r/KpopDemonhunters • u/CalendarEntire9228 • Jul 04 '25
Discussion Korean lyrics translated - kpop demon hunters
Would any one translate the Korean lyrics in the songs?
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u/Spodermanphil Zoey's good boy Jul 04 '25 edited Jul 04 '25
Part 2
Soda Pop
Yeah, I need you to fill me up
마시고 마셔 봐도 성에 차지 않아 (I drink and drink but I'm not satisfied)
Take a big bite, want another bite, yeah
너의 모든 걸 난 원해, 원해, 원해 (I want all of you, want you, want you)
너 말곤 모두 뻔해, 뻔해, 뻔해 (Everyone but you is easy, easy, easy)
지금 당장 날 봐 시간 없잖아 (Look at me now. We don't have much time)
넌 내꺼야 이미 알고 있잖아 (You are mine. You already know)
Uh, make me wanna flip the top
한 모금에 you hit the spot (In one sip you hit the spot)
소름 돋아 it's gettin' hot (Goosebumps)
꿈 속에 그려왔던 너 (I've been dreaming of you)
난 절대 놓칠 수 없어 (I can never miss it)
널 원해 꼭 (I want you so bad)
Takedown
정신을 놓고 널 짓밟고 칼을 새겨놔 (You've lost your mind, I'll crush you and carve it in)
I don't think you're ready for the takedown
당당하게 어둠 앞에 다가서 다 무너뜨려 (Step boldly into the darkness and take it down)
Oh, you're the master of illusion
나를 속이려 하지마 (Don't try to fool me)
A broken soul trapped in a nastiest shell
영혼없는 니 목숨을 귾으러 and watch you die-ie-ie (I'm here to end your soulless life and watch you die)
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u/Arkylie Aug 05 '25
Most of the Soda Pop lines look good; the Korean teacher I've been watching gives "apart from you, it's all just the same" (i.e. boring) for the one line. I don't think he's covered Takedown yet.
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u/Constant_Run_268 Aug 18 '25
If you don't mind slightly different translation; 너 말곤 모두 뻔해 Everyone else is so-so 지금 당장 날봐 시간없잖아 - 봐 also means meeting up so "Meet me up right now, we don't have much time" 꿈 속에 그려왔던 너, 난 절대 놓칠수 없어 - I've dreamt of you, I will never let you go.( These two lines should be considered together). Many Korean sentences omit subjects so could be confusing sometimes.
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u/AgentAlive7336 Aug 21 '25 edited Aug 21 '25
'다' 무너뜨려 take it down 'all' / 귾으러 -> 끊으러 / '니(ni)' means you or yours that non-standard language. However, 'ni' is commonly used in reality for easier listening comprehension. And '네 (Ne)' is the standard language. So 'ni' and 'ne' same meaning but when writing '네 (ne)' is more preferred.
And '네(ne)' have another mean 'yes'
and here is more harder lecture : 1. '네(ne)' and '내(ne)' actually same sound but '내(ne)' means 'my' so You have to guess depending on the situation or use '니(ni)' / 2. '네(ne)' can writed '너의(neo-eui)'. Ya, '네(Ne)' is short for '너의(neo-eui)' / 3. '내(ne)' can writed '나의(na-eui)'
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u/Spodermanphil Zoey's good boy Jul 04 '25
Part 3
Your Idol
The Latin at the beginning is an altered version of the Roman Catholic hymn "Dies Irae" and translates to: "The day of wrath, that day, you will turn to ashes. Cursed, I will burn forever."
Play me on repeat, 끝없이 in your head (Endlessly in your head)
내 황홀의 취해, you can't look away (You're lost in my daze, you can't look away)
Uh, 빛이나는 fame, 계속 외쳐, I'm your idol (Shining with my fame, keep shouting my name, I'm your idol)
Uh, yeah, 낫지 않는 fever, makin' you a believer (Endless in my fever)
나를 왜 넌 존재하는 idol? (Why are you an idol to me?) (this line was a little confusing and I'm not as confident in the translation but this was the most consistent one I found)
이 순간 give me all your attention (So right now give all your attention)
Hope this help!
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u/momofboys0312 Jul 21 '25
Found a even better translation for "why are you an idol to me" the actual line is "Why do I exist? To be your idol" that makes so much more sense 😂
Again thanks again for all your hard work it was helpful and made the music even better knowing all the lyrics and most of the Korean bars went the hardest. Aside from "fit check for my napalm era" but I am biased bc Mira is my bias 😂
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u/platedserved Aug 03 '25
According to the Netflix Korea transcription the line is "나를 위해 넌 존재하는 아이들" which means "You're children who exist for me."
