A Korean indie ballad about trying to improve for someone who doesn't notice.
What sticks is how ordinary the promises are.
No grand romantic gestures, just getting up earlier and pretending not to be tired.
Lyric guide
I Will Do My Best (열심히 할게)
A Korean indie ballad about trying to improve for someone who doesn't notice.
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Curated by Ethan Walker
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Editor's note
10cm's quiet promise to do better
A Korean indie ballad about trying to improve for someone who doesn't notice.
neoneun geunyang jal jinaeda
What sticks is how ordinary the promises are. No grand romantic gestures, just getting up earlier and pretending not to be tired. The lyric feels like someone talking themselves into being better, half-hoping the other person might one day glance over and notice.
The phrase 'yeolsimhi halge', I'll do my best, hangs over the whole song like a quiet vow. It's not a dramatic declaration, just a list of practical changes: waking up at dawn, staying healthy, listening better. The speaker knows these gestures might go unnoticed, but keeps promising them anyway, as if the trying itself matters more than being seen.
That line lands because it's the quiet truth underneath all the effort: the other person is already okay without any of this. The speaker's promises are for themselves, not really for anyone else.
The way the melody lingers on 'neoneun geunyang jal jinaeda', you're just doing fine, underscores the distance between them.
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the pull of "yeolsimhi halge"
the pull of "neoneun geunyang jal jinaeda"
Lyrics
I Will Do My Best (열심히 할게)
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yeolsimhi halge
eungwonhae jullae
nuga bwado kkamjjak nollal jeongdoro
bappeuge sarabollae
achim iljjik
ireonabolge
geureoke sileohaetdeon undongeul hago
geonganghage jinaelge
yeojeonhi pigonhago gwichanchiman
nareum noryeokago isseo
nan ne mal jal deureunikka
neoegen teogeopsi
mojaratdeon moseubi
eolmana maldo an doeeosseonneunji
wae mollatdeon geolkka
amuri haebwado bwajuji anketjiman
neoneun geunyang jal jinaeda hoksi
nae yaegi deureumyeon
chingchanhaejwo
meotjin sarameun doel su eopgetji
neoui nune ssok deul mankeum daedanhan
geureon geon murigetji
eonjekkaji haenael su isseulji
jal moreujiman
igeotbwa imankeumina
kkwae neungsukaejyeosseo
oneuldo uimi eomneun harujiman
nado dallajigo isseo
nan ne mal jal deureunikka
neoegen teogeopsi
mojaratdeon moseubi
eolmana maldo an doeeosseonneunji
wae mollatdeon geolkka
amuri haebwado
bwajuji anketjiman
neoneun geunyang jal jinaeda hoksi
nae yaegi deureumyeon
ajikdo mojara noryeokamyeon halsurok
amuraedo naega baraneun geon da yoksiminikka
na singyeong sseuji ma
neomu gwaenchaneunikka
neoneun geunyang jal jinaeda hoksi
nae yaegi deureumyeon
chingchanhaejwo
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A Korean indie ballad about trying to improve for someone who doesn't notice. What sticks is how ordinary the promises are. No grand romantic gestures, just getting up earlier and pretending not to be tired.
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