Girls' Generation
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I GOT A BOY

The 2013 track is a bright, chattering declaration about a new crush.

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The 2013 track is a bright, chattering declaration about a new crush.

The phrase 'neomu yeppeojigo seksihaejyeosseo', you got so pretty and sexy, isn't just a compliment.

It's the kind of blunt, admiring shock you'd blurt out to a friend you haven't seen in a while, wrapped in that specific pressure to look a certain way.

Editor's note

Girls' Generation's I GOT A BOY, a playful boast

The 2013 track is a bright, chattering declaration about a new crush.

neomu yeppeojigo seksihaejyeosseo

The phrase 'neomu yeppeojigo seksihaejyeosseo', you got so pretty and sexy, isn't just a compliment. It's the kind of blunt, admiring shock you'd blurt out to a friend you haven't seen in a while, wrapped in that specific pressure to look a certain way. The lyric answers a simple, vain longing: to be seen as transformed.

It's a direct hit of admiration, the kind that makes the singer's earlier curiosity about her friend's new style suddenly make perfect sense.

The way 'Oh, oh-oh-eh-oh' hooks repeat and layer gives the whole thing a fizzy, relentless drive.

edit_note Ethan Walker · LyroVerse team · Apr 16
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I GOT A BOY

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Ayo, GG!

Ayo, GG!

Yeah, yeah

Yeah, yeah

시작해 볼까?

sijakae bolkka?

어머! 얘 좀 봐라 얘

eomeo! yae jom bwara yae

무슨 일이 있었길래 머리 잘랐대 어?

museun iri isseotgillae meori jallatdae eo?

어머! 또 얘 좀 보라고

eomeo! tto yae jom borago

머리부터 발끝까지 스타일이 바뀌었어

meoributeo balkkeutkkaji seutairi bakkwieosseo

왜 그랬대? 궁금해 죽겠네

wae geuraetdae? gunggeumhae jukgenne

왜 그랬대? 말해 봐봐 좀

wae geuraetdae? malhae bwabwa jom

Ha ha ha! Eh, let me introduce myself

Ha ha ha! Eh, let me introduce myself

Here comes trouble, woo

Here comes trouble, woo

따라해

ttarahae

Oh, oh-oh-eh-oh (eh-eh-eh-eh)

Oh, oh-oh-eh-oh (eh-eh-eh-eh)

Oh, oh-eh-oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, (oh, oh, oh, oh)

Oh, oh-eh-oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, (oh, oh, oh, oh)

너 잘났어 정말

neo jallasseo jeongmal

지가 뭔데? 웃겨

jiga mwonde? utgyeo

너무 콧대 센 거 아니?

neomu kotdae sen geo ani?

나보고 평범하단다 얘

nabogo pyeongbeomhadanda yae

그 남자 완전 맘에 들었나 봐

geu namja wanjeon mame deureonna bwa

말도 안 돼! 말도 안 돼

maldo an dwae! maldo an dwae

너무 예뻐지고 섹시해졌어

neomu yeppeojigo seksihaejyeosseo

그 남자 때문이지?

geu namja ttaemuniji?

물어볼 뻔했다니까

mureobol ppeonhaetdanikka

너 바꾼 화장품이 뭔지?

neo bakkun hwajangpumi mwonji?

사실 나 처음 봤어

sasil na cheoeum bwasseo

상처 입은 야수 같은 깊은 눈

sangcheo ibeun yasu gateun gipeun nun

얘기만 해도 어질했다니까?

yaegiman haedo eojilhaetdanikka?

너 잘났어 정말! 잘났어 정말

neo jallasseo jeongmal! jallasseo jeongmal

Oh, oh-oh-eh-oh (here comes trouble)

Oh, oh-oh-eh-oh (here comes trouble)

Oh, oh-oh-eh-oh (hey, girl, listen)

Oh, oh-oh-eh-oh (hey, girl, listen)

Oh, oh-oh-eh-oh, ooh

Oh, oh-oh-eh-oh, ooh

너 잘났다 정말 (잘났어)

neo jallatda jeongmal (jallasseo)

Oh, oh-oh-eh-oh (hey)

Oh, oh-oh-eh-oh (hey)

Oh, oh-oh-eh-oh (나나 나나, hey)

Oh, oh-oh-eh-oh (nana nana, hey)

너 잘났어 정말

neo jallasseo jeongmal

Ayo stop! Let me put it down another way

Ayo stop! Let me put it down another way

I got a boy 멋진

I got a boy meotjin

I got a boy 착한

I got a boy chakan

I got a boy, handsome boy

I got a boy, handsome boy

내 맘 다 가져간

nae mam da gajyeogan

I got a boy 멋진

I got a boy meotjin

I got a boy 착한

I got a boy chakan

I got a boy, awesome boy

I got a boy, awesome boy

완전 반했나

wanjeon banhaenna

아 내 왕자님

a nae wangjanim

언제 이 몸을 구하러 와 주실 텐가요?

eonje i momeul guhareo wa jusil ten-gayo?

하얀 꿈처럼

hayan kkumcheoreom

날 품에 안아 올려 날아가 주시겠죠?

nal pume ana ollyeo naraga jusigetjyo?

나 깜짝 멘붕이야

na kkamjjak menbung-iya

그 사람은 내 민낯이 궁금하대

geu sarameun nae minnachi gunggeumhadae

완전 맘에 들어

wanjeon mame deureo

못 이긴 척 보여 줘도 괜찮을까?

mot igin cheok boyeo jwodo gwaenchaneulkka?

