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Red Light

The 2014 single finds the group in a tense, forward-driving moment, all sharp edges and sudden halts.

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The 2014 single finds the group in a tense, forward-driving moment, all sharp edges and sudden halts.

The song treats 'red light' less as a simple stop sign and more as a glaring, inescapable fact.

It's the moment you see the trap, the conflict, or the dead end illuminated right in front of you, and the music forces you to stare at it.

Editor's note

f(x) stops everything for a red light

The 2014 single finds the group in a tense, forward-driving moment, all sharp edges and sudden halts.

"변화의 목격자가 되는 거야"

The song treats 'red light' less as a simple stop sign and more as a glaring, inescapable fact. It's the moment you see the trap, the conflict, or the dead end illuminated right in front of you, and the music forces you to stare at it.

The Korean line 'jeonggeul sogui rul ttara', follow the rules inside the frame, gets repeated like a mantra you're supposed to obey but maybe can't. It's that pressure to stay within lines while everything feels like it's about to spill over. The lyric answers a kind of claustrophobia, the fear of becoming just a target in someone else's game.

Becoming a witness to change, it flips the script from passive victim to someone forced to watch the transformation happen, even if you can't stop it.

The way 'Ay, ay, it's a red light, light' cuts through the noise, it's less a hook and more a cold announcement.

edit_note Ethan Walker · LyroVerse team · Apr 16
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the pull of "red light" how "jeonggeul sogui rul ttara" turns into a mantra how "Ay, ay, it's a red light, light" turns into a mantra
Lyrics

Red Light

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Ay, ay, ay, ay, ay, wait a minute, 정글 속의 룰 따라

Ay, ay, ay, ay, ay, wait a minute, jeonggeul sogui rul ttara

약한 자는 먹혀

yakan janeun meokyeo

앞으로만 밀어대니 Yeah 밀어대니

apeuroman mireodaeni Yeah mireodaeni

Nah 아차 하면 밟혀

Nah acha hamyeon bap-pyeo

Ay, ay, it’s a red light, light

Ay, ay, it’s a red light, light

이건 실제상황

igeon siljesanghwang

뭐가 잘못된 건지도 몰라

mwoga jalmotdoen geonjido molla

Ay, ay, it’s a red light, light

Ay, ay, it’s a red light, light

경고하는 누군가

gyeonggohaneun nugun-ga

목소리를 잘 들어 red light

moksorireul jal deureo red light

잠시만 숨을 쉬어봐 (eh, eh, oh, eh, oh)

jamsiman sumeul swieobwa (eh, eh, oh, eh, oh)

이건 전쟁이 아니야

igeon jeonjaeng-i aniya

눈 크게 떠 거기 충돌 직전 폭주를 멈춰 (멈춰)

nun keuge tteo geogi chungdol jikjeon pokjureul meomchwo (meomchwo)

변화의 목격자가 되는 거야

byeonhwaui mokgyeokjaga doeneun geoya

밀어대던 거친 캐터필러 그 앞에 모두

mireodaedeon geochin kaeteopilleo geu ape modu

침몰 할 때

chimmol hal ttae

켜졌어 red light (red)

kyeojyeosseo red light (red)

선명한 red light (red, red light)

seonmyeonghan red light (red, red light)

스스로 켜져 (red) 그것은 red light (red, red)

seuseuro kyeojyeo (red) geugeoseun red light (red, red)

Boy 니가 말한 최선이란 변명

Boy niga malhan choeseoniran byeonmyeong

내겐 의문투성이 일뿐

naegen uimuntuseong-i ilppun

진짜 사랑이란 어쩌면

jinjja sarang-iran eojjeomyeon

아주 느린 파동 (아주 느린 파동)

aju neurin padong (aju neurin padong)

Ay, ay, it’s a red light, light

Ay, ay, it’s a red light, light

서로에게 찾자 빛으로 찬

seoroege chatja bicheuro chan

특별한 비상구

teukbyeolhan bisanggu

Ay, ay 생각해 봐 봐

Ay, ay saenggakae bwa bwa

그 무엇이 우릴 왜

geu mueosi uril wae

멈추게 했던 건지 red light

meomchuge haetdeon geonji red light

한번만 뒤를 돌아 (eh, eh, oh, eh, oh)

hanbeonman dwireul dora (eh, eh, oh, eh, oh)

