BTS - Aliens Lyrics (Hangul / Romanized / English Translation) & Vocabulary Notes

BTS - Aliens

🎵 Album: ARIRANG | 📅 Release: 2026-03-20

🇰🇷 Hangul 🗣️ Romanization 💬 English Translation 📚 Vocab Notes

[Verse 1]

This gon’ be the jam of the year

지루하고 따분해 모든 게

Ji-ru-ha-go tta-bun-hae mo-deun ge

Everything is so boring and dull

시간은 참 빨라 tick-tock

Si-gan-eun cham ppal-la tick-tock

Time flies so fast, tick-tock

Stadium으로 집합

Stadium-eu-ro jip-hap

Everyone assemble at the stadium

도대체 뭘 더 고민해?

Do-dae-che mwol deo go-min-hae?

What on earth are you still hesitating about?

태생부터 다른 seven aliens

Tae-saeng-bu-teo da-reun seven aliens

Seven aliens, built different right from birth

우릴 부러워하네 저 civilians

U-ril bu-reo-wo-ha-ne jeo civilians

All those civilians look at us in envy

굳이 설명하기 입 아파

Gu-ji seol-myeong-ha-gi ip a-pa

It's a waste of breath to even explain

Stadium으로 집합

Stadium-eu-ro jip-hap

Everyone assemble at the stadium

도대체 뭘 더 고민해?

Do-dae-che mwol deo go-min-hae?

What on earth are you still hesitating about?

📚 Section Vocabulary & Notes:

• 집합 (Jip-hap): Gathering / Assembly — Often used in military or school contexts for calling everyone into formation; here BTS call the masses to gather at massive stadiums.
• 태생 (Tae-saeng): Origin / By birth — Emphasizes inherent nature or being "born different".
• 입 아파 (Ip a-pa): Literal translation is "my mouth hurts," an everyday Korean idiom meaning "it's totally obvious and a waste of breath to keep explaining."

[Pre-Chorus]

Hello this your, hello this your new honey

박수 쳐, 흔들어, 중모리

Bak-su chyeo, heun-deu-reo, jung-mo-ri

Clap your hands, shake it, hit that Jungmori groove

Oh my god, do I look too funny?

뭐 어쩔래 just move for me

Mwo eo-jjeol-lae just move for me

What you gonna do about it? Just move for me

Yeah move for me

📚 Section Vocabulary & Notes:

• 중모리 (Jung-mo-ri): A quintessential 12-beat mid-tempo rhythmic cycle (장단, *Jangdan*) used in traditional Korean Pansori and folk music. Blending it with modern hip-hop highlights BTS's Korean musical roots.
• 뭐 어쩔래 (Mwo eo-jjeol-lae): "What are you gonna do about it?" — A confident, playful colloquial challenge to onlookers and critics.

[Chorus]

From the 가나 to the 하

From the ga-na to the ha

From the Ga-na to the Ha (from A to Z)

우리 보고 배워놔

U-ri bo-go bae-wo-nwa

Watch us closely and take notes

Yeah we aliens

If you wanna hit my house

신발은 벗어놔

Sin-bar-eun beo-seo-nwa

Take off your shoes at the door

Yeah we aliens

어쩜 그래 shameless

Eo-jjeom geu-rae shameless

How can you be so shameless?

예의를 차려 we aliens

Ye-ui-reul cha-ryeo we aliens

Mind your manners, we aliens

해는 동쪽에서 risin’

Hae-neun dong-jjog-e-seo risin’

The sun is risin' from the East

Aliens, aliens

📚 Section Vocabulary & Notes:

• 가나... 하 (Ga-na... Ha): Refers to the first syllables (가, 나) and the final syllable (하) of the Korean alphabet (Hangul) ordering system — equivalent to the English idiom "from A to Z".
• 신발은 벗어놔 (Sin-bar-eun beo-seo-nwa): "Take off your shoes" — References the essential Korean household custom of removing footwear before entering, symbolizing respect for boundaries and culture.
• 예의를 차려 (Ye-ui-reul cha-ryeo): "Show proper etiquette / Mind your manners" — Demanding respect from those who try to enter their space without humility.

[Post-Chorus]

Every night, every day

뭐든 더 빠르게

Mwo-deun deo ppa-reu-ge

Faster at everything we do

매일 밤새워대

Mae-il bam-sae-wo-dae

Pulling all-nighters every single day

Yeah we livin’ that

Aliens, aliens

Every night, every day

뭐든 더 빠르게

Mwo-deun deo ppa-reu-ge

Faster at everything we do

시대가 우릴 원해

Si-dae-ga u-ril won-hae

The era demands us

Yeah we livin’ that

Aliens, aliens

📚 Section Vocabulary & Notes:

• 밤새워대 (Bam-sae-wo-dae): To repeatedly pull all-nighters — The suffix '-대다' indicates relentless, continuous action, highlighting their tireless grind.
• 시대 (Si-dae): The era / generation / times — Conveys that their cultural impact is destiny calling them forward.

