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BTS (방탄소년단) - '어른아이 (Adult Child)' Lyrics

Mar 15, 2023
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Updated: Jul 29, 2024




BTS (방탄소년단) - '어른아이 (Adult Child)' Lyrics (With English Translation)

[Suga] : 아.. 이제 스무살인데

Ah... now I'm 20 years old

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막상 돼 보니까.. 별것도 없고, Now that it's happened, I realize it's nothing special

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저 이제 어떻게 해야 돼요?

What should I do now?

[Jin, RM, Suga] : 스무살이고 좋은 날이고 I'm twenty years old and it's a good day

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자유의 몸이 된 거야 My body's become free

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근데 이게 뭐니 아무것도 아니잖아 But there's nothing to it

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어른이 된 거야 I've become an adult

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그냥 어른이 된 거야 I just became an adult

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그냥 어른이 된 너야 I just became an adult

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평범한 어른이 된 거야 I've become an ordinary adult

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평범한 어른이 된 나야 I've become an ordinary adult

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어른이

An adult

[RM] : 누군 무슨 대를 가고, Someone goes to a certain college

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누군 군대를 가고 Someone went to the army

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누군 재수를 하고 Someone took the exam again

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누군 일자리를 찾네 Someone's looking for a job

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가족들의 어루만짐, Family's touch

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그 달콤한 로맨스는 끝 That sweet romance ended

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남은 건 그저 서두름과 서투름뿐 All that's left is haste and clumsiness

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깃털같을 줄로만 알았던 스무살의 무게 The weight of a 20-year-old that I thought would be like a feather

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이젠 바위가 되어 짓눌러, 스무살의 후회 Now a rock is pressing on me, a twenty year old's regret

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Oh no! 이제 막 동화책을 뛰쳐나온 피터팬들 Peter Pan, who just left the fairy tale book

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처음부터 없었나봐 네버랜드는 I guess Neverland didn't exist from the beginning

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약간의 해방감, A little bit of liberation

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약간의 안타까움 A little bit of regret

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낯선 세상에 드는 약간의 반감 A little bit of hostility towards an unfamiliar world

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이미 성인이니 난 시치미떼고 싶지 I'm already an adult, I want to pretend not to know

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젊음이니 청춘이니 다 부질이 없어 really Youthfulness and one's youth are all useless really

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이야.. 내 가사 봐봐 철들었어 Yeah, look at my lyrics, I've grown up

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취직한 친구는 철 대신 서류철 들었어 A friend who got a job took a file instead of a file

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난 애어른이었지만 이제는 어른아이 I was an adult child but now I'm an adult

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챙겨주는 엄마도 없어, 끼니를 거른다

With no mother to take care of me, I skip meals

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[Jin, RM, Suga] : 스무살이고 좋은 날이고 I'm twenty years old and it's a good day

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자유의 몸이 된 거야 My body's become free

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근데 이게 뭐니 아무것도 아니잖아 But there's nothing to it

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어른이 된 거야 I've become an adult

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그냥 어른이 된 거야 I just became an adult

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그냥 어른이 된 너야 I just became an adult

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평범한 어른이 된 거야 I've become an ordinary adult

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평범한 어른이 된 나야 I've become an ordinary adult

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어른이

An adult

[Suga] : (Suga) 20대 남성은 필히 받게 되는 것 중 Among the things that a man in his 20s must receive,

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심히 두려운 군입대 영장, A very dreaded military draft

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멀게 느꼈었던 일이 현실이 돼 What I felt was far away becomes a reality

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어릴 적에 크면 통일될 거래 When I was young, they said "when you grow up, Korea will be unified"

라던 엄마 말만 철썩같이 믿고 믿었네 That's what my mom said and I trusted her so much

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But 현실은 건실한 1급에 현역 대상자 But the reality is that I'm a healthy first-class active duty candidate

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건강이 멀쩡한 친구도 4급인데요 My friend is a level 4 when he's perfectly healthy

*This line is talking about the results from the physical examination test to enter the military. You're excused from service if your score is too low. 난 왜 쓸데없이 건강하기만 한 거야 Why am I so healthy for no reason?

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국방의 의무, 그건 청춘 사망선고야 Defense obligations, that's a youth death sentence

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국가가 인정한 하위 10프로를 시기해 시기 Jealous of the country's recognized bottom 10 per cent

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꽃다울 시기 날리니 군대를 기피해 기피 Avoiding the army because it will blow away the flowery season

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20대, 뭘 해도 화려할 때 When you're in your 20s, whatever you do is glamorous,

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꽃이 핀 청춘을 불태우려 하네 Trying to burn the blooming youth

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지겨운 입시를 마치고 졸업한 순간 The moment you graduate from a boring college entrance exam, 사회란 학교에 입학 후 강제 휴학 You enter a school called society, then are forced to take a leave of absence 당하게 된 20대 남성에게 용기의 박수를 Let's give a round of applause to a man in his 20s

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60만 국군 장병에겐 감사의 악수를

Let's give a hand of thanks to 60,000 South Korean soldiers


[Jin, RM, Suga] : 스무살이고 좋은 날이고

I'm twenty years old and it's a good day

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자유의 몸이 된 거야

My body's become free

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근데 이게 뭐니 아무것도 아니잖아

But there's nothing to it

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어른이 된 거야

I've become an adult

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그냥 어른이 된 거야

I just became an adult

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그냥 어른이 된 너야

I just became an adult

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평범한 어른이 된 거야

I've become an ordinary adult

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평범한 어른이 된 나야

I've become an ordinary adult

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어른이

An adult

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[RM] : 스무살이 되고, 세상이라는 학교에 입학했지만 거긴 선생님도 없더라고 When I turned 20, I entered a school called world, but there were no teachers there

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[Suga] : 누군 재수에 누군 군댈 가겠지만 Someone will take an exam, someone will join the army but

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마냥 순수했던 이 때를 잊지 마 Forever don't forget this innocent time

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[RM] : 어른, 그거 별 거 아니니까 Adult, it's not a big deal

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[Suga] : 어른, 그거 별 거 아니니까 Adult, it's not a big deal

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[RM] : 그거 별 거 아니니까 It's nothing

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[Suga] : 진짜 별 거 아니니까

It's really nothing


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