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한국어 (Korean)
English Translation
[Post-Chorus: Karina, All, Ningning, Winter]
[Post-Chorus: Karina, All, Ningning, Winter]
You wander through the wilderness
Ayy, ayy, ayy, ayy, ayy, ayy (Hey)
Ayy, ayy, ayy, ayy, ayy, ayy (Hey)
나의 분신을 찾고 싶어
I want to find my other self
Ayy, ayy, ayy, ayy, ayy, ayy (Hey)
Ayy, ayy, ayy, ayy, ayy, ayy (Hey)
Hey, ma-mamba
Hey, ma-mamba
[Interlude: All, Karina]
[Interlude: All, Karina]
I hate ma-ma-ma-mamba
I hate ma-ma-ma-mamba
Hate ma-ma-ma-mamba
Hate ma-ma-ma-mamba
[Verse 2: Giselle, Winter]
[Verse 2: Giselle, Winter]
I'm ejected, 선함 만으론 (Woo)
I'm ejected, with goodness alone (Woo)
너의 거대함을 이기지 못해
I can't overcome your vastness
I'm exhausted, 너의 존잰 모든
I'm exhausted, your very existence
탐욕들을 먹고 자라 났지
Grew by feeding on all greed
aespa는 나야
aespa is me
둘이 될 수 없어
We cannot be two
Monochrome to colors
Monochrome to colors
이건 evo-evolution
This is evo-evolution
[Pre-Chorus: Ningning, Karina]
[Pre-Chorus: Ningning, Karina]
Oh, 위험한 장난을 쳐
Oh, you play a dangerous game
매혹적이지만 널
You're alluring but
부정할 밖에
I have no choice but to deny you
The black mamba that swallows everything
[Chorus: All]
[Chorus: All]
Ma-ma-ma-mamba
Ma-ma-ma-mamba
Ooh, woah, woah (Hey)
Ooh, woah, woah (Hey)
Ma-ma-ma-mamba
Ma-ma-ma-mamba
Oh, woah, oh, oh (Hey)
Oh, woah, oh, oh (Hey)
[Post-Chorus: Giselle, All, Winter, Karina]
[Post-Chorus: Giselle, All, Winter, Karina]
넌 광야를 떠돌고 있어
You wander through the wilderness
Ayy, ayy, ayy, ayy, ayy, ayy (Hey)
Ayy, ayy, ayy, ayy, ayy, ayy (Hey)
네게 맞서 난 질 수 없어어
I cannot lose against you
Ayy, ayy, ayy, ayy, ayy, ayy (Hey)
Ayy, ayy, ayy, ayy, ayy, ayy (Hey)
Hey, ma-mamba
Hey, ma-mamba
[Bridge: Winter, Ningning, Karina, (All)]
[Bridge: Winter, Ningning, Karina, (All)]
거울 속의 나는 네가 아닐까? (Hey)
Is the me inside the mirror actually you? (Hey)
일그러져버린 환영인 걸까?
Or just a twisted illusion?
(Hey, ma-ma-ma, ma-ma-ma, ma-ma-mamba)
(Hey, ma-ma-ma, ma-ma-ma, ma-ma-mamba)
다시 너와 연결될 수 있다면 (Hey)
If I could reconnect with you again (Hey)
(Hey, ma-ma-ma, ma-ma-ma, ma-ma-mamba)
(Hey, ma-ma-ma, ma-ma-ma, ma-ma-mamba)
너를 만나고 싶어 (Hey) 이제
I want to find you (Hey) now
(Hey, ma-ma-ma, ma-ma-ma, ma-ma-mamba)
(Hey, ma-ma-ma, ma-ma-ma, ma-ma-mamba)
모든 걸 삼켜버릴 black mamba
The black mamba that swallows everything
[Chorus: All]
[Chorus: All]
Ma-ma-ma-mamba
Ma-ma-ma-mamba
Ooh, woah, woah (Hey)
Ooh, woah, woah (Hey)
Ma-ma-ma-mamba
Ma-ma-ma-mamba
Oh, woah, oh, oh
Oh, woah, oh, oh
[Post-Chorus: Karina, All, Ningning, Winter]
[Post-Chorus: Karina, All, Ningning, Winter]
넌 광야를 떠돌고 있어
You wander through the wilderness
Ayy, ayy, ayy, ayy, ayy, ayy (Hey)
Ayy, ayy, ayy, ayy, ayy, ayy (Hey)
네게 맞서 난 질 수 없어
I cannot lose against you
Ayy, ayy, ayy, ayy, ayy, ayy (Hey)
Ayy, ayy, ayy, ayy, ayy, ayy (Hey)
Hey, ma-mamba
Hey, ma-mamba
Fan Annotations (2)
“neon gwangyareul tteodolgo isseo” 넌 광야를 떠돌고 있어
"넌 광야를 떠돌고 있어" means "You wander through the wilderness." 광야 (gwangya / KWANGYA) is aespa's fictional digital realm — an infinite, formless, ruleless space beyond the physical world where the members' AI avatar selves (the æ) exist. SM Entertainment unveiled this as the SM Culture Universe (SMCU), launched in May 2021, a shared sci-fi narrative spanning aespa, NCT and other SM acts (Koreaboo). In the lore the Black Mamba is a digital serpent born to disrupt the "SYNK" connection between the real members and their æ counterparts.
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“modeun geol samkyeobeorril black mamba” 모든 걸 삼켜버릴 black mamba
"모든 걸 삼켜버릴 black mamba" — "the black mamba that swallows everything" — is the song's core villain line. In aespa's SMCU story the Black Mamba is not a person but a force that severs the SYNK link between each member and her æ avatar, the central conflict of the group's debut narrative (Koreaboo). The name borrows the real snake's reputation as one of the world's deadliest for its connotations of speed and venom, recasting the threat as digital rather than physical.
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