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Then

A Korean hip-hop track about a love that arrives too late, built on the promise of a second chance.

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Quick meaning

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A Korean hip-hop track about a love that arrives too late, built on the promise of a second chance.

What sticks is how the song treats time.

The past is a "gin kkumeseo kkaeeonago deokbune saneun geot gatassdago", a long dream that felt like living in a single breath, already gone.

Editor's note

B.I's Then and the ache of next time

A Korean hip-hop track about a love that arrives too late, built on the promise of a second chance.

"pyeongsaeng dongan naega sarangeul mollado"

What sticks is how the song treats time. The past is a "gin kkumeseo kkaeeonago deokbune saneun geot gatassdago", a long dream that felt like living in a single breath, already gone. The future is just a blank space where he swears he'll be different. The present is where he's stuck, writing the sad story he hopes to revise.

The phrase "saneun dongan uri dasi mannamyeon", if we meet again in this lifetime, carries the whole song's tension. It's not a guarantee, just a fragile condition hung on the word 'if.' All that determination to do better next time hinges on a meeting that might never happen, which makes the promise feel both desperate and a little naive. The lyric answers a very specific kind of longing: the one that knows you messed up but still believes in do-overs.

It's a blunt, lifetime-scale admission. He's not saying he lost love, but that he never even recognized it while it was there, which reframes every memory that comes after.

The way the "Na-na-na-na" hook drifts in after each heavy confession gives the track its air, a momentary breath before diving back into the specifics of regret.

edit_note Ethan Walker · LyroVerse team · Apr 17
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the pull of "gin kkumeseo kkaeeonago deokbune saneun geot gatassdago" the pull of "saneun dongan uri dasi mannamyeon" the pull of "pyeongsaeng dongan naega sarangeul mollado"
Lyrics

Then

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sarayagessji neoneun gyeote eopsjiman

ani gyeote eopsdeon geon naega meonjeoyeosseossna

aesseo chamayagessji manhi nunmulgyeopjiman

Oh, oh

nae modeun mari pinggyegessjiman

gyeolko sangcheo jugo sipeun mameun eopseossdeon geoya

neomu eoryeossdeon geoya

naegen eoryeopdeon geoya

sarangi sarami saneun iriran ge

geunyang hago sipeun mareun

pyeongsaeng dongan naega sarangeul mollado

Na-na-na-na, na-na-na-na

saneun dongan uri dasi mannamyeon

Na-na-na-na, na-na-na-na

geuttaen naega kkok uiri jikilge

Na-na-na-na, na-na-na-na

geuttaen naega kkok uiri jikilge, eh, eh

gin kkumeseo kkaeeonago

deokbune saneun geot gatassdago

geu mareul geonne juji moshaessne

kkeutkkaji mojilge daehaessne

inomui ibyeoreun daeche

iksukhaejijiga anhne

kkeuti anigireul baralge

nan neoreul kkok dasi tto bwaya dwae

siganui sumtongi kkeunheojin gieogui jeopyeone dugo on

uriga jidokhi seulpeugo areumdapge mandeun chueogeul

hyeonsillo gajyeowa kkeutnaegi aswiun uriui iyagireul

dasi sseo naeryeogaya dwae, yeah, yeah

pyeongsaeng dongan naega sarangeul mollado

Na-na-na-na, na-na-na-na

saneun dongan uri dasi mannamyeon

Na-na-na-na, na-na-na-na

geuttaen naega kkok uiri jikilge

Na-na-na-na, na-na-na-na

geuttaen naega kkok uiri jikilge, eh, eh

byeorui nunmure gathin bam

gipeun eodume dathin mam

nae haneure haega tteulkka

geunyang barami doeeo bulkka

maeil seulpeun kkumeul kkunda

sangsil soge chumeul chunda

nuga bicci doeeo julkka

neoneun soneul naeeojulkka

pyeongsaeng dongan naega sarangeul mollado

Na-na-na-na, na-na-na-na

saneun dongan uri dasi mannamyeon

Na-na-na-na, na-na-na-na

geuttaen naega kkok uiri jikilge

Na-na-na-na, na-na-na-na

geuttaen naega kkok uiri jikilge, eh, eh

Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh, oh-oh, oh-oh

Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh, oh-oh-oh, oh, oh

Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh, oh-oh, oh-oh

Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh, oh-oh-oh, oh, oh

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What is "Then" by B.I about?

A Korean hip-hop track about a love that arrives too late, built on the promise of a second chance. What sticks is how the song treats time. The past is a "gin kkumeseo kkaeeonago deokbune saneun geot gatassdago", a long dream that felt like living in a single breath, already gone.

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