A 2017 track where waiting in darkness turns into a vow to shine together.
TaeYang often writes about devotion as a physical stance, a posture you maintain.
Here, waiting isn't emptiness, it's the gathered material for a promise.
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White Night
A 2017 track where waiting in darkness turns into a vow to shine together.
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Curated by Ethan Walker
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Editor's note
TaeYang's White Night holds a promise close
A 2017 track where waiting in darkness turns into a vow to shine together.
I just wanna hold you close
TaeYang often writes about devotion as a physical stance, a posture you maintain. Here, waiting isn't emptiness, it's the gathered material for a promise. The shift to English at the end, 'Shining like the sun in the night sky', feels less like a translation and more like stating the achieved truth in a different tongue.
The phrase 'neol gidarigo', I wait for you, carries the whole weight. It's not passive hoping; it's the daily act of staying put in the same place, 'maeil gateun jarie', until the sky finally gives a thread of light. That waiting becomes a kind of fuel, so when he sings 'I just wanna hold you close', it's less a request and more a fact he's already earned.
After all that Korean imagery of dark and light, this plain English line arrives not as a chorus hook but as the simple, final thing the whole song was walking toward.
The way his voice lifts on 'bicci naerimyeon', when the light comes down, has a quiet, catching relief.
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What to keep in your ear
the pull of "Shining like the sun in the night sky"
the pull of "neol gidarigo"
the pull of "maeil gateun jarie"
Lyrics
White Night
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eoduwojin bam haneul hanjulgi bicci naerimyeon
maeil gateun jarie oneuldo neol gidarigo
gariwojin gureum dwi biccnaneun bulbicci
hayahge taoreumyeon neoege nan ip majchuji
gamassdeon nuneul tteo machi
achimi balka ol ttaecheoreom
nuni busin jigeum i sungan
geutorok barae wassdeon modeun geol
oneul bam neowa naega
chamassdeon sumeul dasi swil su issge
wonhaessdeon kkumeul gati kkul su issge
I just wanna hold you close
ibeoni majimagin deusi
neol wihae jeo haneure nal deonjyeoseo
Shining like the sun in the night sky
There’s nothing that can stop us
I just wanna hold you close
ibeoni majimagin deusi
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What is "White Night" by TaeYang about?
A 2017 track where waiting in darkness turns into a vow to shine together. TaeYang often writes about devotion as a physical stance, a posture you maintain. Here, waiting isn't emptiness, it's the gathered material for a promise.
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