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DRUM

A K-pop track that turns attraction into percussion, where every touch becomes a beat.

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A K-pop track that turns attraction into percussion, where every touch becomes a beat.

The lyric leans into the vanity of being someone's instrument, the flattery of having your presence command that much focus.

It's less about romance and more about the thrill of being the center of a sensory experience, where light, sound, and touch all sync up.

Editor's note

CHECKMATE's DRUM hits like a heartbeat

A K-pop track that turns attraction into percussion, where every touch becomes a beat.

Hit on me like I'm a drum

The lyric leans into the vanity of being someone's instrument, the flattery of having your presence command that much focus. It's less about romance and more about the thrill of being the center of a sensory experience, where light, sound, and touch all sync up.

The repeated 'Hit on me like I'm a drum' isn't just about impact. It's about wanting that contact to define the moment, to become the rhythm everything else follows. When it shifts to 'simjangi taolla', 'my heart pounds', the drum isn't just something you play; it's something alive and reacting.

It turns a pickup line into a demand for rhythm, where being approached isn't just social, it's supposed to feel elemental, like the start of a beat you can't ignore.

The way 'ba-rum-bum-bum' tumbles after 'drum' each time gives the hook its physical swing, like a heartbeat you can almost feel in your chest.

edit_note Ethan Walker · LyroVerse team · Apr 17
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how "Hit on me like I'm a drum" turns into a mantra the pull of "simjangi taolla"
Lyrics

DRUM

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Oh-oh, eh-oh

Oh-oh, eh-oh

Hit on me like I'm a drum, drum, drum ba-rum-bum-bum

simjangi taolla jeom jeom jeom ba-rum-bum-bum

Hey, la la la la

I la-la-la love it

Shall we dance, i bamui kkeutkkaji yeah

Hit on me like I'm a drum

Kick & snare on the drum balo gojodoeneun neowa na

geu soni seuchil ttae

michige jjalishae

neol nolaecheoleom bamsaedolog bulleobogo sipeungeol

mellodi gateun lips

Yeah, naleul danggiji

nopajineun lideumgwa

dwiseokkineun sumeulo

wanseongdoeneun neowa na wah

Light & sound

bulssileul deo kkaewojwo

soljighage dagawa wah (ya)

Hit on me like I'm a drum, drum, drum ba-rum-bum-bum

simjangi taolla jeom jeom jeom ba-rum-bum-bum

Hey, la la la la

I la-la-la love it

Shall we dance, i bamui kkeutkkaji yeah

Hit on me like I'm a drum

Oh-oh, eh-oh

Yeah, yeah, like I'm a drum

Eh-eh, eh-eh, yeah

Yeah, soni ganeun daelo jeugheungjeogin

i sunganui ulil bwa

simjangui gappeun beat

deo dalaoleun heat

lideum wie ollata

naenae neoui soneulo

kkaewojullae neowa nal wah

Roll & bounce

neukkim issge saegyeojwo

sogdoleul deo ollyeobwa wah

Hit on me like I'm a drum, drum, drum ba-rum-bum-bum

simjangeun taolla jeom jeom jeom ba-rum-bum-bum

Hey, la la la la

I la-la-la love it

Shall we dance, i bamui kkeutkkaji yeah

Hit on me like I'm a drum

Come close to me, (thrill me) thrill me

yeolgi soge ulileul deo taewo

We're danger

Hit on me, hit on me, hit on me like I am a drum

Hit on me, hit on me, hit on me like I'm a drum

Hit on me, hit on me, hit on me like I am a drum

idaelon aswiwo, i bameul neujchwojwo, hit on me like I'm a drum

Light, sound, bounce, ha!

Hit on me like I'm a drum, drum, drum ba-rum-bum-bum (hit on me)

simjangeun taolla jeom jeom jeom ba-rum-bum-bum (taolla nan)

Hey, la la la la

I la-la-la love it

Shall we dance, i bamui kkeutkkaji yeah

Hit on me like I'm a drum

Hit on me, hit on me, hit on me like I am a drum

Hit on me, hit on me, hit on me like I'm a drum

Hit on me like I'm a drum

Hit on me like I'm a drum, drum, drum ba-rum-bum-bum

simjangeun taolla jeom jeom jeom ba-rum-bum-bum

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What is "DRUM" by CHECKMATE about?

A K-pop track that turns attraction into percussion, where every touch becomes a beat. The lyric leans into the vanity of being someone's instrument, the flattery of having your presence command that much focus. It's less about romance and more about the thrill of being the center of a sensory experience, where light, sound, and touch all sync up.

Who performs "DRUM"?

CHECKMATE performs "DRUM", and this lyric page sits inside the CHECKMATE catalog on LyroVerse.

Does LyroVerse have an editor's note for "DRUM"?

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