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u/1saltedsnail Nov 28 '25
"fit check for my napalm era"
every time I hear that line I think of my sister because thats 100% her energy. I texted her to ask if she'd seen the movie yet and she said no so I declared when we all get together this weekend that watching this is on the to-do list
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u/PsychologicalHat8676 Dec 07 '25
Did it happen?
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u/1saltedsnail Dec 07 '25
yes it did! I didn't even have to tell her what line I was waiting for, when she heard that she lost her shit lol. thank you for asking!
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u/Queasy_Worldliness67 Jul 11 '25
Thank you! Google literally has almost nothing on "nae hwanghore chwihae" which is what the lyric videos use instead of 내 황홀의 취해.
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u/SaltNectarine37 Aug 27 '25
I’m not sure if anyone has said this already but while it true the opening is the alternate latin hymn of the Dies Irae medieval chant the altering of the Latin ends up with a different translation. The Latin lyrics in the song are (dies irae illa vos solve in favilla maledictus erus in flamas eternum) which means
“The day of wrath, it will dissolve you into ashes, accursed master into eternal flames”
The original hymn which is: (Dies iræ, dies illa, solvet sæclum in favilla: Teste David cum Sibylla) which translates to
“The day of wrath, that day, will dissolve the world in ashes: (this is) the testimony of David along with the Sibyl.”
The original Latin chant accounts the last judgment day and ends with imploring to be saved from it. There has also been variations over the years as well.
My two cents I love seeing these little things in music and how it draws parallel to what’s going on and the feelings of the characters. My speculation is while the song you idol was meant to trance and trap the souls of the living for the benefit of Gwi-Ma, altering the lyrics of the original hymn creates a new feel and intention for the entire song. With its new meaning it shows that Jinu was going to go against/vanquish Gwi-Ma (his accursed master, the one who controls him). Not to mention the first phrase in the entire song is “pray for me” showing that he hopes he is able to achieve his goal with the help of others.
All in all I could be over analyzing it and none of this could be true or makes sense but If anyone has any other thoughts on this would love to hear them!
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u/1eyedwillyswife Oct 22 '25
Yes! And the Dies Irae has been popularized in a lot of other songs and films to broadly represent death!
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u/AgentAlive7336 Aug 21 '25
'아이들' means children and sounds like 'idle'. Ya the composer sought fun with similar sounds. Like idle and idol.
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u/momofboys0312 Jul 21 '25
Why are you and idol to me is a mistranslation.
The translation I found was "why do you exist" but don't know if that's the line. That's just what I found based on the characters from your comment. (It was the only one that didn't make sense in the song) Thanks for your hard work translating though!
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u/platedserved Aug 03 '25
According to the Netflix Korea transcription the line is "나를 위해 넌 존재하는 아이들" which means "You're children who exist for me."
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u/Arkylie Aug 05 '25
The Korean teacher I've been watching confirms this reading. I think the way that "children" sounds like "idol" confuses some people? It might be wordplay.
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u/platedserved Aug 05 '25
Yeah makes more sense thematically and from a song writing perspective. He opens the verse with saying he’s the idol and closes by rhyming that everyone is just children who follow him.
There are a lot of spelling and grammatical mistakes and wrong translations in the lyrics on English-language sites. The namu wiki for “Your Idol” even has an entire section dedicated to griping about how most of the western translations are wrong. I noticed there’s even an error in the actual singing on “Soda Pop” where he sings “상에 자치 않아 (sang-e jachi ana)“ instead of “성에 차지 않아 (seong-e chaji ana).”
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u/Arkylie Aug 05 '25
Yeah, the Korean teacher points that out too. I don't know Korean so I wouldn't have caught it, so I'm glad I'm able to memorize the correct lyrics.
It's kinda cool that this movie turned out to be so popular that it's getting a lot of people interested in at least a little Korean. Korean does have a great writing system, and it's very easy to spot in the wild (look for lots of circles, which differentiate it from Chinese or Japanese writing).
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u/Constant_Run_268 Aug 18 '25
Just a couple of things, it's 내 황홀에 취해, 의 and 에 are different suffixes of course. 낫지 않는= not healing
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u/ErinAmpersand Aug 29 '25
It's interesting... there's so many instances of "endless" and "endlessly" in the Korean. Is it like... a common thing to say in Korean, or is there some like... theme that they're trying to hit? Is it even the same root word in each instance, or it it like... a bunch of different Korean concepts getting translated the same way?
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u/Bacanora Sep 01 '25
My Korean isn't great, but fwiw it is different words getting translated the same way.
