2022 iconic track. Satirizes "nude" vs being real, samples Callas; deep theme great for discussion.
| Korean | Romanization | English | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 그럼 | geureom | then / well then | Colloquial contraction of 그러면. 그럼 다이아 박힌 티아라 하나에 = then, on a tiara studded with diamonds. |
| 다이아 | daia | diamond (short for 다이아몬드) | Loanword. 다이아 박힌 티아라 = a tiara studded with diamonds — lavish decor satirizing 'the real'. |
| 박힌 | bakhin | studded / embedded (past adnominal of 박히다) | Passive 박히다 of 박다 (to set/stud). 다이아 박힌 티아라 = a tiara studded with diamonds. |
| 티아라 | tiara | tiara | Loanword. 그럼 다이아 박힌 티아라 하나에 = then, on a single diamond-studded tiara. |
| 하나에 | hanae | in/on one (하나 + particle 에) | 하나 (one) + 에. 티아라 하나에 = on a single tiara — however ornate, there is only one truth. |
| 퍽이나 | peokina | so much / really (emphatic) | Emphatic form 퍽 (very) + 이나. 내가 퍽이나 웃게 = I laugh so much — self-mockery at being the public's joke. |
| 웃게 | utge | to laugh (웃다 + -게 adverbial) | 웃다 (laugh) + -게. 퍽이나 웃게 = laughing so hard. She's laughing — or being laughed at. |
| 싸가지없는 | ssagajieopsneun | rude / insolent | 싸가지 (manners, colloquial) + 없다. 싸가지없는 이 Story = this insolent story — how the public sees her. |
| 무지 | muji | very / utterly (colloquial adverb) | Literally 'ignorance', colloquially 'very'. 무지 황당한 = utterly absurd. |
| 황당한 | hwangdanghan | absurd / ridiculous | Adnominal of 황당하다. 무지 황당한 = utterly absurd — the public's love-hate story about her. |
| 밤 | bam | night | 아 더 부끄러울 게 없는 밤 = ah, a night with nothing left to be ashamed of. |
| 꼴이 | kkoli | looks / state (꼴 + subject particle 이, derogatory) | 꼴 = (derogatory) appearance. 꼴이 볼품없대도 = even if they say my looks are a mess. |
| 망가진다 | manggajinda | falls apart / breaks down (present of 망가지다) | 망가지다 (to break). 꼴이 볼품없대도 망가진다 해도 = even if my image shatters, even if I break down. |
| 해도 | haedo | even if… (하다 + -아도) | Concessive form of 하다. 망가진다 해도 = even if I fall apart — also 해도 해도 = no matter how much I do. |
| 아리따운 | arittaun | beautiful (adnominal of 아리땁다, literary) | Literary/poetic form of 아름다운. 아리따운 나의 누드 = my beautiful nude self. |
| 날 | nal | me (colloquial contraction of 나를) | Contraction of 나 (I) + 를. 아리따운 날 입고 = wearing my beautiful self — putting on the real me. |
| 입고 | ipgo | wearing (입다 + -고 connective) | 입다 (wear) + -고. 아리따운 날 입고 = wearing my beautiful self — being real means putting on, not stripping off. |
| 실례합니다 | silryehapnida | excuse me (polite) | 실례 (rudeness) + 합니다. 실례합니다 여기 계신 모두 = excuse me, everyone out there — politely picking a fight. |
| 여기 | yeogi | here | 여기 계신 모두 = all of you present here. 계시다 is the honorific of 있다. |
| 계신 | gyesin | (honorific) being/staying (adnominal of 계시다) | 계시다, honorific of 있다. 여기 계신 모두 = all of you who are here. |
| 모두 | modu | everyone / all | 여기 계신 모두 = everyone here. 모두 also means 'all/everything'. |
| 환불은 | hwanbuleun | refund (환불 + topic particle 은) | 환불 (refund) + 은. 환불은 저쪽 = refunds are over there — telling haters to take a hike. |
