어디로 + -든 "no matter where" |
| 어서 | eoseo | hurry (and) | adverb "quickly / hurry" |
| 어제와 | eojewa | with yesterday | 어제 (yesterday) + 와 (and) |
| 없던 | eopsdeon | that never was | 없다 (not exist) + -던 past adnominal |
| 없이 | eopsi | without | 없다 + -이 adverbial, "without" |
| 예고 | yego | notice / warning | noun "notice" |
| 오만과 | omangwa | arrogance and | 오만 (arrogance) + 과 (and) |
| 온 | on | whole | determiner "the whole" |
| 우리 | uri | we / our | first person plural |
| 우린 | urin | we (contraction) | contraction of 우리는 (we) |
| 우릴 | uril | us (contraction) | contraction of 우리를 (us) |
| 을 | eul | object particle | marks the object of an action |
| 이 | i | this | demonstrative, this (near speaker) |
| 이제 | ije | now | adverb "now / at this point" |
| 인사까지 | insakkaji | even the greeting | 인사 (greeting) + 까지 (even) |
| 일으켜 | ileukyeo | cause / stir up | 일으키다 (cause) + -어 |
| 자유로워 | jayurowo | free | 자유롭다 (free) + -아 ending |
| 작은 | jakeun | small | 작다 (small) + -은 adnominal |
| 잡아 | japa | grab | 잡다 (grab) + -아 |
| 저 | jeo | that (over there) | demonstrative, that (far away) |
| 적 | jeok | experience (have done) | in -ㄴ 적 있다, "have ever done" |
| 조금 | jogeum | a little | noun/adverb "a little" |
| 줘 | jwo | give me | 주다 (give) + -아 contraction |
| 지금 | jigeum | now | noun/adverb "now" |
| 지금부터 | jigeumbuteo | from now on | 지금 + 부터 "from now on" |
| 차는 | chaneun | the car (topic) | 차 (car) + topic particle 는 |
| 차원까지 | chawonkkaji | to the dimension | 차원 (dimension) + 까지 (up to) |
| 채 | chae | while (state) | in -ㄴ 채, "while maintaining a state" |
| 처럼 | cheoreom | like | particle "like, as" |
| 춤을 | chumeul | a dance (object) | 춤 (dance) + 을 |
| 춰 | chwo | dance | 추다 (dance) + -어 contraction |
| 크게 | keuge | loudly / big | 크다 (big) + -게 adverbial |
| 태운 | taeun | carrying | 태우다 (carry/ride) + -ㄴ |
| 터트려 | teoteuryeo | set off | 터트리다 (pop/set off) + -여 |
| 파격적이게 | pagyeokjeokige | strikingly | 파격적 (bold) + -이게 adverbial |
| 편견에 | pyeongyeone | in prejudice | 편견 (prejudice) + 에 (in) |
| 폭죽을 | pokjukeul | fireworks (object) | 폭죽 (fireworks) + 을 |
| 해가 | haega | the sun (subject) | 해 (sun) + subject particle 가 |
| 휘저을래 | hwijeoeulrae | gonna stir up | 휘젓다 (stir) + -ㄹ래 |
| 흩날려 | heutnalryeo | flutter | 흩날리다 (flutter) + -여 |
Grammar notes (12)
Negative imperative -지 마
우릴 오만과 편견에 가두지 마
"-지 마" = "don't", the imperative of 말다, a direct way to forbid.
Pattern: Verb stem + -지 마
Example: 늦지 마! Don't be late!
Try doing -아/어 보다
상상해 봐 뭐든지
"-아/어 보다" = "try doing": 상상해 봐 = try imagining.
Pattern: Verb stem + -아/어 보다
Example: 한번 먹어 봐. Try it once.
Shall we try -아/어 볼까
우리 살짝 놀아볼까 솔직하게 Bae bae
"-아/어 볼까" = "shall we try...?", a soft suggestion.
Pattern: Verb stem + -아/어 볼까
Example: 같이 노래해 볼까? Shall we sing together?