오 절대로 안 되지 (그치 그치)

o jeoldaero an doeji (geuchi geuchi)

우리 지킬 건 지키자 (맞지 맞지)

uri jikil geon jikija (matji matji)

그의 맘을 모두 가질 때까지

geuui mameul modu gajil ttaekkaji

이건 절대로 잊어버리지 말라고

igeon jeoldaero ijeobeoriji mallago

Oh, oh-oh-eh-oh, oh-oh-eh-oh

Oh, oh-oh-eh-oh, oh-oh-eh-oh

밤을 새도 모잘라 다 다

bameul saedo mojalla da da

Oh, oh-oh-eh-oh, oh-oh-eh-oh

Oh, oh-oh-eh-oh, oh-oh-eh-oh

우리 최고 관심사다-다

uri choego gwansimsada-da

내 말 들어 봐 그 아이 너네 알지?

nae mal deureo bwa geu ai neone alji?

좀 어리지만 속은 꽉 찼어

jom eorijiman sogeun kkwak chasseo

어떨 땐 오빠처럼 듬직하지만

eotteol ttaen oppacheoreom deumjikajiman

애교를 부릴 땐 넘 예뻐 죽겠어

aegyoreul buril ttaen neom yeppeo jukgesseo

Oh, oh-oh-eh-oh, oh-oh-eh-ooh

Oh, oh-oh-eh-oh, oh-oh-eh-ooh

너 미쳤어 미쳤어

neo michyeosseo michyeosseo

Oh, oh-oh-eh-oh, oh-oh-eh-ooh

Oh, oh-oh-eh-oh, oh-oh-eh-ooh

너 미쳤어 미쳤어

neo michyeosseo michyeosseo

난 정말 화가 나 죽겠어

nan jeongmal hwaga na jukgesseo

내 남잔 날 여자로 안 보는걸

nae namjan nal yeojaro an boneun-geol

막연할 땐 어떡하면 내가 좋겠니?

magyeonhal ttaen eotteokamyeon naega jokenni?

질투라도 나게 해볼까?

jilturado nage haebolkka?

속상해 어떡해 나?

soksanghae eotteokae na?

말도 안 돼 말도 안 돼

maldo an dwae maldo an dwae

Don't stop, let's bring back to 1:40

Don't stop, let's bring back to 1:40

I got a boy 멋진

I got a boy meotjin

I got a boy 착한

I got a boy chakan

I got a boy, handsome boy

I got a boy, handsome boy

내 맘 다 가져간

nae mam da gajyeogan

I got a boy 멋진

I got a boy meotjin

I got a boy 착한

I got a boy chakan

I got a boy, awesome boy

I got a boy, awesome boy

완전 반했나 봐

wanjeon banhaenna bwa

언제나 내 곁엔 내 편이 돼 주고

eonjena nae gyeoten nae pyeoni dwae jugo

귀 기울여 주는 너 너 (너-어-어-어-어)

gwi giuryeo juneun neo neo (neo-eo-eo-eo-eo)

난 이대로 지금 행복해

nan idaero jigeum haengbokae

잘 될 거니까

jal doel geonikka

I got a boy 멋진

I got a boy meotjin

(아 내 왕자님)

(a nae wangjanim)

I got a boy 착한

I got a boy chakan

(언제 이 몸을 구하러 와 주실 텐가요?)

(eonje i momeul guhareo wa jusil ten-gayo?)

I got a boy, handsome boy

I got a boy, handsome boy

내 맘 다 가져간

nae mam da gajyeogan

I got a boy 멋진

I got a boy meotjin

(하얀 꿈처럼)

(hayan kkumcheoreom)

I got a boy 착한

I got a boy chakan

(날 품에 안아 올려 날아가 주시겠죠?)

(nal pume ana ollyeo naraga jusigetjyo?)

I got a boy, awesome boy

I got a boy, awesome boy

완전 반했나 봐

wanjeon banhaenna bwa

I got a boy 멋진

I got a boy meotjin

(Oh, oh-oh-eh-oh, oh-oh-eh-ooh)

(Oh, oh-oh-eh-oh, oh-oh-eh-ooh)

I got a boy 착한

I got a boy chakan

I got a boy, handsome boy

I got a boy, handsome boy

내 맘 다 가져간

nae mam da gajyeogan

I got a boy 멋진

I got a boy meotjin

(Oh, oh-oh-eh-oh, oh-oh-eh-ooh)

(Oh, oh-oh-eh-oh, oh-oh-eh-ooh)

I got a boy 착한

I got a boy chakan

I got a boy, handsome boy

I got a boy, handsome boy

완전 반했나 봐

wanjeon banhaenna bwa

I got a boy 멋진

I got a boy meotjin

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What is "I GOT A BOY" by Girls' Generation about?

The 2013 track is a bright, chattering declaration about a new crush. The phrase 'neomu yeppeojigo seksihaejyeosseo', you got so pretty and sexy, isn't just a compliment. It's the kind of blunt, admiring shock you'd blurt out to a friend you haven't seen in a while, wrapped in that specific pressure to look a certain way.

Who performs "I GOT A BOY"?

Girls' Generation performs "I GOT A BOY", and this lyric page sits inside the Girls' Generation catalog on LyroVerse.

Does LyroVerse have an editor's note for "I GOT A BOY"?

Yes. The page carries the LyroVerse editor's note "Girls' Generation's I GOT A BOY, a playful boast", followed by the full lyric and related songs.

Are there related songs to explore after "I GOT A BOY"?

Yes. The related section below points to The Boys (English Version) and FLOWER POWER with a short reason for opening each page next.

Where can I find more songs by Girls' Generation?

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