| 저쪽 | jeojjok | that way / over there | 저 (that) + 쪽 (direction). 환불은 저쪽 = refunds are over there (don't let the door hit you). |
| 대중은 | daejungeun | the public (대중 + topic particle 은) | 대중 (the public) + 은. 대중은 흥미 없는 정보 = info the public has zero interest in — the real her, vs their love of gossip. |
| 흥미 | heungmi | interest | 흥미 없는 = of no interest. 대중은 흥미 없는 정보 = info the public doesn't care about (i.e. the real me). |
| 없는 | eopsneun | without / there is no (없다 + -는 adnominal) | Adnominal of 없다. 흥미 없는 = of no interest; 부끄러울 게 없는 밤 = a night with nothing to be ashamed of. |
| 정보 | jeongbo | information | 대중은 흥미 없는 정보 = info the public has no interest in — the real 'me' can't outsell gossip. |
| 그 | geu | that (determiner) | 그 팝콘을 던져도 덤덤 = even if you throw that popcorn at me, I stay unfazed. |
| 팝콘을 | papkoneul | popcorn (팝콘 + object particle 을) | 팝콘 (loanword) + 을. 그 팝콘을 던져도 = even if you throw that popcorn (heckling like at a theater). |
| 던져도 | deonjyeodo | even if (you) throw (던지다 + -아도) | 던지다 (throw) + -아도. 그 팝콘을 던져도 덤덤 = even if you throw popcorn, I'm unfazed. |
| 덤덤 | deomdeom | unfazed / calm (onomatopoeic slang) | Short for 덤덤하다 (to be calm/unfazed). 던져도 덤덤 = even when popcorn flies, I stay chill. |
| 정점 | jeongjeom | peak / zenith | But my 정점 멋대로 낸 편견은 = but the prejudice you slapped on my peak — it makes me sick. |
| 멋대로 | meotdaero | as one pleases / arbitrarily | 멋 (whim) + 대로 (according to). 멋대로 낸 편견 = prejudice made up on a whim. |
| 낸 | naen | made up / put out (past adnominal of 내다) | 내다 (to produce) + -ㄴ. 멋대로 낸 편견 = prejudice conjured up at will. |
| 편견은 | pyeongyeoneun | prejudice (편견 + topic particle 은) | 편견 (prejudice) + 은. 멋대로 낸 편견은 = the prejudice you made up on a whim (makes me want to puke). |
| 토할 | tohal | to vomit (토하다 + -ㄹ future adnominal) | 토하다 (vomit) + -ㄹ. 토할 거 같지 = feel like I'm gonna puke. |
| 거 | geo | thing (colloquial form of 것) | Colloquial contraction of 것. 토할 거 같지 = feel like I'm about to throw up. |
| 같지 | gatji | seems / feels like (같다 + -지) | 같다 (to be like) + -지. 토할 거 같지 = feel like I'm gonna throw up. |
| 더 | deo | more / further | 아 더 부끄러울 게 없는 밤 = ah, a night with nothing left to be more ashamed of — nothing left to lose. |
| 부끄러울 | bukkeureoul | to be ashamed (부끄럽다 + -ㄹ adnominal) | 부끄럽다 (ashamed) + -ㄹ. 부끄러울 게 없는 = nothing to be ashamed of. |
| 게 | ge | the thing that is… (colloquial 것 + 이) | Contraction of 것이. 부끄러울 게 없는 밤 = a night with nothing to be ashamed of. |
| 어쩌면 | eojjeomyeon | maybe / perhaps | 어쩌면 네게도 = maybe to you too — the ones hurt by love may include you. |
| 네게도 | negedo | to you too (네게 + 도) | 네게 (to you) + 도 (also). 어쩌면 네게도 = maybe to you as well. |
| 아름다운 | areumdaun | beautiful (adnominal of 아름답다) | 아름답다 (beautiful) + -ㄴ. 아름다운 나의 누드 = my beautiful nude — same meaning as 아리따운, echoing it. |
| 나의 | naui | my (나 + possessive 의) | 나 (I) + 의 (of). 아리따운 나의 누드 = my beautiful nude self. |