소중한걸 찾아봐

sojunghan-geol chajabwa

눈 크게 떠 거기 충돌 직전 폭주를 머춰 (머춰)

nun keuge tteo geogi chungdol jikjeon pokjureul meochwo (meochwo)

변화의 목격자가 되는 거야

byeonhwaui mokgyeokjaga doeneun geoya

밀어대던 거친 캐터필러 그 앞에 모두

mireodaedeon geochin kaeteopilleo geu ape modu

치몰 할 때

chimol hal ttae

켜졌어 red light (red)

kyeojyeosseo red light (red)

선명한 red light (red, red light)

seonmyeonghan red light (red, red light)

스스로 켜져 (red) 그것은 red light (red, red light)

seuseuro kyeojyeo (red) geugeoseun red light (red, red light)

켜졌어 red light (yeah, yeah, red)

kyeojyeosseo red light (yeah, yeah, red)

두 개의 red light (red, red light)

du gae-ui red light (red, red light)

붉은 태양과 (캐터필러 캐터필러, red) 네 앞의 red light (red, red light)

bulgeun taeyanggwa (kaeteopilleo kaeteopilleo, red) ne apui red light (red, red light)

기적은 오는걸 (기적은 오는걸 오는걸)

gijeogeun oneun-geol (gijeogeun oneun-geol oneun-geol)

너무 오래 걸렸지만 (기적은 오는걸 오는걸)

neomu orae geollyeotjiman (gijeogeun oneun-geol oneun-geol)

파란불 우린 기다려 원해

paranbul urin gidaryeo wonhae

폭주를 멈춰 (red) 이건 실제상황 목소리 들어봐 (red, red light)

pokjureul meomchwo (red) igeon siljesanghwang moksori deureobwa (red, red light)

눈 크게 떠 (red) yeah 너의 앞에 나타난 세상을 봐 (red, red light)

nun keuge tteo (red) yeah neoui ape natanan sesang-eul bwa (red, red light)

밀어만 대던 (yeah, yeah, red) 충돌직전 널 밀어대던 (red, red light)

mireoman daedeon (yeah, yeah, red) chungdoljikjeon neol mireodaedeon (red, red light)

캐터필러 그건 madness

kaeteopilleo geugeon madness

켜졌어 red light (ay, wait a minute, red)

kyeojyeosseo red light (ay, wait a minute, red)

선명한 red light (정글 속의 룰 따라, red, red light)

seonmyeonghan red light (jeonggeul sogui rul ttara, red, red light)

스스로 켜져 (앞으로만 밀어대니 yeah 밀어대니, red) 그것은 red light (nah 아차 하면 밟혀, red, red light)

seuseuro kyeojyeo (apeuroman mireodaeni yeah mireodaeni, red) geugeoseun red light (nah acha hamyeon bap-pyeo, red, red light)

켜졌어 Red light (캐터필러 캐터필러, yeah, yeah, red)

kyeojyeosseo Red light (kaeteopilleo kaeteopilleo, yeah, yeah, red)

두 개의 Red light (앞에 모두 다 침몰할 때, red, red light)

du gae-ui Red light (ape modu da chimmolhal ttae, red, red light)

붉은 태양과 (켜진거야 켜진거야) 네 앞의 red light

bulgeun taeyanggwa (kyeojin-geoya kyeojin-geoya) ne apui red light

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What is "Red Light" by f(x) about?

The 2014 single finds the group in a tense, forward-driving moment, all sharp edges and sudden halts. The song treats 'red light' less as a simple stop sign and more as a glaring, inescapable fact. It's the moment you see the trap, the conflict, or the dead end illuminated right in front of you, and the music forces you to stare at it.

Who performs "Red Light"?

f(x) performs "Red Light", and this lyric page sits inside the f(x) catalog on LyroVerse.

Does LyroVerse have an editor's note for "Red Light"?

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