[Verse 2]

It goes

Let me, honey, talk about the business

Everybody know now where the K is

어디까지 가니 이런 제길

Eo-di-kka-ji ga-ni i-reon je-gil

How far are we gonna take this? Damn right

저주하니 아직? 흉즉대길

Jeo-ju-ha-ni a-jik? Hyung-jeuk-dae-gil

Still wishing ill on us? Watch that bad luck flip into supreme fortune

Pardon 김구 선생님 tell me how you feel

Pardon Kim Gu seon-saeng-nim tell me how you feel

Pardon me, Teacher Kim Gu, tell me how you feel

영어는 또 나밖에 못 해 but that is how we kill

Yeong-eo-neun tto na-bak-ke mot hae but that is how we kill

I'm still the only one speaking English, but that's just how we kill it

눈만 또 허벌나게 큰 너희가 말하길

Nun-man tto heo-beol-na-ge keun neo-hui-ga mal-ha-gil

Eyes popping wide open in disbelief, you all go and ask

Are they for real? For real?

📚 Section Vocabulary & Notes:

• 흉즉대길 (Hyung-jeuk-dae-gil / 凶卽大吉): A traditional four-character idiom from East Asian divination meaning "misfortune immediately turns into supreme good fortune." RM flips his haters' ill wishes directly into massive blessings.
• 김구 선생님 (Kim Gu Seon-saeng-nim): A revered leader of the Korean independence movement who famously wrote in his essay *My Wish (나의 소원)* that his dream for Korea was to become a nation of high cultural power rather than military dominance. BTS directly address him to say his dream is fulfilled.
• 허벌나게 (Heo-beol-na-ge): Southwestern Korean (Jeolla province) dialect meaning "insanely", "enormously", or "tremendously".

[Pre-Chorus]

Hello this your, hello this your new honey

박수 쳐, 흔들어, 중모리

Bak-su chyeo, heun-deu-reo, jung-mo-ri

Clap your hands, shake it, hit that Jungmori groove

Oh my god, do I look too funny?

뭐 어쩔래 just move for me

Mwo eo-jjeol-lae just move for me

What you gonna do about it? Just move for me

Yeah move for me

[Chorus]

From the 가나 to the 하

From the ga-na to the ha

From the Ga-na to the Ha (from A to Z)

우리 보고 배워놔

U-ri bo-go bae-wo-nwa

Watch us closely and take notes

Yeah we aliens

If you wanna hit my house

신발은 벗어놔

Sin-bar-eun beo-seo-nwa

Take off your shoes at the door

Yeah we aliens

어쩜 그래 shameless

Eo-jjeom geu-rae shameless

How can you be so shameless?

예의를 차려 we aliens

Ye-ui-reul cha-ryeo we aliens

Mind your manners, we aliens

해는 동쪽에서 risin’

Hae-neun dong-jjog-e-seo risin’

The sun is risin' from the East

Aliens, aliens

[Post-Chorus]

Every night, every day

뭐든 더 빠르게

Mwo-deun deo ppa-reu-ge

Faster at everything we do

매일 밤새워대

Mae-il bam-sae-wo-dae

Pulling all-nighters every single day

Yeah we livin’ that

Aliens, aliens

Every night, every day

뭐든 더 빠르게

Mwo-deun deo ppa-reu-ge

Faster at everything we do

시대가 우릴 원해

Si-dae-ga u-ril won-hae

The era demands us

Yeah we livin’ that

Aliens, aliens

[Outro]

(헛 둘) Yeah we land on it

(Heot dul) Yeah we land on it

(One, two) Yeah we land on it

(헛 둘) And stand on it

(Heot dul) And stand on it

(One, two) And stand on it

(헛 둘) 찍어 put that stamp on it, stamp on it, stamp on it

(Heot dul) jji-geo put that stamp on it, stamp on it, stamp on it

(One, two) Stamp it down, put that stamp on it, stamp on it, stamp on it

(헛 둘) Yeah we land on it

(Heot dul) Yeah we land on it

(One, two) Yeah we land on it

(헛 둘) And stand on it

(Heot dul) And stand on it

(One, two) And stand on it

(헛 둘) 찍어 put that stamp on it, stamp on it, stamp on it

(Heot dul) jji-geo put that stamp on it, stamp on it, stamp on it

(One, two) Stamp it down, put that stamp on it, stamp on it, stamp on it

📚 Section Vocabulary & Notes:

• 헛 둘 (Heot dul): Traditional Korean rhythmic cadence meaning "One, two!" commonly used while marching, jogging, or synchronizing group movement.
• 찍어 (Jji-geo): Stamp / Imprint — Refers to leaving an undeniable seal or mark of authority.