| 내가 | naega | I (subject) | Subject form 나 + 가. 내가 퍽이나 웃게 = I laugh so much. |
| 아 | a | ah (interjection) | Interjection. 아 발가벗겨져 버린 Movie star = ah, the movie star stripped completely bare. |
| 이 | i | this (determiner) | 이 Story = this story. 싸가지없는 이 Story에 무지 황당한 = this insolent story is utterly absurd. |
| 에 | e | at / in / on (particle) | Location/time particle. 이 Story에 = in this story. |
| 따따랏따라 | ttattaratttara | la-la-la (nonsense singing refrain) | Nonsense vocal refrain. 아리따운 날 입고 따따랏따라 = wearing my beautiful self, la-la-la — humming, carefree. |
| 누드 | nudeu | nude; bare (true self) | Korean loanword for 'nude'. In '아리따운 나의 누드' = my beautiful nude — the true self stripped of pretense. |
| nude | nude | nude | The English keyword; the repeated chorus 'Yes I'm a nude' proudly claims authenticity. |
| Nude | Nude | Nude (song title / chant) | Capitalized form used as the title and chorus chant — the song's battle cry. |
| Movie | Movie | movie | With star it forms 'Movie star'. '발가벗겨져 버린 Movie star' = the movie star stripped bare. |
| star | star | star | 'star'. The stripped-bare movie star asks: once the halo is gone, what's the real you? |
| Self-made | Self-made | self-made | English loanword. '철학에 미친 독서광 Self-made woman' = a philosophy-crazy bookworm, a self-made woman — built on her own strength, not on men. |
| 말투 | maltu | tone / way of speaking | 말투는 멍청한 듯 = my tone seems foolish. 말 (speech) + 투 (manner). |
| 멍청한 | meongcheonghan | foolish / stupid | Adnominal of 멍청하다 (to be stupid). The lyric plays dumb on purpose: a silly tone but a sexy body — smashing the 'dumb bimbo' cliché. |
| 듯 | deut | as if / seems like | Attaches after -ㄴ/은 for conjecture. 멍청한 듯 = seemingly foolish. Also 그럴 듯 (seems plausible). |
| 몸매 | mommae | body figure / shape | 몸 (body) + 매 (figure). 몸매는 섹시 섹시요 = my body is sexy, sexy. |
| 섹시 | seksi | sexy | Loanword for 'sexy'. 섹시 섹시요 = sexy, sexy — doubled for emphasis. |
| 철학 | cheolhak | philosophy | 철학에 미친 = crazy about philosophy. The 'philosophy-crazy bookworm' flips the idol-as-bimbo image. |
| 미친 | michin | crazy / mad | Past adnominal of 미치다 (go mad). 미친 + noun = 'crazy about…'. 미친 독서광 = a bookworm (book-crazy). |
| 독서광 | dokseogwang | bookworm | 독서 (reading) + 광 (fanatic). A self-deprecating label that actually means she's got substance. |
| 뒤틀려버린 | dwiteullyeobeorin | completely twisted | 뒤틀리다 (twist) + -아/어 버리다 (completely). Society twisted the Lorelei (woman) into a 'femme fatale' — here she owns it. |
| 로렐라이 | rorellai | Lorelei (Rhine siren) | Beautiful, dangerous siren of German legend who lured sailors. The track samples Maria Callas' coloratura — classic meets rebellion. |
| 다신 | dasin | never again / again | Emphatic colloquial form of 다시 (again). 다신 사랑받지 못한대도 = even if I'm never loved again. |
| 사랑받지 | sarangbatji | not be loved | 사랑받다 (be loved, passive of 사랑하다) + -지 (negative connective). 사랑받지 못하다 = cannot be loved. |
