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“we started to tell the stories that people wanted to hear and were ready to hear, stories that other people could not or would not tell. we said what other people were feeling—like pain, anxieties and worries. that was our goal, to create this empathy that people can relate to.”

(T/N 1: 땡 (ttaeng) mentioned in the lyrics have 4 meanings: - The onomatopoeia for the sound a xylophone makes when it’s hit after a wrong answer - Name of a Hand in Go-Stop, a Korean card game using Hwatu cards. The player with the strongest Hand wins the game. 38 Gwang Ttaeng, 18 Gwang Ttaeng, 13 Gwang Ttaeng are the strongest Hands in the game. - Jackpot. 땡 잡다 (literally: to grab ttaeng) means “to hit jackpot”, “to come upon good luck by chance”. - The word a player shouts to unfreeze another player after that player froze themselves by shouting “Freeze!” to avoid getting caught in Korean tag game 얼음땡 (Eoreum Ttaeng).)

18, 13, 38, ttaeng U wrong me right, look carefully, ttaeng Ring the school bell brr brr ttaeng Yah, your life’s gone wrong, ttaeng

Hiphop? Ttaeng Rap style? Ttaeng Just a rapper, ttaeng Bangtan = Ttaeng But reality, bang Worldwide, bang Bang bang on the chart, ttaeng Got money, woo AP, woo Nice house, woo Someone’s dream life, woo How bout you? uh I like you! uh This success uh Thanks to you uh Funny right funny right? Yeah Think it’s ridiculous right? Yeah Stop to think about, yeah Why they are, yeah Going crazy, yeah There’s plenty of time for you, yeah This is your homework, homework, yeah If you can’t solve it, your problem is ttaeng

18, 13, 38, ttaeng U wrong me right, look carefully, ttaeng Ring the school bell brr brr ttaeng Yah, your life’s gone for, ttaeng 

18, 13, 38, ttaeng U wrong me right, look carefully, ttaeng Wait a minute, stop, freeze, ttaeng Yah, your life’s gone wrong, ttaeng 

Ttaeng Uhm.. As I see it, y’all are ttaeng We are all ttaeng Whoever’s got the power and influence I don’t give a shit about ttaeng Hunnit bae hunnit bar hunnit bbae hunnit bae ttaeng This music’s shit, bae I’m offended but bae Your opinions are all right, bae We’re going down Billboard is thanks to you bae There’s no one above us We’re going down so thanks Thanks thanks thanks Thanks for ignoring us all this time Thanks to you, stadium, dome, Billboard Thanks to you we gained many things Hey pals from small companies Hope you’ll become big ones soon We’ll go down as you wish So keep worrying for us Ggeut*

18, 13, 38, ttaeng U wrong me right, look carefully, ttaeng Ring the school bell brr brr ttaeng Yah, your life’s gone for, ttaeng

18, 13, 38, ttaeng U wrong me right, look carefully, ttaeng Wait a minute, stop, freeze, ttaeng Yah, your life’s gone wrong, ttaeng

Sound of the cashier counting, ttaeng When I was a child I liked playing tag I’m ding dong, you’re ttaeng You’re 7 Ggeut, I’m ttaeng** Swollen face after eating ramyeon and sleep Dregs do your thing Watch me, I’m your errthang You’re dope? Cool? Oh please It’s so ri-ri-ridiculous that I’m s-s-stuttering Please fo-fo-forgive me I’m not a good ta-ta-talker S-still I try to ta-ta-talk but my mouth keeps getting croo-croo-crooked  Because it’s so so ni-nice, because it’s so so nice Shut up you rappers who don’t even have haters What kind of hater do y’all even have Look at the mirror after bathing your eyes and washing your face That’s your hater breathing right there We celebrate more than celebs Our accelerator still no break What are you? Admit it Y’all frogs who live up to your name I’ll sincerely pray for you to die in your well Ttaeng

18, 13, 38, ttaeng U wrong me right, look carefully, ttaeng Ring the school bell brr brr ttaeng Yah, your life’s gone for, ttaeng

18, 13, 38, ttaeng U wrong me right, look carefully, ttaeng Wait a minute, stop, freeze, ttaeng Yah, your life’s gone wrong, ttaeng

(T/N 2:

*Ggeut: in Go-Stop, when a player’s cards don’t belong to any Hand, they’re called Ggeut. A Ggeut’s value is the sum of the last digit of a Hand’s card. The higher the value, the more the Ggeut’s worth.