Album
Release Date
December 19, 2022
Genre
Baltimore Club / Pop
Label
Composers / Lyricists
250, Ylva Dimberg, 검정치마, 우효, MINJI
Participating Members
About the Song
《Ditto》 is a tender and atmospheric track by NewJeans, featured on NewJeans ‘OMG’, released in 2022 under ADOR. Composed by 250 and Ylva Dimberg, with lyrics by Ylva Dimberg, The Black Skirts, Oohyo, and MINJI, the song captures the quiet uncertainty of wanting someone to feel the same way. Arranged by 250, 《Ditto》 blends a nostalgic rhythm, soft vocals, and a delicate emotional pull, turning a simple wish for mutual affection into a dreamy expression of longing, youthful hesitation, and the fragile hope of being understood.
[FULL LYRICS – ROMANIZATION & ENGLISH ONLY]
woo woo woo woo
stay in the middle
like you a little
don’t want no riddle
mal-hae-jwo say it back
oh say it ditto
a-chi-meun neo-mu meo-reo
so say it ditto
Woo woo woo woo
Stay in the middle
Like you a little
Don’t want no riddle
Tell me say it back
Oh say it ditto
Morning is too far
So say it ditto
ham-kke-han gi-eok-cheo-reom
neol bo-neun nae ma-eu-meun
eo-neu-sae yeo-reum ji-na ga-eul
gi-da-ryeot-ji all this time
do you want somebody
like i want somebody
nal bo-go u-seot-ji-man
Like the memories we shared
My heart when I see you
Summer’s gone, now it’s autumn
I’ve waited all this time
Do you want somebody
Like I want somebody
You smiled at me but
all the time yeah
all the time
i got no time to lose
ae gi-reot-deon ha-ru
nan bo-go si-peo
ra-ta-ta-ta ul-lin sim-jang (ra-ta-ta-ta)
i got nothing to lose
All the time yeah
All the time
I got no time to lose
My long day
I miss you
Ra-ta-ta-ta my heart beats (Ra-ta-ta-ta)
I got nothing to lose
ra-ta-ta-ta ul-lin sim-jang (ra-ta-ta-ta)
but i don’t want to
stay in the middle
like you a little
don’t want no riddle
mal-hae-jwo say it back
oh say it ditto
a-chi-meun neo-mu meo-reo
so say it ditto
Ra-ta-ta-ta my heart beats (Ra-ta-ta-ta)
But I don’t want to
Stay in the middle
Like you a little
Don’t want no riddle
Tell me say it back
Oh say it ditto
Morning is too far
So say it ditto
walk in this mi-ro
da a-neun geon a-ni-eo-do
ba-ra-deon dae-ro
mal-hae-jwo say it back
oh say it ditto
i want you so, want you
so say it ditto
Walk in this maze
Even if I don’t know everything
As I wished
Tell me say it back
Oh say it ditto
I want you so, want you
So say it ditto
neo-reul sang-sang-haet-ji
hang-sang da-a-it-deon
cheo-eum neu-gim geu-dae-ro nan
gi-da-ryeot-ji all this time
i got nothing to lose
neol jo-a-han-da-go wooah wooah wooah
ra-ta-ta-ta ul-lin sim-jang (ra-ta-ta-ta)
I imagined you
Always touching
Just like the first feeling
I’ve waited all this time
I got nothing to lose
I like you wooah wooah wooah
Ra-ta-ta-ta my heart beats (Ra-ta-ta-ta)
stay in the middle
like you a little
don’t want no riddle
mal-hae-jwo say it back
oh say it ditto
a-chi-meun neo-mu meo-reo
so say it ditto
Stay in the middle
Like you a little
Don’t want no riddle
Tell me say it back
Oh say it ditto
Morning is too far
So say it ditto
walk in this mi-ro
da a-neun geon a-ni-eo-do
ba-ra-deon dae-ro
mal-hae-jwo say it back
oh say it ditto
i want you so, want you
so say it ditto
Walk in this maze
Even if I don’t know everything
As I wished
Tell me say it back
Oh say it ditto
I want you so, want you
So say it ditto
woo woo woo woo
The lyrics capture the overwhelming longing and affectionate vulnerability of someone waiting for their romantic feelings to be reciprocated. Desperately wanting to escape an agonizing state of uncertainty, the narrator urges their counterpart to break the silence and confess their mutual love, turning a nostalgic reminiscence of shared memories into a passionate plea for emotional certainty and reciprocal devotion.