| 못한대도 | mothandaedo | even if (they say) one cannot… | 못 하다 (cannot) + -ㄴ대도 (contraction of -다고 해도). 다신 사랑받지 못한대도 = even if they say I'll never be loved. |
| 야한 | yahan | lewd / racy | Adnominal of 야하다. 야한 작품을 기대하셨다면 = if you expected something racy. |
| 작품 | jakpum | work / piece (of art) | 야한 작품 = a racy work. She redefines 'nude' as art, not pornography. |
| 기대하셨다면 | gidaehasyeossdamyeon | if you expected… | 기대하다 (expect) + honorific -시- + past -았- + -다면 (if). Politeness aimed at the audience = courteous provocation. |
| 그딴 | geuttan | that kind of (derogatory) | Rough, contemptuous form of 그런 (such). 그딴 건 없어요 = there's nothing like that. |
| 건 | geon | the thing is… (contraction of 것은) | Spoken contraction of 것 + 은. 그딴 건 없어요 = there's no such thing. |
| 없어요 | eopseoyo | there isn't (polite) | 해요-style polite form of 없다. 그딴 건 없어요 = there's nothing like that (a playful refusal). |
| 변태 | byeontae | pervert | 변태는 너야 = you're the pervert. Flinging the 'wants to see nudity' label back at the audience. |
| 너야 | neoya | it's you | 너 (you) + 이야 contracted. 변태는 너야 = the pervert is YOU (not me). |
| 까고 | kkago | open up / peel | -고 connective of 까다 (peel). 까고 말해 = say it with everything open (variant of the idiom 까놓고 말해). |
| 말해 | malhae | say (imperative) | Imperative of 말하다 (say). 까고 말해 = say it straight. |
| 행복 | haengbok | happiness | 행복과 반비례 = inversely proportional to happiness. The higher the score, the unhappier she is. |
| 반비례 | banbirye | inverse proportion | 반 (inverse) + 비례 (proportion). 반비례하다 = to be inversely proportional. |
| 평점 | pyeongjeom | rating / score | The public's rating/score. The lyric: the public's rating is inversely proportional to my happiness. |
| 야유하는 | yayuhaneun | booing / jeering | 야유하다 (boo) + -는 (present adnominal). 야유하는 관객들 = the audience that is booing. |
| 관객 | gwangaek | audience | 관객들 = audience (with plural -들). The lyric paints the audience as booing, popcorn-throwing hecklers. |
| 발가벗겨져 | balgabeotgyeojyeo | stripped bare (passive) | Passive of 발가벗다 (strip naked). 발가벗겨져 버린 = stripped bare (with regret). |
| 버린 | beorin | ended up… (adnominal of 버리다) | 버리다 means 'throw away'; after -아/어 it marks a fully completed action (often regretful). 발가벗겨져 버린 = stripped bare. |
| 별빛 | byeolbit | starlight | 별 (star) + 빛 (light). 별빛이 깨져버린 밤 = the night starlight shattered — a metaphor for a broken halo. |
| 깨져버린 | kkaejyeobeorin | shattered | 깨지다 (break) + -아/어 버리다. 별빛이 깨져버린 밤 = the night the starlight shattered. |
| 예삐 | yeppi | pretty (cutesy form of 예쁘다) | Cutesy variant of 예쁘다 (pretty). 'Hello my name is 예삐 예삐요' = my name is Pretty, pretty — opening in a sweet disguise. |
| 볼품없대도 | bolpumeopsdaedo | even if they say it's unsightly | 볼품없다 (unsightly) + -대도 (contraction of -다고 해도). 꼴이 볼품없대도 = even if they say I look terrible. |
말투는 멍청한 듯 몸매는 섹시 섹시요
듯 attaches after the adnominal form (-ㄴ/은) of a verb/adjective, meaning 'seems like…'. 멍청한 듯 = seemingly foolish. The second half uses -는 for contrast: my tone is foolish, but my body is sexy.
