A K-pop track about watching someone else's romance play out like a movie you can't turn off.
Most breakup songs are about the person who left.
This one's about the person who never arrived, the 'keu ae' on the screen who gets the happy ending.
Lyric guide
Bad Kid
A K-pop track about watching someone else's romance play out like a movie you can't turn off.
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Curated by Ethan Walker
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Editor's note
C-REAL's Bad Kid and the girl on TV
A K-pop track about watching someone else's romance play out like a movie you can't turn off.
Eocheomyeon TVeseo Eocheomyeon yeong-hwaheseo
Most breakup songs are about the person who left. This one's about the person who never arrived, the 'keu ae' on the screen who gets the happy ending. The lyric treats jealousy not as drama but as a dull, private ache you learn to carry.
There's a bluntness in 'Kkong nappeun aecheoreom na keojinmal hae', 'like a really bad kid, I tell lies'. It's not a grand confession, just a quiet admission that pretending feels easier than admitting how much it hurts to watch. The whole song lives in that gap between what she says out loud and what she actually wants.
It's just 'sometimes on TV, sometimes in a movie', but that's the whole setup. She's not in the scene; she's watching it from the couch, and that distance never closes.
The way 'Chukhahae chukhahae jal eou-llyeo', 'congratulations, congratulations, say it well', repeats like a mantra you don't quite believe.
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What to keep in your ear
the pull of "keu ae"
the pull of "Kkong nappeun aecheoreom na keojinmal hae"
how "Chukhahae chukhahae jal eou-llyeo" turns into a mantra
Lyrics
Bad Kid
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Saero mannan yeoja chingurae (utgiman hae)
Modeunke da ma-eume deundae (jakku jarangman hae)
Eodi-eseo bon geot katae
Eocheomyeon TVeseo
Eocheomyeon yeong-hwaheseo
Wo-oh nuga bwahdo naboda deo
Keu ae-ga yeppeun georalmyeonseodo
Nae ane nae-ga ni-ga keu aewah
Kkeuchi nagil barae
Keuraeya ni-ga keujeya nawah
Shijakhal keot katae
Kkong nappeun aecheoreom na keojinmal hae
Chukhahae chukhahae jal eou-llyeo
Du sarami kachi geo-reul ttae
Dwiie seon seulpeume
Ttuk tteo-reojin nun-mu-re
Jeojeo beorin nae ibi
Tto neoreul bureune No way
Wo-oh nuga bwahdo naboda deo
Keu ae-ga yeppeun geol da almyeonseodo
Nae ane nae-ga ni-ga keu aewah
Kkeuchi nagil barae
Keuraeya ni-ga keujeya nawah
Shijakhal keot katae
Kkong nappeun aecheoreom na keojinmal hae
Chukhahae chukhahae jal eou-llyeo
Neo sesange nawah dan du-riramyeon
Keuddaen narado chowahae ju-llae
Keu ae-man eopt-damyeon geurae ju-llae
Nae ane nae-ga ni-ga keu aewah
Kkeuchi nagil barae
Keuraeya ni-ga keujeya nawah
Shijakhal keot katae
Kkong nappeun aecheoreom na keojinmal hae
So-geuron heyeojyeo keoteuron eou-llyeo
Waeh ireoji
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What is "Bad Kid" by C-REAL (K-pop) about?
A K-pop track about watching someone else's romance play out like a movie you can't turn off. Most breakup songs are about the person who left. This one's about the person who never arrived, the 'keu ae' on the screen who gets the happy ending.
Who performs "Bad Kid"?
C-REAL (K-pop) performs "Bad Kid", and this lyric page sits inside the C-REAL (K-pop) catalog on LyroVerse.
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Are there related songs to explore after "Bad Kid"?
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