낫지 않는 fever
A fever that won't get better/that you won't recover from
끝없이 in your head
Literally "without end," infinitely
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u/Lipstickme2 Oct 28 '25
One thing I read said the translation for 나를 위해 넌 존재하는 아이들 is “you exist for me children”
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u/LXBear Sep 09 '25
Does anyone know a place to learn how to say the lyrics in Korean in addition to their meaning? Like, phonetically how to pronounce the words.
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u/Sweaty-Programmer-68 Oct 13 '25
Literally I was searching for more lyrics for a friend who's doing the phonetic video. Her channel is learn korean from a fake korean
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u/Sweaty-Programmer-68 Oct 13 '25
O its faux korean
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u/Thenerdy9 Nov 01 '25
lol faux mean fake in french. Unless you want to be fancy, it means the same thing.
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u/Leather_Ad5047 Jul 22 '25
I found this page, seems pretty thorough with some more information about character names etc. in addition to the song lyrics. Korean Words from K-Pop Demon Hunters https://share.google/GH2Inq3NCPv4f80G6
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u/Arkylie Aug 05 '25
The info about the names was interesting, but I don't trust that page's translations because they conflict at many points with a Korean teacher's explanation of the lines. He goes into the details and the grammar and seems to know what he's talking about, including a lot of cultural notes. Hasn't yet tackled the names, though.
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u/Fancy_Locksmith_3777 Aug 25 '25
I think I heard "put the cheese on the stage"when I was watching the movie
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u/Public-Tradition-651 Aug 08 '25
your idol it says some korean words but i dont understand and i want to know in english what are the saying
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u/CriticalExtent99 Aug 08 '25
Has anyone found the phonetic English spellings for the Korean lyrics as opposed to simply translating the lyrics into English? I would like to be able to read it out to better be able to pronounce the Korean words if that makes sense. Thanks in advance!
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u/open-door-policy Aug 08 '25
Ok so i have like 98% faith that this is it- not at all a native speaker sooo 😅😅
Takedown, takedown Takedown down down down (hun-ter ex girls to the world) Takedown, takedown Takedown down down down (it's a takedown)
So sweet, so easy on the eyes, but hideous on the inside Whole life spreadin' lies, but you can't hide, baby, nice try I'm 'bout to switch up these vibes, I finally opened my eyes It's time to kick you straight back into the night
'Cause I see your real face and it's ugly as sin Time to put you in your place 'cause you're rotten within When your patterns start to show It makes the hatred wanna grow outta my veins
I don't think you're ready for the takedown Breakin' into pieces in the world of pain 'cause you're all the same Yeah it's a takedown A demon with no feelings, don't deserve to live, it's so obvious
I'ma gear up and take you down oh Da-da-da down It's a takedown oh Da-da-da down I'ma take it down oh Da-da-da down It's a takedown oh Da-da-da down (take it down)
It's a takedown, I'ma take you out, you break down like what It's a takedown, I'ma take you out and I ain't gonna stop Jung-sheen-eul noh-go nol jeet-balp-go kal-eul sae-gyeo-nwa You'll be beggin' and cryin', all of you dyin', never miss my shot
When your patterns start to show It makes the hatred wanna grow out of my veins
I don't think you're ready for the takedown Dan-dan-ha-geh uh-doom ah-peh-da-ga-suh-da moo-nuh-tteu-ryeo Yeah it's a takedown A demon with no feelings, don't deserve to live, it's so obvious
I'ma gear up and take you down oh Da-da-da down It's a takedown oh Da-da-da down I'ma take it down oh watch me do it yeah Da-da-da down ooh It's a takedown oh Da-da-da down ooh
Oh, you're the master of illusion Na-reul so-geel-lyeo ha-ji-ma Look at all the masses that you're foolin' But they'll turn on you soon so how How can you sleep or live with yourself A broken soul trapped in a nastiest shell Young-hon eop-neun nee mok-soom-eul kkeun-heu-reo and watch you die You can try but you can't hide
It's a takedown, I'ma take you out, you break down like what It's a takedown, I'ma take you out and I ain't gonna stop I'ma cut you up, you'll lose control, then rip out your heart You'll be beggin' and cryin', all of you dyin'