Pattern: [verb/adj + -ㄴ/은] + 듯 = seems like…
Example: 말투는 멍청한 듯 (my tone seems foolish) / 비가 올 듯 (it looks like rain)
철학에 미친 독서광 Self-made woman
The particle -에 marks the target of a feeling/action; it also marks time and place. 미치다 (go crazy) + -에 = 'obsessed with something'. 철학에 미친 = crazy about philosophy. 밤에 (at night), 집에 (at home) use the same -에.
Pattern: [noun] + 에 + verb = at/in/about…
Example: 철학에 미친 (crazy about philosophy) / 여덟 시에 만나요 (meet at 8)
뒤틀려버린 로렐라이 Don't need no man
-아/어 버리다 marks a completely finished action, often with a sense of finality, regret, or giving up. 뒤틀리다 (twist) → 뒤틀려버린 = completely twisted; + -ㄴ makes it modify the noun. '발가벗겨져 버린' and '깨져버린' use the same pattern.
Pattern: [verb] + -아/어 버리다 = completely did… / ended up…
Example: 뒤틀려버린 로렐라이 (the twisted Lorelei) / 깨져버린 밤 (the shattered night)
다신 사랑받지 못한대도
못 before a verb means 'cannot'. 사랑받다 (be loved) → 사랑받지 못하다 = cannot be loved. Add -ㄴ대도 (contraction of -다고 해도) = 'even if (they say)…'. The line: even if they say I'll never be loved again, I don't care.
Pattern: [verb-지] 못하다 + -ㄴ대도 = even if (they say) one can't…
Example: 다신 사랑받지 못한대도 (even if I can never be loved again)
야유하는 관객들 You tricked me you're a liar
Verb stem + -는 creates the present adnominal form modifying a noun. 야유하다 (boo) → 야유하는 관객들 = the audience that is booing. 'verb + -는 + noun' is a very common way to describe something happening now.
Pattern: [verb] + -는 + [noun] = …that is doing…
Example: 야유하는 관객들 (the booing audience) / 웃는 얼굴 (a smiling face)
야한 작품을 기대하셨다면
-다면 (from -다고 하면) means 'if…'. Verb stem + -시- is the honorific. 기대하다 (expect) → 기대하시다 (honorific) → 기대하셨다면 = if you expected. The polite form aimed at the audience makes this a courteous yet cheeky provocation.
Pattern: [verb-았/었] + -다면 = if…
Example: 야한 작품을 기대하셨다면 (if you expected something racy)
Oh I'm sorry 그딴 건 없어요
것 (thing) with the adnominal -은/는; 것은 contracts to 건 in speech. 그딴 건 = that kind of thing (그딴 is a derogatory 'such'). The irony: the kind of 'nude' you expected simply doesn't exist.
Pattern: [adnominal] + 것은 → 건 = the thing that…
Example: 그딴 건 없어요 (there's nothing like that) / 할 건 해요 (I'll still do what I must)
행복과 반비례 평점
-과/와 connects nouns ('and/with'; -과 after a final consonant). 행복과 반비례 = inversely proportional to happiness. The jab: the higher the public's rating, the lower my happiness — rating and happiness are inversely proportional.
Pattern: [noun1] + 과/와 + [noun2] = noun1 and noun2
Example: 행복과 반비례 (inversely proportional to happiness) / 나와 너 (you and me)
까고 말해
까다 (peel open) + -고 + 말해 (say) = 'say it with everything peeled open'. 까놓고 말해(서) is the idiom 'to speak frankly / let's be real'. Right before the chorus: instead of hiding, lay your truth bare. In speech, 까놓고 말해서 = frankly speaking.
Pattern: [verb] + -고 + 말하다 = just say it / be frank
Example: 까고 말해 (say it straight) / 까놓고 말해서 (frankly speaking)
변태는 너야
-는 marks '변태' as the topic up front; 너 (you) + 이야 contracts to 너야 = 'it's you'. The song's sharpest retort: it flings the 'naked = pervert' label back at the audience — the pervert is you, not me.
Pattern: [noun] + 은/는 + [noun] + 이야/야 = …is (emphatic)
Example: 변태는 너야 (you're the pervert) / 내가 진짜야 (I'm the real one)