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The beginning of the song contains lyrics with the phrase, 'yeppi yeppi', which is Korean slang based on the word meaning 'to be pretty' . [16] A part of the song briefly references Lorelei Lee, a character Monroe played in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953), as a philosophy-obsessed bookworm and self-made woman. [17]
Bae (/ b eɪ / BAY) is a slang term of endearment, [1] primarily used among youth. It came into widespread use around 2013 and 2014 through social media and hip-hop and R&B lyrics because apparently those words are just too long. [2] The term originated as an abbreviation of the word baby or babe.
A combination of the adjective 미친; michin, which translates to crazy or insane, and the word 놈; nom or 년; nyeon; 병신; 病 身; byeongsin: Noun. Roughly "moron" or "retard". It is a compound of the word 병; 病; byeong, meaning "of disease" or "diseased", and the word 신; 身; sin, a word meaning "body" originating from the Chinese ...
Blackpink became only the seventh K-pop act to reach number one on the chart, joining the company of Psy, BigBang, 2NE1, Exo, CL, BTS, G-Dragon, and Taeyang. Blackpink broke the record for the fastest act to hit number one on the chart in history, and became only the third act to hold the top two positions after Psy and BigBang. [ 8 ]
"Hwaa" refers to a flower, and represents spring and love. [6] It uses two different Chinese characters with one meaning 'fire' and the other 'flower' ().Both characters are pronounced the same way in Korean as /hwa/ [7] without tonal differences (since modern Korean is a non-tonal language), but are read in Mandarin as /huǒ/ and /huā/, respectively.
When BigHit Music, the South Korean music label behind BTS member Jimin’s solo career, wanted to announce the singer’s newest single, there was arguably only one platform to go to: Weverse, an ...
The best K-pop songs have always transformed their acculturations into a site for stylistic adventurousness, and "Cookie" does so gracefully. – Joshua Minsoo Kim, Pitchfork (2022) [ 5 ] Joshua Minsoo Kim of Pitchfork regarded "Cookie" as the "most interesting selection" from the EP, calling "a weightless groove about courting a crush". [ 5 ]
iKon's Debut Half Album was released digitally on October 1. The group held their first concert, Showtime, on October 3 at the Seoul Olympic Gymnastics Arena; tickets sold out 13,000 tickets. The concert being held at the largest concert hall in Korea was unprecedented for a new K-pop group at the time.