%% – Bilingual Lyrics Korean/English

• By: Apink
• Album: PERCENT

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into Apink's '%% (Eung Eung),' a powerful K-pop track that embodies chic confidence and self-worth. This song is an excellent way to learn Korean slang like 'Eung Eung (응응)' itself, which means 'okay' or 'got it,' and to grasp expressions of self-respect and assertiveness in everyday conversation.

[English]

When night falls completely black, my heart pounds, pounding, pounding

Melancholy, I don’t dislike this feeling, it’s cool, cool, cool

On the surface, I look just like ice cream

Colorful and pretty, but a bit cold, yeah

If I were ordinary, you wouldn’t see me who I am

Only the real ones can tell, really sharp and cautious

It’s all a waste to try so easily

That is not enough, baby

Itchy, itchy, I get impatient first

Someone like that just won’t do, I don’t think so

I want to be happy, overflowing with big joy

Make me, I have no confidence, goodbye

Those insincere, sweet words

Thank you, but sorry, ooh ooh

Will you answer me? %% Come out in a blink of an eye

Anyone won't do %% Come out, while I’m asleep %%

It’s so cool, the music of the night street, boom boom boom

So cool, the view outside the window, view view view

Every time it’s about this time, temptations flood in

Even when I shake, but no, no, no, no

It’s a perfect picture, that’s who I am

Waiting for the right moment, truly

Shiny and neat, on the outside, it’s all for show, it’s all a waste

That is not enough, baby

What’s important is that my heart is warm

Someone like that just won’t do, I don’t think so

I want to be happy, overflowing with big joy

Make me, I have no confidence, goodbye

Those insincere, sweet words

Thank you, but sorry, ooh ooh

Will you answer me? %% Come out in a blink of an eye

Anyone won't do %% Come out, while I’m asleep %%

No matter how many times I try, it’s too hard

They’re all the same, I’d said I’d never do it again

But I’m lonely, I want to lean on someone again

Trying to approach me only on appearances, not knowing what I’m going through

Will you answer me? %% Come out in a blink of an eye

Anyone won't do %% Come out, while I’m asleep %%

[Korean]

새까맣게 밤이 되면 가슴이 쿵쿵쿵

Melancholy 싫지 않은 기분이 cool cool cool

겉으로는 마치 아이스크림과 같아 난

알록달록 예쁘지만 좀 차가와 Yeah

평범하다면 못 봐 Who I am

진짜만 진짤 알아봐 정말 까칠까칠

쉽게 보지 못하게 헛수고인 걸

That is not enough baby

간질간질 내가 먼저 속 타게

그런 사람이 아님 안 될 것 같아

행복할래 큰 기쁨에 벅차오르게

만들어줘 자신 없음 Goodbye

진심 없는 그 달콤한 말은

Thank you but sorry ooh ooh

대답해 줄래 %% 나타나 줘 눈 깜짝할 사이

아무나 안돼 %% 나타나 줘 내가 잠든 사이 %%

멋져 밤거리의 음악은 boom boom boom

너무 멋져 창밖으로 보이는 view view view

매번 이때쯤 되면 유혹들이 쇄도

흔들릴 때도 But no no no no

완벽한 그림인 걸 That’s who I am

걸맞는 액잘 기다려 정말

반질반질 겉으론 번듯하네 헛수고인 걸

That is not enough baby

맘이 많이 따뜻한 게 중요해

그런 사람이 아님 안 될 것 같아

행복할래 큰 기쁨에 벅차오르게

만들어줘 자신 없음 Goodbye

진심 없는 그 달콤한 말은

Thank you but sorry ooh ooh

대답해 줄래 %% 나타나 줘 눈 깜짝할 사이

아무나 안돼 %% 나타나 줘 내가 잠든 사이 %%

몇 번을 해봐도 너무나 힘들었지

전부 다 똑같아 다신 안 해 했었지

하지만 외로워 또 기대고 싶어

이런 날 모르고서 겉모습으로만 다가오려 해

대답해 줄래 %% 나타나 줘 눈 깜짝할 사이

아무나 안돼 %% 나타나 줘 내가 잠든 사이 %%

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
밤 /bam/ A1	noun - night
가슴 /gaseum/ A1	noun - chest
기분 /gibun/ A2	noun - mood
행복 /haengbok/ A2	noun - happiness
기쁨 /gippeum/ B1	noun - joy
진심 /jinsim/ B1	noun - sincerity
달콤 /dalkom/ B2	adjective - sweet
멋져 /meotjyeo/ B2	adjective - cool
음악 /eumak/ A1	noun - music
눈 /nun/ A1	noun - eye
사이 /sai/ A2	noun - between
힘들다 /himdeulda/ B1	verb - to be difficult
기다리다 /gidarida/ B1	verb - to wait
나타나다 /natanada/ B2	verb - to appear
유혹 /yuhok/ B2	noun - temptation
외로움 /oeroum/ B2	noun - loneliness

Key Grammar Structures

• 가슴이 쿵쿵쿵

  ➔ Using onomatopoeia to express sound or feeling

  ➔ '쿵쿵쿵' is an onomatopoeic word representing a pounding heartbeat or intense emotion.

• 싫지 않은 기분이 cool cool cool

  ➔ Double negation with '싫지 않은' meaning 'not dislike' or 'like somewhat'

  ➔ '싫지 않은' is a double negative used to express a positive feeling, like 'not dislike' or 'somewhat likable'.

• 그런 사람아님 안 될 것 같아

  ➔ Using the negative form after '아님' (or 아님) meaning 'not that kind of person'

  ➔ '아님' is used with a negative verb to express 'not that kind of person' or to reject a suggestion.

• 우리만 안돼

  ➔ Using '만' to emphasize exclusivity or exception

  ➔ '만' attaches to a noun or pronoun to mean 'only' or 'just', emphasizing exclusivity.

• 몇 번을 해봐도 너무나 힘들었지

  ➔ Conjugation of '해보다' in past tense with '도' meaning 'even if tried multiple times'

  ➔ '도' after a verb expresses 'even if' or 'despite' doing the action multiple times.