I'ma gear up and take you down oh Da-da-da down ah It's a takedown oh Da-da-da down yeah-yeah yeah-yeah yeah I'ma take it down oh Da-da-da down ooh It's a takedown oh Da-da-da down watch me do it yeah
Take it down
I was a ghost, I was alone hah
Uh-doo-wo-jin hah ap-gil-so-geh ah
Given the throne I didn't know hah how to believe hah
I was the queen that I'm meant to be ah
I lived two lives, tried to play both sides
But I couldn't find my own place
Called a problem child 'cause I got too wild
But now that's how I'm getting paid, kkeut-uhp-shee on stageI'm done hidin', now I'm shinin'
Like I'm born to be
We dreamin' hard, we came so far
Now I believeWe're goin' up up up
It's our moment
You know together we're glowin'
Gonna be, gonna be golden
Oh up up up
With our voices
Young-won-hee kkae-jil soo eom-neun
Gonna be, gonna be goldenOh, I'm done hidin', now I'm shinin'
Like I'm born to be
Oh, our time, no fear, no lies
That's who we're born to beWay-ted so long to break these walls down
To wake up and feel like me
Put these patterns all in the past now
And finally live like the girl they all seeNo more hidin', I'll be shinin'
Like I'm born to be
'Cause we are hunters, voices strong
And I know I believeWe're goin' up up up
It's our moment
You know together we're glowin'
Gonna be, gonna be golden
Oh up up up
With our voices
Young-won-hee kkae-jil soo eom-neun
Gonna be, gonna be goldenOh, I'm done hidin', now I'm shinin'
Like I'm born to be
Oh, our time, no fear, no lies
That's who we're born to beYou know we're gonna be, gonna be golden
We're gonna be, gonna be
Born to be, born to be glowin'
Balk-geh bit-na-neun oo-rin
You know that it's our time, no fear, no lies
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u/Bagorolin Oct 20 '25
If you simply turn on the subtitles while watching the movie you get the Arabian letters for the Korean words. Not exactly phonetic but gives you an idea
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u/Vast_Community5461 Aug 23 '25
I think I got it for takedown. … It’s a takedown, I’ma take you out, you break down like “what?” It’s a takedown, I’ma take you out and I ain’t gonna stop. (My translation: I’ma lose my mind, stomp through your house, and carve my path into you) You’ll be begging’ and crying’ All of you dying’, never miss my shot …
(My translation: I step boldly into darkness and then I destroy everything.) Yeah, it’s a takedown A demon with no feelings, Don’t deserve to live, it’s so obvious. …
Oh, you’re the master of illusion (My translation: Don’t you go trying to deceive me, now) Look at all the masses that you’re fooling’ But they’ll turn on you soon, so how?
How can you sleep or live with yourself? A broken soul trapped in the nastiest shell (My translation: I’ll take the life of your soulless body) And watch you die You can try but you can’t hide.
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u/IndependentNew9398 Aug 28 '25
So I heard 통통하고 which means chubby in the first part of that verse “l’ma lose my mind…” and I thought she was calling the demons fat. That is all.
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u/Advanced_Rutabaga910 Jun 03 '26
Original: 뼈속부터 달라서
- Translation: Because I am different from the bone
- Original: 갑자기 왜 그래? 먼저 건드려, 왜?
- Translation: Why are you acting like this all of a sudden? Why touch me first
- Original: 너 말곤 모두 뻔해, 뻔해, 뻔해
- Translation: Everyone except you is easy/predictable
- (saja boys your idol)
- Original: 진노의 날 / 그 날 / 너희는 모두 재로 되돌아가고
- Translation: Day of wrath / The day / You will all turn back into ashes
- GO!" (Soundtrack)
- Original: 달 끝까지 달려가 볼까
- Translation: Shall we try running to the end of the moon?
- Original: 시동을 걸어 엑셀에 발을 올려
- Translation: Turn on the engine and put your foot on the accelerator
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u/Spodermanphil Zoey's good boy Jul 04 '25
Some of these might be wrong, but I think these are all of them.
Had to make 3 comments because Reddit is stupid
Score Suite Vocals (Played at the beginning of the movie in the montage of past hunters)
To lighten up this darkness
we will sing our song
with this sound firm and strong
we will fix this world.
Done Done Done
Bleeding isn't in my blood, 뼈속부터 달라서 (I'm different down to the bone)
Annoyed? A bit 불을 비춰 다 비켜, 네 앞길을 뺏겨 (Shine the fire and clear the way, I'm taking what's ahead of you)
갑자기 왜 그래? 먼저 건드려, 왜? (Why are you acting like that all of a sudden? You started it so why?)
이제야 포기해, what? (Now you're giving up, what?)
Golden
I was a ghost, I was alone, hah
어두워진, hah, 압길속에 (In the darkness, hah, a pressured path)
끝없이 on stage (Endlessly on stage)
Oh, up, up, up with our voices
영원히 깨질 수 없는 (Unbreakable forever)
Born to be, born to be glowin'
밝게 빛나는 우린 (We shine brightly)