[Korean Culture & Language] Attention

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One of the most recent Korean idol groups, 뉴진스 (New Jeans), released their debut music for ‘Attention’ on July 22, 2022. It received 7.29 million views during the fourth week of July, according to K-Pop Radar.

The following are the lyrics:

https://youtu.be/js1CtxSY38I

You and me 내 맘이 보이지
You and me, Can you see(feel) my heart?

한참을 쳐다봐, 가까이 다가가 you see (ey-yeah)
I stare at you for a while, and I walk closer to you. you see (ey-yeah)

You see, ey, ey, ey, ey

One, two, three 용기가 생겼지
Now I have the courage.
‘용기’ means ‘courage’
‘생기다’ means ‘newly formed’ or ‘come to have something’

이미 아는 니 눈치
You seem to be aware of this already.

고개를 돌려 천천히, 여기
You are turning your head slowly to my side.

You see 여기 보이니?
Do you see?

Looking for attention 너야겠어
Looking for attention, It must be you.


확실하게 나로 만들겠어 stop
I’ll make sure that you like me too.

Ey, drop the question

Drop the, drop the question

Want attention

Wanna, want attention

You give me butterflies, you know

내 맘은 온통 paradise
My heart is all in paradise

꿈에서 깨워주지 마
Please don’t wake me up from my dreams.

You got me looking for attention

You got me looking for attention

가끔은 정말 헷갈리지만 분명한 건
Sometimes I get confused, but one thing I know for sure is…

You got me looking for attention

널 우연히 마주친 척할래
I’m just going to pretend as if I ran into you by accident.

못 본 척 지나갈래
I’m just going to walk past you as if I didn’t see you

You're so fine (ey)

Gotta, gotta get to know ya

나와, 나와 걸어가 줘
Walk with me.

지금 돌아서면 I need ya, need ya, need ya
If you turn back now, I need ya, need ya, need ya

To look at me back

Hey 다 들켰었나? 

Hey, Did I get caught?

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