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Once Upon a Time

A Cuban pop quartet looks back at childhood days when every morning felt new.

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A Cuban pop quartet looks back at childhood days when every morning felt new.

Most pop songs about youth lean on regret or innocence lost.

This one fixates on the warmth itself, the bodily memory of it, as if the singer believes that feeling might still be recoverable if they remember precisely enough.

Editor's note

W24's Once Upon a Time remembers a warmer heart

A Cuban pop quartet looks back at childhood days when every morning felt new.

maeilmaeil saeroun kkumeuro gaseum tteugeoweotteon nal

Most pop songs about youth lean on regret or innocence lost. This one fixates on the warmth itself, the bodily memory of it, as if the singer believes that feeling might still be recoverable if they remember precisely enough. There's a stubbornness in the repetition.

The phrase 'maeilmaeil saeroun kkumeuro gaseum tteugeoweotteon nal', every day, a new dream, chest warming, doesn't just describe nostalgia. It pins down that physical sensation of hope, the kind you only get when you're too young to know how rare it is. The song keeps returning to that warmth, almost like trying to hold onto the feeling before it cools.

It's not just 'I remember being happy.' It's the daily renewal of it, the heat in the chest, a specific, physical anchor for a feeling that usually stays vague.

The way the Korean phrases roll and return gives the track a circular, almost lulling quality, even with W24's usual Cuban rhythms underneath.

edit_note Ethan Walker · LyroVerse team · Apr 16
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the pull of "maeilmaeil saeroun kkumeuro gaseum tteugeoweotteon nal" the pull of "I remember being happy."
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Once Upon a Time

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eorin nai

jigeumbodan damdaehaetteon

maeilmaeil saeroun kkumeuro

gaseum tteugeoweotteon nal

saenggangna

maeum han kyeon meonji ssahin

eorin nare sangjareul kkeonaebonda yeoreobonda

magyeonhande sunsuhaeseo

jigeum boda hwilsshin jinshilhaeseo

eorin geu maeumeul pumgo shipeo

eorin nare nae kkumeul

gieokhallae geu maeumeul

jikyeojullae nae yaksok

ijhyeojiji anatta malhallae

nawaye gieokdeuri

bomulgachi sojunghadaneun geol

malhaejugo shipeo

jarangseureoun naye eorin nal

eorin nal

magyeonhande sunsuhaeseo

jigeum boda hwilsshin jinshilhaeseo

eorin geu maeumeul pumgo shipeo

eorin nare nae kkumeul

gieokhallae geu maeumeul

jikyeojullae nae yaksok

ijhyeojiji anatta malhallae

nawaye gieokdeuri

bomulgachi sojunghadaneun geol

malhaejugo shipeo

jarangseureoun naye eorin nal

eorin nai

jigeumbodan damdaehaetteon

maeilmaeil saeroun kkumeuro

gaseum tteugeoweotteon nal

eorin nal

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A Cuban pop quartet looks back at childhood days when every morning felt new. Most pop songs about youth lean on regret or innocence lost. This one fixates on the warmth itself, the bodily memory of it, as if the singer believes that feeling might still be recoverable if they remember precisely enough.

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