Following -을 따라서
노래를 따라서 저 달빛에 춤을 춰
"-을 따라서" = "following/along": 따르다 (follow) + -아서.
Pattern: Noun + 을 따라서
Example: 리듬을 따라서 춤춰요. Dance to the rhythm.
Like/as -처럼
끝없는 Black hole처럼 빠져드는 Sweet emotion
"-처럼" = "like, as": attaches to a noun for comparison.
Pattern: Noun + 처럼
Example: 천사처럼 예뻐요. You're pretty like an angel.
Intention -을래
너를 태운 채 어디로든 떠날래
"-을래" expresses intention ("I want to / shall I?").
Pattern: Verb stem + -(으)ㄹ래
Example: 나 먼저 갈래. I'll go first.
From...to -부터...까지
등장부터 인사까지 파격적이게
"-부터...까지" = "from...to", expressing a range in time or space.
Pattern: Noun + 부터 ... Noun + 까지
Example: 아침부터 밤까지 공부해요. I study from morning to night.
Until -ㄹ 때까지
해가 떠올 때까지
"-ㄹ 때까지" = "until (the time when)": attaches to a verb.
Pattern: Verb stem + -(으)ㄹ 때까지
Example: 잠이 올 때까지 기다려요. I wait until I get sleepy.
Can -(으)ㄹ 수 있다
상상할 수 없던 곳 시간 속 예고 없이 등장해
"-(으)ㄹ 수 있다" = "can"; with 없던 it becomes "that couldn't be imagined".
Pattern: Verb stem + -(으)ㄹ 수 있다/없다
Example: 수영할 수 있어요. I can swim.
And -고
이 밤은 멋지고 우린 Fun and wild and brave
"-고" = "and": connects two clauses or adjectives.
Pattern: Verb/adjective stem + -고
Example: 노래가 좋고 춤도 좋아요. The song is good and the dance is too.
The moment when -는 순간
온 세상이 멈추는 순간
"-는 순간" = "the moment (when)": a verb + -는 modifies 순간.
Pattern: Verb stem + -는 순간
Example: 문을 여는 순간 놀랐어요. I was surprised the moment I opened the door.
7-day study plan
Day 1 — Vocabulary: melody & dreamy lyrics words
- Memorize this week's 20 words (꿈/순간/노래/세상...)
- Open the vocab list and click each word to hear it
- Make one sentence each with 꿈, 순간, 노래
- Cover the translations and review all of today's words
Day 2 — Grammar: object particle -를/을
- Study -를/을 from "무도회를 뒤집어"
- Learn 를 after vowels, 을 after consonants
- Practice 3 sentences like "커피를 마셔요"
- Find 3 words with -를/을 in the lyrics
Day 3 — Grammar: negative imperative -지 마
- Study -지 마 from "가두지 마" and "놓지 마"
- Compare 말아/마 tone in "멈추지 말아 줘"
- Write 3 "don't..." sentences with -지 마
- Review the difference between -를/을 and -지 마
Day 4 — Grammar: trying & suggesting
- Study -아/어 보다 from "상상해 봐"
- Study the suggestion tone in "놀아볼까"/"가볼까"
- Invite a friend to do 2 things using -아/어 볼까
- Review this week's three grammar points
Day 5 — Reading aloud & pronunciation
- Sing along with the chorus 3 times (Feel my rhythm...)
- Read aloud 3 lines like "온 세상이 멈추는 순간"
- Record yourself and compare with the original
- Review this week's words and check pronunciation
Day 6 — Dictation & memorization
- Listen to the chorus and fill in the lyrics blanks
- Dictate 5 lyric lines (해가 떠올 때까지...)
- Check answers and re-listen to the wrong lines
- Write the "Feel my rhythm" chorus from memory
Day 7 — Sentence building & final review
- Make 2 sentences with -처럼 (like Black hole처럼)
- Make 2 sentences with -ㄹ 때까지
- Sing the whole song from memory
- Self-test: this week's 20 words + 5 grammar points