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Bitter Sweet

A K-pop summer romance that tastes like chocolate and coffee.

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Quick meaning

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A K-pop summer romance that tastes like chocolate and coffee.

What sticks is how the song holds two truths at once without trying to resolve them.

It says 'saredemo (but I didn't feel sad)' right after admitting the feelings never got fully said, and that feels honest.

Editor's note

TWICE's Bitter Sweet Summer Love

A K-pop summer romance that tastes like chocolate and coffee.

amakute horonigai kioku

What sticks is how the song holds two truths at once without trying to resolve them. It says 'saredemo (but I didn't feel sad)' right after admitting the feelings never got fully said, and that feels honest. The memory is both something you'd never trade and something that leaves a slight sting.

The phrase 'amakute horonigai kioku', 'sweet and bitter memories', does a lot of work. It's not just describing a feeling; it's admitting that the good stuff and the hard stuff are stuck together, impossible to separate. You can taste both at once, like that line about 'Chocolate mitaina amai koi' feeling like 'otona ni nareta yōna like a coffee' later on.

It's the core flavor of the song, stated plainly. Sweet and bitter, mixed. That's the memory, and that's why it lasts.

The way 'Bitter and sweet summer' repeats at the top and bottom of the track frames the whole thing. It becomes a mantra, almost.

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the pull of "saredemo (but I didn't feel sad)" the pull of "amakute horonigai kioku" the pull of "Chocolate mitaina amai koi"
Lyrics

Bitter Sweet

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Bitter and sweet summer

Bitter and sweet summer (hah)

Bitter and sweet summer

Bitter sweet, yeah

Isogiashi no sunset

onegai mōsukoshidake

dō ka hikari terashite (shine, shine, shine)

mō natsu mo last ne, ah, yeah

kimi no koto remember

kono kisetsu ni nareba

ima mo clearly, all of my feeling (yeah)

hitotsuhitotsu come back

watashi no kimochinara

kimi ni bareteta ka na?

saigo ni mo omoi o tsutae kirezu

itakedo (so I didn't tell ya)

soredemo (but I didn't feel sad)

kōkai shita koto wanaikara

Baby, amakute horonigai kioku

koi o shi teta no yo, It's so true

ano bittersweet summer (never and ever)

wasurenai forever, oh-oh, oh-oh

te mo tsunagenai kurai kitto

bukiyōdatta futaridakedo

shiawasedatta yo, oh

Bittersweet summer love hmm

hajimete futari ga

mi teta hanabi wa

amarini hakanaku chirukara close my eyes

atosukoshi de bye, bye, bye

nante iyadakedo I smile, smile

kowashitakunai between you and I (yeah)

sunao janai my heart, yeah

kaerimichi hitotoki (toki)

kaiwa togirenai yō ni (yō ni)

kotoba sagashita no wa yasashi sa ne

sari sai (when we had a good time)

furimuita (and you tell me goodbye)

egao ga mata setsunai wa

Baby, amakute horonigai kioku

koi o shi teta no yo, It's so true

ano bittersweet summer (never and ever)

wasurenai forever, oh-oh, oh-oh

te mo tsunagenai kurai kitto

bukiyōdatta futaridakedo

shiawasedatta yo, oh

Bittersweet summer love hmm

Ah, moshi are kara (yeah)

yobitometara (yeah)

kitto nanika ga kawatteta ka na?

isashiburi mata aetara

ittai don'na hanashi o suru no ka na (yeah, yeah)

Chocolate mitaina amai koi (ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh)

otona ni nareta yōna like a coffee

kokoro ni himeta mama de itai

Bitter love, sweet love, summer love, oh yeah

Baby, amakute horonigai kioku (memories)

koi o shi teta no yo, It's so true

ano bittersweet summer (never and ever)

wasurenai forever, oh-oh, oh-oh

te mo tsunagenai kurai kitto (kitto)

bukiyōdatta futaridakedo

shiawasedatta yo, oh

Bittersweet summer love hmm

Bitter and sweet summer

Bitter and sweet summer

Bitter and sweet summer

Bitter sweet

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What is "Bitter Sweet" by TWICE about?

A K-pop summer romance that tastes like chocolate and coffee. What sticks is how the song holds two truths at once without trying to resolve them. It says 'saredemo (but I didn't feel sad)' right after admitting the feelings never got fully said, and that feels honest.

Who performs "Bitter Sweet"?

TWICE performs "Bitter Sweet", and this lyric page sits inside the TWICE catalog on LyroVerse.

Does LyroVerse have an editor's note for "Bitter Sweet"?

Yes. The page carries the LyroVerse editor's note "TWICE's Bitter Sweet Summer Love", followed by the full lyric and related songs.

Are there related songs to explore after "Bitter Sweet"?

Yes. The related section below points to Gone and CHEER UP with a short reason for opening each page next.

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