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Bad Guy

A K-pop track where the narrator offers to become a villain just to hold someone who's already leaving.

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A K-pop track where the narrator offers to become a villain just to hold someone who's already leaving.

The repeated plea 'neoreul wihan bad guy', a bad guy for you, feels less like a boast and more like a desperate bargain.

He's saying if being good got him nowhere, maybe playing the villain who 'ppaeseulke' (will snatch you) is the only role left that lets him stay in the story.

Editor's note

1THE9's Bad Guy and the ache it can't fix

A K-pop track where the narrator offers to become a villain just to hold someone who's already leaving.

neoreul wihan bad guy

The repeated plea 'neoreul wihan bad guy', a bad guy for you, feels less like a boast and more like a desperate bargain. He's saying if being good got him nowhere, maybe playing the villain who 'ppaeseulke' (will snatch you) is the only role left that lets him stay in the story. The words answer a specific, vain hope: that causing a scene might be more memorable than fading away politely.

It's a job application. He's not claiming to be a villain by nature, but volunteering for the part specifically for her, which makes the whole tough-guy act sound strangely devoted and a little sad.

The way the phrase 'Baby know i'm only you' cuts through the Korean verses, blunt and in English, like a direct line to a person who might not be listening anymore.

edit_note Ethan Walker · LyroVerse team · Apr 16
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how "neoreul wihan bad guy" turns into a mantra the pull of "Baby know i'm only you"
Lyrics

Bad Guy

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Bad bad guy bad bad guy

buseum dwie garin seulpeum

nunmullo eollukjin ne maeumsok

eotgallin girui kkeute meomchwo

nan neol butjabgo magabwado

dashi neon keu.ege ganeunde.

jichyeoganeun neoreul bwa

naega wae deo apawa naega malhan daeroya

Girl you gotta let it go

deo isangeun gyeondil suga eopseo

deoneun bogo isseul suga eopseo

neoreul naui pume ango shipeo.

keuman hemae nae gyeoteuro wa

neoreul wihaeseo akyeokdo halke

baby know i’m only you

I’ll be a bad guy

neoreul ppaeseulke akyeokdo halke

baby know i’m only you only you.

dachindaedo sanggwan eopseo just for you

neoreul pogihal su eopseo ijen deo isang

I’ll be a bad guy

neoreul jikilke akyeogirado

nae modeun iyu only you

neol wihan bad guy.

neol wihan bad type

jikireo ga nan ama jikil aen haideu

naega deo michyeoman ga

himdeun neoui eokkaereul gamssa

naui mami apa deoneun mot chama crazy.

Uh hwangholhan kwangya

nuneul tteul su eopseo meoritsogui nega

I don’t like that fear game over

keuman kkeutnaelke naega

uri nunmuldo majimagi doegil.

jichyeoganeun neoreul bwa naega wae deo apawa

ijerado turn around

nareul bwabwa let me know

aesseo dwiro sumgin naui mamgwa

kwaenchanhnyago mudneun ppeonhan malman

ulgoitneun neoui eokkaereul gamssa.

keuman hemae nae pumeuro wa

neoreul wihaeseo akyeokdo halke

Baby know i’m only you

I’ll be a bad guy

neoreul ppaeseulke akyeokdo halke

Baby know i’m only you only you.

dachindaedo sanggwan eopseo just for you

neoreul pogihal su eopseo ijen deo isang

I’ll be a bad guy

neoreul jikilke akyeogirado

nae modeun iyu only you

neol wihan bad guy.

neoui bad bad guy

eotteon good good lie

keojiseul maga

neoui bad bad guy

eotteon good good lie

jinshireul chaja.

keuman hemae nae gyeoteuro wa

neoreul wihaeseo akyeokdo halke

Baby know i’m only you

I’ll be a bad guy

neoreul ppaeseulke akyeokdo halke

Baby know i’m only you only you.

dachindaedo sanggwan eopseo just for you

neoreul pogihal su eopseo ijen deo isang

I’ll be a bad guy

neoreul jikilke akyeogirado

nae modeun iyu only you

neol wihan bad guy.

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What is "Bad Guy" by 1THE9 about?

A K-pop track where the narrator offers to become a villain just to hold someone who's already leaving. The repeated plea 'neoreul wihan bad guy', a bad guy for you, feels less like a boast and more like a desperate bargain. He's saying if being good got him nowhere, maybe playing the villain who 'ppaeseulke' (will snatch you) is the only role left that lets him stay in the story.

Who performs "Bad Guy"?

1THE9 performs "Bad Guy", and this lyric page sits inside the 1THE9 catalog on LyroVerse.

Does LyroVerse have an editor's note for "Bad Guy"?

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Are there related songs to explore after "Bad Guy"?

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