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[Refrain: Winter, All, Karina, Ningning]
[Refrain: Winter, All, Karina, Ningning]
I wanna scream and shout (Woo)
I wanna scream and shout (Woo)
훅 끌리는 맘
My heart is helplessly drawn in
위험해도 (Uh) 좋아 (Yeah)
Even if it's dangerous (Uh), I love it (Yeah)
널 못 놓겠어
I can't let you go
You're really like licorice (Licorice; Woo)
Licorice (Licorice; Woo)
Licorice (Licorice; Woo)
Licorice (Woo)
Licorice (Woo)
자꾸 손이 가 like licorice (Uh, yeah)
I keep reaching for you like licorice (Uh, yeah)
[Verse 2: Ningning, Karina, Giselle, Winter]
[Verse 2: Ningning, Karina, Giselle, Winter]
It's the bomb like that (Like that)
It's the bomb like that (Like that)
It's the, it's the bomb like that (Woo, woo)
It's the, it's the bomb like that (Woo, woo)
한 번 터지면 (Uh)
Once it goes off (Uh)
Sticky, sticky, oh, my God (Sticky)
Sticky, sticky, oh, my God (Sticky)
방심한 틈 난 hooked (Hooked)
I got hooked when I let my guard down (Hooked)
덫에 걸려들어, all shook (Shook)
Caught in a trap, all shook (Shook)
내 머릿속엔, no (No)
In my head, no (No)
But say "Let's go, let's go, go"
But say "Let's go, let's go, go"
[Pre-Chorus: Winter, Giselle & Ningning, Karina]
[Pre-Chorus: Winter, Giselle & Ningning, Karina]
소름 돋는 thrill 뭔가 색달라
A thrill that sends shivers down my spine, something different
다른 건 재미없어, 시시해 (Like, like, like)
Nothing else is fun, it's all boring (Like, like, like)
마비된 듯해 모든 감각도
Like I'm numb, all my senses
어떤 자극도 오지 않는 걸
No other stimulation reaches me
[Chorus: Ningning, All, Winter]
[Chorus: Ningning, All, Winter]
It tastes so sweet but sour (Nice)
It tastes so sweet but sour (Nice)
Oh, sugar and spice
Oh, sugar and spice
처음이야 (야) 이런 (이런)
This is the first time (time) like this (like this)
내 감정의 폭 (Uh)
The breadth of my emotions (Uh)
넌 정말 licorice (Uh; Woo)
You're really like licorice (Uh; Woo)
Licorice (Woo)
Licorice (Woo)
Licorice (Woo)
Licorice (Woo)
Ah-ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah-ah
[Bridge: Karina, Winter, Giselle, Ningning]
[Bridge: Karina, Winter, Giselle, Ningning]
이런 내 모습 이런 내 맘이
This side of me, this heart of mine
나도 이해가 안 되지
Even I can't understand
피할 수 없어, 이건 gravity
I can't escape, this is gravity
Ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah
아찔한 dynamite
Dizzying dynamite
알지만 못 참아
I know but I can't resist
Something somewhere is broken
더 크게, 더 크게 번져가 (Uh, 크게 번져가)
Spreading bigger, bigger (Uh, spreading bigger)
[Refrain: Winter, All, Giselle, Ningning, *Karina*]
[Refrain: Winter, All, Giselle, Ningning, *Karina*]
I wanna scream and shout
I wanna scream and shout
왜인진 몰라
I don't know why
미묘한 듯 좋아
Subtly yet clearly, I love it
딱 붙어있어
Stuck right to me
넌 정말 licorice (Licorice; Woo)
You're really like licorice (Licorice; Woo)
Licorice (Licorice; Woo)
Licorice (Licorice; Woo)
Licorice (Woo)
Licorice (Woo)
자꾸 떠올라 like licorice (Licorice)
I keep thinking of you like licorice (Licorice)
Scream and shout
Scream and shout
훅 끌리는 맘
My heart is helplessly drawn in
위험해도 좋아
Even if it's dangerous, I love it
널 못 놓겠어
I can't let you go
넌 정말 licorice (Licorice; Woo)
You're really like licorice (Licorice; Woo)
Licorice (Licorice; Woo)
Licorice (Licorice; Woo)
Licorice (Woo)
Licorice (Woo)
*자꾸 손이 가 like licorice*
*I keep reaching for you like licorice*
Fan Annotations (2)
“neon jeongmal licorice” 넌 정말 licorice
"너 정말 (neon jeongmal)" means "you really are," so the hook is "you're really like licorice." Licorice is the polarizing love-it-or-hate-it candy, which makes it a neat image for an addictive person you can't quit even knowing they're an acquired taste. "Licorice" is track 5 on aespa's first studio album Armageddon, released May 27, 2024 (Wikipedia).
FFernanda_CDMX_Coral🇲🇽 Mexico City
“eodingga, eodingga gojang nasseo” 어딘가, 어딘가 고장 났어
"어딘가 (eodinga)" = "somewhere," and "고장 났어 (gojang nasseo)" = "is broken / out of order" — the same word Koreans use for a busted appliance or car, applied to the self. The repetition ("somewhere, somewhere something's broken") sells the feeling of a glitch you can't locate. "Licorice" was written by Kang Eun-jeong with composition by Cazzi Opeia, Daniel Davidsen, Peter Wallevik and Karen Poole (Wikipedia).
IIndigo_RM_07🇺🇸 New York
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