A K-pop track where the singer rejects hollow compliments and demands something real.
Most pop songs about love want more of it.
The lyric treats romantic language as a currency that's been devalued, and the singer won't accept counterfeit.
Lyric guide
With Words
A K-pop track where the singer rejects hollow compliments and demands something real.
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Editor's note
C-REAL's Korean pop confession about empty words
A K-pop track where the singer rejects hollow compliments and demands something real.
Sarang iran mallon andweyo
Most pop songs about love want more of it. This one wants less of the wrong kind. The lyric treats romantic language as a currency that's been devalued, and the singer won't accept counterfeit.
"mallon andweyo" , "don't say it", builds into a refusal. She's tired of hearing "I love you" and "you're pretty" when those words don't match the actions. The pressure comes through in questions like "Why do I have to become comfortable?", it's not about changing herself, but about the exhaustion of performing for someone else's affection.
That's the core refusal: "Don't say 'love'." After a whole song of pretty promises that don't hold up, she cuts straight to banning the word itself. It's not about not wanting love; it's about not wanting the empty version.
The way the phrase "na eopshineun jeongmal salsu eopta", "I really can't live without you", gets delivered. It should sound desperate, but here it feels like part of the script she's rejecting.
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What to keep in your ear
the pull of "mallon andweyo"
the pull of "I love you"
the unanswered "Why do I have to become comfortable?"
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With Words
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Namjaneun yeojaga johahanda
Honja hakgakman haeyo
Namjaneun yeojareul gongbuhaji
Anhgo aneuncheok haeyo
Yeojaneun sarangeul meokgo sara ganeun namugatayo
Geureonde geudaen moreuncheok haeyo
Cheoeumen sesangeul julgeot cheoreom
Nareul saranghan daejyo
Cheoeumen nal wihae salgeot cheoreom
Nareul johahan daejyo
Ijeneun gwichanha jugeul geotman gachi nareultae hajyo
Geureonde nareul saranghanda neyo~
Sarang iran mallon andweyo
Johahandan maldo an~dweyo
Na eopshineun jeongmal salsu eopta malhaeyo
Himideungayo
Yeppeudaneun mallon andweyo
Haengbokhadan mallon andweyo
Nalmannagi wihae taeeonatta haseyo
Mallon andweyo naneun
Cheoeumen sesangeul julgeot cheoreom
Nareul saranghan daejyo
Cheoeumen nal wihae salgeot cheoreom
Nareul johahan daejyo
Ijeneun gwichanha jugeul geotman gachi nareultae hajyo
Geureonde nareul saranghanda neyo~
Sarang iran mallon andweyo
Johahandan maldo an~dweyo
Na eopshineun jeongmal salsu eopta malhaeyo
Himideungayo
Yeppeudaneun mallon andweyo
Haengbokhadan mallon andweyo
Nalmannagi wihae taeeonatta haseyo
Mallon andweyo naneun
Wae naega pyeonhaejyeoya haneungeojyo?
Wae naneun yeppeojyeoya haneungeojyo?
Sarangman badgo shipeoyo
Yeppeuge salgo shipeoyo
Sarang iran mallon andweyo
Johahandan maldo an~dweyo
Na eopshineun jeongmal salsu eopta malhaeyo
Himideungayo
Yeppeudaneun mallon andweyo
Haengbokhadan mallon andweyo
Nalmannagi wihae taeeonatta haseyo
Mallon andweyo naneun
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What is "With Words" by C-REAL (K-pop) about?
A K-pop track where the singer rejects hollow compliments and demands something real. Most pop songs about love want more of it. The lyric treats romantic language as a currency that's been devalued, and the singer won't accept counterfeit.
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