Two generations of SM Entertainment singers trade verses about time and memory.
The lyric doesn't try to resolve the distance.
It lets the 'still don't know' hang there between them, which becomes the song's real subject.
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7989 (Taeyeon & Kangta)
Two generations of SM Entertainment singers trade verses about time and memory.
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Editor's note
Taeyeon and Kangta's 7989 duet
Two generations of SM Entertainment singers trade verses about time and memory.
ajikdo moreuni nal geuroghe molla
The lyric doesn't try to resolve the distance. It lets the 'still don't know' hang there between them, which becomes the song's real subject. That unresolved space is where the duet actually lives.
They keep circling back to 'ajikdo moreuni', 'I still don't know.' One sings 'I still don't know you,' the other answers 'I still don't know, either.' It's less about solving a mystery and more about admitting that even after all this time together, some basic recognition hasn't clicked. The pressure isn't to figure it out, but to sit in not knowing.
It's a plain admission that folds the past into the present tense. Not 'I didn't know you then,' but 'I still don't know you now,' which changes everything.
The way their voices trade the phrase 'doopal boryo so itneun nal', 'the day we see each other again', feels less like a promise and more like a quiet question.
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What to keep in your ear
the pull of "still don't know"
the pull of "doopal boryo so itneun nal"
the pull of "I didn't know you then,"
Lyrics
7989 (Taeyeon & Kangta)
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[kangta]yoonanhi oneul dara wae geuroghe utgo itneungoni
olma jon naege sogaeshi gyojoon gey saramee ni
nol ootge mandeuneun haengbokhan geu namja
[taeyeon] yoonanhi oneul dara wae geuroghe oo oorae boyoyo
bolso han shigan jae iroghe na utgo ijanayo
jing geuri ji mayo jongmal gokjong dweyo
[kangta] geuroghe oraen shiganeul hamke haessoneunde
ajikdo moreuni nal geuroghe molla
[taeyeon] iron babogado isseul gayo ajikdo moreulnayo
doopal boryo so itneun nal
[kangta] geuroghe babeun goreum euro oril gago itneun goni
jogeum eun chonchon hee gutgo shipo
nowa hamke haneun sojoong ha nee shigan bari bonae go shipji ana
[taeyeon] geuroghe neurin goreum euro odil gaget daneun gonji
jogeum do manheun gose gago shipo
iljoo ile hanbon bake mot boneunde jom sodoorojwo yo
[kangta] geuroghe oraen shiganeul hamke haessoneunde
ajikdo moreuni nal geuroghe molla
[taeyeon] iron babogado isseul gayo ajikdo moreulnayo
doopal bolryo son nareul
[kangta&taeyeon] geu ron ga bwayo neul geu raetna bwayo gateun gote soso
dareun gotman bwajwo
[taeyeon&kangta] nan neul hangotman bara bo neun de geu jol moreugo itjyo
nareul bolsoon obnayo
[taeyeon]geuroghe oraen shiganeul
[kangta]hamke haessoneunde
[taeyeon] ajikdo mollayo
[taeyeon&kangta] nal geuroghe molla
iron babogado isseul gayo ajikdo moreulnayo
doopal boryo so itneun nal
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What is "7989 (Taeyeon & Kangta)" by Girls' Generation about?
Two generations of SM Entertainment singers trade verses about time and memory. The lyric doesn't try to resolve the distance. It lets the 'still don't know' hang there between them, which becomes the song's real subject.
Who performs "7989 (Taeyeon & Kangta)"?
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