aespa – BAHAMA Lyrics | Romanization & Meaning

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BAHAMA

aespa (에스파)

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Album

Armageddon – The 1st Album

Release Date

May 27, 2024

Genre

Dance / Pop

Label

SM Entertainment

Composers / Lyricists

KENZIE, Jonatan Gusmark, Ludvig Evers, Moa ‘Cazzi Opeia’ Carlebecker, Ellen Berg

Participating Members

Karina Giselle Winter Ningning

About the Song

《BAHAMA》 is a breezy, sun-soaked track by aespa, released in 2024 as the sixth song on their first full-length album Armageddon – The 1st Album under SM Entertainment, capturing a moment of youthful escape as shimmering tropical imagery, carefree energy, and vivid summer emotions unfold over a bright pop sound crafted by composers KENZIE, Jonatan Gusmark, Ludvig Evers, Moa “Cazzi Opeia” Carlebecker, and Ellen Berg, with the song leaning into themes of freedom, warmth, and spontaneous joy as aespa invites the listener to drift away from reality and sink into a vivid, endlessly glowing summer dream.

[FULL LYRICS – ROMANIZATION & ENGLISH ONLY]

English Translation

BAHAMA,
ba ba
BAHAMA, hama
(BAHAMA)
BAHAMA,
ba ba
BAHAMA, hama
(BAHAMA)

Bahama, ba ba, Bahama hama, Bahama, ba ba, Bahama hama, the name alone echoes like a chant calling us somewhere far away.

ji-geum eo-di-ya?
a-mu-geot-do mut-ji-do
mal-go ppal-li wa
nu-gu-do
neol chat-ji mo-ta-ge
jeon-hwa-do da kkeo-nwa

Where are you right now, don’t ask anything just come quickly, turn off your phone so no one can find you, let’s disappear without a trace.

tae-pyeong-yang-eul neo-meo
kkum-e-seo bon seom
i-je geo-ui da wa-sseo uh
i-geo-ya kkum-ga-ta

Crossing the Pacific, an island I only saw in dreams, we’re almost there now, it feels unreal like a fantasy.

i neu-kkim al-ji
chal-lang-chal-lang
bu-seo-ji-neun geu pa-do
ttwi-eo-deul geo-ya
pi-na kul-la-da
CHEERS hul-jjeok tteo-na
we YOUNG,
YOUNG,
YOUNG
BAHAMA

You know this feeling, the waves crashing and sparkling, we’re jumping straight into it, piña colada cheers as we take off together, we’re young young young in Bahama.

take me, take me
take me on an
OCEAN BLUE
BAHAMA,
ba ba
BAHAMA, hama
surfin’, surfin’
surfin’ on a WAVE
with you
BAHAMA,
ba ba
BAHAMA, hama

Take me, take me, take me on an ocean blue, Bahama ba ba Bahama hama, surfing surfing riding the wave with you in Bahama.

here we go!

kka-ma-ke tan neo-wa
(ok)
mo-rae-seong-eul ssa-a
(like that)
so CUTE
like you
deo-u-myeon kkae-mul-ja ICE
pa-rang-eul kki-eon-jeun PUNCH
so SMOOTH
like you

Your sun-kissed skin and building sandcastles together, so cute just like you, cooling off with ice and blue punch, everything feels smooth like you.

swim eop-si dal-ryeo-on
neol an-go
chum-chul geo-ya
oh la la la
ut-neun ne eol-gu-ri jo-a
neo-ui go-min-deu-reul a-ra
ja, son han-beon
heun-deu-reo ju-go
pu-reun jeo ba-da-e deon-jyeo

I wrap my arms around you and dance without swimming, la la la, I love your smiling face, I know your worries so take my hand and throw them into the blue sea.

beol-sseo no-eu-ri
bul-geo-jil si-ga-ni-ya
neo-ui son-ja-beun chae
geot-go si-peo
haeng-bo-gi mwo-ya
bwa now we’re ESCAPING
to, to, to
BAHAMA

The sunset is already burning bright, I want to walk holding your hand, what is happiness if not this, look now we’re escaping straight to Bahama.

take me, take me
take me on an
OCEAN BLUE
BAHAMA,
ba ba
BAHAMA, hama
surfin’, surfin’
surfin’ on a
WAVE with you
BAHAMA,
ba ba
BAHAMA, hama

Take me, take me, take me on an ocean blue, Bahama ba ba Bahama hama, surfing surfing on the wave with you in Bahama.

i love this place
these SUMMER DAYS
o-rae-o-rae
BAHAMA
BAHAMA
byeo-ri bit-na-ne
do-si-neun u-ril jil-tu-hae
deo keu-ge
so-ri jil-reo-dae
so so so CRAZY
so CRAZY
let’s go to BAHAMA

I love this place and these endless summer days, Bahama shining like stars, the city gets jealous as we scream louder, going crazy crazy, let’s go to Bahama.

we can have it all
that’s what we do
yeah we can get it on
yeah me and you
BAHAMA
han-sun-ga-ni-ra-do
meom-chu-ji ma

We can have it all, that’s what we do, yeah we can get it on just me and you in Bahama, don’t stop even for a second.

jeul-gil-su-rok deo wan-byeok-hae-jyeo
jom deo cheon-cheon-hi heul-leo-ga-ja
like it?
huh yeah
baby we way too COOL
BAHAMA!

The more we enjoy it the more perfect it gets, let’s let time flow a little slower, like it, yeah, baby we’re way too cool in Bahama.

take me, take me
take me on an
OCEAN BLUE
BAHAMA,
ba ba
BAHAMA, hama
(oh i can take you there)
surfin’, surfin’
surfin’ on a
WAVE with you
BAHAMA,
ba ba
BAHAMA, hama

Take me, take me, take me on an ocean blue, Bahama ba ba Bahama hama, I can take you there, surfing surfing on the wave with you in Bahama.

we should go
to the beach
take it slow
BAHAMA

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🗣️ Practice Korean Words

파도 (pado)

wave

💡 Note: A long body of water curling into an arched form and breaking on the shore

모래성 (moraeseong)

sandcastle

💡 Note: A model of a castle built out of sand, typically by children at the beach

노을 (noeul)

sunset

💡 Note: The colors and light seen in the sky when the sun is setting

고민 (gomin)

worry

💡 Note: A state of anxiety or uncertainty over actual or potential problems

🎵 Song Meaning & Interpretation

The lyrics describe an impulsive escape from everyday reality to an imagined paradise, where the speaker invites a loved one to disappear together without questions, worries, or distractions, crossing oceans toward a dreamlike island that represents freedom, youth, and emotional release. Through images of waves, sunsets, summer heat, and shared laughter, the song expresses the desire to pause time, let go of burdens, and fully immerse in the present moment, framing love and companionship as a temporary but perfect refuge from the pressures of the world.