A K-pop soloist wrestles with a friendship's slow fade in this raw, bilingual track.
The song's power is in its refusal to pick a side.
It's not a breakup anthem or a reconciliation plea.
Lyric guide
WithOrWithOut
A K-pop soloist wrestles with a friendship's slow fade in this raw, bilingual track.
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Curated by Ethan Walker
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Editor's note
YENA's WithOrWithOut and the ache of moving on
A K-pop soloist wrestles with a friendship's slow fade in this raw, bilingual track.
neon nareul faded
The song's power is in its refusal to pick a side. It's not a breakup anthem or a reconciliation plea. It's the exhausted, circling thought you have at 2 a.m., trying to decide if you're 'just crazy' or if the loss is real, and realizing the answer doesn't change the empty space.
The phrase 'neon nareul faded', you faded me, does the heavy lifting. It's not that she was left; it's that she was slowly made less visible, erased from someone's picture without a fight. That passive voice holds the whole quiet injury of the song, the way a friendship can dissolve just by someone stopping the texts, 'yojeum neo yeollakdo jom tteumhago'.
It flips the script. Instead of singing about missing someone, she names the act of being made to disappear. That one shift in perspective turns a sad song into something quietly furious.
The way 'I'm feeling better better better' repeats, each time sounding a little less convinced, a little more like a spell she's trying to believe.
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What to keep in your ear
the pull of "just crazy"
the pull of "neon nareul faded"
the pull of "yojeum neo yeollakdo jom tteumhago"
Lyrics
WithOrWithOut
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So tell me yojeum wae geurae
chagabge byeonhaebeorin geonde eh eh
Don’t you know? I know that you know
eonjengabuteo honjain nan tto
Without you
yojeum neo yeollakdo jom tteumhago
maeil geu aeman jakku chaenggineun geoya
neo wae neo wae neo wae
So with or without you
amureochi anke neon
Oh yes maybe, I'm just crazy
byeol geo anya nan jebeob cool hae
mame eomneun sorin ijen an hallae
So with or without you
geu aega joni? eojjeom geureoni?
na honjaseo gireul geotta tto (woo woo woo)
Scker punch gyae saenggage michigesseo
I'm feeling better better better
With or without you
neon nareul faded geureoke shwimni?
da piryo eopseo byeonmyeongeun chiweo (woo woo woo)
Sucker punch ne saenggage michigesseo
I'm feeling better better better
With or without you
With or without you
ha ireol jul mollasseo
mweo? utgyeo best friendship
Feel like I'm such a fool
byeonchi anneun geon eopttae
uri yeokshi ttokganne uh
eonjengabuteo
meoreojyeo gan neo
Without you
Have a good day
nan neoboda deo haengbokhallae ay
Let me say yeah (ah yeah)
So with or without you
amureochi ana nan
Oh yes maybe, I'm just crazy
du beon dashi nal chatjin marajweo
chinguraneun ireum ijen jiullae
So with or without you
geu aega joni? eojjeom geureoni?
na honjaseo gireul geotta tto (woo woo woo)
Sucker punch gyae saenggage michigesseo
I'm feeling better better better
With or without you
neon nareul faded geureoke shwimni?
da piryo eopseo byeonmyeongeun chiweo (woo woo woo)
Sucker punch ne saenggage michigesseo
I'm feeling better better better
With or without you
With or without you
All the girls got a rock inside
nan neo eopshin an dwae
All the girls got a rock inside
nan nega piryohae
With or without you, so
All the girls got a rock inside
So break it rock hard
One
majimageuro malhae
Two
chingura mideotgie
Three
mameun jom apeunde
boran deushi jal jinael geoya
nega eopshido nan
geunde wae jakkuman nunmuri
chaoreun geolkka
With or without you
geu aega joni? eojjeom geureoni?
na honjaseo gireul geotta tto (woo woo woo)
Sucker punch gyae saenggage michigesseo
I'm feeling better better better
With or without you
neon nareul faded geureoke shwimni?
da piryo eopseo byeonmyeongeun chiweo (woo woo woo)
Sucker punch ne saenggage michigesseo
I'm feeling better better better
With or without you
With or without you
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What is "WithOrWithOut" by YENA about?
A K-pop soloist wrestles with a friendship's slow fade in this raw, bilingual track. The song's power is in its refusal to pick a side. It's not a breakup anthem or a reconciliation plea.
Who performs "WithOrWithOut"?
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