aespa - Armageddon Lyrics (Hangul / Romanized / English Translation) & Vocabulary Notes
aespa - Armageddon
🎵 Album: Armageddon - The 1st Album | 📅 Release: 2024-05-27
🇰🇷 Hangul
🗣️ Romanization
💬 English Translation
📚 Vocab Notes
🎬 Official Music Video / Audio Player — Press play to listen while learning the lyrics below!
1st Studio Album Title Track
aespa - Armageddon
Album: Armageddon - The 1st Album • Release Date: May 27, 2024
⚡ Track Background & Concept
'Armageddon' is aespa's defining anthem from their first studio album, characterized by vintage hip-hop rhythms, punchy sub-bass, and futuristic vocal arrangements. Expanding beyond the limits of the real world and the digital Kwangya, the song explores the awakening of parallel multiverse personas merging into an ultimate self.
[Intro]
Armageddon
Shoot
Imma get 'em
Shoot
[Verse 1]
Watch Uh
Imma bite back Uh
짙은 어둠이
Jiteun eodumi
When deep darkness
막아설 땐 Uh
Magaseol ttaen Uh
Blocks my path, uh
한 걸음 앞으로
Han georeum apeuro
I take one step forward
날아든 It's bad
Naladeun It's bad
Flying into me, it's bad
사라진 Feedback
Sarajin Feedback
The vanishing feedback
시작된 Code black Uh
Sijakdoen Code black Uh
Code black has begun, uh
📚 Section Vocabulary & Notes:
- * 짙은 (Jiteun): Thick / dense / deep — Modifying '어둠' (darkness) to evoke an impenetrable, shadowy environment.
- * 막아서다 (Magaseoda): To bar the way / to block — Used with '~ㄹ 땐' (when it blocks), highlighting fearless confrontation.
- * 한 걸음 (Han georeum): One step — Emphasizes decisive forward momentum against opposition.
- * 사라진 (Sarajin): Disappeared / vanished — Derived from '사라지다' (to vanish).
[Pre-Chorus]
깊어가
Gipeoga
It deepens
혼란스러운 밤
Hollanseureoun bam
This chaotic night
악몽은 또 짙게 번져가
Angmongeun tto jitge beonjyeoga
Nightmares spread thickly once again
뭔갈 숨기려고 해
Mwon-gal sumgiryeogo hae
Trying to conceal something
I got it, I got it
혼돈을 타고
Hondoneul tago
Riding across the chaos
덮쳐 Killing like
Deopchyeo Killing like
Pouncing over, killing like
📚 Section Vocabulary & Notes:
- * 혼란스러운 (Hollanseureoun): Confusing / chaotic — From '혼란' (chaos, confusion).
- * 번져가다 (Beonjyeogada): To spread out / diffuse — Describes how fear and nightmares gradually seep into reality.
- * 숨기다 (Sumgida): To hide / conceal — '숨기려고 해' means 'trying to hide'.
- * 덮치다 (Deopchida): To raid / strike down upon / pounce.
[Chorus]
Bang chitty bang
Bang chitty bang bang
'Cause I wanna see
I wanna see truly
Bang chitty bang
Bang chitty bang bang
내게 다가와 다가와
Naege dagawa dagawa
Come closer, come closer to me
Imma get it
Done
(Aw wayo wayo)
널 향해 겨눠 Get it, gone
Neol hyanghae gyeonwo Get it, gone
Aiming straight at you, get it, gone
(Aw wayo wayo)
이젠 널 끝내 Better run
Ijen neol kkeunnae Better run
I finish you now, you better run
(끝을 모르는 너와 나
(Kkeuteul moreuneun neowa na
(You and I knowing no end
You gonna, gonna)
깨트려 거침없이 Done
Kkaeteuryeo geochimeopsi Done
Shatter it without hesitation, done
(Go way up, way up)
Full shot pull it up Armageddon
📚 Section Vocabulary & Notes:
- * 겨누다 (Gyeonuda): To aim / point a weapon — '널 향해 겨눠' means 'aiming at you'.
- * 끝내다 (Kkeunnaeda): To put an end to / finish off.
- * 거침없이 (Geochimeopsi): Without hesitation / unhindered — '거침' means impediment, and '-없이' denotes without.
- * 깨트리다 (Kkaeteurida): To shatter / smash into pieces.
