A Red Velvet member's solo track questions the whole idea of falling for someone.
This one stays in the hallway, weighing the door handle.
The title isn't 'This Is Love' but 'What If Love', a question mark held until the very end.
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What If Love
A Red Velvet member's solo track questions the whole idea of falling for someone.
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Editor's note
Wendy wonders what love might be
A Red Velvet member's solo track questions the whole idea of falling for someone.
han baljjak dahneun gose naega isseo
Most love songs declare or lament. This one stays in the hallway, weighing the door handle. The title isn't 'This Is Love' but 'What If Love', a question mark held until the very end.
The Korean phrase 'georeumi neurin nae mami himeul naeseo neol jjoccawasseo' translates roughly to 'my heart that's been dragging its feet gathers strength and catches you'. It's that moment of hesitation giving way to action, the internal debate before the leap. She's not describing love as a feeling but as a decision her tired heart makes anyway.
'In the place where one step reaches', it's not about the destination, just the possibility of getting there. The geography is intimate, just one stride.
The way 'Ooh, love, love is mwolkka what is love?' hangs in the air, half-sung, half-sighed. It feels less like a chorus and more like someone thinking out loud.
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the pull of "This Is Love"
the pull of "georeumi neurin nae mami himeul naeseo neol jjoccawasseo"
the pull of "Ooh, love, love is mwolkka what is love?"
Lyrics
What If Love
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moreuneun geot tuseongi
soljikhi nan eoryeowo umm
taiming geuge mwonji
wae meosdaero kkoineunji
georeumi neurin nae mami
himeul naeseo neol jjoccawasseo
han baljjak dahneun gose
naega isseo mwol mangseorini
Ooh, love, love is mwolkka what is love?
Ooh, love eotteokhalkka what if love?
amado naneun neol
One, one, one, my one
The only one, one, one you are
If this is love, love, love, if love
eotteokhalkka eotteokhalkka
What if this is the love?
hanchameul neol barabwa
nae mamgwa ttokgateulkka uhm
yeoksi jal moreugesseo
yeojeonhi cham eoryeowo
georeumi neurin nae mami
himeul naeseo neol jjoccawasseo
han baljjak dahneun gose
nega isseo mwol mangseorini
Ooh, love, love is mwolkka what is love?
Ooh, love eotteokhalkka what if love?
amado naneun neol
One, one, one, my one
The only one, one, one you are
If this is love, love, love, if love
eotteokhalkka eotteokhalkka
angaega gadeukhan neowa na saien
bunmyeonghan ge hana eopsjanha
na neoreul wonhamyeon ganjeolhi baramyeon
gyeolgugen na neoege daheul su isseulkka
One, one, one, my one
The only one, one, one you are
This is the love, love, love I know
This is the love, this is the love
I know this is the love
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What is "What If Love" by WENDY (Red Velvet) about?
A Red Velvet member's solo track questions the whole idea of falling for someone. This one stays in the hallway, weighing the door handle. The title isn't 'This Is Love' but 'What If Love', a question mark held until the very end.
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