A track that circles back to a past self, wondering if growth is just a different kind of burnout.
The lyric doesn't romanticize the past or the future.
It sits in the unease between them, where 'yesterday' is both a memory and a thing you trade.
Lyric guide
Yestoday (Extended Version)
A track that circles back to a past self, wondering if growth is just a different kind of burnout.
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Curated by Ethan Walker
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Editor's note
NCT U's 'Yestoday' and the weight of memory
A track that circles back to a past self, wondering if growth is just a different kind of burnout.
Burn out byeonhan jjalbeun kkumi wollae gajang seonmyeonghan beobiya
The lyric doesn't romanticize the past or the future. It sits in the unease between them, where 'yesterday' is both a memory and a thing you trade. That '156 bus' isn't just a setting; it's the container for all this circling thought.
The phrase 'Burn out byeonhan jjalbeun kkumi wollae gajang seonmyeonghan beobiya' gets at something plain but heavy. It's the admission that a bright, quick dream turned into the clearest punishment. There's no grand lesson in it, just the tired recognition that what you chased might be what exhausts you.
Calling a burnt-out dream your clearest punishment cuts through any nostalgia. It's a quiet, brutal accounting of how things actually turned out.
The way 'Grow up grow up grow up' repeats, flat and insistent, lingers. It sounds less like an aspiration and more like a command that's lost its meaning.
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What to keep in your ear
the pull of "156 bus"
the pull of "Burn out byeonhan jjalbeun kkumi wollae gajang seonmyeonghan beobiya"
how "Grow up grow up grow up" turns into a mantra
Lyrics
Yestoday (Extended Version)
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honja mane bakseu an
nareul biuneun shigan
Not feeling anymore now
shimyeon gadeukhan jeoryu sok han gaunde
eojeye naege mianhadan mal
oneure nado neol mollajul
ttaega maneunikkan
nareul milgo milchyeonae
nareul milgo milchyeonae
Yo ije nan yeoreo uimireul
dama nyloncheoreom
neureona sesangeul deopeo
yalbeun magi doeeo
Karma’s on my neck
nal garo makneun neol
i kkumsok aneseo kkael
yonggiga piryohae
nan geue geol manneun nom
Grow up grow up grow up
ije byeonhaeganeun color bar haeyaji
Burn out
byeonhan jjalbeun kkumi wollae gajang
seonmyeonghan beobiya
And let me tell you why
I have been looking for my job lately
'Cause I had no dream maybe
gyegiga dwen gyegin manatji nae sanghwangeul boni
mushidanghajin anchiman but I act like I do
All of my problem neowa meoreojige dwen gyegido
nae sangsanggwaneun dareun sesange angwa bakk
pipyehaejin jeongshingwa nae heotalhan maeum
geureon nal neon neul eotteokedeun kkeulgo garyeo haetji
eojji neon irido ganghal suga itneun geonji uh
yokshimman chaeugi bappatji nan
ireotteon geotto cham manasseo nan
gudi honjaga dweneun bangshigi yuilhage anjeonggameul judeora
hagon gutge mitgoseo deuryeosseotne an joeun beoreuseul
Burn out seontaegira hwakshinhaetteon mideumi
nayakhadaneun tteuseun anini
eojeye neowa nareul beorigo
oneulnare nareul mandeul geonikkan
Don’t killing my vibe 'cause this is me
Broken heart oh apawado
dashi doragal su eopneun iyagi
i jjalbeun kkum oh neoye gieok
itji mothal geotman gateun oneuldo
da naeirimyeon yesterday
Okay back inside my 156 bus
Kinda feel like thinking back
ppareugedo ganeun time
uri salmeul sowondongjeoncheoreom
deonjyeonogo tteonagatteon geuttaega gieokna
Boy didn’t know a lot, I think I’m still the same
ajik tamsaek jungin naye galaxy nado molla naye screen
shiseondeul sogeseo heoujeokgeorineun ge deo shimhaejigo
haetbitboda spotlighteul deo batneun everyday
Makes me think about how
raebi ije naye new 156
For the future traded yesterday nan ajik
chueogi nal mandeureottamyeon
geu ttaeye uriro oneureul mandeureo
I hope you like it where I’m now
Broken heart oh apawado
dashi doragal su eopneun iyagi
i jjalbeun kkum oh neoye gieok
itji mothal geotman gateun oneuldo
da naeirimyeon yesterday
Do you think about me too?
Do you always cry when it rains?
When the pains come in shame
When the fame is a jade and I’m born to be made
But the cost of the fade I’ve got quickly to shade
Ever quickly to hate burning like a serenade
Burning like my hurricanes
When you said it was wrong
Even if there is a right
Now I can only dream about you holding me tight
Can you hold me tight?
Broken heart oh jiwobwado
nae mam gipsugi saegyeojin iyagi
i jjalbeun kkum oh jinan chueok
itji mothal geotman gatdeon shigandeul
sojunghaetteon yesterday
naeirimyeon yesterday
Sorry that I walked away
naeirimyeon yesterday
sojunghaetteon yesterday
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What is "Yestoday (Extended Version)" by NCT U about?
A track that circles back to a past self, wondering if growth is just a different kind of burnout. The lyric doesn't romanticize the past or the future. It sits in the unease between them, where 'yesterday' is both a memory and a thing you trade.
Who performs "Yestoday (Extended Version)"?
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Yes. The related section below points to The 7th Sense (일곱 번째 감각) and Volcano with a short reason for opening each page next.
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