A Korean R&B ballad about wanting to call someone yours, even when you can't.
Most love songs are about possession or loss.
This one lives in the fragile space just before either, where all you have is the want itself.
Lyric guide
Darling
A Korean R&B ballad about wanting to call someone yours, even when you can't.
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Editor's note
Lee Hi's Darling and the ache of waiting
A Korean R&B ballad about wanting to call someone yours, even when you can't.
"sangcheobadeun neoui binjaril chaeuge haejwo"
Most love songs are about possession or loss. This one lives in the fragile space just before either, where all you have is the want itself. The lyric doesn't argue for the relationship; it just names the longing, over and over, until the repetition becomes its own kind of proof.
The Korean phrase "sangcheobadeun neoui binjaril chaeuge haejwo" translates roughly to "let me fill your empty glass." That's the whole gesture right there, not a grand promise, just the quiet, practical act of tending to someone's loneliness. The song keeps circling back to "call you a darling," as if saying the words out loud might make them true, or at least ease the tension of not knowing where you stand.
It's a small, domestic image, filling an empty glass, that holds the entire song's offer. No drama, just presence. That's the devotion she's pitching.
The way her voice lifts on "Sing it like ooh, ooh-ooh" feels less like a hook and more like a sigh, a momentary release from all that held-in feeling.
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What to keep in your ear
the pull of "sangcheobadeun neoui binjaril chaeuge haejwo"
the pull of "call you a darling,"
how "Sing it like ooh, ooh-ooh" turns into a mantra
Lyrics
Darling
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han beondo ireon jeok eopseonneunde
simjangi ireoke seodureuneun ge
gyeote nega isseodo nan amman boge dwae
amu saido anin urinde
wae ireoke singyeong sseuineun geonde
bureugo sipeo neol darling you
nega wonhamyeon bulleojulge
neol wihae mandeun noraero
Sing it like ooh, ooh-ooh
Like ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
nae mami seodureuneun geolkka
neodo nawa gateulkka
Sing it like ooh, ooh-ooh
Like ooh, ooh, ooh
Baby, just call you a darling
Let me call you a darling
sangcheobadeun neoui binjaril chaeuge haejwo
Call you a darling
Can I call you a darling?
dareun sarameun sileo
neo anim an dwae just you
Told you, baby, I can be your hero
geokjeonghal pillyo eopseo, ten to zero
myeot sal chai an naneun nai chai
mwo geureon geollo gominhae no way
hangeoreum gakkawojimyeo gipeojineun gamjeong
juwie neo malgon an boineun nae mam eotteoke hae
deo keojyeoman ganeun imameun sumgiryeo haedo tireul nae
nega wonhamyeon bulleojulge
neol wihae mandeun noraero
Sing it like ooh, ooh-ooh
Like ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
nae mami seodureuneun geolkka
neodo nawa gateulkka
Sing it like ooh, ooh-ooh
Like ooh
Baby, just call you a darling
Let me call you a darling
sangcheobadeun neoui binjaril chaeuge haejwo
Call you a darling
Can I call you a darling?
dareun sarameun sileo
neo anim an dwae just you
You nal deo gidarige haji ma
nado moreuge neoman bomyeon ireoge dwae
nae mameul gajyeoga beorin neo
Oh, you, only you
nal bulleojwo, oh, honey, you
sigani ga nae mami tteonagagi jeone
Oh, woah-oh
Baby, just call you a darling
Let me call you a darling
sangcheobadeun neoui binjaril chaeuge haejwo
Call you a darling
Can I call you a darling?
dareun sarameun sileo
neo anim an dwae just you
Just you
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What is "Darling" by Lee Hi about?
A Korean R&B ballad about wanting to call someone yours, even when you can't. Most love songs are about possession or loss. This one lives in the fragile space just before either, where all you have is the want itself.
Who performs "Darling"?
Lee Hi performs "Darling", and this lyric page sits inside the Lee Hi catalog on LyroVerse.
Does LyroVerse have an editor's note for "Darling"?
Yes. The page carries the LyroVerse editor's note "Lee Hi's Darling and the ache of waiting", followed by the full lyric and related songs.
Are there related songs to explore after "Darling"?
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