BIGBANG · Korean · 14 words

BiiiG

BiiiG is BIGBANG's 2026 comeback single, a two-and-a-half-minute rap track marking twenty years since their debut. The Korean is scattered between English hooks but it carries the whole point of the song: 성인식 and 청춘 for a group growing up in public, 초월하다 and 우주 for the scale they claim, and the 붉은 노을 and 푸른 나침반 of the two choruses. Expect swagger vocabulary — 끼, 적나라하다, 도취하다 — alongside everyday words like 마침 and 실컷.

Vocabulary

Word	Meaning	Example
유행	a trend, a fad — what everyone is doing right now	그 신발은 작년에 유행이었어요.Those shoes were the trend last year.
성인식	coming-of-age ceremony; the moment you're treated as a grown-up	조카 성인식에 다녀왔어요.I went to my nephew's coming-of-age ceremony.
적나라하다	to be blunt and unvarnished, holding nothing back	감독님 평가가 너무 적나라했어요.The director's feedback was brutally blunt.
끼	natural charisma and flair for performing — stage presence, playfulness and an instinct for entertaining people	저 친구는 무대에서 끼가 넘쳐요.That guy is bursting with stage presence.
우주	the universe, outer space — used here for sheer scale	어릴 때부터 우주에 관심이 많았어요.I've been interested in space since I was little.
초월하다	to transcend, to go beyond the usual limits	그 우정은 나이를 초월했어요.That friendship transcended age.
마침	just then, as it happens — a lucky coincidence of timing	마침 저도 그쪽으로 가는 길이에요.As it happens, I'm heading that way too.
노을	the glow of the sky at sunset	창밖으로 노을이 지고 있었어요.The sunset was fading outside the window.
도심	the city centre, downtown	주말에는 도심이 조용한 편이에요.The city centre is fairly quiet on weekends.
한가운데	right in the middle, dead centre	책상을 방 한가운데에 놓았어요.I put the desk right in the middle of the room.
청춘	youth, one's prime years — with a wistful, romantic weight	그 시절이 제 청춘이었어요.Those days were my youth.
도취하다	to be carried away by something, intoxicated with it	성공에 도취하면 실수하기 쉬워요.It's easy to slip up when success goes to your head.
실컷	to your heart's content, as much as you like	오랜만에 만나서 실컷 수다를 떨었어요.We hadn't met in ages, so we chatted to our hearts' content.
나침반	a compass; also what points you in the right direction	등산할 때는 나침반을 꼭 챙기세요.Be sure to bring a compass when you go hiking.