DDI RO RI – Bilingual Lyrics Korean/English

• By: MEOVV
• Album: BITE NOW

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the world of MEOVV with 'DDI RO RI'! This song is a perfect gateway to learning contemporary Korean pop slang and rhythmic phrasing. Its catchy hooks and repetitive, stylized lyrics make it an excellent tool for practicing pronunciation and understanding the energetic flow of modern K-pop.

[English]

What’s the deal?

This is just the start, I feel arenas

Shout my name

I float from Korea all the way to Ibiza

Setting trends, I'm already one step ahead

New EP, made on Apple

Fresh out the freezer

Get a taste

Hiding my true colors, keeping it lowkey

One hundred percent, everyone falls for it

You carelessly showed your neck, so vulnerable

In one bite, we take it, like

Me and my girls we on tonight

We outside, just watch us

Open your eyes in the darkness

Turn it up

All the way up

DDI RO RI

When I walk in like a threat

Like a threat

DDI RO RI

Hear this song inside your head

Your head

I be on that new sh-

Ignore everything else

You know I’m the blueprint

I be on that new sh-

On some new sh-

Chic is in my DNA

Check THE LABEL it's BLACK

I pull up right in front of you

Don't close your eyes too fast, okay?

Imma take yours, is that okay?

One of a kind from birth

Was taking my time, now I’m game okay okay?

Diamond is the key, conversation is a luxury

Tell 'em we gon' get it, if you underestimate us, ouchie!

Absolutely supreme

You crave it like a fiend

I need a reason, give me that

Oh we love to cause a scene

Me and my girls we on tonight

We outside, just watch us

Open your eyes in the darkness

Turn it up

All the way up

DDI RO RI

When I walk in like a threat

Like a threat

DDI RO RI

Hear this song inside your head

Your head

I be on that new sh-

Ignore everything else

You know I’m the blueprint

I be on that new sh-

On some new sh-

A melody echoing in your head

Just imagining it is a tragedy for you

Keep your distance, don’t try to talk to me, talk to me like

Wow, we pulling up, look at us straight

Clear the way, our attitude is loud

Yeah they know what we about

You hear that DDI RO RI

Wow, we pulling up, look at us straight

Clear the way, our attitude is loud

Yeah they know what we about

You hear that DDI RO RI

[Korean]

What’s the deal?

이건 시작 I feel arenas

Shout my name

난 Korea에서 Ibiza까지 float

Set the trends 이미 한 수 위야

New EP, made on Apple

Fresh out the freezer

Get a taste

내 본색을 감추고 자세는 lowkey

백이면 백 빠짐없이 다 속지

함부로 틈 보인 네 착한 목덜미

단숨에 we bite it, like

Me and my girls we on tonight

We outside 그저 지켜봐

눈을 떠 어둠 속에서

Turn it up

All the way up

DDI RO RI

When I walk in like a threat

Like a threat

DDI RO RI

Hear this song inside your head

Your head

I be on that new sh-

나머진 다 무시

You know I’m the blueprint

I be on that new sh-

On some new sh-

Chic한 건 모태

Check THE LABEL it's BLACK

I pull up 네 앞에

눈 감지 마 too fast, okay?

Imma take yours, is that okay?

태생부터 one of a kind

Was taking my time, now I’m game okay okay?

Diamond is the key 대화는 사치

Tell 'em we gon' get it 쉽게 봤다간 ouchie!

절대적이야 supreme

You crave it like a fiend

명분이 필요해 give me that

Oh we love to cause a scene

Me and my girls we on tonight

We outside 그저 지켜봐

눈을 떠 어둠 속에서

Turn it up

All the way up

DDI RO RI

When I walk in like a threat

Like a threat

DDI RO RI

Hear this song inside your head

Your head

I be on that new sh-

나머진 다 무시

You know I’m the blueprint

I be on that new sh-

On some new sh-

머릿속 울려 퍼지는 melody

상상만 해도 너에겐 tragedy

거릴 유지해 don’t try to talk to me talk to me like

Wow, we pulling up 똑바로 봐

길을 터 태도는 loud

Yeah they know what we about

You hear that DDI RO RI

Wow, we pulling up 똑바로 봐

길을 터 태도는 loud

Yeah they know what we about

You hear that DDI RO RI

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
시작 sijak Level 1	noun - start, beginning
본색 bonsaek Level 5	noun - true colors, real nature
감추다 gamchuda Level 2	verb - to hide, conceal
자세 jase Level 2	noun - posture, attitude
빠짐없이 ppajimeopsi Level 3	adverb - without exception, thoroughly
속다 sokda Level 2	verb - to be deceived
함부로 hamburo Level 3	adverb - thoughtlessly, rashly
틈 teum Level 2	noun - gap, opening, crack
목덜미 mokdeolmi Level 4	noun - back of the neck
단숨에 dansume Level 3	adverb - at once, in one breath
어둠 eodum Level 2	noun - darkness
무시하다 musihada Level 2	verb - to ignore, disregard
태생 taesaeng Level 5	noun - birth, origin
사치 sachi Level 3	noun - luxury, extravagance
상상 sangsang Level 1	noun - imagination
거리 geori Level 1	noun - distance
유지하다 yujihada Level 3	verb - to maintain
태도 taedo Level 2	noun - attitude

Key Grammar Structures

• 내 본색을 감추고 자세는 lowkey

  ➔ Conjunctive participle (V-고)

  ➔ The suffix "-고" is used to link two actions sequentially or describe a state, meaning "do A and then B".

• 함부로 틈 보인 네 착한 목덜미

  ➔ Past tense modifier (-ㄴ)

  ➔ The "-ㄴ" attached to the verb stem "보이다" modifies the noun "목덜미", indicating an action that already occurred.

• You know I’m the blueprint

  ➔ Subject-Verb-Complement structure

  ➔ In this clause, "the blueprint" serves as a subject complement, equating the identity of the subject "I" to the noun.

• Was taking my time

  ➔ Past Continuous Tense

  ➔ The past continuous "was taking" describes an ongoing action that was happening in the past.

• 쉽게 봤다간 ouchie!

  ➔ Conditional contraction (-다간)

  ➔ "-(으)렸다가는" is contracted to "-다간", used to warn of a negative consequence if the preceding action continues.

• Don’t try to talk to me

  ➔ Imperative Negative Structure

  ➔ The structure "Don't + verb" is used here to give a direct, firm negative command.

• 명분이 필요해 give me that

  ➔ Noun-Verb collocation/Requirement

  ➔ The construction expresses a need for a justification ("명분") followed by an imperative to provide it.

• You know I’m the blueprint

  ➔ Causal implied meaning

  ➔ "You know" functions as a filler or discourse marker suggesting that the statement is a self-evident fact.