[Post-Chorus]
Imma get 'em
Shoot
Imma get 'em
[Verse 2]
Hey Ya
또 다른 나
Tto dareun na
Another version of me
우릴 막지 마
Uril makji ma
Don't stand in our way
We never play nice
Shoot
완벽한 Pair
Wanbyeokan Pair
A perfect pair
넌 똑같은 Soul
Neon ttokgateun Soul
You are the exact same soul
Three to get ready
우린 Shoot and go
Urin Shoot and go
We shoot and go
겁 없이 누벼
Geop eopsi nubyeo
Fearlessly roaming around
날 이끄는 Way
Nal ikkeuneun Way
The way that leads me
📚 Section Vocabulary & Notes:
- * 또 다른 나 (Tto dareun na): Another me — Directly references the parallel dimensional avatar concept in aespa's multiverse.
- * 똑같은 (Ttokgateun): Exactly identical / the very same.
- * 누비다 (Nubida): To roam / traverse / crisscross fearlessly across territories.
- * 이끌다 (Ikkeulda): To guide / lead.
[Chorus 2]
Bang chitty bang
Bang chitty bang bang
Yes I'm gonna see
I'm gonna see, want it
Bang chitty bang
Bang chitty bang bang
답이 들려와 들려와
Dabi deullyeowa deullyeowa
The answer is echoing, echoing in
Imma get it
Done
(Aw wayo wayo)
널 향해 겨눠 Get it, gone
Neol hyanghae gyeonwo Get it, gone
Aiming straight at you, get it, gone
(Aw wayo wayo)
이젠 널 끝내 Better run
Ijen neol kkeunnae Better run
I finish you now, you better run
(끝을 모르는 너와 나
(Kkeuteul moreuneun neowa na
(You and I knowing no end
You gonna, gonna)
깨트려 거침없이 Done
Kkaeteuryeo geochimeopsi Done
Shatter it without hesitation, done
(Go way up, way up)
Full shot pull it up Armageddon
📚 Section Vocabulary & Notes:
- * 답 (Dap): Answer / resolution.
- * 들려오다 (Deullyeooda): To be heard from afar / to echo in.
[Bridge]
Imma get 'em
또 어둠을 몰아내고
Tto eodumeul moranaego
Driving out the darkness once again
시작을 꽃피운 너와 나의 Story
Sijageul kkotpiun neowa naui Story
The story of you and me that blossomed into a new beginning
더 완벽해진 우리
Deo wanbyeokaejin uri
We, who have become more perfect
(Armageddon)
정의해 이젠
Jeong-uihae ijen
I define it now
나만의 Complete
Namani Complete
My own complete
내 모든 걸 이끌어
Nae modeun geol ikkeureo
Leading everything within me
Do it all myself
완전한 나를 이뤄내
Wanjeonhan nareul irwonae
Fulfilling my complete self
📚 Section Vocabulary & Notes:
- * 몰아내다 (Moranaeda): To drive out / expel / dispel.
- * 꽃피우다 (Kkotpiuda): To make bloom / bring to fruition.
- * 정의하다 (Jeong-uihada): To define / establish the definition.
- * 이뤄내다 (Irwonaeda): To accomplish / realize / achieve completely.
[Dance Break]
(Drop)
Throw it back,
throw it back,
throw it back
Born like a queen
Born like a king Ya
Throw it back,
throw it back,
throw it back
불러
Bulleo
Call out
Imma get 'em
📚 Section Vocabulary & Notes:
- * 부르다 / 불러 (Bureuda / Bulleo): To call / to sing out — Here delivered as a commanding interjection right before the explosive drop.
[Chorus 3]
Done
(Aw wayo wayo)
널 향해 겨눠 Get it, gone
Neol hyanghae gyeonwo Get it, gone
Aiming straight at you, get it, gone
(Aw wayo wayo)
이젠 널 끝내 Better run
Ijen neol kkeunnae Better run
I finish you now, you better run
(끝을 모르는 너와 나
(Kkeuteul moreuneun neowa na
(You and I knowing no end
You gonna, gonna)
깨트려 거침없이 Done
Kkaeteuryeo geochimeopsi Done
Shatter it without hesitation, done
(Go way up, way up)
Full shot pull it up Armageddon
📚 Section Vocabulary & Notes:
- * 너와 나 (Neowa na): You and I — Highlights the duality of the self and the avatar/multiverse twin.
- * 끝을 모르는 (Kkeuteul moreuneun): Knowing no limits / boundless.
[Outro]
Armageddon
(Aw wayo wayo wayo
Warning all night long)
Armageddon
(Aw wayo wayo)
끝과 시작의
Kkeutgwa sijagui
Of the end and the beginning
Armageddon
📚 Section Vocabulary & Notes:
- * 끝과 시작 (Kkeutgwa sijak): The end and the beginning — Encapsulating the biblical and apocalyptic motif of 'Armageddon' as both a catastrophic conclusion and the rebirth of a brand-new world.
